lily-white skin(fū rú níng zhī)

lily-white skin

The Chinese idiom, f ū R ú n í ngzh ī, means that the skin is like solidified oil. White and delicate skin. From the book of songs · Wei Feng · shuoren.

The origin of Idioms

The book of songs · Weifeng · shuoren: "hands are like catkin, skin is like cream, collar is like Qi ú, teeth are like gourd, nose is like x ī, head is like moth, eyebrow is like x ī. The smile is beautiful and the eyes are looking forward to it. " note ① congealed fat: congealed fat. It is often used to describe white and soft skin or utensils. Qi ú (Q í): larva of longicorn, long and white. (2) gourd: gourd seeds. ③ 螓: insect name, like cicada and small, forehead wide and square. Moth: cicada moth with slender and curved antennae.

Idiom story

Zhuang Jiang is not Zhuang, but Jiang. You are the princess of Qi. It is said that it was the descendant of Jiang Ziya, who was known as Zhuang Jiang because he married Wei zhuanggong. This woman had a lot of bad luck, and her life was full of sadness. Who do you say? It's Zhuang Jiang. Later, Duke Wei completely ignored Zhuang Jiang and married Dai GUI of the state of Chen. Dai GUI was very proud and gave birth to a son, later Duke Huan. The kind-hearted Zhuang Jiang didn't resent the child. Instead, he regarded him as his own and loved him very much. But soon after he succeeded to the throne, Duke Huan was killed by another son of Duke Zhuang, Zhou Xu, who was later killed by the people of the Wei kingdom. In this series of court murders, Zhuang Jiang suffered many misfortunes. He was disheartened, haggard and completely disillusioned. Therefore, he expressed his sorrow in his poems and wrote five excellent works: Yan Yan, Zhong Feng, Bai Zhou, Lu Yi and sun and moon. Compared with the "Four Beauties" in ancient China, Zhuang Jiang's fame is not so good, but from the perspective of beauty and talent, Zhuang Jiang has the upper hand. His beauty is evidenced by poems: "a great man has his height, and his clothes are rich.". He is the son of marquis Qi, the wife of marquis Wei, the sister of Donggong, the aunt of marquis Xing, and Tan Gongwei. Hand like catkin, skin like cream, collar like white, teeth like gourd rhinoceros, head like moth eyebrow. The smile is beautiful and the eyes are looking forward to it. " This hymn is the first work to describe beautiful women in Chinese. It comes from the praise of Zhuang Jiang by the people of Wei state. Yao Jiheng, a man of the Qing Dynasty, said: "those who praise beauties for thousands of years are the most outstanding ones" (general theory of the book of songs). Fang Yurun also said: "the eternal praise of beauty, no one out of the" smile Qian Xi, beautiful eyes look forward to Xi "second language." Later works describing beauties can hardly escape the standards set by this poem, and beauties of all ages can not escape the shadow of Zhuang Jiang, whether it is Zhen Luo in Luo Shen Fu or Yang Yuhuan in Song of everlasting regret. Therefore, Zhuang Jiang is the standard beauty of all ages, which is absolutely loud and bright. Although Zhuang Jiang is a beautiful woman, he is not a vase with empty appearance. According to Zhu Xi's textual research, there are five poems in the book of Songs -- Yanyan, Zhongfeng, Baizhou, Lvyi and Riyue. Only the title of poetess was rare at that time, let alone a beauty, which was rare. Zhuang Jiang has a little contradiction with Mrs. Xu mu. This contradiction has nothing to do with them. It is all the later boring critics who are amorous. These two poetesses are both outstanding in talent and appearance. They are both from noble origins and have their own representative works. But in front of the honor of the first Chinese poetess, she has different treatment. Mrs. Xu Mu's first title comes from her strong will to save the country. She has a strong political background and a congenital advantage of patriotism. Whether official or non-governmental, it is well deserved to be called the first one. In terms of age, Zhuang Jiang was earlier than Mrs. Xu mu.

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