& lt 1 & gt； According to legend, there was a big oak tree in ancient times, whose branches and leaves could shade thousands
& lt 1 & gt； According to legend, there was a big oak tree in ancient times, whose branches and leaves could shade thousands of cows; The trunk is 100 foot long. There are a lot of people watching,
But a craftsman named Shi didn't go to see it. His apprentice asked him why he didn't take a look at such good wood. He said,
This is pine. Ships will sink, coffins will rot, utensils will be destroyed, doorways will spit fat, and pillars will be built.
It will rot and nothing can be done. See Life of Zhuangzi. Metaphor is useless material. Tang Wen Ting Yun's poem "Ancient Meaning";
& lt2> "Pine has no axe, but the fiber stems have to rely on it."
A cover for cattle to keep out the cold. Zhang Wang of the Western Han Dynasty was born in a poor family at first. When I was studying in Beijing, I was sick and didn't have a quilt cover, so I covered it with cow clothes. The couple cried over the cow's clothes. See Biography of Zhang. The second sentence in Liu Songke's "Qin Yuan Chun He Lin Qingyun": "Niu Yi is sick, will he cry Zhang Wang?"
& lt3> According to legend, Zhang, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, wanted to marry Guo as his son-in-law. He has five daughters, let them hide behind the scenes, each holding a red silk outside the curtain. Guo reached out and took one, which was taken by his third daughter, and married him. See Wang Renyu in the Five Dynasties, the legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao, and hold HongLing to marry a daughter. Later, it was compared to choosing a wife. Yuan Gaoming's "The Story of the Pipa Feng Zhao Zhifu": "The peacock in the screen is in trouble, who dares to hold HongLing in the screen?"
& lt4> According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Xiaoyu, the daughter of Fu Cha, the king of Wu, fell in love with Han Zhong. The king of Wu forbade them to get married, and Xiaoyu died of anger. Han Zhong saw her at her grave, and she gave the pearl to Han Zhong. When her mother went up to hug her, she spread out like a light smoke and disappeared. See Jin Gan Bao's Seeking God, Volume 16. Tang Ming Xianzu's Peony Pavilion Wedding Photo: "Shang Ying guessed that I am afraid of smoke, like a shadow."
& lt5> meat array
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Yang was in power. He lived a luxurious and dissolute life, and in winter, he chose obese maids and concubines to stand in front of him to take shelter from the wind, which was called "meat array". Also known as "meat screen". See Wang Renyu's "Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao, Meat Array" in the Five Dynasties. Wang Qingtan's poem "Tai Su Liu Bie": "The meat array screen is scattered like a cloud, and the candle still stands beside the house."