select passages and choose phrases(xún zhāng zhāi jù)

select passages and choose phrases

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ú nzh ā ngzh ā ij ù, which means that in the old days, scholars searched for and extracted sentences from books and used them in writing. It refers to the lack of creativity in writing. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the book of Wu, the biography of Sun Quan and the book of Wu.

Idiom explanation

Search: find; chapter: Chapter; extract: extract. In the old days, scholars searched for and extracted sentences from books and applied them in writing. It refers to the lack of creativity in writing.

The origin of Idioms

In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the book of Wu, the biography of Sun Quan, it is said that "Zhao Zi, the commander of the capital, was sent to Wei." Pei Songzhi's annotation quoted Wu Shu as saying, "although I have spare time, I can only read books and spread history. I can't use strange things to do anything but to search for chapters and sentences."

Idioms and allusions

During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei sent out Shu troops to attack Dongwu, and thousands of warships stormed down the Yangtze River. Sun Quan, the leader of the Wu Dynasty, gathered all the civil and military officials to discuss the countermeasures. Most of them advocated facing Cao in the north and asking the state of Wei to send troops for rescue. So Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, sent an envoy Zhao Zi to the state of Wei to ask Cao Pi for help. Zhao Zi came to Xudu, the capital of the state of Wei, paid homage to Cao Pi, the emperor of Wei, and presented a letter written by Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, to Cao Pi. Cao Pi read the letter and felt quite satisfied. So he asked Zhao Zi, "does the king of Wu know how to learn?" Zhao Zi replied: "although the king of Wu has spare time to read books and pass on history, he does not follow the life of" looking for chapters and sentences. " The meaning of this dialogue is: Emperor Wen of Wei asked Zhao Zi, "how are you King Wu? Does he read? " Zhao Zi replied, "when we are busy with military affairs, as long as we have free time, we will read a lot and pay great attention to understanding the main points. Unlike those scholars who only know how to" pick up chapters and sentences. " After hearing this, Emperor Wen of Wei nodded his head and said yes, so he made Sun Quan king of Wu and decided to send troops to help him resist the Shu army. The idiom "looking for chapters and sentences" refers to the fact that when reading books, only a few words are taken, while the whole content system is ignored.

Idiom usage

Combined; used as predicate, object and attribute; with derogatory meaning

Chinese PinYin : xún zhāng zhāi jù