During the Jian 'an period at the end of Han Dynasty, Liu, the wife of a young officer in Lujiang House, was sent away by Zhong Qing's mother and vowed not to marry. His family forced him to drown. When Zhong Qing heard about it, he hanged himself in the courtyard tree. When people hurt them, it is a poem.

Peacocks fly southeast and wander for five miles.

"At the age of thirteen, I can weave, and at the age of fourteen, I can learn to tailor. Fifteen plays and sixteen poems. Seventeen years old is the wife of a gentleman, and her heart is often bitter and sad. Since you are a government official, you are loyal to your chastity, and your concubine keeps an empty room. You often don't see each other often. Chickens crow into the weave and can't rest every night. It's too late to tame five horses in three days, my Lord. If you don't knit late, your wife will have a hard time! I can't bear to be driven away, but there's nothing I can do. It can be clean in vain and can go back in time. "

When the officials heard this, they said to their grandmother in class, "My son lost his property, but I am glad to have this woman back. Tie a knot with a pillow mat and make friends with you. * * * That was two or three years ago, and it didn't take long. There is no deviation in female lines. What do you mean not thick? "

The grandmother said to the official, "He Nai is too small! This woman is rude and makes her own decisions. I have been angry for a long time, so you can't be free! The master has a virtuous woman, her name is Qin Luofu. Poor man, my mother prayed for you. Send it here quickly, and be careful not to stay! "

The prefect knelt down and said, "Fu Weiqi's mother, you gave this woman today, and you will never get her again!" "

Hearing this, the grandmother was furious with the mallet bed: "This boy is fearless and dares to help women! I have lost my gratitude and will not agree! "

The officials were silent, then bowed and went home. Speaking of a bride, I choked up: "I didn't drive your mother away, but I forced my grandmother." Qing has temporarily returned to China, and I will report to the government today. When it is returned soon, it will be welcomed. Remember this and be careful not to go against my words. "

The bride telephoned a government official: "Don't repeat our differences. In the past, when Chu Yang was old, Xie Jia came to your door. Do you dare to teach yourself specially after serving the public? I work hard day and night, and I am lonely and bitter. It is said that it is innocent and has great support; It's even more urgent, so why talk about it! I have an embroidered waist, which makes me radiant. Red Luo Fu fights the account, and the four corners hang sachets; Box curtains are sixty or seventy, with blue ropes. Things are different, and all kinds are inside. People are despicable and not enough to welcome future generations. They were left behind for no reason. Always for comfort, never forget for a long time! "

The cock crows outside, and the bride's makeup is neat. Embroider my skirt, everything is four or five. My feet are on tiptoe and my head is shining. If the waist is flowing, you will smell the bright moon. Refers to the root of onion, with dani in its mouth. Chinese odyssey with thin steps.

Worship my mother in class. She is angry. "When I was a daughter, I was born in the wild. There is no lesson in this. I am ashamed of your family. I am driven by my mother's money. I miss my mother at home today and work at home. " But I said goodbye to my sister-in-law, and tears fell on my beads. "When the bride first came, her sister-in-law began to help the bed; I was fired today, and my sister-in-law is as long as me. I support my husband diligently, so that I can help myself. On the seventh and ninth day, don't forget to play. " Going out and getting on the bus, I shed more than a hundred tears.

The official horse is in front, and the bride's car is behind. He Dian Dian is faint, at the intersection of Juhui Avenue. He got off the bus, lowered his head and whispered, "I swear I won't part, I'll go home temporarily;" I'm going to the mansion now, and I'll return it right away. I swear it's sunny! "

The bride called the official: "I feel sorry for you!" " If you see the record, I hope you will come soon. You are a rock, and my concubine is a reed. Puwei line is like silk, but the rock does not move. I have my own father and brother, and my sexual behavior is violent. I'm afraid I can't do what I want to do, but I'll blow up my arm. "Easy, two of a kind.

Getting started and going home, there is no face in advancing and retreating. Grandma clapped her hands and went home without any plans: "Thirteen will teach you to knit a sweater, fourteen will cut clothes, fifteen will play the piano, sixteen will know etiquette, and seventeen will send you to get married, which shows that you are faithful. What crime did you commit today, going home without saying hello? " Lan Zhi was ashamed of his mother: "I am really innocent." Mother collapsed.

