a pipe dream(huáng liáng yī mèng)

a pipe dream

Huang Liang Yi Meng, pronounced Hu á ngli á ngy ī m è ng, is an idiom, which means a dream that can not be realized. It is often used as a metaphor for the dream of prosperity and prosperity, short and illusory; beautiful things are nothing but an instant, and become empty in a twinkling of an eye; or it is used as a metaphor for the failure of a dream's desire.

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Sorghum: yellow rice. this idiom refers to a dream that cannot be realized. It is often used as a metaphor for the dream of prosperity and prosperity, short and illusory; beautiful things are nothing but an instant, and become empty in a twinkling of an eye; or it is used as a metaphor for the failure of a dream's desire. Yellow rice cake: "millet" is yellow rice, not millet. Today's annotation is mostly called small rice, which is a fallacy. Yellow rice steamed can be used as "yellow cake". Yellow cake is the product of steaming yellow rice noodles and dipping cold water with fists. Yellow cake is used as food ration. It is said that it originated in the period of the Yellow Emperor, so it is called yellow cake. It has a long history. It takes about 20 minutes for the yellow cake to be steamed. In addition, the processes of "Feishui Chuai cake", "boiling vegetables" and "mixing vegetables" (the last two processes are in the process of making Chuai cake and boiling vegetables) can not be completed in half an hour, so Lu Sheng took a rest for about half an hour.

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The story of pillow

In the seventh year of Kaiyuan (719 A.D.), Lu Sheng was depressed and failed to succeed. He rode a green colt and went to Beijing to take the examination in short clothes. As a result, he was not successful and was dejected. One day, when he passed Handan on his journey, he met Lu Weng, a Taoist who had acquired immortal skills in the Inn (the story of Handan written by Tang Xianzu, a dramatist of the Ming Dynasty, changed Lu Weng into Lu Dongbin, one of the eight immortals). Lu Sheng sighed for his poverty, so Lu Weng took out a porcelain pillow for him to put on. Lu Sheng reclined on his pillow. As soon as he entered his dream hometown, he married a beautiful and gentle wife who was born in the Cui family of Qinghe. He became a Jinshi, and was promoted to Shanzhou Mu and jingzhaoyin. Finally, he was promoted to Hubu Shangshu, Yushi doctor and zhongshuling, and was granted the title of Duke of Yan. His five children are also well-off and married to a high family. Lu Sheng's family is full of children and grandchildren. At the age of 80, he was ill for a long time and died. When he was out of breath, Lu Sheng woke up with a start. He turned and sat up. When he saw from left to right, everything was the same. Lu Weng was still sitting beside him. The rice steamed by the owner of the shop was still in the pot! That is to say, the origin of the dream of the Yellow sorghum also comes from this. "Zhenzhongji" is included in 833 volumes of "Taiping Guangji" and "Wenyuan Yinghua", which is also included in Lu Xun's collection of Legends of Tang and Song dynasties. Zhen Zhong Ji and Ren Shi Zhuan, another legend of Tang Dynasty by Shen Jiji, are the earlier famous works in the middle Tang Dynasty, which marks the heyday of Tang legend creation and has a great influence on later literature.

