A story that gives geese a "happier" image, is also a tale of exile (19 years of it): Su Wu, a Han dynasty official, tended sheep by the northern seas until geese brought a message that he could return.
大雁形象「喜氣」一點的，也是一個流落西域十九載的：蘇武牧羊北海邊，鴻雁傳書才得返。