Like the bow which should not be relaxed, the brothers should not become estranged.
The mud line is about how easy/natural it is to add mud to walls (the walls being made of mud, and mud easily sticking to mud) -- it's a metaphor for the small people who naturally don't have virtues and need to be led by example.
The Man and Mao are names for southwest minority groups. (So the narrator is concerned that the small people will become like barbarians)
Re: 223. 角弓 - Jiao Gong
Date: 2021-05-09 06:08 pm (UTC)Like the bow which should not be relaxed, the brothers should not become estranged.
The mud line is about how easy/natural it is to add mud to walls (the walls being made of mud, and mud easily sticking to mud) -- it's a metaphor for the small people who naturally don't have virtues and need to be led by example.
The Man and Mao are names for southwest minority groups. (So the narrator is concerned that the small people will become like barbarians)