Ancient classical Chinese texts about cats

1. Looking for the original text of the ancient Chinese "Cat"

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A certain woman gave birth to a cat. She drowned it in water and did not die. She saw it abandoned in the Tao.

A married woman is newly widowed and living with her parents-in-law. She has a prosperous career and no worries about food and clothing. Late at night, I heard a cat crow, opened the door and saw a kitten, so I adopted it.

The cat grows bigger, its fur is like tiger skin, and its eyes are like pearls. Late one night, when it was windy and moonless, a masked thief jumped over the wall and ransacked the woman's house. Seeing that the girl was young and beautiful, he wanted to commit indecent assault. The woman refused and hit her head on the wall, causing her to fall into a coma.

The next day, the parents-in-law reported the matter to the government, but the government searched for more than a month to no avail. The cat adopted by the woman went missing on the day she reported it to the official.

The woman was unconscious, as if in a dream, neither eating nor drinking, and her breathing and heartbeat were as normal. Suddenly one day, several men from the same village as my wife died suddenly. Their deaths were horrific. Their hearts were ripped out by giant beasts.

The government found a number of gold and silver treasures in the deceased's home, all of which were stolen from the woman's family. It was clear that all the people who died tragically were masked thieves. The case was solved. The cat adopted by the woman suddenly returned and meowed softly in front of the woman's bed.

The woman woke up because she said: She was in a dark place with nowhere to go. Suddenly she heard a cat meowing and saw her adopted cat, with eyes like giant lamps, leading the way to a bright door. Enter and wake up. The author said: If something is different from the norm, it is either a huge disaster or a huge blessing. It cannot be understood. 2. Ancient Chinese Proverbs

Cat Talk

Xue Xuan

A mouse in the Yu family was violent, so he begged everyone and got a cat. The shape is huge and the claws and teeth are sharp (pronounced xian, sharp). I don't have to worry about the rat violence anymore. Because it is not tame, Jie (pronounced zhi twice, tied, imprisoned) is waiting for it to be tamed. A group of rats heard its sound and looked at each other to see its shape. Those who resembled it were afraid that they would bite them.

Those who held their breath did not dare to come out of their holes for more than a month.

Now that it is tame, it can be solved. Suddenly, he saw a chicken hatching out of its shell, chirping and chirping, and suddenly (pronounced "ju" four times, suddenly) he got up and caught it. He outran his family members and chased it, but he had already swallowed it.

The family members wanted to attack it, but Yu said: "Don't worry! If something has power, it must have a disease (flaw, shortcoming). It is a disease to eat chickens; it is only incapable of catching mice. ?" Then he released it.

Now I am alone (careful of fear) and confused (at a loss), hungry and full, doing nothing. The rats looked back, thinking that they were about to hide themselves, but they still stayed hidden and did not dare to come out. As the rats became more familiar with it, they realized that there was no difference, so they went through the holes one by one and told each other: "He is doing nothing." Then he and his kind came back to behave violently as before. Yu Fang was very strange.

However, there were chickens crossing the hall again, and they rushed to catch them again. If you chase, the bite will be over halfway.

The rest of the family members held it forward and counted it, saying: "The talents in the world are not uniform, and those who are capable must be sick. If they are sick, they can still use their talents. Now you have no chance to catch mice." It can, but it has the disease of eating chickens, which is really the discarded material of the world!" Then he whipped it (pronounced "chi", hit it with a wooden board or a bamboo wrench) and let it go.

Translation: My house is infested with rats. I asked for help and got a cat. He is tall and burly, with sharp claws and teeth. I secretly think that there is no need to worry about the rat plague

Because it is not tamed, (it is) tied with a rope and waited (for it to tame), waiting for it to tame. The mice heard its voice and peeped at it together. It looked like a capable guy. They were afraid that it would eat them and held their breath for more than a month, not daring to come out of the hole.

Later, when it was tamed, the rope that bound it was removed. Just in time to see the chick that had hatched and chirped, the cat suddenly jumped up and grabbed it. By the time the servant caught up with it, the chick had already swallowed it in its throat. The servant wanted to catch it and beat it, but I said, "No! A capable person must have a shortcoming. Eating chicken is its shortcoming. Doesn't it have the ability to catch mice?" So I let it go. .

Later on, it just acted cautiously and leisurely, eating and playing when it was hungry and doing nothing. The mice peeked again, thinking that it was hiding its true identity from them, so they still held their breath and hid without daring to come out of the hole.

