return of the prodigal son(làng zǐ huí tóu)

return of the prodigal son

Prodigal son turns his head, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l à ngz à Hu í t ó u, which refers to a black sheep who does not do his job and turns his back on the wrong. From eighty first dream, the 32nd dream.

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type: used as predicate; used in young people who fail. At last, he turned around and turned his back.

The origin of Idioms

"Eighty first dream · the 32nd dream" says: "it is true that the prodigal son will not change his gold when he turns back."

Idioms and allusions

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a rich man who was over 50 years old and was only happy to have his son named Tianbao. When Tianbao grew up, he idled and spent money like dirt. The old rich man was afraid that his son would not be able to keep his family property, so he asked a gentleman to teach him how to understand things and not let him go out easily. Under the supervision of his husband, Tianbao gradually became literate and polite. Before long, Tianbao's parents died, and his studies were interrupted. as soon as Tianbao's husband left, his friends came back to him. In less than two years, he spent all his money, and finally he had to beg for a living. It was not until then that Tianbao regretted his past life and decided to make a change. One night, he borrowed a book and came back. Because the ground was frozen and the road was slippery, and he didn't get a grain of rice for a day, he fell down and didn't have the strength to get up. After a while, he froze on the roadside. At this time, councillor Wang happened to pass by and saw Tianbao holding a book, frozen by the roadside. He could not help but feel pity for Tianbao and ordered his family to wake him up. After Tianbao was rescued, Wang Yuanwai inquired about his family background and sympathized with him, so he left him with him, intending to let Tianbao be the husband of his daughter Lamei. For this, Tianbao quickly thanks Wang Yuanwai for saving his life. From then on, Tianbao stayed at Wang Yuanwai's home and diligently taught Lamei to read and read. Chimonanthus praecox is beautiful and gentle. Tianbao just started to study. After a long period of time, he couldn't help but make old mistakes and indulge in Rumei. Lamei was so angry that she cried to her father, but councillor Wang kept silent after listening. Fearing that it would spread to the outside world and affect his daughter's reputation, he wrote a letter to Tianbao and said to him, "Tianbao, I need your help in an urgent matter. "Tianbao said:" the councillor is very kind to me. No matter what, I will never refuse! "Wang Yuanwai said," I have a cousin who lives by yikong bridge in Suzhou. Please go to Suzhou and send this letter to him. Let's go now! "After that, he gave Tianbao 20 liang of silver as money. Although Tianbao didn't want to leave Lamei, he had no choice but to go on the road. However, when he went to Suzhou, there were Confucius bridges everywhere. Tianbao had searched for more than half a month, but he couldn't find Wang Yuan's elder brother's residence. Seeing that his money was almost spent, he opened the letter and was ashamed. There were four words on the letter: "there was a cold beggar on the road in those days, but today he dares to play plum blossom; there was no cousin on the bridge, so he doesn't have to return all his money! " after reading the letter, tianbaoke wanted to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river, but then he thought: Mr. Wang not only saved my life, but also saved my reputation. Why can't I earn 20 Liang silver and return it to Mr. Wang, and plead guilty to him face to face? As a result, Tianbao perked up and helped others to work during the day and study at night. Three years later, he not only accumulated 20 Liang silver, but also became a learned talent. At this time, he just started the entrance examination, and Tianbao went to Beijing to take the exam, and he won the exam. So he went all night and all night, and went back to ask councilor Wang to apologize. When he arrived at Wang Yuanwai's house, Tianbao fell to his knees with a "plop", holding a letter and twenty taels of silver in his hand, and told Wang Yuanwai that he was guilty. As soon as Wang Yuanwai met Tianbao, he quickly took the letter and silver. It turned out that it was the letter he wrote three years ago. However, after his four words, he added four more: "three years later, if my cousin has not been found, I will return silver to my benefactor's hall; if the prodigal son does not change his gold, he will return to his hometown and become a virtuous man. "Councilor Wang was so surprised and happy that he quickly picked up Tianbao, asked him about the cold and warmth, and promised Tianbao the Lamei. Since then, the saying "the prodigal son turns back and does not exchange gold" has spread.

Chinese PinYin : làng zǐ huí tóu