a broken mirror joined together(pò jìng chóng yuán)

a broken mirror joined together

Broken mirror reunion, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ò J ì ngch ó ngyu á n, which means that couples reunite and make up after separation or break up. From the blue peony.

Analysis of Idioms

It's hard to get over the past and never come back

The origin of Idioms

In Li Zhiyuan's Bi Mudan of the Song Dynasty, "breaking the mirror and reuniting, dividing the hairpin and the mother of pearl, searching for embroidered household beads and foils."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as predicate and object; with commendatory meaning. His meeting with his wife seemed to be a happy reunion. ——The second chapter of Xiao Hong's Ma Bole: why worry? ——Shi Junmei, Yuan Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

original text

According to Tang Mengbi's "ability poem · emotion", in the Southern Dynasty, Prince Chen's wife Xu Deyan and his wife Princess Lechang were afraid that they would not be able to protect each other after the country was broken. Because they broke a bronze mirror, they each held half of it. They sold the broken mirror in the city about the first month of his year, hoping to meet each other. After Chen died, the princess did not enter the Yue Duke Yang Su's family. When Deyan arrived in Beijing, he saw Cangtou selling a half mirror, which showed that it was a half match. The poem in de Yan said: "if the mirror goes away with people, the mirror will not return to people; if it does not return to Chang'e's shadow, the bright moon will remain in the sky." The princess got the poem and wept bitterly. So know, that is to say, to the princess also, together to Jiangnan end. Later, it is used to refer to reunion or reconciliation after separation or break up.

translation

The idiom story of reunion after breaking a mirror comes from a beautiful story of Yang Su, a man of Huayin and Duke of Yue in Sui Dynasty. Yang Su, whose name is Chu Dao, made great contributions in assisting Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty Yang Jian to end the separatist regime, unify the world and establish the country of Sui Dynasty. He is not only resourceful and brilliant, but also civil and military, romantic and elegant. In the court and in the field, they are very famous. Chen Shubao, the empress of Southern Chen, had a younger sister, who was named Princess Lechang. She was a famous talented woman and beautiful woman at that time. When he became an adult, he married the prince and gave up Xu Deyan as his wife. In 589 A.D., Yang Su and the two sons of Emperor Wen Yang Jian went south to destroy Chen, and captured the empress Chen Shubao and his concubines and relatives. Among them was the wife of Xu Deyan, the younger sister of Chen Shubao, Prince Chen, who was also the princess Lechang of the state of Chen. Because Yang Su broke Chen Yougong and Princess Lechang was extremely talented, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty sent Princess Lechang to Yang Su's family and gave her concubine. Yang Su not only admired Princess Lechang's talent, but also coveted Princess Lechang's beauty, so she became more fond of Princess Lechang and built a house for her. However, Princess Lechang was depressed and silent all day long. It turns out that Princess Lechang and her husband Xu Deyan know each other and have a deep friendship. When the state of Chen was about to die, Xu Deyan said to his wife with tears: "the state is in danger. How can the safety of the family be preserved? It is inevitable that you and I will be separated. With your appearance and talent, you are bound to be plundered into a luxury home after the death of our country. Our husband and wife have been separated for a long time, and we are on the same side of each other. We can only miss each other day and night, and God will meet in our dreams. If God has eyes and doesn't cut off our love in this life, you and I will meet in the future. So we should have a keepsake to meet again in the future. " With that, Xu Deyan split a bronze mirror in half, and the couple hid half of it. Xu Deyan added: "if you are really plundered into the rich people's home, you will sell half of your bronze mirror in the market on January 15 next year. If I survive, I will go to the city and ask for your information through the bronze mirror." when the country was broken, a loving couple suffered the pain of separation though they survived. It was so easy to expect that on the 15th of the first month of the second year, Xu Deyan finally arrived at the city street after a lot of hard work and wandering. As expected, he saw an old man Hawking half a piece of bronze mirror, and the price was so expensive that he did not dare to ask for it. As soon as Xu Deyan saw half of the bronze mirror, he knew his wife's whereabouts. He didn't dare to neglect him. He gave the old man the money he asked, and immediately led him to his own place. Having finished eating and drinking, Xu Deyan told the old man the story of breaking the mirror a year ago and took out his other half of the bronze mirror. Before the two halves of the bronze mirror match, Xu Deyan is already sobbing The old man was moved to tears by their husband and wife. He promised Xu Deyan that he would pass on the news between them and let them get together as soon as possible. Xu Deyan wrote a poem with moonlight and asked the old man to bring it to Princess Lechang. The poem reads: "when the mirror goes away with others, the mirror will return to others but not to others.". no more Chang'e's shadow, bright moon in the sky. When Princess Lechang saw her husband writing a poem, she thought that she was so close to her husband that it was hard to meet him. She was even more sad. She looked miserable all day and couldn't get in. Yang Su repeatedly questioned, only to know the reason, but also can not help but be deeply moved by his two people's true feelings. He immediately sent someone to summon Xu Deyan into the house to reunite his husband and wife. When Princess Lechang saw Xu Deyan's white temples, and Xu Deyan saw Princess Lechang who had become a concubine (as a concubine, everything depends on people's face), they were filled with emotion. When Yang Su saw this scene, she asked Princess Lechang to write a poem about it. Then Princess Lechang chanted: "today, he Qianci, the new official versus the old official. It's hard to be a man if you dare not laugh or cry. Yang Su was very moved after hearing this, so he decided to make a man of beauty, and sent Princess Lechang back to Xu Deyan, and gave them money to return to their hometown for pension. All the people in the mansion lamented the reunion of Xu and Chen and the generosity and success of Yang Su, the Duke of Yue. In the celebration of gratitude. After the banquet, the couple went back to their hometown of Jiangnan hand in hand. This story has been spread all over the world, so there is a story of reunion, which has been handed down to this day.

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