Chapter seven Biography of Zudi(4)

When Zu Ti and Liu Kun were the heads of state of Sizhou, they were deeply in love with each other and often slept in the same bed. Once, Zu Ti heard the crow of a rooster in the middle of the night. He thought it was God encouraging him to make progress, so he woke up Liu Kun and said, "This is not a bad sound." Then he and Liu Kun went outside to practice sword fighting.[ 5] Later generations use the "chicken dance" metaphor of people eager to serve the country immediately rise.

In his early years, Zu Ti made friends with Liu Kun and shared the goal of recovering the Central Plains. After Zu Ti was appointed by the imperial court, Liu Kun said to him, "I am always worried that Zu Ti will beat me with his whip." He was worried that Zu Ti would build his career ahead of him. Later generations often quote "whip first" and "ancestor whip" in poems and essays, and "whip me first" to describe striving to be the first.