Goose feather for thousands of miles(qiān lǐ sòng é máo)

Goose feather for thousands of miles

Sending goose feather from a thousand miles is a metaphor for the deep friendship of the gift although it is meager. Pinyin Qi ā NL ǐ s ò ng é m á o. It comes from Ouyang Xiu's poem Mei Shengyu sends gingko: "the goose feather is given to thousands of miles, and the person is valued."

interpretation

According to the history of the road, it is said in Yunnan that the ancient local official, the Burmese family, sent a swan to the Tang Dynasty to fly over Mianyang lake and drop a feather. Burmese high had to tribute a feather, and said: "the gift is light, the person is heavy, thousands of miles to send goose feather." Later, it is used as a metaphor to show that the gift is meager and affectionate.

source

Su Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote a poem in Yangzhou: "if you want to send goose feather to Yangzhou, why should you drink moose?" Song Ouyang Xiu's poem "Mei Shengyu sends Ginkgo biloba" says: "the goose feather is given thousands of miles, and the person is the most important." In the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian's "paper presented to Wu Nanxiong by Xie Chenhui": "a thousand li goose feather means a lot, and the miasmatic clothes are fishy and greasy, and they come back to the north." Chapter 38 of the biography of heroes and Heroines: "take some earth things with you, and send goose feathers for thousands of miles Lao She's salesgirl act 3 Scene 5: "it's for the manager's children. It's goose feather for thousands of miles. I made it myself!"

allusion

In Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty, Huihe state was a vassal state of Tang Dynasty. Once, in order to show his friendship with the Tang Dynasty, Huihe sent an emissary, Mian BOGAO, to visit the king of Tang Dynasty. Among these tribute objects, the most precious one is a rare bird white swan. The white swan is also the biggest worry of Burkholder. In case of any trouble, how can he explain it to the king? Therefore, along the way, he personally fed water, and did not dare to neglect for a moment. On this day, when he came to Mianyang lake, he saw the White Swan stretching its neck, opening its mouth and panting. Unable to bear it, he opened the cage and took the White Swan to the water to have a good drink. Who knows, the White Swan drank enough water, closed his neck and flapped his wings, "fluttering" to the sky! Myanmar high forward, only picked up a few feathers, but failed to catch the White Swan, watched it fly without a trace, for a moment, Myanmar high holding a few snow-white goose feathers, straight in a daze, thinking back and forth of a question: "how to do? Do you want to pay tribute? What can I do to see Emperor Taizong? Go back? How dare you go to see the king of Huihe The entourage said, "the swan has already flown away. Let's think of a remedy." After thinking about it, he decided to continue his eastward journey. He took out a piece of pure white silk, carefully wrapped the goose feather, and wrote a poem on the silk: "Swan tribute to Tang Dynasty, mountains are heavy, roads are farther away. Mianyang Lake lost treasure, Huihe feeling hard to throw. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty, please the Burmese high, things light, righteousness heavy, thousands of miles to send goose feather Myanmar high with jewelry and goose feather, stars and moon, painstaking, soon arrived in Chang'an. Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty met with Burke Gao, who offered goose feathers. Tang Taizong read the poem and listened to Burmese Gao's story. Instead of blaming him, he felt that Burmese Gao was loyal and honest and fulfilled his mission. Since then, "sending goose feathers from thousands of miles is more important than courtesy", which has become a portrayal or a modest word of exchanging feelings among Chinese people. Enlightenment: if mutual respect and trust can be fully practiced in all walks of life and even the whole people. Society will take a big step forward. At the bottom of the Tang Dynasty, there is a beautiful talk about sending goose feathers thousands of miles away. Burman Gao, a swan worshiper sent by Yunnan local officials, did not choose to return after the geese flew. He believed that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to affection rather than propriety, and entered the court with goose feathers. The emperor also fully trusted this petty official, believed in Yunnan, and still praised him. —— Sohu's attitude to believing in history

Discrimination of words

Grammar: subject predicate type; used as clause and attributive; often used in conjunction with "courtesy is light, but human is heavy".

Chinese PinYin : qiān lǐ sòng é máo