After returning to China for more than ten days, the county magistrate sent the media. Yunyousaburo, chinese odyssey. At the beginning of 189, he made many words to make talents.

Mother said to A Nv, "You can answer."

A Nv replied tearfully, "When Lanzhi first came, officials met Ding Ning and vowed to leave. Today, this is an invasion of love, and I'm afraid it's not surprising. I can break the letter, which is more important. "

Mother white matchmaker: "I am poor. With this daughter, I can only go back to my hometown." Can you be a husband if you can't bear to be a woman? Fortunately, I can ask a wide range of questions, but I can't agree. "The matchmaker went for a few days and called Cheng to come back, saying that there was an orchid daughter and a eunuch. The cloud has the fifth lang, and Jiao Yi is unmarried. The delivery is a matchmaker, and the main book is fluent in language. Let's just say, the prefect has this order, and he wants to set the righteousness, so he is sent to your door.

Grandma thanked the matchmaker: "Women swear first, how dare grandma speak!" " "

My brother got wind of it, but he was very upset. She said to Mei, "Why don't you plan on it?" ! Marry a government official first, then a husband. Is Thailand as glorious as heaven and earth? If you don't marry Yi Langti, do you want any rhyme? "

Lan Zhi looked up and replied, "Truth is as good as my brother's words. Xie Jiafujun, return the door. Dispose of it according to your brother's wishes, then you have to do it yourself! Although it is important to government officials, the canal will never be missed. If you make a promise, you can get married. "

The matchmaker got out of bed. Nuo Nuo Fur. Back to Bai Fujun: "The official is on a mission, and his words are very life-threatening." Fu Jun was very happy to hear that. Reopen the book according to the calendar, which is convenient for Liuhe to correspond this month. Ji Liang has been 30 days, and now he is 27 years old, so you can get married. Pay attention to the speed of speech, such as floating clouds. Green finch, white stork boat, four-cornered dragon. Graceful with the wind, golden car jade as the wheel. A wandering green horse with tassels and a golden saddle. The money is 3 million, all of which are covered with moss. 300 variegated horses, and the salmon in Jiaoguangcheng is precious. Although there are four or five hundred people, they are under the county seat.

Grandma said to A Nv, "I have received a letter from the government. I will come to see you tomorrow. Why not make clothes? Don't do anything! "

A Nv was silent, covered her mouth with a towel and cried, tears falling down like diarrhea. Move my glass sofa and put it under the front window. Hold a knife ruler in your left hand and a silk in your right. Embroidered skirt in the morning, light clothes at night. I want to die, I want to go out and cry.

When the officials heard about this change, they temporarily went back on vacation. In less than two or three miles, kurama's worries were eliminated. The bride knew the sound of horses, and she tiptoed to meet them. Looking at each other from afar, I know that I am an old friend. I raised my hand and patted the saddle, sighed, and my heart ached: "Since you left me, there has been no one. The fruit is not as good as the first wish, not for you. I have my own parents, and they forced me to be a brother, so I have to respond to others. What can you expect? "

The official said to the bride, "He Qing will move high! The rock is thick and can die for a thousand years; Puwei sewed for a while, and then it was overnight. Green wins the sky, I go to the grave alone! "

The bride said to the official, "What do you mean? Also persecuted, so is your concubine. Meeting in the grave does not violate today's words! " Hold hands, go their separate ways and go home. Do you hate living and dying? Farewell to this world, never complete!

When the officials got home, they all went to the class to worship their grandmother: "It's very cold today, with the cold wind destroying trees and severe frost. Today, the child is invisible, and the mother is behind. If you can't install it well, don't blame ghosts and gods Life is like Nanshan stone, and the four bodies are healthy and straight! "

Grandma heard this, tears fell down: "you are a big family, you are an official in the cabinet." Be careful not to die for a woman, how thin your feelings are! The master has a virtuous daughter, elegant and elegant. My mother is looking for you, and she will be in danger. "

The officials bowed again, sighed in the empty room and made a plan. Turning to the room, I gradually realized that I was worried about speculation.

On this day, cows and horses hissed and the bride walked into Lu Qing. Lonely people will settle down after the dying dusk. "My life is unique today, and my soul will go to the corpse and stay forever!" Take off your silk shoes and lift yourself to the pool.

When officials heard about it, they knew they would be separated. Wandering under the courtyard tree, hanging from the southeast branch.

