Cats are nicknamed Cats, but in ancient times, there were many nicknames: Jade-faced Beaver, Cicada, and Female Slave. Kunlun da ji, Tiger Uncle and so on. The most extensive one is the "raccoon slave". Beaver originally refers to bobcats, while domestic cats are domesticated by them, but the name of "Beaver" has remained, just like the old farmer who has been dealing with Tukela all his life in the village, and he has always been called a nickname since childhood. As soon as I kicked my leg, my name suddenly appeared on the handle, and even my neighbors were surprised: I also have your name.
Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty, loved his cousin Tang Wan and cats. According to rough statistics, there are no fewer than dozens of poems related to cats. Ha, but there are only ten poems about Tang Wan. Of course, the mouth is the mouth, the pen belongs to the pen, and the heart is only known to me.
Let's take a look at these "cat poems".
The sentence "The Iron Horse Glacier Comes to Dream" is really exciting and full of passion. The title of this poem is "The Storm on November 4th? Second, "(I don't feel sorry for myself in a lonely village, but I still think about defending the country." Lying at night listening to the wind and rain, the iron horse glacier dreams) What about "Part One"? "It's stormy on November 4th? The first is: "The wind blows the rivers and lakes and the rain darkens the village, and the sound of four mountains makes waves turn. The firewood is soft and warm, so I can't go out with the raccoon dog. " In the early winter, the wind and rain suddenly blew hard, and it was cold outside. Needless to say, our master was with his beloved raccoon dog. At home, preparations were made, firewood was burning, and the raccoon dog was very comfortable to lie in the soft carpet, and the cat was comfortable, and so was our master. Watch this. This felt is called Man Felt. Maybe it's imported. Of course, it can't be said that loving cats is better than patriotism, but what is certain is that this raccoon slave is quite weighty in the poet's mind.
By the way, the "slave" here has nothing to do with slaves, but a lovable little girl. In Shanxi, our province, there was a custom of calling little girls "slave children" and "slave slaves" decades ago, and another one is "little slaves" (in fact, I am afraid it is all over the country). Many "slave children" have been called "slave children" all their lives, and they have no big names or are unknown. In the ancient epigraph, there are "Nian Nu Jiao", "Cherish Nu Jiao" and "Ugly Nu Er" and so on. Huang Tingjian's "Millennium" says: "Slave sleeps, slave sleeps." Song Zhu Bian's "Old News of Quyi" Volume 1: "If it is ok, please take slaves as the head." The Journey to the West replied on the 27th: "When I was born a slave, I wanted to get married, but I was afraid that I would be helpless when I was old." Ruan Yue, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote "Song of the Immortal Cave: A Gift to Zhao Funu, an official prostitute in Yichun".
I'm so verbose just to show that "raccoon slave" is not only a derogatory term, but also a nickname that makes people feel a thousand kinds of love and tenderness.
Lu You wrote in "North Window": "The long guest asks if he is well, and the raccoon slave is lonely", which means that friends in Longdi, who are thousands of miles away, can be lonely in their letters. I replied: Well, it's enough to be accompanied by civet cats. In Winter Lent, Lu You wrote: "I am old and lonely, who will entertain me in the morning and evening?" The raccoon slave is on the mat, and the deer is on the stick. " , which means old age is lonely, who will entertain the morning and evening? My beloved raccoon slave, on the side of my bed, is its curled-up wormwood mat, a seat. With her, I am simply a fairy, climbing a mountain, turning on a tap, and being followed by a raccoon slave who has the right to be a deer.
The sentence "The night is long and warm enough for a raccoon dog" even smells like "love between a man and a cat", which makes it hard for a common cat like you and me.
Another song, Sitting at Night after Drinking Alone, says, "Don't be lonely, but be a slave to the big raccoon dog. With the big raccoon slave, I will never be lonely. " Look, the raccoon slave is not a toy, but a pet. I have it here, but I can sit with it and talk about it. Only the "raccoon dog slave" suddenly became a "big raccoon dog slave". I don't know whether the owner changed a big cat or the original cute one grew up. Of course, there is another possibility. "Big" has nothing to do with physical size, but has raised its position in the old man's mind, from "brothers" to "Song leader", the boss of Liangshan.
However, according to other "Fang Ming"-Xiao Tu, Xue Er, Pink Nose and so on, it is obvious that Lu You has kept many cats successively. Is it possible to save a bunch of children? It's impossible from the poem, but change one every few years. The life span of a cat is only seven or eight years, but the owner of the cat is eighty-five years old.
as the saying goes, it's time to become famous, right. But you have to rely on it to be famous, right? If you are a "cat with wings", it's not up to you if you don't want to be famous. For an ordinary cat, the most convenient shortcut is to be next to a writer or poet, and make a name for himself by making a fortune.