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pass an examination

Zhu Yi nodded: idiom, as object and attribute, used to be favored by examiners. It's from Hou Ji Lu quoted in Volume 38 of Tian Zhong Ji by Chen Yaowen of Ming Dynasty: "Ouyang Xiu knew that he would give tribute to the emperor. Every time he met an exam paper, he often nodded his head when he sat down and felt a person in Zhu Yi, and then he put his writing into the standard When I first doubted the officials, and looked back, I saw nothing. Because the words are in the same column, I sigh for the third. " Mr. Ouyang left a poem: "the article has no evidence since ancient times, only wish Zhu Yi nodded." The allusion of Zhu Yixiu nodding his head fell on Ouyang Xiu. Among the five emperors of Wenchang, the third one is the folk figure of Zhuyi people.

The origin of Idioms

Basic explanation

The old name was favored by examiners. Zhuyi: 1. Red dress. 2. The feifu of the fourth and fifth grade officials in Tang and Song dynasties. 3. Officials in red. 4. Wear red clothes. To be an official or to be promoted. 5. Refers to the emissary of Zhu Yi. Nodding: (~ er) moves his head down slightly to show permission, approval, understanding or greeting: he nods his head when he sees me coming in; this kind of practice needs to be approved by the bureau leader; he can't help but keep on listening to what he says.

origin

Chen Yaowen of Ming Dynasty quoted Hou Jilu in the 38th volume of tianzhongji: "Ouyang Xiu knew that he was going to pay tribute to the emperor. When he met an exam paper, he often nodded his head when he sat down and felt a man in red. Then he put his writing into the standard." Because the language of its things in the same column, for three sigh. There is a saying: "only Zhu Yi nods."

interpretation

In the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, who was called "zuiwang" and "Liuyi Jushi" in his later years, was upright and courageous. He was the leader of the innovation movement of poetry and literature in the Northern Song Dynasty. He attached great importance to the cultivation of backward scholars, and once served as a scholar in the Imperial Academy. it's said that when Ouyang Xiu was a Bachelor of Hanlin and presided over the examination of Gongyuan, he always felt that there was a person in a red dress standing behind him, looking at the red pen in his hand seriously. At first, Ouyang Xiu thought it was a servant standing behind him, but when he looked back, there was no one. If the head of Zhu Yi is small, the article he is reading is qualified; otherwise, it is not qualified. Therefore, Ouyang Xiu felt very strange. Later, Ouyang Xiu told his colleagues about it, and they were all surprised. When the story of Zhu Yi nodding behind Ouyang Xiu spread, those who took the exam often prayed in their hearts: "only Zhu Yi nodded" is to hope that they will pass the exam and be accepted.

Idiom story

Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), the word Yongshu, the name zuiwang, 61 lay, official to political affairs. He is one of the "eight masters of Tang and Song Dynasties". The leaders of the ancient prose movement in the Northern Song Dynasty actively cultivated the backward. Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong and Sansu in Song Dynasty are all the "eight great masters". In the second year of emperor Renzong Jiayou of Song Dynasty (1057), Ouyang Xiu, together with Han Zihua, a Bachelor of Duanming palace, presided over the ceremony examination. At the end of the examination, Ouyang Xiu closed his door to the examination hall and took pains to review the papers day and night. Looking at it, it seems that there is a man in red behind him who nods frequently to express his appreciation. With a wave of his cinnabar pen, he is selected as a masterpiece. He can't help but secretly call it strange. What's more strange is that he seems to feel that the people in red are nodding behind his several excellent works, but he doesn't feel this way when reading mediocre works. Ouyang Xiu thought that he was a servant who knew how to appreciate articles. But looking back, the room was empty. Several times, he thought it was an illusion, so he quietly took a bronze mirror and put it on the desk. One day, when he found another good article, he looked up into the mirror. Sure enough, he saw an old man in red nodding his head and admiring the article. But when he looked back, there was no one behind him. Ouyang Xiu told his colleagues who were reading the paper about this strange situation. Everyone was amazed and suspected that there were gods to help. For this reason, Ouyang Xiu once recited the poem of "only wish Zhu Yi nodded his head", expressing his good wish to select wise men for the imperial court. Sure enough, there were a lot of excellent works when the papers were opened and published, and Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zeng Gong and other rising stars were among the top. Even after song Renzong returned to the palace, he could not restrain his excitement. To the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian: I have promoted Wang Zuo's generals for my descendants. At that time, Mei Yaochen, a great poet who participated in the marking of papers, showed Ouyang Xiu Su Shi's composition on punishment, reward, loyalty and kindness. Ouyang Xiu was both surprised and happy, and thought that his undergraduate course had won an extraordinary prize. Su Shi won the second section in the palace examination and wrote a letter to thank the examiner. Ouyang Xiu read the letter and told meI Yaochen: "I want to avoid this posterity and let him get ahead of the crowd!" Later, as soon as Su Shi's poems were written, they would be recited. Every time they reached Ouyang Xiu's office, he would be excited all day. One day, he talked with his son Ouyang? About his poetry thesis. When he mentioned Su Dongpo, he said with great emotion: "you remember what I said. Thirty years later, people will never mention me again. People only know Su Zizhan, but not uncle Ouyang! " It's really valuable to have Wenzong of the Song Dynasty who has such a brilliant eye for bole and Ruogu's open mind. I think he and the old man in red who nodded frequently in the dark have no colorful Phoenix in his body, and have a soul in his heart! Later generations used "Zhu Yi nodding, Zhu Yi nodding forehead, Zhu Yi nodding" to refer to the candidates who won the imperial examination or were favored by the examiners, and "Zhu Yi emissary" to refer to the examiners. Tang Xianzu "Peony Pavilion" 41: "and when the green mirror open eyes, only wish Zhu Yi dark nod." Feng Menglong's "warning of the world" says: "every year the imperial examination, every year the audience, can't get Zhuyi point amount, yellow list name." Wang Shizhen's Ming Feng Ji (23), "before offering the three strategies to the emperor, he nodded his head to the emperor in Zhu Yi, to celebrate the prosperity of the imperial court, and to net the heroes." Volume 24 of Liang Zhangju's appellation record: "Zhu Yishi, an emissary, is often seen in the poems of the Song Dynasty. He also said that he was an official." the third of the five emperors in Wenchang created the image of Zhuyi people.

Writer: Zhu Yiming

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