refined and cultured(wēn wén ěr yǎ)

refined and cultured

Gentle, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ē NW é n ě ry ǎ, which means to describe a person's gentle attitude and gentle behavior. It also describes the lack of struggle, not bold and shrewd. It comes from the strange tales of Liaozhai · Chen Xijiu written by Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Pu Songling's Liaozhaizhiyi · Chen Xijiu in Qing Dynasty: "the son of this famous scholar is gentle and elegant. Can Wu be a thief?" Before that, "Wenwen" and "Erya" were two independent idioms. gentle, gentle and polite, as opposed to "powerful". It comes from the book of rites, Prince Wen's son: "rites and music are interlaced in the middle, and the hair is shaped outside. Therefore, it is easy to achieve, respectful and gentle.". Kong yingdashu: "those who are respectful and gentle are polite inside and outside, respectful in appearance and gentle in heart." Tang sunti's "conferring on Yin Yanfang and other Wang Fu Zhi" says, "the merit of teaching is learned from the sun, and the virtue of being gentle is related to Chunchu." Gong Zizhen's Miscellaneous Poems of Ji Hai in Qing Dynasty (28): "it's not to praise the king bitterly, but also to be crazy, chivalrous and gentle." Ye Shengtao's chronicle of a city: "the intonation of the guests is first-class, which pretends to be gentle but is actually crude." In Er Ya, "Er" = "you" means "near" and "Ya" means "Zheng", which is the ancestor of dictionaries. Sima Qian's preface to the biography of scholars in historical records has "elegant articles and profound diction", which is used to praise and describe the purity and elegance of the words or articles. In this regard, the so-called "Wen Wen" means "Wen Wen" and "Wen Run civilization"; the so-called "Er Ya" means "approaching purity" and "approaching elegance".

Idiom usage

It refers to a person's mild attitude. Wenwenerya is the attitude of scholars. ——Speech by Ye Shengtao

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] gentle, courteous and thrifty, gentle and honest [antonym] evil spirit and evil spirit

Chinese PinYin : wēn wén ěr yǎ