What does nature mean?

Pronunciation: tiān dì? Zhang Hua

Source: Han Dynasty writer Jia Yi's "Ode to Ostrich Birds": "Besides, heaven and earth are furnaces, and nature works; Yin and Yang are charcoal, and everything is copper. The news is scattered, is it regular? "

Vernacular interpretation: heaven and earth are like the furnace of metallurgical craftsmen, and nature is like metallurgical craftsmen. Yin and Yang cast things, so it is called charcoal, and things are cast by Yin and Yang, so it is called copper. How can there be certain rules for the gathering, dispersion and destruction of life?

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The Creation Background of Ode to the Owl

It was written by Jia Yi when he was a teacher in Changsha Wang for three years. This Fu used the ostrich's question and answer to express his anxiety and anger, and freed himself with Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi's thoughts of life and death, fortune and misfortune. Full of emotion, chic style and deep style. The author is excited by things, by emotion and physiology, and by reason; And the pen is strong and healthy, in one go.

According to Records of Historical Records Biography of Qu Yuan Jia Sheng and Biography of Han Jia Yi, one day an ostrich (commonly known as an owl) flew to Jia Yi's house. He thinks owls are ominous birds, because they are in a bad mood after being demoted and can't adapt to the hot weather in Changsha. He felt that his life would soon come to an end, so he wrote this song "Ode to the Ostrich" to send himself away.