Basicexplanation
Ringarrows.Sincethesoundcomesbeforethearrowwhenitislaunched,itisoftenusedasametaphorforthebeginningofthings.Stilltalkingfirst.
嚆:嚆hāocall:嚆short(afterthesoundofthearrowisshot,thesoundarrivesfirstandthearrowarriveslater,itisametaphorforthethingthathappenedbeforeorthebeginningofthething).
Arrow:ArrowshǐArrow:LiuShi.Bowarrow.Some(di)haveatarget.Arrowhead.Oath:Wewillneverchange(sweartobedeterminedandneverchange).
Example
ModernChinese
KeLing"FragrantSnowSea·WaterFlowingThousandMilestotheSea":"AndthesetwosuccessfulperformancesbecametheThearrowoftheChinesedramamovement."
AncientChinese
ZhuangZhou's"Zhuangzi·Zaiyou":"Youknowthatthepastisnotasillyarrow."ChengXuanyingShu:"Hey,thereisaroarfromthearrowheads."
TangChenYueshi's"TaijiaoTheory":"TheSimafamilyhastheworld,anditisnotbadatthebeginning,anditisnotbadattheend.Yun,alltookYiZhoutothinkthatitwasanarrow."Mencius"said:"IfthereisnoYiYin'sheart,thenwewillusurpit."Thereisapurpose!"
QingWangFuzhi's"ReadingTongjianLun·TangSuzong":"PushInitsoriginalform,LiuWenjingisreallyasternorder,onlytosavefromperil,andacryforannihilationbyafoolishman,itisnotalsosad!"