consummate skills(lún biǎn zhuó lún)

consummate skills

Lunbianzhulun is an idiom, which comes from Zhuangzi Tiandao. It refers to the well-known car builders in the state of Qi in the spring and Autumn period, and refers to the exquisite skills. Lunbian: a famous car maker in the state of Qi in the spring and Autumn period; Zhuolun: cutting wood with a knife and axe to make wheels.

Pinyin

lúnbiǎnzhuólún

source

Chuang Tzu's Tiandao: "Duke Huan studies in the hall, and the wheel is under the hall."

example

The beauty of Danqing can't be spread, so it can be used. (Song Dynasty · Huang Tingjian's poem "opera Title small bird catching flying insect painting fan"

usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to exquisite craftsmanship

English translation

befamousforone'sskillascraftsman

Idiom information

Explanation of idioms: lunbian: a famous car maker in the state of Qi in the spring and Autumn period; Zhuolun: use a knife and axe to cut wood to make wheels. It refers to exquisite craftsmanship. Idiom example: the beauty of Danqing can't be passed on, so is the use of lunbianzhulun. (song Huang Tingjian's poem Xi Ti Xiao que Qu Fei Chong Hua Fan) degree of common use: uncommon emotion color: commendatory words; grammatical usage: as object and attribute; refers to exquisite skills; idiom structure: subject predicate type generation time: ancient times

original text

Books are the most precious thing in the world. Books are not words, but words are expensive. The language of the expensive, meaning also, meaning with. The meaning of the following, can not be said also, and the world because of your word. Although the world is expensive, I still can't be expensive, because it's not expensive. Therefore, those who see and see, shape and color; those who hear and hear, name and sound. Sad husband! The world's reputation is enough to get that feeling. If a man's reputation is not enough to get his feelings, he who knows will not speak, and he who speaks will not know! Duke Huan read in the hall, and the wheel was under the hall, and the interpretation was chiseled up. He asked Duke Huan, "dare to ask, what's wrong with the readers of Duke Huan?" The duke said, "the words of sages." He said, "does the sage care?" He said, "I'm dead." He said, "but you are the reader, and the dregs of the ancients are the husband." Duke Huan said, "if I study, I will be able to talk about it! If you say something, you can; if you don't say something, you die! " Lunbian said: "I also regard the affairs of my ministers as my own. For the wheel, Xu zegan is not solid, disease is bitter but does not enter, not slow but not disease, get it from the hand but should be in the heart, mouth can not speak, there are several in it. I can't use it to describe my son, and my son can't accept it. I'm old because I'm 70 years old. The ancient people are dead even if they can't be passed on, but the dregs of the ancient people are already dead!

translation

The precious Tao of the world can be found in books. Books are just language. Language has its own value. The value of language lies in its meaning, which has its own direction. The direction of meaning can not be conveyed by words, but people pass it on to books because they pay attention to language. Although the world's valuable books, I still think it is not valuable, because it is valuable (that) is not (worth) valuable. Originally, what could be seen were shapes and colors; what could be heard were names and sounds. What a pity! People think that shape, color, name and sound are enough to get the actual situation of the road. But the shape, color, name and sound are not enough to express the actual situation of the avenue. If those who know (the road) do not speak, and those who speak do not know (the road), how can the world know it! Duke Huan of Qi was reading in the hall. Lunbian cut (wood) to make wheels under the hall. Putting down his chisel tool, lunbian came to the hall and asked Duke Huan of Qi, "excuse me, what book did you read?" Duke Huan said, "it's the words of the sage." Then he asked, "is the saint still there?" "He said," he is dead. " Lunbian said, "then the books you read are just the dregs left by the saints." Duke Huan said, "how can a craftsman who makes wheels talk when I read? You can let go if you say the truth. If you don't have the truth, you will be executed. " Lunbian said: "I see it from what I do. Cutting (wood) to make a wheel, the wheel hole is wide and loose, but it is not firm; the wheel hole is tight, but the spokes are hard to enter. Only when we are not comfortable and tight, can we make the best quality wheel. There are rules in it, but I can only understand them, not explain them. I can't tell my son clearly, and my son can't get (experience and method of making wheels) from me, so I'm 70 years old and still (alone) making wheels. The ancient people and what they can't say are dead (together), so the books you read are just the dross left by the ancient people! " note: wheel: wheel. Bian: the name of the craftsman who made the wheel. I would like to ask if you would like to ask. He Yan: what people say. Who wrote the book. However: in this case, then. "Bad spirit": that is "dross". It refers to the coarse and useless parts of things. have say, have no say: it means that what is said is reasonable and what is said is unreasonable. in the meantime: the "untranslatable", refers to the part of the ancient social experience that can not be handed down in words, interpretation: put down in: alive, alive an: how to say: speak the truth Xu: loose and sweet: smooth solid disease: tight and bitter: adapt to number: method, law say: reason already husband: just metaphor: make Understand untranslatable: refers to something that cannot be taught

appreciation

Commenting on lunbianzhulun is a fictional story of Zhuangzi. Through his experience of chopping wheels, it sums up the relationship between "words" and "meaning" in books. It is pointed out that the importance of reading should be paid more attention than words. We should not be obsessed with written words, but we should consider the implication. The so-called complacency and forgetfulness. To understand the true meaning of the book, we must break the shackles of language and writing. Just like the old man of zhulun, the real meaning of understanding and implication is often difficult to describe in words. Lunbianzhulun is an important chapter in Zhuangzi's theory of "linguistic turn", which represents the development of the linguistic period of Chinese philosophy. With simple stories, it vividly expresses the important thoughts of Laozi's linguistic theory.

Chinese PinYin : lún biǎn zhuó lún