Basicexplanation
Ringarrows.Sincethesoundcomesbeforethearrowwhenitislaunched,itisoftenusedasametaphorforthebeginningofthings.Stilltalkingfirst.
嚆:嚆hāocall:嚆short(afterthesoundofthearrowisshot,thesoundarrivesfirstandthearrowarriveslater,itisametaphorforthethingthathappenedbeforeorthebeginningofthething).
Sagitta:ArrowshǐSagitta:LiuShi.Bowarrow.Some(di)haveatarget. Arrowhead.Oath:Wewillneverchange(sweartobedeterminedandneverchange).
Exemplum
ModernChinese
KeLing"FragrantSnowSea·WaterFlowingThousandMilestotheSea":"AndthesetwosuccessfulperformancesbecametheThearrowoftheChinesedramamovement."
AncientChinese
ZhuangZhou's "Zhuangzi·Zaiyou": "Scis quod pastis notasilly sagitta."
TangChenYueshi's "TaijiaoTheoria": "Sima familia habet mundum, anditis non malum incohatam. Yun, allexit YiZhouto, putat esse sagittam." Mencius" dixit: "Si in corde est YiY, tunc nolumus urpit."
QingWangFuzhi scriptor "ReadingTongjianLun·TangSuzong":"PushInits originalis forma,LiuWenjingisreallyasternorder, solum totos a periculo, andacryforannihilation in hominem, itisnotalsosad!"