Ximenpengxiang(xí mén péng xiàng)

Ximenpengxiang

Ximen Pengxiang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is (x í m é NP é ngxi à ng), which means to describe the poor and humble place. It is the same as "Xi men's poor lane". From historical records.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Ximen Qiongxiang

Synonym: poor alley, poor family, swallow nest's house, bamboo fence cottage, small house, terraced cottage

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in life

Idioms and allusions

Historical records Volume 56 Prime Minister Chen's family

Prime Minister Chen pingzhe, Yangwu Huzhe villagers also. When he was young, he was poor and good at studying. He had 30 mu of land and lived alone with his brother and uncle. Bo Chang ploughed the land and made a study tour. Ping grows up beautiful. Chen Ping said, "if you are poor, why should you be rich? His sister-in-law was jealous of Pingzhi's neglect of family production and said, "I also eat fish. It's better to have nothing than uncle. When Bo heard of it, he expelled his wife and abandoned him. He could get a wife. The rich would not marry him, and the poor would be ashamed. For a long time, the rich had Zhang negative. Zhang negative's daughter and grandson married five times, but her husband died frequently. No one dared to marry him. I want to get it. There are funerals in the city. If you are poor, you can serve the funerals first and then. When Zhang negative saw the place of mourning, he only looked at Wei Ping, so he went later. Negative with Ping to his home, home is negative Guo poor lane, to die seat for the door, but outside the door there are many elderly ruts. Zhang Qigui called his son Zhong and said, "I want to give my daughter and grandson to Chen Ping. Zhang Zhong said, "there is nothing to do in poverty. A county laughs at what it has done. What can it do for women? "Negative said:" the inherent beauty of people, such as Chen Ping and long poor people? "The soldier and the girl. In order to help the poor, they borrowed money to hire women who were rich in wine and meat. He admonished his grandson and said, "don't be poor. Therefore, people are not sincere. He is a father to his brother and a mother to his sister-in-law. Since he married Zhang's daughter, he made use of his wealth and traveled widely.

translation

Chen Ping, the Prime Minister of Chen, is a native of Huzhou, Yangwu county. When he was young, his family was poor and he liked to read. He had 30 mu of land and only lived with his brother Chen Bo. Chen Boping often cultivated land at home and allowed him to study abroad. Chen Ping is tall and handsome. Someone said to Chen Ping, "your family is so poor. What makes you look so big after eating? "Chen Ping's sister-in-law resented Chen Ping for not caring for his family and engaging in labor and production." it's just eating rice bran and swallowing vegetables. It's better not to have such a little brother-in-law. "When Chen Bo heard these words, he drove away his wife and abandoned her. When Chen Ping grows up, it's time to marry his daughter-in-law. No one from a rich family will marry his daughter to him. Chen Ping is ashamed to marry his daughter-in-law from a poor family. After a long time, there was a rich man named Zhang negative in Huzhou. His granddaughter married five times, and her husband died. No one dared to marry her again. Chen Ping wants to marry her. There are people in villages and towns running funerals. Because of his poor family, Chen Ping went to help with the funerals. By going early and returning late, he got more money to supplement his family. Zhang Yin met him at the bereaved house and fell in love with Chen Ping, a tall and burly man. For this reason, Chen Ping left the bereaved house very late. Once, Zhang Ying followed Chen Ping to Chen's home. Chen's home was in a remote alley near the outer city wall. He took a broken seat and turned it into a door. But there were many wheel marks left by noble people outside. After returning home, Zhang said to his son Zhang Zhong, "I'm going to marry my granddaughter to Chen Ping. "Zhang Zhong said:" Chen Ping is poor and does not engage in productive labor. People in the whole county laugh at what he has done. Why did he marry his daughter to him? "Zhang said," how can a person like Chen Ping be poor and humble for a long time? "I finally married my granddaughter to Chen Ping. Because of Chen pingqiong, Zhang's family lent him money to hire him and gave him money to buy a banquet to get married. Zhang told his granddaughter, "don't serve others carelessly because the Chen family is poor. Serve your elder brother Chen Bo as you serve your father, and your sister-in-law as you serve your mother. "After Chen Ping married a Zhangjia woman, he became more and more wealthy and had more and more friends.

interpretation

Chen Ping, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, once said that his home was in the poor lane of neguo, and the gate was the dead mat. His home was in the remote and poor lane of the outer city wall, and he used the broken mat as the gate. Later, he used "ximenpengxiang" to describe his poor and humble place.

Homologous allusions

Xiweimen Ximen poor Lane zigzag car chaimen rutting no rutting poor Lane return rutting old man driving to the frog Chen Lane old man driving in front of rutting door rutting door no rutting Chen Lane Chen Lane car sound

Idiom usage

Examples

Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty wrote in his preface to the poems of seeking visits in summer: "Xi men and Peng Xiang, you will come to visit Gao Shi; Cong GUI and you LAN, you will like to see Wang and sun."

Tang Gaoshi's "journey is difficult" poem: "do you know the East neighbor's youth? There is no car in the poor lane. "

In Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling wrote a five rhymed poem after he went out with yuan buque to find Cai Shiyi Hui: "crossing chenjiaxiang, poetry and Mencius are next to each other.

Wei Zhuang, the former Shu Dynasty, wrote "twenty rhymes of the work of meeting with the elder Xue in the early autumn" that "the Ying hall flows GUI's shadow, and the Chen Lane gathers Che's sound."

Chinese PinYin : xí mén péng xiàng