Interpretation of the chicken dance
"Jin Shu - Zu Ti biography" : "(Zu Ti) and Sikong Liu Kun Club for the 司州主簿, the love of good muse, **** was with the bed. In the middle of the night heard deserted chickens crowing, cu Kun Jue said: 'This is not the sound of evil.' Because of the dance." Later on, the saying "Winking at the rooster and starting to dance" was used to describe a person with high aspirations as a symbol of timely endeavor. Song Zhou (宋 松洲) "Nian Nujiao (念奴娇 -题锺山楼) Lyrics: "Strike the oar and swear to be clear, and wake up and dance at the sound of the rooster; after all, the hero will get it." Yuan Zhang Yu (元 张昱)《看剑亭为曹将军 赋》詩："闻鸡起舞非今日，对酒闲看想起往年。" Qing Dynasty Sun Yulin, "The Blood of Wanjiang River - The Rise of Learning": "The heart is still strong when it winks at the cock and starts dancing, and the first whip is not allowed to create the current situation." It is also called "Winking Chicken Dance" and "Winking Chicken". Song Xin Qiji 《Bodhisattva Barbarian》 Lyrics："Fame and glory are your own promise, and you have fewer days to smell the chicken dance." Qing Dynasty Du Jiao (杜岕) Poem on "Inviting the Flute to Make a Step": "I might want to hear the chicken dance, or I might want to climb up the stairs at night." Zhao Yi (赵翼) Poem on "The Newly Engraved Collection of the Scholarship of Shuanan": "Though there are no more talks on the subject of lice, who would be excited to hear the chicken dance." Sun Zhiwei (孙枝蔚) Poem on "Staying with Guests in an Ancient Temple": "Smiling at the Chicken and Thinking of Yue Shi, and Laughing at Zhuang Sheng with Butterflies". Xie Jueya, "In Guangzhou - Touring the Tiger Gate", poem: "A general is in charge of the door and calls for a tiger, while ten thousand men dance and smell the chicken at night."
Word Breakdown
Explanation of "hear the rooster" . Hearing the rooster crowing. It refers to the dawn . Ming He Jingming 《祭亡兄东昌公文》："Beginning in the Baling, heard the chicken, through the Yamen candle to see things." . See "闻鸡起舞". Explanation for "start dancing" (起舞) Also known as "起儛" (儛). Get up and dance. 国语 -晋语二：""Liu Ji made a promise to make Yu Shi drink Rick's wine. In the middle of the drink, Youshi got up and danced." Sui Shu - five lines of Zhi on ":" Emperor Wu spoke in the heavy clouds of the temple, Salmon Zhi Gong suddenly rise humming chamber music, a moment of sadness and tears."