make a grass knot or champ a ring in order to repay kindness(jié cǎo xián huán)

make a grass knot or champ a ring in order to repay kindness

Jiecaohuanhuan, a Chinese word, is pronounced Ji é C ǎ oxi á nhu á n. jiecaohuanhuan: tie the grass together to trip the enemy and rescue the benefactor; Lianhuan: a jade ring in the mouth. In the old days, it used to be a metaphor of being grateful and never forgetting until death. Later generations use knot grass and ring to express gratitude.

Chinese explanation

[entry] tie grass and place a ring [example]: the ancestors of the 100 generations of the ancestors of the Tian family, who are ghosts, are grateful for the grace of the two masters, and will surely repay you both. The fourteenth chapter of Lao Can's travels by Liu E in Qing Dynasty

Citation explanation

It is used in the spring and Autumn period and Wei Dynasty. See Zuo Zhuan, the 15th year of Xuangong. Yang Bao of the Han Dynasty saved a yellow sparrow. At night, a boy in yellow took four white jade rings with the treasure and said, "let the gentleman sun Jiebai be the king of three things. This is how to do it." See Li Xian's annotation in the biography of Yang Zhen in the book of the later Han Dynasty, quoting Liang Wu Jun's continuation of Qi Xie Ji in the Southern Dynasty. Later, he took "forming a grass ring" as a token of gratitude. Li Xingdao of Yuan Dynasty wrote the first fold of "the story of the grey appendix": "thank you very much, big lady, little man. I will repay you for your kindness." Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.2, Chapter 16: "my uncle and all the masters of Futai yamen are very grateful for their kindness in rescuing me. Not only my friend but also my brother." It is also called "the knot of grass". Ming fan benefited from the book of looking for relatives and encountering kindness: "if you are alive, how can you forget your kindness and righteousness without teeth. It's not clear when we will meet again. " See also grass. the story of grass and ring is the story of repaying kindness in ancient times. The former tells of a scholar bureaucrat who married his father's concubine to another person instead of being buried. In order to repay his daughter's kindness, his dead father tangled the weeds on the ground and tripped up the enemy of his benefactor to win. The latter tells of a child who saved the life of a trapped yellow finch. The Yellow finch carried four white rings, claiming that this ring could protect the benefactor's son from white and high position. Later, the two allusions are combined into one sentence, which means that the recipient of a favor is sure to be rewarded and will live and die forever. Also say "tie a knot with grass"

most sincere thanks and gratitude

The story of grass

The allusion of "jiecao" can be found in the 15th year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan. In the autumn and July of 594 B.C., Duke Huan of Qin sent troops to attack Jin. Jin army and Qin army fought in Fu family of Jin (now Dali County, Shaanxi Province). Jin general Wei Ke and Qin general Du Hui met, and they were fighting together. At the moment when it was hard to separate, Wei Ke suddenly saw an old man with straw rope around Du Hui, which made the powerful man of Qin unstable and fell to the ground. He was captured by Wei Ke on the spot, Wei Ke defeated the Qin division in this battle. It turns out that Wei Wuzi, a doctor of the state of Jin, had a concubine, Zuji, who had no son. When Wei Wuzi was ill, he told his son Wei Ke, "if I die, you must choose a good match and marry her out." Later, Wei Wuzi was seriously ill, and said to Wei Ke, "after I die, I must let her die for me, so that I can have company under the spring." After Wei Wuzi died, Wei Ke didn't kill her and bury her, but married her to someone else. His younger brother asked why he didn't respect his father's dying wish. Wei Ke said: "when a man is seriously ill, his mind is confused. I married this girl according to the order of my father when he is sober." After the Jin army won the battle, Wei Ke saw the old man who tied a rope for him during the day and tripped Du Hui in his dream that night. The old man said, "I'm the father of your married wife. You used the good order from your ancestors and didn't let my daughter be buried with you, so I'll make a straw to resist Du Hui and repay you!

The original text of jiecao

In autumn and July, Duke Huan of Qin attacked Jin, next to Fu. In Renwu, the Marquis of Jin managed the army in Ji, and established the Marquis of Li. Wei Ke defeated Qin Shi in Fu's family. It is also the power of Qin to win the return of Du. At the beginning of Wei Dynasty, Wuzi had a concubine and no son. Wuziji, the life of the heart said: "must marry." Disease, then said: "must think martyrdom." When it comes to death, he marries him and says, "diseases are chaotic. I will follow his treatment." In the battle of Fu's family, it was found that the old man's grass was used to strengthen Du Hui. Du Hui bumped and bumped, so he got it. Night dream said: "Yu, the father of the married woman. I will use my ancestors to rule my life, and I will repay you. " (Zuozhuan, the 15th year of Xuangong)

repay sb.'s kindness

Allusions of the title ring

Yang Zhen's father, Yang Bao, was nine years old when he was in the north of Huayin mountain. A yellow sparrow was injured by an eagle and fell under a tree. He was trapped by ants. Yang baolianzhi took it home and put it in the towel box. The Yellow sparrow only eats the yellow flower, after 100 days plump, flutters the wing to fly away. That night, a boy in yellow saluted Yang Bao and said, "I am the emissary of the queen mother of the West. You are kind enough to save her. I really feel that you can help her." He gave four white rings to Yang Bao, saying: "it can protect your descendants from being listed as the three princes, clean and honest in government, and act as white as this jade ring." As the boy in yellow said, Yang Bao's son Yang Zhen, grandson Yang Bing, great grandson Yang Ci, and great grandson Yang Biao were all officials to Taiwei. They were upright and incorruptible, and their virtues were recited by later generations.

Title ring

The third part of xuqixiji: Hongnong, yangbao, is loving. At the age of nine, when he arrived at Huayin mountain, he saw a yellow sparrow fighting for the owl. Under the tree, there were many scars, and he was trapped by ants. Treasure to return, set on the beam. At night, when I heard the cry, I took care of it. I was bitten by mosquitoes. I put it in a towel box and ate yellow flowers. Catch more than ten days, feather, fly, morning to evening, sleep in the towel box, so many years. All of a sudden, he came with the birds and wailed around the hall for a few days. On the eve of the evening, a boy in yellow said, "I am the messenger of the queen mother. In the past, Penglai was fought by the owl and saved by the benevolence of the king. Now it should be granted Nanhai. " Don't take the four jade rings with it, saying: "let the gentleman sun Jiebai, and from the board three official affairs, so ring." The filial piety of treasure is widely known all over the world, and its fame is growing day by day. Zizhen, Zhen Sheng Bing, Bing Sheng Biao, four generations of famous. And when the earthquake was buried, there was a big bird, which was called true filial piety. "When Bao Nian was nine years old, to the north of Huayin mountain, he saw a yellow sparrow fighting for the owl, falling under a tree, trapped by mole ants. Treasure to return, put in towel box, only eat yellow flowers, more than a hundred days feather, but fly away. On that night, a boy in yellow paid homage to Bao again and said, "I am an emissary of the queen mother of the West. You are kind enough to save her. I really feel that you have been helped." Take the four white rings and the treasure: "make sun Jiebai, the gentleman, to be on the throne for three things. This is how it should be." (quoted from note 2 to the first paragraph of the 44 biographies of Yang Zhen in Volume 54 of the book of the later Han Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : jié cǎo xián huán