settle one 's young wife in a golden house(jīn wū cáng jiāo)

settle one 's young wife in a golden house

Jinwucangjiao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī NW ū C á ngji ā o, which means to let your wife and concubine live in a gorgeous house. It also means taking concubines. It's from Han Wu story by Ban Gu of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Han Ban Gu's Han Wu story: "if you get a Jiao to be a woman, it will be used as a storehouse of gold."

Analysis of Idioms

Jin Wu Chu Jiao

Idiom usage

So she Lao Wu was in love with Yanling at that time, and each of them had the meaning of "Jinwucangjiao". The 23rd chapter of Huang Xiaopei's twenty year dream of prosperity in Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

The history of "golden house and charming *" is unofficial, and it comes from the story of Han Wu, which has two core characters: one is the young king of Jiaodong (Liu Zhi, the Han Emperor Liu Che, the Han Wu story is called her young name), and the other is the daughter of Chen princess, the daughter of the princess of Guantao. Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, is famous in Chinese history. "Jiao" refers to the Chen family, the first empress of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who was later deposed for arrogance, childlessness and witchcraft. The idiom "Jinwucangjiao" did not appear in the classics from Han Dynasty to Wei Jin Dynasty. During this period, "Jinwucangjiao" has not yet become a fixed idiom. From the southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, there are only "Jinwucangjiao". * it is worth noting that the Liu Cheyou's name and Chen's nickname A Jiao are all from the novel "Han Wu story", because the story of the golden house is so widespread that many people are regarded as a true history. Chen's father is Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, and his mother is Liu Chuo, the only sister of emperor Jingdi of Han Dynasty, Princess Guantao. The official history of Chen's family does not leave a name. In Hanwu story, Chen's nickname is Ajiao, which may be derived from the name of Chen Wu (the second son of Chen Wu and Princess Guantao). Because the allusion of "Jinwu cangjiao" has spread widely, later generations used to call Chen Hou "Chen Ajiao".

Chinese PinYin : jīn wū cáng jiāo