#안타까운것도 있고

[shaguagua]

虛空爲鼓須彌槌，擊者雖多聽者稀。

Emptiness like a drum with a tall mountain beats, there are so many who beat when no one hears.

半夜髑髏驚破夢，滿頭明月不思歸。

In the midnight my dream is awaked by skull, the full moon hope never setting down.

It's a poem by 释子淳(shì zǐ chún) in 宋朝(Song dynasty). He became a Buddhism monk in early age, wrote religious poems, which is about reaching Nirvana.

It's actually one of Buddhism prayer in Korea about 1000 years. 摘自楞嚴經(zhāi zì léng yán jīng) it's shorted as 楞嚴經. When in china, they don't agree its historical value. Ironically, Korean monks had interpreted the book and it is now a national treasure.

Also, in the drama, Qin huizhang carved the 不思歸(bu si gui), when his son reached 滿月晏(man yue yan; full month celebration). Which means in old china, they celebrated a baby's a month old celebration. Because it was common they would die before that. Qin huizhang must had be really happy that he would not go back where there isn't his son. Think about their story it's really sad.

It's fully religious meaning unfortunately I'm not a Buddhist, I searched quite many references but it seems it's only used as prayer. So here again, I'm guessing,

People are beating the drum with their mind empty, so nobody really hears whatever they are beating. Then a dream breaks with skull, this skull has a story.

There was a monk who were traveling, one day he was stuck with heavy rain in a cave, day became dark so he tried to sleep a bit. He was having such a wonderful dream then he felt so thirsty, so he drank water nearby, which tasted like Nirvana. The next morning he woke up, then found the water in the skull in his hand. What he drunk was that water in the skull. He felt disgusted, then he realised what it is in the world not so important but what it is in the mind. How to think what happens would change the meaning of life.

In this context, also the poet was Buddhist monk, I guess this skull means realisation. So who ever got their realisation, they don't want to loose it. Either one doesn't want to go back before the realisation.

!!~~SPOILER ALERT~~!!

It also might mean he would NOT have any connection with the main government. How I understand the relationship between Qin huizhang and Zhou zishu's father is friend. As Zhou was calling Jin wang as a older cousin, it shows Zhou family's nobility.

Zhou's father must had been close to the king, whoever it was. Qin huizhang found the secret chamber and he let Zhou father know about it. Zhou father told that to his king, the king haven't convinced the truth of the secret cave. So the king killed Zhou father, and Jin-wang knew about it so there are possibilities. Qin huizhang was dead by Jin-wang's plot. So He could use Zhou family easier.

I would like to know more about the relationship between Zhou family and Siji house. Because of many reason so many things had been omitted. What I can do is only guessing 🥲