Dipsacus asperatus(yáng xù xuán yú)

Dipsacus asperatus

Yangxuyu, an allusion name and idiom, comes from the biography of yangxuzhuan in the later Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, when Yang Yang, the official, became the governor of Nanyang, a Fu Cheng sent him fish. He hung up the fish. When Fu Cheng sent the fish again, he took out the fish to educate him, thus eliminating the gift. Later, it was used to describe that he was honest and refused to accept bribes.

Detailed explanation

origin

According to the book of the later Han Dynasty, Yang Xuzhuan, the thief is pure and peaceful, but he is ordered by the ban xuanzheng to wait for people's disease and benefit, and the people are happy to take it. At that time, most of the powerful families were extravagant and beautiful, and continued to suffer from deep diseases. They often had poor clothes and food, and their chariots and horses were defeated. Fu Cheng tried to offer his raw fish and continued to receive it and then hung it in court. Later, he entered it again and continued to give it to Du Qi. After resuming his wife and his son's secret, they all went to the county house, and continued to close the door. His wife kept her secret. Her only assets were cloth blanket, salt and wheat. Gu Chi's Secret said, "if I believe in this, why should I give my mother?" To return to one's mother.

translation

After the crackdown, Yang Xu issued a decree in the county to promote the interests of the people, which was admired by the people. At that time, the families of the powerful and the rich advocated luxury and luxuriance, which Yang Xu deeply hated, so he often wore old clothes. The cars and horses are also very simple. Fu Cheng once offered live fish to him, but Yang Xu took them and hung them in the courtyard. Fu Cheng later offered them to him, and Yang Xu showed them to him to warn him not to offer them again. Yang Xu's wife and son Yang Mi later went to the official residence in the county to find him, but Yang Xu refused. His wife had to take the sheep back. All the items of Yangxu are cloth clothes, old clothes, salt and wheat. Yangxu said to his son yangmi, "I only use these things myself. What can I use to support your mother?" And sent yangmi and his mother away.

interpretation

When Han Yang continued to be the governor of Nanyang (now Nanyang in Henan Province), Fu Cheng sent him fish. He hung up the fish. When Fu Cheng sent the fish again, he took out the fish to educate him, so as to eliminate the gift. Later, he used the words "yangxuxuanyu, Xuanyu, yangxuxuanku, guafuchengyu" to indicate that he was modest and didn't accept bribes.

Homologous allusions

Hanging fish sheep hanging dead hanging Fu Cheng fish hanging fish court hanging dead hanging dead fish

Examples of allusion

[Dipsacus asperatus] Pu Songling's "officials listen to Xu's property": "if you don't see Pei Kuan burying deer, let's see the Dipsacus asperatus." [hanging fish] Xu Ji's "he Lu Chao Feng's new residence" No.6: "the master of Aishi has a new couch, and the master of Qingshen has an old hanging fish." Yu Qian's poem "Chu Du" said: "there are no congratulatory guests left in the gate, but there are fish hanging in juesheng mansion." Yao Xingzai's notes in the book of Jin: "if you don't shine on it in the Ming Dynasty, you will feel the fish hanging." Song Xuji's "he Lu Chaofeng's residence" No.6: "the master of the patriot's new couch, the pure body, the old Taishou hanging fish." In the preface to notes of jiaocuixuan written by Qing Tang, it is said that "the court of hanging fish in Nanyang can't be separated from the hand; in Wei County, when there is time to teach trees, the eye is to cultivate instead of the hand." In Chen Shu Zong Yuan Rao's biography, it is said that "if you ask for Su Bu Li, you will be ashamed of the king's relief; if you ask for fish, you will continue to be withered." [hanging dry fish] Song Wan's poem "farewell to Yu Meixian and return to Xin'an" in Qing Dynasty: "Guo Wai travels in spring, plans sick horses, and retreats to eat hanging dry fish between the walls." In Chen Shu Zong Yuan Rao's biography, it is said that "if you are not tired of asking for millet, you will be ashamed of the king's relief; if you have no limit to fish, you will have no limit to fish." In Lu Chu's poem on behalf of a book, a gift is sent after farewell: "if you know the meat in a pavilion, you'd rather have a fish in the mansion." [xuanyuting] Yan Xuan's "send sheep to Zhenwen and return to Guiyang": "Zhilan is beautiful in xuanyuting, and Xueli is in front of the gate of crane."

Related stories

According to the biography of Yang Xu in the book of the later Han Dynasty, Yang Xu, a native of Yangxu village, Shiqiang Town, Zoucheng City, Shandong Province, is honest and upright. Yang continued to be the prefect of Nanyang, Henan Province. He was honest and self-defense, and did not return to his hometown to visit relatives for several years. Once, his wife took his son from his hometown to Nanyang County to visit her husband, only to be rejected by Yangxu. It turned out that Yang Xu had only a few pieces of cloth, short clothes and a few grains beside him, so he couldn't entertain his wife and children at all, so he had to persuade his wife and son to return to their hometown and support themselves. Yang Xu has been the prefect of Lujiang and Nanyang counties for many years, but he has never asked for bribes or used his power for personal gain. Soon after he took office in Nanyang County, one of his Fu Cheng sent Yangxu a famous local specialty Baihe carp. Yang continued to refuse, and again and again, the Fu Cheng insisted that the prefect accept it. When the Fu Cheng left, Yang Xu hung the big carp on the post outside the house, which became dried fish. Later, the Fu Cheng sent a bigger Baihe carp. Yang Xu took him to the pillar outside the house, pointed to the dried fish hanging on the pillar and said, "the fish you sent last time is still hanging. It has become dried fish. Please take it back together." The Fu Cheng was so ashamed that he took the fish away quietly. after the news spread, the people of Nanyang County praised him and called him "Xuanyu Taishou", and no one dared to give a gift to Yangxu. In the Ming Dynasty, Yu Qian once wrote a poem about this matter, saying: "there is no greeting guest in front of the gate of Yuxi, which is better than the fish hanging in the kitchen. Breeze a pillow under the south window, idle reading bedside a few volumes of books Up to now, the story has been widely recited by later generations with such allusions as "Dangyu", "yangxuxuanku" (referring to dead fish) "and" Guafu Chengyu ".

Related people

Yangxu (142-189), named xingzu, is a native of Yangxu village, Shiqiang Town, Zoucheng City, Shandong Province. At the beginning, he served as the prefect of Lujiang, and later as the prefect of Nanyang. In Nanyang Prefecture, he was honest and self disciplined. Fu Cheng offered raw fish, sheep continued to hang in court to refuse, this is the story of hanging fish refusing bribes. Therefore, Yang continued to be a famous incorruptible official in Chinese history.

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