Flying bear dreams(fēi xióng rù mèng)

Flying bear dreams

The Chinese idiom, f ē IXI ó NgR ù m è ng, originally refers to King Wen of Zhou's dream of flying bear and gaining Taigong's hope, but later refers to the sign that the sage gets virtuous officials. It comes from the family of Qi Taigong in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in Shiji qitaigong aristocratic family: "Xibo will go hunting and predict it, saying," what he has won is not the dragon, not the tiger, not the bottom; what he has won is the supplement of the overlord. "

Idiom usage

The subject predicate type is used as the object and attributive. It is used to describe the sign that the sage gets the virtuous minister. example in the past, Emperor Gaozong of Shang Dynasty once had a dream of flying bears, which was told by Fu in Banzhu. (Chapter 23 of Fengshen romance by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty) Chapter 18 of Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty: "bearded Weng has a poem that says: if you are short and brown, you will not meet Yao and Shun, you will not meet Huan Gong. Ever since the song stopped, no more flying bears have been dreaming. "

Idiom story

Version 1: the official historical record of flying bear falling into a dream comes from Sima Qian's Shiji qitaigong aristocratic family in the Western Han Dynasty: "Xibo will go hunting, divining it, saying," what he has won is not the dragon, not the tiger, not the bottom; what he has won is the supplement of the overlord. "" the bottom, a kind of bear, is also called horse bear or human bear, In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiang Shang is a disciple of heaven in the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. In the 23rd chapter, "King Wen said:" I have a dream that there is a white faced tiger in the southeast, with its wings threatened. Looking at the tent, I rush to the left and right, and I see the fire behind the stage rushing to the sky, It's a dream to wake up. I don't know what's good or bad for the Lord? "San Yisheng bowed himself and said," this dream is a great omen for the king. The Lord is the Minister of the pillars and the guest of the great sages. He really won't let the empress of the wind and Yi Yin come to his right. "King Wen said," why do you see this? "Yi Sheng said," in the past, there was a flying bear in Gao Zong's dream, which was told by Fu in Banzhu. Today, the Lord dreams that the tiger has wings, which is also Xiong. He also sees the fire behind the stage, It's the image of forging things with fire. Today, the West belongs to gold. Gold must forge when it sees fire; forging cold gold must become a great tool. This is a great omen for the prosperity of Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, the minister specially congratulated. "After hearing this, all the officials congratulated in unison. King Wen sent a decree to drive back, hoping to visit the sages in response to this omen." then he found Jiang Taigong, who performed performance art on the edge of Weishui river

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