The two families asked to be buried together, next to Huashan Mountain. Pine and cypress are planted in the east and west, and phoenix trees are planted in the left and right. Branches cover each other and leaves communicate with each other. There are two birds in the forest, calling themselves Yuanyang. Raise your head and sing to each other, reaching the fifth watch every night. Pedestrians stop to listen, widows hesitate. Thank you for your future generations, and don't forget to be careful! Appreciation of Peacock Flying Southeast (Excerpt) (Tang Tao)

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Peacock flies southeast is a folk poem, and the author's name can no longer be found. Among the existing books, this poem was first seen in Xu Ling's "Yutai New Poetry" in the Southern Dynasties, entitled "Ancient Poems for Wife". Later, it was included in Yuefu Poetry edited by Guo Maoqian in the Song Dynasty, Ancient Yuefu edited by Zuo Keming in the Yuan Dynasty and Ancient Poems edited by Feng Weine in the Ming Dynasty. There are some differences between the two texts. The most common one is 353 sentences, accounting for 1765 words. Therefore, Wang Shizhen called it "the saint of long poems" in Art Garden, and Shen Deqian also called it "the first long poem in ancient and modern times" in Qing Dynasty. It is indeed the longest poem in ancient narrative poetry.

The editor of "New Ode to Jade Terrace" added this little preface before the poem:

During the Jian 'an period at the end of Han Dynasty, Liu, the wife of a young officer in Lujiang House, was sent away by Zhong Qing's mother and vowed not to marry. His family forced him to drown. When Zhong Qing heard about it, he hanged himself in the courtyard tree. When people hurt them, it is a poem.

This little preface is very important It not only tells us the outline of the story, the time and place where it happened, the name and identity of the protagonist, but also records the origin of this poem, indicating that it was written by people to mourn the death of Zhong Qing and his wife. Scholars have always been based on this statement, affirming that Peacock Flying Southeast is a work of Jian 'an era. In the Song Dynasty, only Liu Kezhuang's Post-Shi Cun Dialect was written for the people of the Six Dynasties, but he did not give specific reasons.

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China's poems have six meanings: wind, elegance, praise, fu, comparison and glory, which are related from generation to generation and have always been based on this. "Peacock flies southeast" begins with a cloud: "Peacock flies southeast and wanders for five miles." This is called "Xing". Is to see similar things, arouse feelings, and take this as a starting point to sing what you want to sing. The ancients used two birds to describe the couple's poems, but the meaning of these two sentences involving peacocks is too simple, which makes many people feel that it seems to be irrelevant to this article and difficult to explain.

There is also a poem "Double Storks" in Yutai Xinyong, whose words are as follows:

A pair of white storks flew in from the northwest, and the list was uneven. Suddenly he was tired and couldn't fly with him. Looking back five miles, wandering six miles. "I want to take you, but I can't open my mouth; I want to have you, and my feathers will be destroyed every day. " "Happy new acquaintance, sad parting! Looking at the couple, tears fell down. " Have fun today and live forever.

This poem is about a pair of white cranes flying in pairs. The female bird suddenly became ill and could not fly on. The male wants to hug, but can't open his mouth. He has to recite and his feathers are destroyed every day, so he has to "look back five miles and wander six miles" and can't bear to go alone. This poem is included in the Yuefu Poetry Collection "A Journey to Ge Yan", with slightly different words and expressions. Cao Pi changed the "white stork" to "yellow stork" in the last paragraph of Lin in "New Yuefu". This story is quoted in many ancient poems, such as Wu Maiyuan's Flying Silkworms and Poor Silkworms, All Worldly. "Xiangyang Music" says that "orioles soar into the sky and wander in the Tao", which is all true. Peacock flying together means the same thing. In the poem, "flying to the southeast" and "coming from the northwest", "wandering in five miles" and "wandering in six miles" show that there is not much difference between the objects used to cheer up, but the names of the birds used are different.