Later, the more the mouse peered into the cave, the more he felt that there was nothing unusual, so he went from cave to cave and told him: "

It has nothing to do." Then he came out with everyone and ran rampant as before. I was very surprised, but another chick passed by the hall, and (the cat) ran up to it, caught it, and ran away. (Servant) chased, but half of it was already bitten.

My servant grabbed it and came to (mine), scolded it and said: "The talents created by God are not all-powerful, and those who are capable must have shortcomings. Regardless of shortcomings, there are still

< p> Its ability can be used. Now you have no ability to catch mice, but you have the problem of eating chickens. You are really a discarded material in the world!" Then he whipped it and let it go. 3. Ancient Proverbs about Cats in the Mountains

Zhao Ren suffered from rats. Original text: Zhao people suffered from rats and begged for cats in the mountains.

The cat given to me by Zhongshan people is good at catching mice and chickens. After more than a month, the rats are gone and the chickens are also gone.

His son was suffering from it, so he told his father: "Can you get rid of the Zhu?" His father said: "It's not as if you know it. My problem is rats, not chickens.

If there are rats, they will steal my food, destroy my clothes, and wear out my walls. I will be hungry and cold. How can I not get sick without chickens? If there are no chickens, I will be sick if I don’t eat chickens. I will be far away from hunger and cold. What if? A man from Zhao came to Zhongshan to look for a cat when his home was infested with rats. The Zhongshan people gave him the cat.

This cat is good at catching mice as well as chickens. After more than a month, there were fewer mice and no more chickens.

His son was very worried and said to his father: "Why don't you drive the cat away?" His father said: "That's what you don't know. What I'm afraid of is mice, not chickens." .

With rats, they will eat my food, destroy my clothes, chew through my walls, and eat my utensils. I will be hungry and cold. Isn’t it more harmful than not having chickens? Chickens, just don’t eat chickens. We are still far away from hunger and cold. Why should we drive away the cat? " Note 1. Suffering: suffering from. 2. Beg: beg, demand, beg from others.

3. Yu: in, toward. 4. Suffer: hate, dislike, boredom.

5. Yu: Why. 6. Zhu: A combination of words, the homophone of "Zhihu".

7. Yes: pronoun, representing these. 8. If: pronoun, you.

9. Hu: equivalent to "yu", in. 10. To wear: to make a hole, to wear something out.

11. Disease: damage, harm 12. Yu: preposition, introducing objects used for comparison or analogy. 13. F: No.

14. Zejier: That’s all. 15. You: Still. 4. Ancient poems about cats

"Drawing Cats" - Wang Mian, Yuan Dynasty My family is old and round, full of spots and spots.

The ambition is quite self-explanatory and does not respect power and force. Sit and lie down beside the green felt, enjoying the cold and summer days.

Is there no dimensionality? Weiwo Book Garden. Last year I moved away and was homeless.

I am lonely and gloomy, and my heart feels bitter when I see you. The time sequence suddenly metabolizes, and the world has no words to say.

The bee in the flower forest is like an owl, and the field mouse is like a tiger. The fishy wind is swaying, can we use a sharp weapon? The shapes and shadows hang on each other, and they forget you.

Be careful not to be ashamed if you are a dead person. You may be angry if you do something good. "Mocking Cats" - Lu You of the Song Dynasty was so violent that he could sleep well! But I think the fish is satisfied, and I don't care about the rats.

If you want to catch a cicada quickly, you must first pity the light tree. Where is Qushan? This family is the most famous.

"Getting a cat in a nearby village and writing a poem based on the play named Xue'er" - Lu You of the Song Dynasty, like a tiger, it can get along with trees, and like a horse, it can't fall on the shaft. But I know it is an empty mouse hole, and I have no intention of making a fish meal.

The mint is always drunk, and the water is warm every night. The old boy in my previous life stayed with me in the old mountain village.

"Giving a Cat" - Lu You of the Song Dynasty wrapped salt to welcome the little raccoon slave, and protected the mountain house with thousands of books. I feel ashamed that my family is poor and my talents are poor. I am cold and have no blanket to sit on and eat without fish.

"Giving a Cat" - Lu You of the Song Dynasty. If you hold the mouse without merit, you will not be impeached. A basket of fish and rice will come in time. Seeing you sleeping peacefully every day, why do you keep going and coming back? "Giving a Cat" - Lu You of the Song Dynasty hired a raccoon slave and often went to the corner of the theater.

