Looking for banana(fù lù xún jiāo)

Looking for banana

Fulu xunjiao is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is f ù L ù x ú NJI ā O. it means that people make mistakes repeatedly when they regard the real thing as a dream. It comes from Liezi, King Mu of Zhou, written by Zheng lieyukou in the Warring States period.

Idiom usage

It refers to people's mistakes. example the black rabbit is flying fast in the sky, looking for a banana in a dream. The story of the Golden Lotus · CI Xun by Chen Ruyuan in Ming Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

origin

In volume 3 of Liezi Guzhu Jinyi (Volume 3) chapter of King Mu of Zhou, the people of Zheng, who are paid to be wild, sometimes attack deer and kill them. Fearing that people would see it, they hid it among the gods and covered it with banana. I'm very pleased. Russia left the place where it was hidden, so it thought it was a dream. Chant the things in order. Those who have heard from others should use their words. When he returned, he told his family, "he who dreams of getting a deer but doesn't know where it is. Now that I get it, I have a real dream.". "The man in the room said," if it will be the deer evil of those who dream of salary? What's wrong with paid people? Now really get deer, if the dream is really evil? My husband said, "if I have a deer, how can I know the enemy and dream that I am evil? The return of those who are paid will never tire of losing the deer. The night is the place where the dream is hidden, and the master of the dream. Shuangdan is found in the dream. If a lawsuit is brought, it belongs to the scholar. The master said, "if you really get a deer at the beginning, you will be called a dream in vain; if you really get a deer in a dream, you will be called a reality in vain.". Bizhen took ruoelu as his choice, but fought with ruoelu. Room people also called dream Ren deer, no one got deer. If you have this deer, please divide it. "To hear about Zheng Jun. Zheng Jun said, "hee! Will the master divide the dream into two groups? The visiting Prime Minister. The prime minister said, "I can't tell whether I dream or not. If you want to discern dreams, you can only find Confucius and Qiu, the Yellow Emperor. Who can tell the death of Confucius and Qiu? And the words of Xunshi can be said.

Source translation

A man in the state of Zheng was chopping firewood in the wild. He met a frightened deer and went up to kill it. Afraid of being seen by others, he hid the deer in a pond without water and covered it with firewood. He was very happy. After a while, he forgot where he hid the deer. He thought that he had just had a dream and talked about it all the way. A man on the roadside heard about it, so he took the deer according to his words. After going back, he told his wife, "just now a firewood cutter dreamed of getting a deer, but he didn't know where it was. I got it. His dream was just like the real one." The wife said, "did you dream that the woodcutter got the deer? Is there really that firewood cutter? You really got the deer. Did your dream come true? " The husband said, "I really got the deer. Where can I find out if it's his dream or my dream?" When the woodcutter went back, he was unwilling to lose the deer. In the night, I really dreamed about the place where the deer were hidden and the people who got the deer. At dawn, he found the deer gatherer's house according to the clues in his dream. So they quarreled over the deer and went to the judge. The judge said: "at first, you really got the deer, but nonsense is a dream; obviously, you got the deer in a dream, and nonsense is real. He really took your deer. You have to fight with him for it. His wife said that he thought the deer was someone else's in his dream, and no one ever got it. Only this deer, please divide it equally! " This matter was known by the king of Zheng State. The king said, "Alas! Did the judge let them share the deer in his dream? " For this he asked the prime minister. The prime minister said, "it's a dream or not. It's something I can't tell. If we want to distinguish between waking up and dreaming, only Emperor Huang and Confucius can do it. Without the Yellow Emperor and Confucius, who can tell? Just listen to the judge's decision. "

The origin of Idioms

In Liezi · King Mu of Zhou written by Zheng · lieyukou in the Warring States Period: "the people of Zheng have salary in the wild It's a pleasure to cover it with banana. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Fujiao seeks deer and Fulu leaves banana

Idiom story

Once upon a time, when Zheng people were cutting firewood in the wild, they saw an injured deer coming and killed it. Fearing that the hunter would come, they hid the dead deer in a ditch and cut some banana leaves to cover it. It was dark. He wanted to find the dead deer to carry home, but he couldn't find it. So he had to give up as if he had the same dream

Chinese PinYin : fù lù xún jiāo