Why does the author of Peacock Flying Southeast use this to get excited? We can get the answer from Jiao Zhongqing's skill. In the middle of Jian 'an period of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, Jiao Zhongqing, a small official of Lujiang House, had a good relationship with his wife Liu Lanzhi. Lan Zhi is a beautiful and intelligent woman. She studied embroidery since she was a child. She knows both poetry and books and is good at playing the piano. After marrying Jiao Jia, Zhong Qing became an official, weaving at home every day and weaving five horses in three days. However, Zhong Qing's mother is stubborn and has a heavy concept of gate valve. She deliberately thought she was slow at work, said she was rude, and wanted Zhong Qing to divorce her and find another lover. Zhong Qing begged, his mother slapped the table and hit the stool, and scolded sharply. At that time, Zhong Qing was anxious to return to her post and advised her wife to return to her family temporarily. Knowing that things were irreversible, he left an embroidered coat, a red cloak and some cosmetics, bid farewell to his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and boarded the bus back to Ning shortly after her husband left home. Zhong Qing waited for her at the entrance of the avenue, dismounted and said goodbye to his wife, vowing never to be ungrateful. Lan Zhi compared rocks to reeds, saying that their love should be as strong as rocks and as tough as reeds! The couple are so reluctant to part.

In ancient times, when a woman returned to Ning, she had to be sent by her family. If she doesn't see her, it means that she has been fired and is no longer wanted. When Lan Zhi came home, although she was forgiven by her mother, her brother had a bad temper. After more than ten days, the news of returning home spread, and the county magistrate sent someone to be his third son's matchmaker. Lan Zhi politely refused through his mother's mouth. A few days later, the satrap sent Cheng to marry his fifth son, but his mother refused him. Her younger brother, greedy for wealth, said to Lan Zhi, "You are really ungrateful! This position is much higher now than in the past. It should be said that it is welcome. What will you do if you don't get married? " Lan Zhi has no father and lives on his brother when he goes home. Hearing this, he verbally agreed. When the matchmaker returned, the prefect chose another day to get married, and the Liu family also forced to prepare a dowry.

Zhong Qing learned of this change and came back to see Lan Zhi. At that time, Lan Zhi wore a day's wedding clothes, unable to restrain his sadness, and went outside to cry alone. As soon as she heard the familiar horse barking, she stepped forward to meet her. Zhong Qing said to Lan Zhi, "I've come to congratulate you. From now on, you will be promoted to a higher position, and I will go to the grave alone. For thousands of years, this rock is still strong. I didn't expect Pu Wei to be just tough for a while! " Lan Zhi told Zhong Qing not to say such things. As both oppressed peoples, facts will prove that their fate is the same. When Zhong Qing came home, his mother tried to persuade him, but he still sat in the empty room and sighed, making up his mind to die of double suicide.

When the wedding day came, Lan Zhi waited until the evening to be quiet, and then plunged into the swimming pool. Hearing the news, Zhong Qing lingered under the courtyard tree for some time and hanged himself on a branch near the southeast. The two families were buried together next to Huashan Mountain. There are pines, cypresses and phoenix trees in the cemetery, and the branches and leaves are crossed. Every night, two birds sing in the dense leaves, which are the "Yuanyang" birds transformed by their spirits.

The author thinks of Mr. and Mrs. Jiao Zhongqing from Peacock, and goes back to Mandarin Duck from Mr. and Mrs. Jiao Zhongqing. The difference between man and bird is not very strict on this occasion. People in China often like to add some imagination to their passionate stories. They yearn for a free and happy life and praise their efforts to realize this life with reverence. "Yuanyang" bird is the conclusion of their optimism to defeat feudal forces. In their eyes, life and death are never terrible boundaries. Death does not mean failure, it marks the initial sacrifice and the final victory.

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Peacock Flying Southeast appeared 1,700 years ago, until it was included in Yutai Xinyong. It may have been revised and polished by scholars during this period, but as a story poem, it still retains the excellent characteristics of folk literature quite richly. This is not to say that the story it sings comes entirely from the people, but because the author treats his own problems with a clear ideological stand through the approachable literary language, drawing lines and according to the understanding and judgment of the people, showing a profound people's spirit and realism spirit.

This ideological position is very prominent, first of all, because the theme of resisting the feudal gate valve system is correct and distinct.

Through the marriage between Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi, the author deeply and meticulously describes the contradiction between Lan Zhi and Jiao Mu, and the contradiction between Lan Zhi and her brother, thus revealing the position of an ordinary woman under the oppression of feudal ethics and the concept of gate valve, and further launching a powerful attack on the traditional ethics in a patriarchal society. In the poem, Jiao Mu and Liu Xiong are the rulers of two families, who hold the economic rights of the whole family. She and he are different incarnations of the material and spiritual strength of the feudal system and the traditional ethics that the author hates and attacks.