Original idiom

Shen Jiji's zhenzhongji in Tang Dynasty: in the seventh year of Kaiyuan Dynasty, Lu Weng, a Taoist, got immortal skills and went to daozhong in Handan. He sat down in his residence, took a picture of his hat, relaxed his belt and hidden his bag. He saw Lu Shengye, a young man traveling in China. The clothes are short and brown. When you ride a green colt, it will be suitable for the field. It will also end in the mansion. You can sit with Weng at the same table and have a good laugh. For a long time, Lu Sheng, concerned about his clothes, sighed and said, "my husband's life is not harmonious. I'm so sleepy." Weng said, "if you look at the shape of the son, you will feel no pain and no harm. If you talk about harmony, you will feel comfortable. But if you sigh about his difficulties, why Sheng said, "I'm so careless. What's the right word?" Weng said, "this is not suitable, but what is suitable?" The answer is: "in the life of a scholar, he should make contributions to his fame, go out into the prime minister's office, eat from the top of the ranks, listen to his voice, and make his family prosperous and his family rich. Then he can say what is right. I'm interested in learning, and I'm rich in entertainment, but I can pick it up at that time. Now that we are strong enough, we are diligent enough to cover an acre of land. Why not be sleepy? " When the words are finished, the eyes are confused and the mind sleeps. When the host side steamed millet. Weng Nai explored the pillow in his bag and gave it to him. He said, "if I put my pillow on my pillow, I will make my son proud and comfortable." Its pillow is green, and its orifices are at both ends. The orifices are gradually enlarged and clear. Then he went to his home. A few months later, she married a Cui's daughter from Qinghe. She was very beautiful and had more wealth. As a result, clothes and clothes become more and more popular. In the following year, he was promoted to Jinshi, ascended to the first place, released to the secret school, accepted the system, transferred to Weinan Wei, moved to Russia to supervise the censor, and transferred to yishousheren to make a patent. Three years later, he came to Tongzhou, moved to Shaanxi to be a herdsman, and had a good nature. He dug a river 80 Li from Shaanxi to benefit the people. He carved stones to record virtue, moved to bianzhou, and led the south of the river to interview envoys. At that time, the emperor of Shenwu, Fang Shi Rong Di, was a great native of Tibet. He was able to capture Guasha with the help of magluo and Zhulong mangbuzhi, while the governor Wang Junwei (pronounced ch á n) was killed and Hehuang was shocked. The emperor thought of the talent of generals, so he gave birth to Zhongcheng and Hexi Jiedushi. He broke through the army, beheaded seven thousand people, opened nine hundred miles, built three cities to cover the key points, and set up stones on Juyan mountain to praise them. When he returned to the imperial court, he was a minister of the Ministry of official affairs, a minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and a doctor of imperial history. It is taboo for the prime minister to be demoted as the governor of Duanzhou. In the third year, he was appointed as a regular servant, but in a few years, he was in the same position as Zhongshu. Together with Xiao Zhongling song and Pei Shizhong Guangting, he had been in charge of the great government for more than ten years. Jiamo's secret orders were received three times a day. He offered to replace qiwo and was called the virtuous prime minister. At the same time, the double false accusation and the Bian Jiang's plot were wrong. I'm going to jail. Government officials lead from the door to its urgent collection. He said to his wife, "my family has five hectares of good land in Shandong, which is enough to keep out the cold. Why bother to get a salary? Now, if you think about short brown and take a green colt, you can't get it when you walk on the road of Handan! " Lead the blade to commit suicide. His wife saved him and was exempted. All the victims died, and the only one was Zhongguan Baozhi, who died of commutation and went to Jizhou. In a few years, the emperor knew the injustice, and then pursued it as the order of Zhongshu, and granted the Duke of Yan, with different orders. Birth: thrifty, biography, position, Ti and reliance are all talents. Jianjinshi ascended to the throne and was a member of imperial examination. It was said that he was a royal censor. His position was taichangcheng, and his Ti was wannianwei. He was the most virtuous. He was twenty-eight years old and was named Zuoxiang. There are more than ten grandchildren. In the past 50 years, he was a high-ranking official. She is very extravagant and happy. She has the most beautiful voice and color in the back court. She has been given good farmland, first place, beautiful women and famous horses before and after. the year after that, he gradually declined, and begged for bones repeatedly. Disease, waiting for people to ask, phase heel in the road, famous medicine, all to Yan. When he was about to die, Shangshu said, "I was born in Shandong, and I entertained myself in the fields. Occasionally, when the holy luck comes, it will be narrated by the officials. After receiving a special award, he gave a special rank to his private family. He was promoted to Taifu, where he worked inside and outside. If there is heaven's grace, there is no sanctification. I'm afraid every day, I don't know how old I am. Over 80 years ago, he was in charge of three important affairs. He was full of energy and energy. He was still in a state of depression. When the time came to an end, he failed to make any progress. He answered the question of "Xiuming" and said goodbye to the holy generation. There is no sense of love. Thank you very much. " The imperial edict said: "the Qing Dynasty took Junde as the auxiliary of the Yuan Dynasty. He went out to support fan Han and praised Yongxi. Shengping two Ji, solid Qing relied on, than the baby disease rash, day is called recovery level. He is a good man of compassion. Today, the great general of the hussars, Gao Lishi, was ordered to wait for the province. He encouraged him to add needles and stones. In order to give him self love, he still hoped that he would not be foolhardy and that he would have a long way to go. " It's Xi, Hong. When Lu Sheng realized that he was not mature enough, he saw that his body was in the mansion, and Lu Weng was sitting next to him. His master was not yet familiar with the steamed millet, so he felt the same way. Born and depressed (pronounced J ǔ e, the appearance of urgency) and Xing, said: "it is also a dream?" Weng Shusheng said, "it's the same with life." After a long life of sorrow, Xie said, "I know the way of husband's favor and disgrace, the way of poverty and fortune, the reason of death and the feeling of life and death. That's why I'm not happy. Dare not be taught The chieftain bowed away again.

Original translation

In the seventh year of Kaiyuan in Tang Dynasty, there was a Taoist named Lu Weng who had acquired the skill of immortality. He was walking on the road in Handan. He lived in a hostel. He put away his hat, untied his belt, and sat by the bag. Then he saw a young man on the road. His name was Lu Sheng. Wearing short brown (coarse cloth) clothes and riding a blue horse, he was ready to go to the field (work). He also stopped in the hostel and sat on a mat with Lu Weng. He talked very freely. After a long time, looking at his ragged and dirty clothes, Lu Sheng sighed: "my husband was not proud in the world. He is so embarrassed." Lu Weng said: "look at your body, there is no pain, no disease, talk with a degree, but sigh sleepy, why?" Lu Sheng said, "I'm just living on idleness. What's the right way to say that?" Lu Weng said, "this is not suitable. What is suitable?" The answer is: "scholars live in this world, should be meritorious, in and out (the imperial court should) is either a general or a prime minister, (home) used to hold food Ding should be arranged in a row, listening to music should be able to choose to listen to, let the family more prosperous, the family more affluent, this can be said to be appropriate ah. I used to devote myself to study, and I have six skills (ritual, music, shooting, imperial, calligraphy and Mathematics). I think senior officials can easily get them. Now that I'm in my prime, I'm still working in the farmland. Is it sleepy or something? " With that, he was blinded and wanted to sleep. At that time, the owner was steaming millet (cooking). Lu Weng took out a pillow from his bag and gave it to him. He said, "if you rest on my pillow, you can realize your ambition just like your ambition." The pillow was made of cyan porcelain, and it was open at both ends. Lu Sheng turned his head to sleep on the pillow and saw that the hole was getting bigger and brighter. He threw himself in and went home. A few months later, he married a woman from Cui's family in Qinghe. This woman is very beautiful, and Lu Sheng's assets are even richer. Lu Sheng was very happy, so his clothes and chariots became more and more bright and grand. The next year, he passed the imperial examination, took off the civilian's clothes, served as a secretary (Book) school (officer), according to the emperor's will, transferred to Weinan as a county captain, and soon promoted to be a censor, and turned to be a living room official. Three years later, he took charge of Tongzhou as a local officer, and was promoted to Shaanxi

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