Hongbao in pillow(zhěn zhōng hóng bǎo)

Hongbao in pillow

Hongbao in pillow is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is zh ěō NGH ó NGB ǎ o, which generally refers to rare and secret books. It comes from Liu Xiangzhuan in the history of Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

In the Qing Dynasty, Ren Anshang's book of worship with Wu was written as follows: "narrative solution has been around for fifty-one years. It is believed that hongbao in the pillow is a secret book for thousands of years."

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Han Dynasty, Liu Xiangzhuan: "the emperor Xuandi revived the alchemy of immortals, while in Huainan there were Hongbao and Yuan secretary in the pillow.". It is said in the book that immortals make ghosts into gold, and Zou Yan's way of prolonging life is not seen in the world. "Yan shigu's notes:" Hongbao "," Yuan Secretary ", and the title of Taoist art. Zang in the pillow, the words are often recorded without leakage. "

Idioms and allusions

original text

In Volume 36 of Hanshu, Liu Xiang, the biography of the king of Chu and Yuan Dynasties, there is a story about the revival of the magic arts, and in Huainan there is a secretary of hongbaoyuan in Zhenzhong. The book says that the immortal made the ghost into gold, and Zou Yan's way of prolonging life is not seen in the world. His father, Emperor dewu, got his book when he was in charge of Huainan prison. Read and recite when you are young. If you think it's wonderful, you can offer it to others. It takes a lot of money to make it, but it doesn't work. The upper is the lower, the official impeachs, casts the false gold, should die. The elder brother, Hou Anmin of Yangcheng, wrote a letter and entered the country to redeem the crime of rehabilitation. On the other hand, he was also very talented, so he got the theory of over wintering to reduce death. At the beginning of the Hui Dynasty, Gu Liang was established in the spring and Autumn period. He returned to Huangmen for doctor's advice, and moved to Sanqi for doctor's advice. Yan shigu of Tang Dynasty noted: "the Secretary of hongbaoyuan, and the title of Taoist art. Zang is in the pillow, and his words are often recorded without leakage. "

translation

Liu Xiang was named Zizheng and his real name was changed. When he was 12 years old, he became nianlang because of his father Liu de'enyin. After the coronation ceremony, he was promoted to an admonishment doctor because of his behavior modification. At this time, Emperor Xuan, according to the practice of Emperor Wu in the past, recruited and selected famous scholars. Because of his fluency, Gengsheng, together with Wang Bao and Zhang ziqiao, presented dozens of Fu and song. The emperor began to believe in the magic arts, and Huainan had "Secretary of hongbaoyuan in pillow". No one in the world can see the way immortals instruct ghosts to cast gold, and Zou Yan's way to prolong their lives. Liu De, the reincarnated father, got it when he handled the Huainan case in the reign of Emperor Wu. When I was a child, I read it and thought it was wonderful. I offered it and said it could be made into gold. The emperor ordered him to be in charge of Shang Fang's casting. It cost a lot, but the prescription didn't work. The emperor then handed over the reincarnation to the officials. The officials impeached the reincarnation and forged the fake gold. They should die in prison. The elder brother, Hou Anmin of Yangcheng, wrote that he was willing to pay half of the household VI in China to redeem the crime of rebirth. The emperor also thought that he was a genius, and he was punished for reducing his death by overwintering. He just established the spring and Autumn Annals of Guliang as an academic official, and zhenggengsheng studied Guliang and talked about the Five Classics in Shiqu. He was promoted to Sanqi, admonishing the doctor, and giving advice to Shizhong.

Chinese PinYin : zhěn zhōng hóng bǎo