Take a spoonful of weak water from 3,000, starting with a story in Buddhist scriptures, warning people that "life may encounter many beautiful things, but it is enough to grasp one of them with your heart". Take only a spoonful of weak water to describe love. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu used this secret code to express his love for Lin Daiyu.
The Buddha asked a man under the bodhi tree, "In the eyes of the secular, you are rich, powerful and have a virtuous wife. Why are you unhappy? " The man replied, "Because of this, I don't know how to choose." The Buddha smiled and said, "Let me tell you a story. One day, a tourist was dying of thirst. The Buddha took pity on him and put a lake in front of him, but he didn't get a drop of water. The Buddha was curious and asked why. Answer: There are many lakes, and the stomach is so small. Since you can't drink it all at once, you might as well not drink it at all. " At this point, the Buddha smiled brightly and said to the unfortunate man, "Remember, you may encounter many beautiful things in your life, but it is enough to grasp one of them with your heart." Weak water is 3 thousand, just take a scoop of water. "
Explanation:
1, weak (ru)
Some people once thought that the word "weak" of "weak water three thousand" was a fake word "drowning" because it meant drowning in some ancient Chinese. The original text was once seen in Gong's Saving the Weak and Prospering, and it was annotated in Shuowen: Weakness is also simple and drowning. That's what Mozi said in his annotated work "Mo Bian Fa Wei". But I have never seen the prototype of the word' drowning'. All references to weak water mean being submerged.
2. Weak water
It was first seen in Shangshu Gong Yu: "Draw weak water to stand out." Sun Xingyan's notes on the ancient books in Shangshu: "Zheng Kangcheng said,' Weak aquatic Zhang Ye'." According to ancient records, weak water can also be found in Historical Records, Biography of Dawan, Geography of Han Dynasty, Biography of Later Han Dynasty and Notes on Mountains and Seas by Bi Yuan.
Three thousand, three thousand
Because of the three thousand worlds of Buddhism, Tiantai Sect has three thousand words.
4, a spoonful of drinks
See The Analects of Confucius: Confucius said, "Good! Also came back. A spoonful of food, a spoonful of drink, in a dirty alley. If you can't bear it, you will be worried. If you go back, you won't change your fun. Xian zai! Retreat. "
"Weak water is 3 thousand, just take a ladle to drink" can be compared to loyalty and single-mindedness to love.