studious and inquisitive(zài jiǔ wèn zì)

studious and inquisitive

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Z à Iji à w è NZ à, which means that people are knowledgeable and often come to the door for advice. It's also like being diligent and inquisitive. It comes from the biography of Yang Xiong in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the second biography of Yang Xiong in the book of Han Dynasty, it is said that "a poor family, a heavy drinker, and a man who wants to go to the door.". From time to time, there are good people who travel to school with wine and food. "

Idiom usage

It is used as an object and attribute. Examples in Cheng Yunsheng's food and drink for children: "a man of good deeds carries wine and asks for strange words." In Song Dynasty, Zhang yuangan's poem "sending Gaozhong to Zhangpu for slaughter" said: "I want to carry wine and ask strange words, but I don't want to copy different books behind closed doors." Lu You, Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "the third part of my mind after I became an official": "I often asked for words and wine, but I used to make money."

Idioms and allusions

"Carrying wine" means carrying wine with a car. Originally, there was no direct connection between "carrying wine" and "asking words". How did they get together? There's a story. In the Han Dynasty, there was a famous scholar and writer Yang Xiong. He read extensively and knew all about the past and the present. There were few books that he had never read before, and he also wrote good Fu. According to his own comments, his poems can be compared with those of Sima Xiangru and even Qu Yuan. Maybe they are not as good as him. It can be seen that Yang Xiong is a bit arrogant, but he does have talent. His contemporaries say that Yang Xiong is a rare talent. However, Yang Xiong also has some defects. Although he can write Fu and write words, he is not good at speaking. He stutters a little. Originally, he was from Chengdu, Sichuan Province. He spoke with a Sichuan accent. In addition, he stuttered and couldn't utter a few words for a long time. If you want to talk to him in detail and let him talk, it's bad. Everyone who listens to him is worried. Yang Xiong once worked as an official in Wang Mang, and it is said that he soon resigned because of illness. Maybe he didn't really have any disease, but he resigned because he knew Wang Mang's life was not long ago. He was a noble man, not a corrupt official, so after he was not an official, his family had no money and was very poor. But he also has a problem, that is, he loves to drink, can't do without wine every day, and is always half awake and half drunk. Because the family is very poor, we can't drink every day. Some people know this, simply with a car with wine to him for advice. As I have said before, his fu is well written. In fact, he wrote a book called FA Yan, which aims to imitate Confucius. He also wrote a book called Tai Xuan Jing, which imitates I Ching. It can be seen that he is not only a good writer, but also a thinker. Therefore, people often want to ask him for advice. As a gift, they bring wine. This is the origin of "carrying wine". Then, why do you say "ask"? It turns out that Yang Xiong has a lot of research on philology. Originally, I wanted to read more ancient books. At that time, I had to know more about the characters of ancient times, such as bronze script and seal script. Some people specially learn philology from him, which is "asking characters". So the two things of "carrying wine and asking words" come together and become an idiom. Today, the idiom "carrying wine and asking questions" can refer to a person who is knowledgeable and often asks for advice, or a person who is diligent and inquisitive.

Chinese PinYin : zài jiǔ wèn zì