Jiao Mu is the direct producer of the whole tragedy. She doesn't like Lan Zhi, because Lan Zhi can't satisfy her bossy desire to rule: "This woman is rude and goes her own way." Because Lan Zhi was born in a humble family, she couldn't resist her: "You are a big family, ... what do you feel?" She always shows the savage and narrow face cultivated by monogamy politics in a patriarchal society. Her unreasonable troubles are more specifically manifested in her disregard for right and wrong: "It is too late to break five horses in three days." The performance is that no one: "I have been angry for a long time, how can you be free!" " After becoming angry from embarrassment, he went his own way: "That boy has no fear and dares to help that woman!" " I have lost my gratitude and won't promise! "She never forgets to show off her family status, and repeatedly mentions that' the master has a virtuous daughter, and grandma asks you', which shows that it is as easy for a person like her to marry a daughter-in-law as to buy an animal. The author drew the image of this evil aunt with a deified line drawing technique, without publicity, and everything he said and did was in line with his identity.

Jiao Mu accused Lan Zhi of "lack of etiquette" and "independence", and the latter reported that he was born in the wilderness. Through the description of specific actions, the poem rendered Lan Zhi's intelligence, ability, beauty, kindness, love of labor and prudence, and gave the highest praise to the ordinary woman, making all the accusations imposed on Lange appear empty in front of readers, thus setting off Jiao Mu's stubbornness and professionalism. At the same time, the author described the unswerving love between Lan Zhi and Zhong Qing with vivid dialogue, and explained the tragedy, thus consolidating the evil of cannibalism caused by feudal ethics and the door valve system.

As another incarnation of traditional ethics, Liu Xiong is different from Jiao Mu because of his different rank and status. He is a selfish man who is keen on wealth and always wants to climb up. The contradiction between Lan Zhi and her brother also contains another social problem under the feudal patriarchal clan system & women's economic status. When Lan Zhi and Zhong Qing parted, they said, "I have my own father and brother, and my sexual behavior is as violent as thunder. I was afraid I couldn't do what I wanted to do, so I blew my arm instead. " "Father and brother" is a compound word here. In fact, Lan Zhi has a brother but no father. She lives on her brother when she gets home. The magistrate refused to send the media, and the prefect sent someone to marry him. This brother shows a vulgar psychology of being above others and facing difficulties. He said, "Why not plan?" Marry a government official first, then a husband. If heaven and earth are good, then glory. If you don't marry Yi Langti, do you want any rhyme? "Lan Zhi verbally agreed. Lu Shiyong of the Ming Dynasty attacked this point in "General Theory of Poetic Realm", thinking that since Lan Zhi would not get married, why didn't he argue with his brother? This Mr. Lu doesn't know the contradiction with her brother, mainly because the former has no independent economic status and can only live by her brother. "If you don't marry Yi Lang, why He Yun? "When he asked what to do in the future, he obviously took the tone of expelling guests, which hurt Lan Zhi's heart. That's why she "looked up" and replied, "If you thank your husband, you will return to your brother's door on the way, and you will be punished according to your brother's wishes. What do you have to do? "Being pushed around by others is a sign of sadness. Lan Zhi has the ability to support herself, but society has deprived her of her economic status, making it impossible for her to live independently. In her husband's family, she abandoned her wife. In her mother's family, she was placed in such a position that she finally had to practice her vows with her life. Knowing it's useless, even if you don't play, playing is the highest. She made a final protest against the fate imposed on her by the feudal patriarchal clan system.

The gate system is not an isolated problem, it is the result of the increasingly sharp class contradictions at that time. The theme of Peacock Flying Southeast is clear, because this poem further reveals the broader and deeper social contradictions reflected by the gate system through the marriage problem between Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi.

The contradiction is also prominent because the author lets it be reflected in the characters at the same time.

Because it is a narrative poem, there are not only characters, but also the author of Peacock Flying Southeast describes the characters' characters vividly and simply. Judging from the existing content, this long poem seems to have been sung for a period of time after its birth, and the characters' personalities are gradually enriched in the process of singing, so every character is permeated with the feelings of working people. This feeling is not only manifested in the clear distinction between love and hate, but also in the name of Thai baht. The author denies everything that should be denied and affirms everything that should be affirmed. But whether it is negative or positive, it does not follow a simple formula, but implies the social status and personality characteristics of the characters through complex and specific descriptions, and gives them proper evaluation. Judging from the author's grasp of the depth of life, we can't help but say that this is an outstanding example of realistic artistic creation in China's classical literature.

