In any society, whether animal society or human society, violence in the past led to hegemony, but now it is kindness that leads to virtuous people. Lions and tigers on the ground, eagles and ostriches in the air all rule the public with their bravado. The swan is not like this. It is the king of water, relying on all the virtues that can create a peaceful world, such as nobility, dignity, kindness and so on. It has power, strength and courage, but it also has the will not to abuse authority and the determination not to use force unless it is self-defense; It can fight and win, but it never attacks others. As a peace-loving monarch in waterfowl world, it dares to confront the air overlord; It waits for the eagle to attack, does not provoke it, but is not afraid of it. Its powerful wings are its shields. It uses the tenacity of feathers and the frequent flapping of wings to deal with the eagle's mouth and claws and repel the eagle's attack. The result of its struggle is often victory. And it has only one proud enemy, and all other warlike birds don't respect it. It coexists peacefully with the whole nature: among all kinds of waterfowl, it regards it as a friend rather than a monarch, and those waterfowl seem to be obedient to it. It is just a leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and a chief resident of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. How much it gives to others, how much it only takes from others. All it wants is peace and freedom. For such a head of state, the citizens of the country are naturally fearless.
Swan's elegant face and beautiful appearance are just commensurate with its docile nature. It is pleasing to everyone. Everywhere I went, it became the ornament of this place, beautifying this place; Everyone likes it, everyone welcomes it and everyone appreciates it. No bird deserves to be loved so much; It turns out that nature has not given any bird so much noble and gentle beauty, which makes us realize that its creation can reach such a beautiful level. Handsome figure, rounded appearance, graceful lines, bright white, tactfully vivid movements, sometimes full of enthusiasm, and sometimes carefree posture. In a word, everything about the swan is scattered with the comfort and intoxication we feel when we appreciate elegance and beauty, which makes people feel that it is different from ordinary people and depicts it as a love birds. The ancient myth says that this charming bird is the father of the most beautiful woman in the world, and everything proves that this brilliant and ridiculous myth is well-founded.
We have to admit that it is not only the first sailor of the feather family, but also the most beautiful sailing model provided by nature. Yes, its neck is very high, and its chest is straight and round, as if it were the bow of the boat breaking the waves; Its broad belly is like the bottom of a boat; Its body leans forward in order to accelerate, the more it stands back, and finally stands up like a ship; The tail is an authentic rudder; Feet are broad paddles; Its big wings spread out and bulged slightly in the first half of the wind. This is a sail. They push the live boat and push it with the driver.
The swan knows that it is noble, so it is proud, and it also knows that it is beautiful, so it is very good. It seems to deliberately put all its advantages out; It seems to have won people's praise and attracted people's attention. In fact, it is really insatiable. Whether we look at it from a distance in the vast smoke waves, it swims freely like a winged fleet, or it responds to the call sign, leaves the fleet alone and swims near the shore, showing its beauty and charm with various gentle, euphemistic and charming actions for people to appreciate carefully.
Swan has both natural beauty and freedom; Not among the slaves we forced or imprisoned. It lives freely in our pond. If it can't enjoy enough independence, it won't stay there or settle there. It will wander freely on the surface of the water, or go ashore, or swim offshore to the center of the water, or along the water's edge, come to the foot of the mountain to live, hide in rushes, drill into the most remote bay, and then leave its seclusion and return to inhabited places to enjoy the fun of getting along with people-it seems to like tyrants very much.
Swan is superior to domestic goose in all aspects. Goose only eats weeds and seed materials, but swan will find a more exquisite and extraordinary food. It keeps catching fish with clever tricks; It makes countless different gestures to capture its success and make the best use of its dexterity and strength. It will avoid or resist its enemy: an old swan is in the water, and it is not even afraid of the best dog; It can break people's legs with a blow of its wings, and its rapidity and violence can be imagined. In a word, the swan seems not afraid of any plot or attack, because it is as brave as its dexterity and strength.
The usual cry of swan training is not as loud as voiced sound: it is a gasp, much like the saying "cats curse the sky", which was expressed by the ancient Romans with a homophonic word "all cold three" Listening to that tone, it feels like a threat or anger; The reason why the ancients can describe those powerful swans and make them so praised is obviously not based on some nearly dumb swans like us. We feel that the wild swan has well preserved its natural beauty, and has a feeling of full freedom and a tone of full freedom. Yes, we can hear a rhythmic and tortuous song in its singing, or rather, in its humming. Its voice is as loud as a horn, but this sharp and rarely changing tone can't reach the gentle, harmonious and melodious change of our songbirds.
In addition, the ancients not only described the swan as a magical singer, but also thought that among all creatures who felt something at the end of life, only Tian Hao would sing at the end of life, with a harmonious voice as a prelude to his last sigh. According to them, the swan makes such a soft and touching tone because it wants to make a sad and affectionate farewell to life when it is about to die; This tone, like complaining, formed its own funeral song in a deep, sad and gloomy way. They also said that people could hear this kind of singing at the beginning of the dynasty when the wind and waves were calm; Some people even saw many swans singing their elegies and dying in music. There is no fabricated story in natural history, and there is no fable that is praised, restated and believed more than this legend in ancient society. It controlled the lively and sensitive imagination of the ancient Greeks: poets, orators and even philosophers accepted the legend and thought it was too beautiful to doubt at all. We should forgive them for writing such fables; These fables are really lovely and touching, and their value is far above those sad and boring historical facts; For sensitive hearts, these are comforting metaphors. There is no doubt that swans will not sing about their own death; However, whenever it comes to the last flight and brilliant performance made by a great genius before his death, people will always think of such a touching idiom with infinite emotion: "This is a swan song!" "