of outstanding literary talent(liǔ xù cái gāo)
of outstanding literary talent
Liu Xu Cai Gao, a Chinese idiom, is Li ǔ x ù C á Ig ā o in pinyin, which means that one has outstanding literary talent. It refers to women. It comes from the new sayings of the world · speech written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Idioms and allusions
origin
In the first volume of Shishuo Xinyu, there is "speech", which is the collection of Xie Taifu Hanxue's day, talking about the text with his children. When the snow suddenly fell, the Duke happily said, "what's the snow like?" Brother hu er said, "if you sprinkle salt in the air, you can make plans." The elder brother and daughter said, "if the catkins are not due to the wind." The public laugh. That is to say, the elder brother has no Yi daughter, and the wife of the left General Wang Ning. " In the Southern Dynasty, Liang and Liu Xiao Annotated: "hu er, Xie Lang is also a small character." In the book of Jin, Volume 96, biography of Lienv, Xie's wife of Wang Ning, the daughter of Yi, the general of Anxi. Wisdom, wisdom and eloquence. Uncle Ann asked, "what is the best sentence in Mao's poetry?" Daokai said: "Ji Fu's eulogy is like a breeze. Zhong Shan Fu is always in his heart to comfort him. " An said that there are elegant and profound. Then he tasted neiji, and the snow fell suddenly. An said, "what is it like?" An elder brother Zi Lang said: "scattered salt in the air can be simulated." Dao Kai said: "if willow catkins are due to the wind." An Dayue.
Source translation
On a cold snowy day, Xie Taifu gathered his family together to discuss poetry with his sons and nephews. All of a sudden, it was snowing hard. Taifu said happily, "what is the heavy snow like?" hu'er, his elder brother's eldest son, said, "it's like throwing salt in the air." His brother's daughter Daokai said, "it's better to blow catkins all over the sky." Taifu laughed with joy. Daokai is the daughter of Xie Wuyi, the elder brother of Taifu, and the wife of Wang Ningzhi, the left general.
Idiom usage
The second part of CI Yun Zhong Shu's the West Lake in the middle of the snow written by Su Shi of Song Dynasty: "it's only when you get Tang Xiuqi's quatrains that you know that YanXu is a statement." Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao's "jade case" CI: "YanXu family tradition people promise, now haggard, but the remaining pair of tears, like huangmeiyu." The second volume of Guangyang Zaji written by Liu Xianting in the Qing Dynasty: "when the wind and rain were still not over, I thought that the upper seal was spreading salt and flying catkins. The snow scenery is extraordinary. "
Idiom story
Xie an, a politician of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, met with his family in the snowy sky to discuss the meaning of the text with his children. When the outdoor snow was falling more and more, Xie Anxing pointed to the flying snow outside and asked, "what's the snow like?" Xie Lang, Xie an's nephew, said casually, "if you sprinkle salt in the air, you can make a difference." Niece Xie Daokai then said: "if catkins are not due to the wind." After hearing this, Xie an praised her niece for her extraordinary talent. Xie Daokai was a famous talented woman in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Catkins fly with the wind, strong like snow, used to describe the flying snow, just and vividly, so people praised women for their poetic talent, which is called "singing catkins talent". Su Shi's one of the two poems of Xie Renjian and Shu Taibi after the snow is that "Yusuo's sentence is good and should be painted, willow catkins are high but not salt".
The origin of Idioms
In Liu Yiqing's new sayings of the world in the Southern Dynasty of Song Dynasty, it is said that "the elder brother and the daughter said," if willow catkins are not due to the wind. " "I'm laughing."
Chinese PinYin : liǔ xù cái gāo
of outstanding literary talent
