鳩佔鵲巢(A dove has taken over a magpie's nest)
(詩經)是中國最早的詩歌合輯。
這本書中有305首詩。
這些詩寫的時間橫跨500年，從西元前11世紀到西元前6世紀。
這些詩的內容主要分為三類。
第一類是當時中國各地的民間詩歌
第二類是當時統治中國的周王朝的詩歌。
第三類是周王朝中的王室與貴族祭祀用的詩歌。
其中有一首當時的民間詩歌，這首詩歌非常的有趣，當時的人們觀察到自然界中中有一個特殊的自然現象，喜鵲製作鳥巢時會弄得非常堅固，喜鵲通常在12月就開始築鳥巢繁殖，等到春天幼鳥離開鳥巢後，巢就空出來了。
斑鳩的繁殖期恰巧從3月的春天開始。因為這個時間差，所以有些斑鳩就會直接使用喜鵲用過的舊巢。
當時的人們看到這個畫面，他們感覺就像是喜鵲就像一個男人，這個男人建造了一間房屋，然後斑鳩像是一個女人，這個女人與這個男人結婚後搬到這個男人所建好的房屋內居住。
這首詩的大概意思如下。
喜鵲築了一個鳥巢，斑鳩搬到這個鳥巢中居住。一個女子要出嫁，男人派了一百輛馬車來迎娶她。
喜鵲築了一個鳥巢，斑鳩佔有了這個鳥巢。一個女子要出嫁，男人派了一百輛馬車來護送她。
喜鵲築了一個鳥巢，斑鳩一家住滿了這個鳥巢。一個女子要出嫁，男人用了一百輛馬車來完成這場婚禮。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是一隻斑鳩佔據了一個喜鵲所築的鳥巢。
這句成語後來產生了一個與這首詩的本意完全相反的意思。
這句成語被引申用來形容一個人以霸道強橫的方式去強佔別人努力的成果
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你是否觀察到過自然界中那些有趣的現象呢?你認識幾種鳥類呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為詩經-召南-鵲巢
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A dove has taken over a magpie's nest(鳩佔鵲巢)
The Book of Songs is China's earliest
collection of poems.
It contains 305 poems.
These span 500 years, from the 11th to the
6th century BC.
The poems are mainly divided into three
categories.
The first category consists of folk poems
from various parts of China at that time.
The second category includes poems from the
Zhou dynasty, which ruled China during this period.
The third category comprises poems used by
the royal family and the ability of the Zhou dynasty in sacrificial rites.
One of the folk poems is particularly
interesting. People observed a peculiar natural phenomenon at that time:
magpies build very sturdy nests and usually begin to build theirs in December,
in order to breed. After the chicks leave in spring, the nests are empty.
Doves' breeding season begins in March. Due
to this time difference, some doves will use the old magpie nests directly.
Seeing this, people at the time felt as if
the magpie was a man who built a house and the dove was a woman who married him
and moved into it.
The woman married the man and moved into
the house that he had built.
The poem's general meaning is as follows:
A magpie built a nest and a dove moved into
it. A woman was to be married, and a man sent a hundred carriages to collect
her.
A magpie built a nest and a dove occupied
it. A woman was to be married, and a man sent a hundred carriages to escort her
there.
A magpie built a nest and a family of doves
filled it. A woman was to be married, and a man used a hundred carriages for
the wedding.
The idiom literally translates as 'a dove
occupies a magpie's nest'.
However, this idiom later developed a
meaning that was completely opposite to the original intent of the poem.
It is now used to describe someone who uses
domineering and forceful methods to take the fruits of another's labor.
Dear friend, What inspiration or thoughts
did you gain from this story?
Have you ever noticed any interesting
natural phenomena? How many different types of bird can you identify?
I hope this story will provide you with
some new insights.