Drunk on mint all the time, occupying the 氍湹 every night. The merits of a rat's hole are numerous, but there is no reward for a fish meal.

You should still name yourself and call him Less Tutu. "The Begging Cat" - Huang Tingjian, Song Dynasty. When autumn comes, rats bully the cat to death, peeking into the urn and turning the dishes around to disturb the night's sleep.

I heard that the raccoon slave will count his sons, buy fish to wear in willows, and hire cicadas to carry them.

"Thank you Zhou Wen for sending the cat" - Huang Tingjian of the Song Dynasty raised a raccoon slave to perform military exploits, and the general Xiliu had a family tradition.

A basket full of fish and food is not enough, and the four walls should be empty for rats. "The Rats Are Defeated Again and Again, My Book Occasionally I Got a Raccoon Slave to Hunt and Kill All the Rats." - Lu You of the Song Dynasty. No one burns incense when he is serving, but the raccoon slave is willing to accompany him in the Zen room.

When sleeping, I borrowed the bed to apply warmth. I sat at night and heard that the leaking drum was long. Jia Yong was able to empty the mouse hole, but Ce Xun was more than just walking in the guts.

Although the fish bag is thin, it is really worthy of it. It is not busy catching butterflies among the flowers. "Giving a Pink Nose" - Lu You, Song Dynasty, spends the whole night chasing raccoon slaves and rats, and his angry beard drips with blood to protect the disabled.

Ask the canal how it is like in a Zhumen, full of fish every day and sleeping under the brocade trees? "Another Dispute about the Cat" - Pei Chen of the Tang Dynasty. The cat does not know its owner and goes to the house to tease the mouse. The two families don't need to fight, they will fight with Pei Chen in the future. 5. The image of cats in ancient texts

Cats are really rare. I have only seen other animal images of cicadas - a symbol of nobility. The ancients thought that cicadas lived by eating wind and drinking dew. , regard cicada as a symbol of nobility and chant it, or use it to express their ideals and ambitions, or use it to metaphor their own rough and unfortunate life experience.

The most famous poem is known as the "Three Wonders" of cicada poems in the Tang Dynasty. In Yu Shinan's "Cicada", the singing cicada in "It is loud and distant, not borrowing the autumn wind" has become a confession of the poet's noble character and is not reused due to external power.

"Cicada" by Luo Binwang "Cicadas sing in the West, and guests in the South are thinking deeply" uses cicadas to express feelings, describing the dangerous situation, political dissatisfaction, and the suppression of speech. Li Shangyin's "Cicada" "It's difficult to fill up because of the high situation, but it's in vain to hate the sound." From the cicada's noble stance, he associates it with his own innocence, and from the fact that the cicada has no sympathy, he associates it with the fact that he also has no peers.

The cuckoo bird - a symbol of desolation and sorrow. In ancient mythology, Du Yu, the king of Shu (ie Wangdi), was forced to give up his throne to his courtiers, so he lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests. After his death, his soul turned into a cuckoo that cried blood. It has an indissoluble bond with the sorrow and pain caused by missing country, hometown and people, and has become a symbol of desolation and sadness.

In addition to the general name of cuckoo, ancient poets also gave it other nicknames such as Zigui, Xingjuan (singing bird), Shuniao (Shu soul, Shujuan), Du Yu and other nicknames. "There is this message from afar" "The poplar flowers have fallen and the children are crying, and I heard that the dragon marked the road crossing the five streams" expresses the sentimentality of parting. "The Road to Shu is Difficult" "I heard the son return and cry in the night moon, feeling sad about the empty mountain" expresses his infinite memory and deep sympathy for his friends.

Song Dynasty He Zhu's "Remembering Qin'e" "In the middle of the third month, the courtyard just shines with the pear blossoms and snow; the pear blossoms and snow are so miserable that the cuckoo cries for blood." The cuckoo bird's sad cry made the poet miss his relatives even more, and he was heartbroken. Absolutely. Partridge Bird - Mood of Parting The image of the partridge also has specific connotations in ancient poetry.

The call of the partridge makes people sound like "brother who can't do it". It can easily evoke the association of a difficult and dangerous journey and the sadness of parting, setting off the difficulty of the situation or the melancholy of the mood. For example, Li Qunyu of the Tang Dynasty wrote "Partridges Heard at Jiuzi Po", "The autumn grass is bright in the sky, and people are walking far away where the partridges crow." The partridges in the poem are used to set off the difficult situation or melancholy mood.

