Rhinoceros(xī zhào niú zhǔ)

Rhinoceros

Xizhaoniuzhu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī zh à oni ú zh ǔ, which means a metaphor for insight. From the biography of Wen Qiao in the book of Jin.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Wenqiao in the book of Jin: "Wenqiao came to niuzhuji, where the depth of water was unpredictable. There were many monsters under the cloud of the world, so Qiao destroyed the rhinoceros horn and illuminated it."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences

Examples

Climbing Tiangen to explore the moon cave, rhinoceros shines on niuzhu. Qing Qiu Zi Ge by Gao Qi in Ming Dynasty

"Climbing to Tiangen to explore the moon cave, the rhinoceros shine on the niuzhu, and all kinds of strange things appear."

The second poem of Qing Dynasty Yuan Mei's "the Yellow River autumn decision heard Shaanxi governor Yin Gong move Festival Qingjiang send" is: "Zhu talks about the establishment of the Yellow River Shu, Xizhao should worry about the cold of the water house."

"No match in the world" Chapter 6: "fortunately, the adults shine on the high hanging, deep insight, begging for super immunity."

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

Yiyuan Volume 7

From Wenqiao in Jin Dynasty to niuzhuji, I heard the sound of music at the bottom of the water, and the depth of the water was unpredictable. It is said that many monsters are illuminated by rhinoceros horn. In a moment, the Shui people were covered with fire, in strange shapes, or in red clothes in a carriage. On that night, the dreamer said, "what do you mean to be with you? "Qiao was so evil that he didn't die.

Allusion 2

Jin Shu Volume 67 biographies of Wen Qiao ~ 795 ～

The imperial assembly left the assistant government, and Qiao took the post of the former Emperor as a guide. After that, the capital was barren and useless, and the capital was not given. Qiao borrowed capital to store it, and then used it as a tool. To niuzhuji, the water depth is unpredictable. There are many monsters under the cloud, so Qiao destroyed the rhinoceros horn. In a moment, the Shui people were covered with fire, in strange shapes, or in a carriage wearing red clothes. Qiaoqi's night dreamer said to himself, "what's the meaning of saying goodbye to you Ming? It's very bad. Qiao first had a tooth disease, and then he pulled it out. He died of a stroke before ten days in the town. He was forty-two years old.

translation

The courtiers argued that Wen Qiao should stay in the middle of the court to assist politics. Wen Qiao refused to return to Jiangzhou because the former Emperor had entrusted Wang Dao. Seeing that Kyoto was dilapidated and lacking in materials, he borrowed a batch of materials and bought some palace utensils. Then he returned to Wuchang. When he came to niuzhuji, he saw that the water was unfathomable. It was said that there were many monsters under the water. Wen Qiao asked someone to light the rhinoceros horn and take care of it. After a while, I saw monsters in the water coming to cover up the fire, with strange shapes, and people in red clothes in carriages. That night, I dreamt that a man said to him, "you and I are different. We don't disturb each other. Why do you come to take care of us?" It looks very angry. Wen Qiao had a bad tooth before, but he pulled it out, so he had a stroke and died less than ten days after arriving at the town. He was 42 years old.

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.

Chinese PinYin : xī zhào niú zhǔ