The hope of the gate(mén lǚ zhī wàng)

The hope of the gate

In the fourth and fifth chapter of huayuehen, Qixia resident commented: "if you sing with ghosts, you will fill in the ravines; if you eat without spirit, don't comfort your family."

Tang Du Fu's poem "farewell to Dong Fu" said: "the gate has been closed, and there is no frost and snow left."

origin

In the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiang's "Warring States strategy · Qi CE 6": the 15th year of Jia, Wang sun, was king min. Where the king left, where he lost him. His mother said, "if a woman comes out in the morning and comes in the evening, I will look at her door; if she doesn't return in the evening, I will look at her Lu. Now that the woman is the king, and the king has gone away, she does not know where she is. What is her return? " Wang Sun Jia Nai went into the market and said, "naochi is in disorder with the state of Qi. Kill King min. those who want to kill me will take sides with the right." City people from 400 people, with the zhunao teeth, stab and kill.

interpretation

Source translation

Wang Sunjia was 15 years old and served king Qi min. At this time, the state of Yan entered the capital, and King min fled. Wang Sunjia did not know where King min fled. His mother said to him, "if you go out early and come back late, I will look forward to your return through the door of my house. If you are not back at night, I will look forward to your return through the door of Lu. Now you serve the king. The king has escaped. You don't know where he is. Why do you come back home? " Wang Sun Jia then went to the market and said, "naochi made trouble in the state of Qi and killed King min. whoever follows me to fight against naochi will take off his right sleeve!" Four hundred people followed in the market. They all went to fight against naochi and finally killed him.

interpretation

When a woman comes out late in the morning, I look at her door. When a woman comes out late in the evening, I look at her Lu. " Later, "the hope of the gate" refers to the parents' desire for their children. It is also called "gate view".

Homologous allusions

Yitang gate, Yimen gate, ciyan Wangjiu gate, Luwang gate

Examples

Chen Ruyuan of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of the Golden Lotus: Yan Jun, an old spring resident, is kind to Cheng's family. He talks about poetry and rites by the spring breeze. In front of the rain lamp at night, he reads the hope of the door

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