It is normal for the cock to crow and the hen to lay eggs.
related legends
allusions to chickens
Zhuangzi Dasheng was written as a stupefied chicken. Said Zhou Xuanwang is particularly fond of watching cockfighting, and he asked the master of chicken training in Qi State to train an unbeaten cockfighting. The chicken stood there, calm and calm, looking like a wooden chicken. When other chickens saw it like this, they all scared away and dared not fight with it. The meaning of stupefied has evolved into the way people become speechless with fear or surprise.
Mencius was published with a chicken on the moon. There is a man who steals a chicken from his neighbor's house every day. Someone advised him, "This is not a decent behavior!" " He said, "I know it's not good. Well, please allow me to steal less. I used to steal one every day, and then I will steal one every month. Next year, I will wash my hands of it completely." Metaphor refers to those who know they are wrong, but deliberately delay time and refuse to correct them in time.
In the morning, Zhuji Company published Shangshu Pastoral Oath. Chickens and hens, too. Crowing is the rooster's "patent", and it is considered unlucky for hens to crow in the morning. In the old days, it was thought that this indicated the decline of the family. In feudal times, it was used to describe women's usurpation of power and chaos.
The queen of a chicken's mouth is also called "the dead chicken follows the cow" and "it's better to be the queen of a chicken's mouth and do nothing". Coded "Warring States Policy, Korea Policy". I would rather be a small and clean chicken mouth than a big and smelly cow anus. It is better to be independent in a small situation than to be dominated by others in a big situation.
The cock broke his tail and published Zuo Zhuan Zhao Gong's Twenty-two Years. This refers to the cock who harms himself for fear of sacrifice, and later refers to the man who kills himself for fear of being killed.
A cock crows and a dog steals, and the book Historical Records and Biographies of Meng Changjun is published. Meng Changjun's mission to Qin was detained by Zhao Wang, and Meng Yi, a diner, pretended to be a dog and went into Qin camp to steal fox white fur and presented it to Zhao Wang's concubine to intercede with Meng. When Meng fled to Hangu Pass, Zhao Wang ordered him to hunt down, and another diner pretended to be a chicken and called the chickens to sing together to trick him into opening the city gate, so Meng was able to escape back to Qi. Nowadays, a cock crow and a dog thief refer to trivial skills, as well as furtive behavior.