Zài gǔshī lǐ, zhègū de jiàoshēng chángcháng ràng yuǎnfāng de yóuzǐ xiǎngqǐ gùxiāng.
In classical poems, the call of the francolin often makes wanderers far from home think of their native place.
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Poets heard its call as 行不得也哥哥 ("you can't go on, brother"), so in poems the bird stands for hard roads, parting and homesickness. The ci tune pattern 鹧鸪天 also carries its name.
