offend the most beautiful(táng tū xī shī)

offend the most beautiful

Tang Tu Xi Shi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á NGT ū x ī sh ī, which means to compare the ugliness with the beauty. From the book of songs.

Idiom explanation

Abrupt: offensive. Xi Shi: beauty in the spring and Autumn Period offended Xi Shi.

The origin of Idioms

Liang Qichao's Shihua: "it's even more like a play called" farewell to Jingqing in Yishui ". In the first act of farewell, there are four chapters of songs, ending with the original song recorded in historical records, which is close to the Tang Dynasty's tuxishi and the Yao Dian."

Idiom usage

To blaspheme someone better than oneself. example we can't do the period of Tang Tu Xi Shi. According to Fang Zuling of Tang Dynasty and the biography of Zhou Kai in the book of Jin, Yu Xin said: "when people are idle, they will be happy with the emperor." Kai said, "why is there no salt in painting? Tang Tu Xi Shi also!" Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote "a new saying of the world: light slander": "what is the art of painting without salt, so that the Tang Dynasty can surpass the western style?" There is no comparison between salt free and Xi Shi, one is extremely ugly, the other is extremely beautiful. To compare the two of them is to hold the ugly too high and belittle the beautiful too low. This is called "painting without salt, Tang Tu Xi Shi".

Idiom story

In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhou Yi, a famous minister, was very modest. People always like to compare him with Ling leguang, who was also famous at that time, saying that they were both talented and highly respected. Zhou said modestly, "comparing me with him is a blasphemy to him. It's a painting without salt, and it's out of style."

Chinese PinYin : táng tū xī shī