death of a friend(rén qín jù wáng)

death of a friend

The Chinese idiom R é NQ í NJ ù w á ng is used to describe the sadness of seeing relics and missing the dead. It is often used to describe the mourning for the death of friends and relatives. From the book of Jin, biography of Wang Hui.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wang Hui in the book of Jin, it is said that "if you take the Qin you offer and play it for a long time, you will not tune it. You sigh:" Wu Hu Zi Jing, everyone will die. "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; as object and attribute.

Idiom story

Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, had seven sons and one daughter. Almost all of his children had made great achievements in calligraphy. Among them, Wang Huizhi's calligraphy achievement is second only to Wang Xianzhi's. Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy is excellent in many aspects. He is especially famous for his line and grass. He is known as "little sage" in the history of calligraphy. He and his father are also known as "two kings". Wang Huizhi's youth is erudite. He is free and easy in nature, regardless of the details. He once served as the Chief Secretary of the army, Ma Huanwen. He was slovenly and did not deal with official affairs in the government. Later he joined the army as a cavalry of general nanzhonglang and governor huanchong of Jiangzhou. Once, Huan Chong asked him, "what kind of work are you in charge of?" Wang Huizhi replied, "it seems that you are in charge of horses." Huan Chong then asked, "how many horses do you manage?" Wang Huizhi replied, "I don't even know how many horses there are. How can I know the number of horses!" Huan Chong then asked, "how many horses died?" Wang Huizhi replied, "I don't know what life is about, how can I know what death is about?". Wang Huizhi's temperament is unrestrained and can't stand the shackles of various rules in the imperial court. After taking up the position of yellow gate servant Soon, he abandoned his official and retired to Shanyin. Wang Hui's natural love of bamboo, once said: "how can we not accompany bamboo!" After retiring, he planted green bamboo around his house, and played flute and chant Bamboo under the bamboo forest every day. Wang Xianzhi, Zi Jing. When he was young, he was well-known, free and unrestrained. Even if he stayed at home all day, his manner and appearance were not slack, and his free and easy manner became the top of his time. Once, Wang Xianzhi and Wang Huizhi lived in the same room. There was a fire at home, so Wang Huizhi had no time to put on his shoes and ran away. Wang Xianzhi's face did not change, and his expression was calm. He slowly called for his servant to help him out. one night, Wang Xianzhi was sleeping in his study. When a thief came to his house, he almost stole all his things. Wang Xianzhi said slowly: "steal, that green felt is my family's ancestral, just leave it, the thief was scared away. Among the seven brothers, Wang Huizhi and his seventh brother Wang Xianzhi have the deepest feelings. Wang Xianzhi was seriously ill and died soon. Fearing that Wang Huizhi could not accept the sad news, his family did not tell him about Wang Xianzhi's death. But Wang Huizhi was thinking about his sick brother all the time. Some days he didn't hear from his brother, so he asked his family, "how is Zijing's illness? Why hasn't he heard from him for a long time? Is something wrong? " Wang Huizhi saw this situation and immediately burst into tears. Wang Huizhi said to himself, "it seems Zijing has gone before me!" Wang Huizhi came to Wang Xianzhi's home and took Wang Xianzhi's piano. While playing the piano, he recalled the deep friendship between his brothers. The more he thought about it, the more distressed he was. He couldn't play the tune, so he raised his piano and threw it to the ground. It was broken. He sighed: "Zijing! Zijing! Now everyone is dead! " Soon, Wang Huizhi also went west with Wang Xianzhi.

Chinese PinYin : rén qín jù wáng