high prices of rice and fuel(shí yù chuī guì)

high prices of rice and fuel

Eating jade and cooking GUI, a Chinese idiom, means sh í y ù Chu ī Gu, which means that food is as expensive as jade and fuel is as expensive as osmanthus. It's expensive. It comes from Chu CE San.

The origin of Idioms

"Chu's food is more expensive than jade, and his salary is more expensive than GUI." it's rare for a visitor to see a ghost, and it's rare for a king to see a king like the emperor of heaven

Idiom explanation

Food is as expensive as jade, fuel is as expensive as osmanthus. It's expensive.

Idioms and allusions

Homologous allusions

Guiyu Guiyu one pot Guiyu grain salary wet salary GUI pot Guiyu pot qiongcuan jade pot cangyu burning new GUI pot guicuan Dan Gui Yu Gui Zhu GUI Mi Ru Zhu Mi Ru Zhu Yu Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue Yue GUI grain qiongsu Gui Gui

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Su Qin, a political strategist, was good at debating and lobbying with one mouth. He went to the state of Chu and asked to see the king of Chu. The watchman of the palace failed to ask for bribes. He deliberately framed him and let him live for three days first. The things sold to him were very expensive. After seeing Su Qin, the king of Chu talked very speculatively. Su Qin said that Chu's rice is as expensive as jade and firewood is as expensive as osmanthus.

origin

"Warring States strategy" Volume 16 (Chu CE San · Su Qin's Chu San RI) "~ 538 ～

Su Qin's Chu, three days to see the king. Talk about the death, words and deeds. The king of Chu said, "if I hear of you, I will hear of the ancients. Mr. Jin is a man who has traveled thousands of miles. He once refused to stay. I would like to hear what he said. He said, "the food of Chu state is more expensive than jade, and the salary is more expensive than GUI. It's rare for a visitor to see it as a ghost, and it's rare for a king to see it as an emperor of heaven. Today, I'm ordering my ministers to eat jade and cook osmanthus, because ghosts see the emperor. The king said, "Sir, I'll give up. I don't know what I'm going to do. 」

translation

It took Su Qin three months to see the king of Chu. After the conversation, I will say goodbye to the king of Chu. The king of Chu said, "when I hear your name, it's just like when I hear about ancient sages. Now my husband has come all the way to see me. Why don't you stay longer? I hope to hear from you. " Su Qin replied: "the grain of Chu is more expensive than Baoyu, and the firewood of Chu is more expensive than cinnamon. It's hard for the reporter to meet like a kid, and it's hard for the king to meet like the emperor of heaven. Now I want to use jade as grain and cinnamon as firewood to burn, and I want to see the emperor of heaven through the kid." The king of Chu interrupted Su Qin and said, "please come and stay in the guest house. I'll obey you."

Word usage

It refers to the hardship of life

Examples

Yu Xin's Xie Zhao Wang Lai Mi Qi in the Northern Zhou Dynasty: "it's not the Danzao but the bead, it's the Jingtai but the jade."

The third part of song Sushi's "meeting with CAI Zhun's doctor to invite you to visit the West Lake" is: "the bow of the boat is fresh and thin, and the stern of the boat is fragrant with jade."

Huang Tingjian of Song Dynasty wrote in the second rhyme of Zhang Zhongmou's passing through the temple of juechi: "the dream is as startling as yesterday, and the cooking jade is trapped in the capital."

Song Fan Chengda "Jiangyuan county Zhang Jichang Zhengzi Shansong hall" poem: "think back Minyu, dare to look at chuchuyu."

Chen Menglei's poem "journey is difficult" in Qing Dynasty: Wu Xian goes up to heaven and Tao Yuan is far away.

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