Translation:
When Jiao Zhongqing heard about it, he knew in his heart that he would leave Liu Lanzhi forever. Wandering under the trees in the yard for a while, I hanged myself on the branches in the southeast.
This sentence comes from "Peacocks Fly Southeast" written by Han Yuefu.
I was going to hang myself from a branch in the southeast. 1785 The poem "Peacock Flying Southeast" with more than 350 words seems to have a special liking for the description of plants, such as tenacious Puwei, trees destroyed by cold wind, orchids covered with severe frost, and conifers and phoenix trees dotted in all directions of the cemetery.
The author obviously pays great attention to the description of plants, but he avoids talking about the name of the tree that Jiao Zhongqing hanged himself in the courtyard in two places: first, the preface says that "Zhong Qing heard of it and hanged himself in the courtyard tree"; Secondly, there is a sentence in the poem "Wandering under the courtyard tree and hanging on the southeast branch". This suspense greatly attracted the reader's interest.
Extended data:
The image of "wandering under the courtyard tree, hanging southeast branches";
Judging from the characters created by the author, Jiao Zhongqing is faithful to love, but he dare not fight directly. He was timid, stiff, passive, humiliated, kind and filial, and finally embarked on a rebellious love road.
It can be seen that he is a positive figure praised in the poem, and Jiao Zhongqing has a good working image in Lujiang House, and has a certain identity and cultural connotation, which is enough to act as a facade in a family. Then those mulberry trees that have never been favored by Feng Shui because of homophonic "mourning" can be ruled out.
From the point of view that Jiao Zhongqing used to hang himself in the courtyard, the court trees need to grow mature, the plant height should be more than two meters, the branches should be strong, stable, flat, spineless and without sharp leaves, and shrubs and small trees such as pomegranate, hibiscus, willow, bamboo, pine and cypress, osmanthus can be excluded.
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