Selling shoes(mài lǚ fēn xiāng)

Selling shoes

Selling shoes, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à IL ǚ f ē nxi ā ng, which means that in the old days, it refers to people who never forget their wives and children when they are dying. The source is the legacy order.

The origin of Idioms

In the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's Yiling said, "my maidservant, concubine, and other craftsmen are hardworking. On the first day of the month and the fifteenth day of the month, from the morning to the afternoon, they often played tricks in the tent. From time to time you climb the Tongque terrace and look at the tomb field of my Western mausoleum. The remaining fragrance can be divided into the ladies, not sacrificing. There is nothing to do in all the houses, so you can learn how to organize and sell. "

Idiom usage

In the strange tales of a lonely studio, Zhu Weng said, "if you respect and broaden your skills, you can sell your shoes and share your fragrance. You can do nothing." In Song Dynasty, Li Qingzhao's "preface to jinshilu": "taking the pen and writing poems, the last one will come to an end, but there is no sense of selling shoes and fragrance." The poem Du qiuniang written by Du Mu in Tang Dynasty: "the rising day of Xianchi is celebrated, and the bronze sparrow is fragrant and sad." It also refers to making a living skillfully and being self-sufficient. check carefully the poem "Cao Cao suspected grave": "divide incense and sell shoes, only hurt the spirit, song blowing sound in the account of Chen." In Lu Zhiyi's Fu on reading history, he said, "the empress had pity on all the women, and finally she was a person who sold her shoes and fragrance." The poem "Ye City" written by Luo Ye of Tang Dynasty: "heroes also go to Fen Xiang place, and how many ordinary people can be shared."

Chinese PinYin : mài lǚ fēn xiāng