Snow in Yingzhong(yǐng zhōng bái xuě)

Snow in Yingzhong

Bai Xue in Yingzhong, a Chinese idiom, is y ǐ ngzh ō NGB á ixu ě in pinyin, which means elegant music or poetry. It's from answering questions from the king of Chu.

The origin of Idioms

According to Song Yu's answer to the king of Chu in the Warring States period, "those who sing songs in Yingzhong are called xialiba people, and there are thousands of people who belong to xialiba people; those who belong to yanga and Xielu, and there are hundreds of people who belong to xialiba people; those who belong to yangchunbaixue, and there are only ten people who belong to xialiba people." It's the music that is high and the harmony that is few. "

Idioms and allusions

origin

Song Yu's question to the king of Chu in Zhaoming Wenxuan Volume 45, the national policy of the Warring States Period? What kind of people are not praised Song Yu said to him, "only one.". However, there is. May the king forgive his sin and make his speech complete. There are many Hakkas who sing in Yingzhong, such as xialiba people, thousands of people who belong to the Middle Kingdom, yanga and Xielu, hundreds of people who belong to the Middle Kingdom, Yangchun and Baixue, only dozens of people who belong to the Middle Kingdom, and only a few people who are attracted to business and carved feathers, mixed with Liuzheng. It's the high music and the low harmony. So the birds have Phoenix and the fish have Kun. The Phoenix strikes nine thousand miles above the sky and flies above the dark sky. How can the man's fence match the height of heaven and earth? How can the giant salamander of chize measure the size of the river and the sea? Therefore, not only birds have Phoenix, but fish have Kun, so do scholars. The sage of husband is noble and independent, and the common people of husband know what the minister is doing

Source translation

King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu, "maybe you have some bad behavior, sir? Why don't people praise you so much? " Song Yu replied, "well. Yes, it is. I hope your majesty will forgive me and let me finish my words. There was a guest singing in the capital. At first, he sang "xialiba people", and thousands of people followed him in the capital. Later, he sang "Yang'a" and "Xielu", and hundreds of people followed him in the capital. When he sang "Yangchun" and "white snow", there were no more than dozens of people following him in the capital. Finally, he quoted Shang voice, depicted feather voice, and mixed with flowing voice There are only a few people he should be with. In this way, the more elegant the song is, the fewer people can cope with it. So there is a phoenix in the bird and a Kun in the fish. Phoenix soars up nine thousand miles, through the clouds, carrying the sky, soaring in the sky; how can the sparrow under the fence understand the height of heaven and earth as well as it? Kunyu starts from the foot of Kunlun Mountain in the morning, basks on his back at Jieshi mountain at noon, and sleeps in Mengzhu at night. How can the little salamander in the deep-water pond measure the vastness of the river and sea like it? So there are not only Phoenix among birds, Kun among fish, but also outstanding talents among scholars. How can the common people know what a minister is doing when a saint has brilliant thoughts and good conduct and lives alone beyond worldly affairs? "

Idiom usage

As the subject and object, it is used in the written language, for example, to express the sad sound of tuluo dance. The second part of Bai Chuan Ci by Li Bai in Tang Dynasty

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