Hitting the Stick and Swearing to Be Clear, Hearing the Chicken Dancing

"Dance upon hearing the rooster" originally meant to get up and dance with the sword upon hearing the crowing of the rooster. Later, it was used as a metaphor for people who are determined to serve the country and immediately rise up. "Book of Jin: Biography of Zu Ti" states: It is said that Zu Ti, a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was very ambitious when he was young. Every time he discussed the current situation with his friend Liu Kun, he was always impassioned and full of righteous indignation. In order to serve the country, when they heard the rooster crow in the middle of the night, they would get up with their clothes on, draw their swords and practice martial arts, and exercise hard.