a big pen as large as a beam(dà bǐ rú chuán)

a big pen as large as a beam

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is d à B à R ú Chu á n, which means to praise someone's powerful writing or grand writing. Now it mostly refers to great writers. It comes from the biography of Wang Xun in the book of Jin.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wang Xun in the book of Jin, it is said that "the dream of Wang Xun was written with a large brush like a rafter. When he felt it, the speaker said: 'there should be a big deal here. "The collapse of emperor Er (SIMA Yao, Emperor Xiaowu of the Jin Dynasty), and the posthumous address of the book of mourning were all written by the emperor."

Idiom usage

In Qing Dynasty, Chen Gongyin's "watching Tang Monk Guan Xiu painting Luo Han Ge": "~ refers to duanlan, and the number between the lines of Bei Ye is just a few. [Ru Chuanbi] Xin Qiji's poem "Manjianghong · sending Benzheng to Sichuan" reads: "to get the title, to clean up Fu junhou, like Chuanbi." Cheng Jushi's "Heyin Fu Hui Jiao you Gushan" said: "fan Gong is even more like a rafter pen, describing the sky and clouds." Chen Yi's poem entitled the picture of the long march Reunion: "thank you mother and son for writing like rafters to hang the hearts of the people." [pen like rafter] Huang Tingjian's poem "to the emperor of Rongzhou, Yuan Da, to write about this gentleman's Pavilion" says: "the pen of Zhou Yan is like rafter, and the meaning of this gentleman should be able to spread." Yuan Haowen's poem fan Kuan's picture of Qinchuan: "I know Kuan can't distinguish this. Quning has a pen like repairing rafters." Liu Xianting's "one hundred rhymes of Dai Shou and zhe Fu Li Gong" says, "there are bamboo in Dai Jiao's chest, and the brush is like rafters." [rafter pen] one of Su Shi's Poems "Gongwen empress dowager rises on March 23": "the moon falls, the wind is sad, the rain is weeping, who will write the light and dust with rafter pen." Pu Songling's Liaozhaizhiyi · luochahai City: "Mr. Wen, a Bachelor of Arts, will be able to govern Qu and Song Dynasty. If you want to write a poem "Haishi", you are lucky to have no stingy pearl and jade. " Liu Yazi's "gift to LAN Gongwu" poem: "more reminiscent of pretending to be crazy about Su Zigu, begging for your pen to express the nether world." Zhao Yi's "Master Wang Wenduan has been dead for several months, weeping with poetry": "the structure of the prose array is like the pen rafters." In the biography of Lu Qiong in the southern history of China, he said, "he discussed Zhou Di, Chen Baoying, and so on, and all the official Fu and all the great works, together with Zhong Fu Qiong." Li Shangyin's poem "Han Bei" said: "the ancients are famous for their masterpieces. It's not a matter of duty." Huang Zunxian's military song of Du Liao general: "sitting in the middle of the river, Huang once wrote a great deal of words and wrote an inscription for me, Yan Ran." [Da Da] Li Shangyin's Han Bei poem: "Gong Tui zhaijie, sitting in a small pavilion, how can he be deeply influenced by da da da." Su Shi's Ci Yun Qian Mu Fu: "a large amount of money to push the emperor's hand in the Western Han Dynasty, a word between my two Liu."

Idiom story

Wang Yu, a scholar of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was quick witted and courageous when he was a child. His prose and poems were well written. At the age of 20, he was employed by Ma Huanwen, the Chief Secretary of the imperial court, as the main book. Once, in order to test Wang's courage, Huan Wen deliberately rode a horse from the back hall to the hall when he was meeting in the Da Sima mansion. All the staff members were so scared that they lost their fingers and fled everywhere. Wang Xian was the only one who was calm and didn't move. Huan Wen sighed that he said: "the one who can sit still in the face of galloping horse must be a blackhead man in the future!" In order to test Wang Xian's talent and learning, Huan Wen sent someone to steal Wang Xian's speech while his staff were discussing the business. When Wang Si spoke, he was eloquent. Huan Wen took out his manuscripts and compared them. He found that the contents he said were the same as those in the manuscripts, but none of the words were the same. He could not help admiring him very much. One night, Wang Si had a dream in which someone gave him a large sum of money like a rafter. When he woke up, he said to his family, "I dreamt that someone gave me a lot of money like rafters. It seems that I have something big to do." Wang Xian's prophecy immediately became true. On that morning, Emperor Xiaowu of Jin Dynasty died suddenly. Because of Wang Si's excellent writing style, the imperial court's mourning policy, obituary and Emperor Xiaowu's comments were all drafted by him. This kind of honor is rare in history.

Chinese PinYin : dà bǐ rú chuán