Hongyan - the homesickness of the wanderers and the sadness of traveling. Hongyan is a large migratory bird that migrates south every autumn, which often causes the homesickness of the wanderers and the sadness of traveling. For example, Xue Daoheng of the Sui Dynasty wrote in "Everyone Thinks of Returning Home": "People return after the geese have fallen, but their thoughts are in front of the flowers." The thought of returning home began long before the flowers bloomed; but when the geese had returned north, people had not yet returned home.

"Wind" and so on are all written in terms of wild geese. Some people also use swan goose to refer to letters.

According to legend, Su Wu was herding sheep in the Huns for nineteen years. He tied letters to the feet of wild geese and brought them back to his motherland from the North Sea to convey the news. This is what people call "swan geese sending letters". For example, the Yuefu folk song "Xizhou Song" of the Southern Dynasty has "Recalling that the man has not arrived, I look up to see the flying dragon."

Du Fu's "Li Bai is pregnant at the end of the day" "When will the swans arrive, the rivers and lakes will be full of autumn water", Li Qingzhao's "Wild Geese" When I return, the moon will be full in the west building." "The wild geese are passing by, and I am sad, but we are old acquaintances." These are all meanings of looking forward to letters.

The cry of the ape - a symbol of sorrow and sadness in Du Fu's "Ascending the High" "The wind is strong and the sky is high, the ape screams in sorrow, and the white bird flies back from the clear sand in Zhug", Li Daoyuan's "Xiao Jing Zhu·Jiang Shui" "The Three Gorges of Badong and Wu Gorge are long, "Three cries of apes make your clothes wet with tears", Li Duan's "Seeing off guests and giving a night ape in Bajiang", "On the road to the horizon in Bashui, the cries of apes hurt the feelings of guests" all use apes' cries to express sad emotions.

Crickets - Remembering to recruit people. Ancient people already thought that the chirping of crickets was similar to the sound of looms, and it was late autumn, so they associated it with encouraging people to weave, prepare winter clothes, and even commemorating recruiting people. Jiang Kui's "Qi Tian Le" writes about the melancholy of a woman who missed someone far away after hearing crickets.

"Crickets" in ancient poems also refer to crickets. In Tang Bai Juyi's "Night Rain" "The crows of crickets have stopped in the early morning, and the lamps have gone out and come on again" and in Yue Fei's "Xiaozhong Mountain" "Last night it was cold and crickets couldn't stop singing." "And so on. Blue Bird - Messenger of Letters. It is said that the Queen Mother of the West had three blue birds. One was sent as a messenger to report the message to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The other two came with the Queen Mother of the West and served beside the Queen Mother.

Li Jing, the central leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, "Blue birds do not carry foreign messages from the clouds, and lilacs are empty and sad in the rain", and Li Shangyin "There is no way to go from Pengshan, but blue birds are diligent to visit" all refer to messengers. Honghu - a metaphor for people with lofty ambitions. At the end of Qin Dynasty, Chen She rarely had the ambition of Honghu, and later he took up the cause and started in Daze Township.

Later, "Honghu" was used to describe people with lofty ambitions. "Nineteen Ancient Poems" by Anonymous Han Dynasty "Wish to be two swans, soar high with wings", Wei Caozhi's "Yu Pian" "The sparrows play with the firewood of the feudal lord, knowing how the swans travel", Xin Qiji of the Southern Song Dynasty's "Shui Diao Ge Tou" "The swans repeat themselves again and again" "Lift it high, and the sky and the earth will see the surroundings" all refer to lofty aspirations.

Shagull——Wandering and helpless. Poets often use Shagull to express their inner sadness due to wandering and being helpless. For example, in Du Fu's "Walking at Night", "What does the fluttering look like, the sky and the earth are like sand gulls?" The water and sky are vast, the sand gulls are floating, and people are like sand gulls, migrating to rivers and lakes.

Lu You's "Autumn Thoughts" of the Southern Song Dynasty also expresses the situation of having no fixed place. Double carp - the representative name of the letter in Ancient Yuefu's "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Grottoes" "The guest came from afar and left me a double carp rain.

Calling the boy to cook the carp, there is a ruler in the book", later "Double Carp" "Carp" is used as a proxy for letters. Li Shangyin's "Send to Linghu Langzhong" "Songyun Qin Shu has been away from home for a long time, and the two carps are far away from each other with a piece of paper" refers to letters.