an old clam producing a pearl(lǎo bàng shēng zhū)

an old clam producing a pearl

Laobengshengzhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ǎ ob à ngsh ē ngzhi ū, which means that old people have virtuous sons, and old people get sons. From Yu Wei Duan Shu and the biography of Lu ang in the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It is often used as predicate or object. example Tang Bai Juyi's poem "seeing Li Suzhou Shinan's poem of self feeling into chanting": "self pity on the shore of the sea, the old clam does not produce pearls." Song Sushi's poem "to Gu Gu Zi" said: "laugh at the old clam, the pearl is born. Laugh at the thing, I don't have it in my family." I've seen the bear fall into a dream. I'll see it. (Biography of Mr. Penglai by Zhao Bi of Ming Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

Han Kong Rong's book with Wei Duan: "if you don't want the two pearls to come out of the old clam, it's very precious." In the biography of Lu ang in the book of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is said that "I am the Pearl of the old clam."

Idioms and allusions

From volume 10 of the annals of the Three Kingdoms to 30, the emperor worshipped the great general of Taizu and became a servant of the Han Dynasty. He was always in the middle of the country. Although Taizu was out of the country, he was involved in military affairs. Taizu asked Yu, "who can help me? "Xunyou and Zhongyao" are the words of "Xunyou and Zhongyao". First of all, he was a strategist and a talent for drama. Zhicai died and entered Guojia. Taizu took Yu as his intellectual, and all his achievements were competent. Yan Xiang was Yangzhou, Wei Kang was Liangzhou, and later he was defeated. Pei Songzhi of the Southern Song Dynasty remarked: "the character of Kang is also a symbol of Beijing. Kong Rong and Kang Fu wrote: "in the future, Yuancai will be bright and luxuriant, elegant and resolute, and it will be a tool of great age. Yesterday, Zhongjiang came again. He was virtuous and sincere, and he was the head of the family. If you don't like the Pearl, it's very precious. It is said that old mussels are born of pearls, but old rabbits are born of dodder. An old rabbit calls himself a thing in the moon, not a fast horse or a toad. Toad refused to climb the sand and sat down with his blue shirt and white beard. Yu tujun fiercely does not like the canal, and commands Huang Xiong to drive heichen. Red sand and purple musk deer don't need to be painted. They can see the fox in a hundred steps. Don't exaggerate your wisdom. Don't shake your teeth.

Chinese PinYin : lǎo bàng shēng zhū