Take Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi as examples. Zhong Qing was born in an official family and worked as an official in the Taishoufu. Although his rank is humble, he already has the qualification to be a "product" in a strict society, so his mother said, "You are a big family and an official in Taige", and you will have to rely on your backer to make great achievements in the future. Obviously, he is a golden bird who grew up in a cage and developed a cautious and cowardly character. He is a kind-hearted white-faced scholar. The author basically affirmed his struggle, but when describing it, he tightly buckled his own characteristics-the experience and personality characteristics of the characters. Zhong Qing loves his wife deeply. When he knew that his mother was going to expel Lan Zhi, he first gently "opened" and then "knelt down". When his mother "bumped into the bed and flew into a rage", he silently quit, went back to his room, grabbed Lan Zhi by the neck and said, "I'm not going to expel her, but to force her to have a mother". At the same time, he advised Lan Zhi to lower himself and go back to her family for a while, and promised to pick her up later, but he actually had only a little fantasy expectation, and there was no practical way. Lan Zhi was forced to get married. He vowed to commit suicide alone and even told his mother about the plan. After Lan Zhi died, he finally fell in love with Lan Zhi. The author wrote that he lingered under the courtyard tree for a while, then hanged himself and drew the timid scholar's face vividly.

Lan Zhi is different from him. Although the poem describes her knowledge of poetry ceremony and describes her makeup and dressing with exaggerated brushwork used in classical works, especially in folk literature, in the door society, "born young, out of the wild" shows that her family background has not entered the eyes of "nine products are right". She is an independent woman who grew up in a well-off family. She is beautiful, intelligent and capable. Although the author tries her best to write about her kindness and meekness, there is an irresistible rigidity in kindness and meekness-a primitive form of the conscious consciousness of the oppressed in people's imagination. This rigidity is not necessarily understood from Jiao Mu's statement that "this woman has no manners, and everything she does is self-directed", but is more widely spread in all the details of Lange's actions. When she understood Jiao Mu's intention, she invited herself without waiting for the other person to speak: "I can't be driven, but I can't do anything. You can send it back for nothing. " Zhong Qing sobbed at her and could do nothing. She said, "Don't mix up!" Advise her to go back to her family for the time being and plan to meet again later. She said, "What's the point of coming back?" She saw the problem clearly, understood her situation and showed the dignity of an ordinary person. However, the author did not simply deal with this problem unilaterally. Lan Zhi knows Zhong Qing's character, but she loves Zhong Qing and knows that Zhong Qing loves her. The children's love still forced her to have a little fantasy about the cold reality. Zhong Qing said goodbye to her, and she urged, "If you see it, I hope you will come soon." This is her only hope, which will inevitably arise under certain conditions. The county magistrate sent someone to be a matchmaker, but she declined politely: "You can stop writing letters yourself, no matter how slow you are." Finally, her brother said, "If you don't marry Yi Langti, why do you want He Yun?" Stiffness immediately occupied Lan Zhi's soul, and the dignity of the oppressed was sublimated in her heart. She decided to express her final protest with her life, so she quickly agreed.

When she left Jiao's home, her attitude was calm. When the date of remarriage is fixed, her attitude is very calm; Even in the end, "take off your silk shoes and lift yourself into the pool" has no hesitation or hesitation. She never bows to the environment. How many people enriched Liu Lanzhi's character in the process of singing is difficult to verify, but it is indeed the most beautiful expression of the glorious personality of the oppressed under the historical conditions at that time. The cruelty and transformation of the environment have improved the spirit of the characters. With a simple description, the author puts the details into action one by one, which makes the work have a heartfelt appeal-a poetic appeal on the basis of truth.

As one of the great poems of ancient folk literature, Peacock Flying Southeast not only exposes the evil of feudal gate rule, but also records the true feelings of the people 1,700 years ago. -It is a wonderful flower in the art garden and a mirror of history.

(Selected from Collected Works of Tang Tao, Social Science Literature Publishing House, 1995).