Rhinoceros horned candle monster(xī jiǎo zhú guài)

Rhinoceros horned candle monster

Rhinoceros horn candle monster, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī Ji ǎ ozh ú Gu à I, which means to praise the profundity of poetry. From the biography of Wen Qiao in the book of Jin.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Wenqiao in the book of Jin states: "Qiao went to Wuchang and reached niuzhuji. The water depth was unpredictable. There were many monsters under the clouds, so Qiao destroyed the rhinoceros horn and illuminated it. In a moment, we saw the collapse of the Shui nationality, which was a strange shape. "

Idiom story

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wen Qiao came to niuzhuji, where he saw that the water was unfathomable. It was said that there were many water monsters in the water. Wen Qiao lit the rhinoceros horn to look after it. He saw that the underwater lights were bright and the water monsters were in strange shapes, some in carriages and some in red. At night, Wen Qiao dreamed that a man maliciously blamed the rhinoceros horn fire. The next day, he suffered a stroke due to toothache and tooth extraction. He returned to town and died within ten days.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing

Examples

The profundity of Lu Xun's poems, like ~, makes all the "monsters" in the society present their original forms.

Chinese PinYin : xī jiǎo zhú guài