What does the sparrow symbolize?

The cultural meaning of sparrow is diverse, which not only symbolizes "no ambition" and "pleasure-seeking", but also implies "hard work" and "freedom". Since the Bronze Age, "Sparrow" has been regarded as a symbol of "Jue".

1, the sparrow symbolizes "no ambition in the chest", "coveting comfort" and "short-sighted".

According to the "Warring States Policy", Zhuang Xin, the minister of Chu State, used sparrows as an example to satirize King Xiang of Chu for not making progress.

Zhuang Xin said: "crouching on white grain, leaning back against lush trees and flapping his wings, thinking that he has no troubles, there will be no competition with others." I don't know if the prince and grandson, with a bullet in their left hand and a pill in their right hand, will add up to twelve taels of silver and take it as a trick. Swimming in the lush Woods during the day and feeling sour at night. Suddenly, I fell into the hands of my son. "

Zhuang Xin said: "He pecked the rice, perched on a tree, spread his wings and flew. He thinks there is no disaster and he doesn't compete with anyone. But what I didn't expect was that Prince Sun's son held a slingshot in his left hand, pressed the projectile with his right hand, tightened the bowstring and shot it at a very high place, taking the yellowbird's neck as the target of ejection. I play in the tree during the day, but at night I am boiled with sour sugar. In a blink of an eye, it fell into the hands of the son. "

There is also a fable in Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals: "Swallows live under one house, and mother and son eat each other and live in peace. When the stove suddenly breaks down, the building will burn and the color of the birds will remain the same. I don't know what will happen. "

Swallows and sparrows are fighting for a good place to nest under the eaves, and the mother bird is nursing her young. They are all happy and complacent, thinking that everything is safe. The chimney on the stove cracked, and the flame jumped out, burning the roof beam upwards, but the swallows and sparrows were as cool as a cucumber because they didn't know that disaster was coming on them.

2. Sparrows symbolize good luck.

"Old Biography" contains: "When Emperor Gaozu was convicted and imprisoned, there was a man named Tai Shigong. There are 10 thousand birds, gathered in the prison thorn tree, flapping their wings and singing. Shang Zhan said:' The sparrow is blessed with good luck, and its voice will return, and I will return to my official position.' After a while, I returned the old official. "

Shang Wei was an ancient scholar in the period of Emperor Gaozu, who was responsible for raising horses and herding cattle. He went to prison for a crime. There are many sparrows, gathered in the thorn tree outside the palace, flapping their wings and singing. Shang Wei said after divination: "The sparrow is a symbol of nobility and an auspicious representative. Its repeated chirping indicates that I will resume my official position." As expected, there will soon be an imperial decree (order) to restore his office.

3, the sparrow symbolizes the knight, and the knight and sparrow are connected, which means promotion.

Jue is an ancient wine vessel and ritual vessel, which was popular in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Most of them are bronze knights. Because only nobles can use it, it represents a noble position. In ancient times, senior officials all had titles or titles.

The earliest word Jue is hieroglyphics, which is the shape of a person holding a glass in his hand. Later, it became a knowing word, with wine on the lower left, human hands on the lower right and bird-shaped fonts on the upper middle. Shuo Wen Jie Zi says that the bird character on it symbolizes sparrows, so Jue also takes the bird sound. Because birds sing "post" and homophonic "festival", this bird shape is used to remind people not to drink too much in order to control drinking.

Some modern scholars think that these birds are connected, because some princes in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty decorated them with birds. The former is explained in words, while the latter is explained in form. The former is more reasonable and widely recognized.

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The historical origin of the title of knight and sparrow;

Taking sparrows as knights is a cultural symbol that appeared very early. In the Han Dynasty, this symbol often appeared on stone reliefs, bronze "cash cows" and lamp posts. For example, there is a special pattern in the stone reliefs of the Han Dynasty, which is called "shooting birds under the tree". The picture composition is often a big tree, with birds gathering among branches, monkeys climbing, horses under the tree, and an archer shooting birds and monkeys with a bow.

The meaning of this pattern is interpreted by some people as Houyi shooting at the sun, while others interpret it as Yang Jiyou shooting at apes. But these two statements are hard to justify. Birds and monkeys appear in trees at the same time, which must have its special meaning. Some scholars believe that this image means "shooting at the prince and shooting at the country".

The bird in the tree is a sparrow, representing the title, while the homonym of "monkey" and "Hou" symbolizes Hou's seal, and there is a horse under the tree, symbolizing "Hou's seal at once". The tree on the screen should be a laurel tree, symbolizing wealth. The reason why this pattern was popular in Han Dynasty is that people accepted the idea that birds are connected with monkeys very early. Most of the "cash cows" and bronze lamps in the Han Dynasty are also the combination of these three images.

Phoenix net-the multiple symbol of sparrow: sometimes it represents happiness, and sometimes it means promotion and wealth.