true colours(běn lái miàn mù)

true colours

As it is, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ě NL á IMI à nm ù, originally a Buddhist language, refers to human nature; later it refers to the original appearance of things. It comes from the sixth patriarch's altar Sutra, xingyoupin.

The origin of Idioms

In Tang Huineng's "the sixth patriarch's altar Sutra · xingyoupin", it is said that "if you don't think of good or evil, when you are right, that is the true face of the Ming Dynasty."

Idiom usage

As subject and object; used of people and things. Although this embellishment has been passed on, it is a pity that it must have lost many of its true colors. Lu Xun's "qijieting essays · Wentan outside the gate" and song Sushi's "the old man's journey" poem: "a term of autumn frost for hair on the temples, as long as the original appearance." Song Huihong's Fisherman's Ci (Xiangyan): painting cake to satisfy hunger, people laugh at you. One nunnery goes to sweep nanyangwu. It's only when you strike bamboo that you realize. Xu recalled. There's no hiding place for who you are. In the Song Dynasty, Shi Daoyuan's biography of lanterns in Jingde said, "the ancestor said," I don't think about good; I don't think about evil; just at this time, ah Na is the true face of the Ming Dynasty. " song Ge Changgeng's Manjianghong (a gift to master Huang Xin of Yuzhang): cardamom and clove, which are very popular now. Strive for knowledge, true colors and beautiful scenery. At the end of the matter, it's better to escape from the Yuanyang society. Chapter 60 of three chivalrous men and five righteous deeds: "although there are two sides to a bad brother. I'm glad I'm not losing my true colors.

Idiom story

Huineng, the sixth generation patriarch of Zen Buddhism, was aware of the Buddhist scriptures recited by people when he was young. He went to the East Zen temple in Huangmei County to study Buddhism. He was secretly given the mantle to the patriarch and fled to the South overnight. When he met Huiming, the monk, he asked to speak Buddhism. Huineng said: "don't think of good, don't think of evil, this is a state of no life, is your true colors."

Chinese PinYin : běn lái miàn mù