treasure a thing by wrapping it up carefully(shí xí zhēn cáng)

treasure a thing by wrapping it up carefully

Shixi Zhencang, a Chinese idiom, is sh í x í zh ē NC á ng in pinyin, which means to wrap things up in layers and treasure them. To describe a highly treasured collection. From Taiping Yulan.

Idiom explanation

Shi: more adjectives; attack: quantifier, set, layer. Wrap the goods layer upon layer and store them with great care. To describe a highly treasured collection.

The origin of Idioms

The fifty-one volume of Taiping Yulan quoted from Kaizi: "the fool of Song Dynasty got the Yan stone to the east of Wutai, and then he hid it as a great treasure. Zhou's visitors can see what they hear. The master crowned Xuanfu with treasure. The Chinese medicine chamber is ten times heavy, and the Tijin is ten times heavy. "

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

Taiping Yulan Volume 51

"Kaizi" says: the fool of Song Dynasty got Yan stone in the east of Wutai, and it was regarded as a great treasure. Zhou's visitors can see what they hear. Master duanmianxuan clothing to hair treasure, China Kui ten heavy, Ti towel ten attack. When the guests saw it, Lu Hu said with a smile, "this Yan stone is no different from the tile. "The master was furious, and the more he hid it, the more solid he was.

Allusion 2

2. In Volume 48 of the book of the later Han Dynasty (Biography of Yang Li, Zhai Ying, Huoyuan, Xu liezhuan, yingshao), the Zheng people used dried rats as their purples in the Zhou Dynasty; the Yufu of the Song Dynasty also treasured Yanshi and titied ten times. The man who saw it covered his mouth and laughed. It's very polite and vulgar. In Tang Dynasty, Li Xian quoted "Que Zi" as saying: "the fool of Song Dynasty got to the east of Yan Shiwu terrace, and then returned and hid it as a great treasure. The guests of Zhou Dynasty observed it after hearing about it. The host's father Zhai for seven days carried the clothes of the crown, defiled it with special sacrifice, changed the chamber for ten times, and made ten attacks on the towel. When the guest saw it, he covered his mouth and Lu Hu said with a smile, "this Yan stone is not different from the tile. "The master's father said angrily," the words of the merchant set up the heart of the craftsman. "The more solid it is, the more serious it is to keep it. 」】

translation

Once upon a time, Zheng people sold dried rats as jade to Zhou people, and the Yufu of Song Dynasty also used Yan stone as treasure to raise ten stones. People who see it laugh with their mouths closed. Most of the civilized people are like this.

Que Zi: a fool in the state of song got a swallow stone to the east of Qi Guowu terrace. He took it home and treasured it. He thought it was a great treasure. When the guests from the Zhou Dynasty heard about it, they went to see the precious stone. The owner took a bath and fasted for seven days, dressed in dark black dress, killed the livestock, held the highest standard sacrifice to open the baby, and saw that it was loaded in a gorgeous box and wrapped in red and yellow scarves. When the guest saw the stone, he leaned down and covered his mouth. After all, he still laughed: "this is Yan Shi, no different from bricks and tiles." The master said angrily, "you are a businessman's saying, a liar's mind!" Then, he hid the stone more closely and guarded it more closely.

interpretation

"There are ten kinds of gekui and ten kinds of Tijin." It is to wrap the goods layer by layer to show their value. Later, he took "Shixi collection" as the example. Shi, adjective more; attack, quantifier, set, layer. Wrap the goods layer upon layer and store them with great care. To describe a highly treasured collection.

Idiom usage

Examples

Ouyang Xiu's Xie CI Biao of Song Dynasty: "ten generations of treasures, but vow to inherit and live forever."

Chen Shidao of the Song Dynasty wrote the poem "Xie Kou's eleven Hui Duan inkstones": "it is carved for the time to provide calligraphy, and ten strokes contain a hundred treasures."

Song Yang Wanli's song of sanchen inkstone screen: "huaibi is not guilty, borrowing books is not infatuated, the public should attack the ancient Jinhe ten times, how to pass on the ten handlebars, not against those who are powerful in the middle of the night?"

Zhao Zhenyuan of the Ming Dynasty restored the Taifu of Kaifeng for Yuan Shi Yu (yuan kelizi): "when you are eating, you are ashamed of your height. If you have ten faces, you will be friends

The 96th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty says, "today, I accidentally fell into your hands. This is a priceless treasure. We should treasure it and not show it to others lightly."

Chinese PinYin : shí xí zhēn cáng