Drawing a cross to get money In the third year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was imprisoned for the Wutai Poetry Case. He was later demoted to Huangzhou and demoted to deputy envoy of regiment training. His salary was reduced and his life was difficult, so he had to live in poverty. , I had no choice but to save myself and reduce my daily expenses to no more than 150 copper coins. On the first day of each month, I took out 4,500 copper coins, divided them into 30 piles, strung them up with ropes and hung them on the roof beams. Use a drawing fork to pick one out every morning. skewers, and then hide the painting fork; hang a large bamboo tube on the wall to store the money saved on the day in preparation for entertaining guests. This method of saving money was later known as "drawing a cross to withdraw money". (Su Dongpo is not only an outstanding poet, writer, but also a famous calligrapher. His money writings on Yuanfeng Tongbao and Yuanyou Tongbao are vigorous and bold, and he is known as Dongpo Yuanfeng in the world). Rope, later used as a unit of calculation, and a thousand coins are consistent, describing sufficient wealth. The ancients rarely put coins directly in their pockets. The gold, silver and copper coins they carried when going out were usually placed in a belt for girdles, and then the belt was wrapped around the waist, so it was called "coins" (the same as today's "waist bags"). (meaning), so that it will neither be lost nor exposed. In ancient times, there was a story about "riding a crane to Yangzhou with a hundred thousand guan tied around his waist". A full collection of evil deeds. A collection of one thousand copper coins is called a "full pass". If it is full, nothing can be added to it. Under the old criminal law, any thief would be judged based on the amount of stolen goods and the seriousness of the crime. The highest limit was called "slam". "Full of evil" refers to those criminals who have committed many crimes and are so bad that the people would not be outraged if they were not killed. Ruan's bag is shy. "Shishuo Xinyu" records that Ruan Fu, a native of the Jin Dynasty, once traveled in Kuaiji holding a soap bag. Someone asked him: "What do you have in your bag?" Ruan Fu replied: "But if you have money in your bag, you may be shy." "Ruan Nang is shy" is used contrary to its meaning, describing the lack of gold and silver and the lack of money in the bag. This allusion is often quoted by people. Du Fu's poem "Empty Sac" said: "I will be shy if I have an empty bag, but I will look at it if I have a penny left." It is novel and unique. The money on the bedside is exhausted means that the money on the bedside has been used up, describing falling into poverty. Qing Qian Wan Xuan "Qing Qian" is a white copper coin with a bluish-white color. It is made of copper mixed with a small amount of lead and tin. It is made of fine material and is loved by people. Among many coins, they will be picked out at first glance. Wan Xuan Out of ten thousand. Zhang Jian, a literati in the Tang Dynasty, took the exam 8 times and passed the A-level examination each time. His articles were fluent and easy to understand, and became popular in the world. Even envoys from Japan, Silla and other countries also wanted to buy them. He was known as the "Qing Qian Scholar". Later generations will refer to the articles that have been repeated in the imperial examination as "qingqianwanxuan", which means that they are sure to win and will succeed. Baht must be compared. The saying comes from Chen Wenwei's "Chen Kezhai Collection" of the Song Dynasty: "The master's principles are subtle, which can be seen in dealing with things. When weighing the importance, the baht must be compared." 锱: 1/4 tael; baht: 1/24 tael. Described as very stingy, having to worry about even a small amount of money. It is also a metaphor for narrow-mindedness. Money can communicate with the gods. Tang Zhang Gu's "Youxian Advocacy" records: Tang Zhang Yan was rewarded and sentenced to a large prison, and officials were summoned to strictly arrest him. When he saw the case in the Ming Dynasty, he left a small note saying: "Thirty thousand yuan of money, please don't ask about this prison." Zhang angrily threw it away. Ming Dan replied: "One hundred thousand strings." So he stopped asking. The disciple took a chance to investigate and said: "A hundred thousand dollars can communicate with the gods. Everything can be undone. I am afraid of the disaster and have to stop it." Later, it was used to describe the power of money, and everything is transferred by money. . Drink horses and invest money in Volume 6 of "Ji Xue Ji": Xiang Zhongxian, a native of Anling in the Han Dynasty, was an honest man. Every time you go to the Wei River to drink from your horse, you must put three small coins into the water. Later, "drinking horses and investing money" was used as a metaphor for his integrity and unscrupulousness. A Daily Eclipse of Ten Thousand Coins "Jin Shu He Zeng Biography" states: How could the people of Jin ever be nobles, extravagant in nature, and full of extravagance and lust? The food cooked in the palace is more exquisite than that of the emperor. Daily meals cost ten thousand yuan, and they say they have no money. The place for chopsticks. Later, he used the phrase "eclipse ten thousand dollars a day" to describe extreme luxury. There is no three hundred taels of silver here, and the story "There is no three hundred taels of silver here, and the neighbor Wang Er has never stolen it" is a well-known story. It is a metaphor for trying to hide something, but the result is more exposed. Bronze smell "Book of the Later Han" records: Cui Lie in the Eastern Han Dynasty was very wealthy and bought the official position of Situ with 50,000 yuan. Once he asked his son Cui Jun: "Now that I am an official and an official, what is the discussion outside?" Cui Jun said: "The commentators think it smells like copper." Later, "copper smell" was often used to ridicule wealthy people.
The "Biography of Ruan Xiu in the Book of Jin" records: Ruan Xiu was a simple and willful man and did not like to meet common people. He did not have overnight food at home, but he still enjoyed himself as usual. He often walked, tied a hundred coins on the head of his crutch, and drank alone in the hotel. Later generations called the money spent to buy wine "stick money."