dire poverty(niú yī duì qì)

dire poverty

The Chinese idiom, Ni ú y ī Du ì Q ì, means to sleep in a cow's clothes and cry relatively. It describes a couple living a poor life together. It comes from the biography of Wang Zhang in the book of Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

In the biography of Wang Zhang in the book of Han: "at the beginning, Zhang was Zhu Sheng, who studied Chang'an and lived alone with his wife. Chapter disease, no quilt, lying in cattle clothes; with his wife, cry

Idiom usage

Shao can's the 19th book of sachets: "when the husband thinks about it, when the skirt hairpin comes to raise a case; it's important to note that when the cow is crying in the clothes." "The Weng family is short of food, and there is no way to borrow money. The quality of the classics has been exhausted. They are hesitant to scratch their heads, and they are just weeping with each other."

Idiom story

The story of Wang Zhang in the book of Han Dynasty is an idiom. It says that Wang Zhang's family was very poor in the Western Han Dynasty. When he was young, he studied in Chang'an, the capital, lived with his wife and lived a hard life. Once, when he was sick and had no quilt, he had to cover something like a coir raincoat made of hemp and grass. It was used to protect cattle from the cold at that time. People called it "cattle clothing". Wang Zhang curled up in the cow's clothes, shivering with cold. Thinking that he was dying, Wang Zhang cried and said to his wife, "I'm very ill. I don't even have a quilt to cover. It seems that I'm going to die. Let's say goodbye! " His wife angrily rebuked him and said, "Zhongqing! You can tell me, who can be as knowledgeable as you? You are so poor and sick that you don't work hard and cheer up, but you cry instead. How hopeless After hearing this, Wang Zhang felt ashamed. After his illness, he studied hard and finally became a useful person. The true feelings of the poor and humble couple have inspired many people with lofty ideals to strive for strength, and poets and poets are competing to sing. Liu Jian of the Five Dynasties wrote a poem "climbing the tower in mid spring": "Wang Zhang is not ashamed of the tears of ox clothes, pan Yuexiu is scared of the frost of crane temples.". Lu You of the Song Dynasty wrote in "he fan Dai Zhi Qiu Xing" that "all my life, I don't cry in cow's clothes, everything comes from the channel and horse's ears". Qing Guizhuang's "Gengchen birthday" poem: "from now on, don't shed tears, ride the horse long distance, sun and moon new". In the cultural revolution, Professor Chen Yinke, a famous writer, was a rare old man who was blind, had his right leg broken, and was lying in bed. He was still doomed. He was forced to make frequent "Confessions" and be criticized. Finally, he died unjustly in Guangzhou in November 1969. Before his death, he wrote a pair of elegiac couplets for himself in the tone of his wife: "weeping for the ox's clothes has become a history of heartbreak; the disabled can't hide from the leopard, and Jiuquan will wait for the dead." The pun of "crying to the cow's clothes" not only quotes the allusion of "crying to the cow's clothes", but also fits the reality of "cowshed". "Zhe" (musical drama, that is, 40) describes the approximate number of the couple living together for 42 years. "It's hard to hide the disabled from the leopard", with the allusion of "hiding the disabled from the leopard" and the meaning of taking possession to avoid harm, it shows that it's hard to avoid fighting with the disabled. It is extremely painful and sorrowful, neat and ingenious. When the Han Dynasty became emperor, Wang Feng, the great general of the emperor's uncle, was in power. Wang Zhang of Jing Zhaoyin tells the emperor to alienate Wang Feng and not listen to him. Later, Zhang is trapped by Wang Feng and dies. See biography of Wang Zhang in Hanshu. After that, he took "wubiao xuewang Zhang" as the source of admonishment for unjust death. The second poem of Tang Li Jiu's four husbands' Ode: "although there are clothes and blankets to hide Li Gu, there is no Shuxue Wang Zhang in the end." Wang Zhang is also known as Zhongqing, a juping person in Mount Tai. He took literature as an official, moved to admonish a doctor, and was famous in the imperial court. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, he was promoted to the rank of general Cao Zhonglang. He and Chen xianxiangshan, the censor Zhongcheng, destroyed Zhongshu and ordered Shi Xian to fall into the trap of Xian. Xian reduced the number of dead Kun, and Zhang removed the official. Emperor Cheng set up an official to admonish him, and moved him to a military officer. After Wang Zun's exemption, the generation was incompetent, and Zhang was elected as Jing Zhaoyin. At that time, Wang Feng, the great general of the emperor's uncle, was in charge of the government. Although Zhang was promoted by Feng, it was not the exclusive power of Feng. There is a eclipse in the meeting day. Zhang Zong seals the affairs and summons them. Yan Feng can't be appointed, so it's better to choose a loyal and virtuous person. At the beginning, he accepted Zhang's words, but later he couldn't bear to leave the Phoenix. Chapter by is to see doubt, then for the Phoenix fall, crime to rebellious. The language is in the biography of the empress of the Yuan Dynasty. At the beginning, Zhang studied Chang'an for Zhusheng and lived alone with his wife. Zhang disease, no quilt, lying in the cow clothes, and his wife, tears. His wife said angrily, "Zhongqing! Who is more noble in the imperial court than Zhongqing? Today's disease and distress, not self-excited, but anti tears, how despicable After Zhang was appointed as an official, he was appointed as a Beijing omen. When he wanted to be appointed as an official, his wife stopped and said, "people should be content, but don't worry about the evil of crying in the cow's clothes?" Zhang said, "it's not known to women." The book then went up, and his wife accepted it. Zhang Xiaonv was twelve years old. She started to cry at night and said, "in her life, the number of prisoners in prison is often up to nine, and now it's eight. I, Jun Sugang, will be the first to die. " Ask tomorrow, Zhang Guo will die. All his wives moved to Hepu.

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