the grains grow luxuriantly among the ruins of the former capital(shǔ lí mài xiù)

the grains grow luxuriantly among the ruins of the former capital

Shuli maixiu, a Chinese idiom, is sh ǔ L í m à IXI ù in pinyin, which means mourning the subjugation of the country. From the book of songs Wang Feng Shu Li.

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Wang Feng · Shu Li" says: "the Shu Li is the seedling of the millet. "I'll walk in the mill and shake my heart."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: corn in the palace

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive; used in mourning the loss of a country. example when your majesty tries to read the two capitals and Shu Li Mai Xiu, he will not be at ease. In Zhuang Yuanchen, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty, and in Song Weizi's family, records of the historian, it is said that "Mai Xiu is gradually disappearing. He's too cunning to be nice to me. "

Idiom story

When the Shang Dynasty was destroyed, Jizi, the uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, passed by the old ruins of Shang Dynasty when he went to court to see the king of Zhou. He saw that the palace was destroyed and full of corn. He was very sad. He wrote a poem for Mai Xiuge. Later, it is said that after the fall of the Western Zhou Dynasty, a scholar bureaucrat of the Zhou Dynasty passed by the old capital and saw that the former palaces were all fields full of millet. He felt sad and deeply moved, so he wrote a poem "Shuli". From this comes the saying of "Shu Li Mai Xiu".

Chinese PinYin : shǔ lí mài xiù