Buddhism refers to the blessings cultivated by the previous three generations, and today it is often used as a modest honor. Yuan Wang Shifu's The Romance of the West Chamber, Book One, Second Fold: "I have heard a lot about the reputation of the old monk for a long time, and I want to come and listen to the lecture. When can I not meet yesterday?" I'm lucky to see you today. "Evil Sea Flower. The First and Second Times": "The posture of the humble concubine Pu Liu, fortunately, my wife saw love, and today I am lucky to be on the treasure land!
Story:
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a monk named Guo Ze, who had profound attainments in Buddhism and was very close to his friend Li Yuanshan. One day, they went on a trip together and passed by a place where they saw a woman drawing water by the river. The woman was pregnant with a big belly. Yuan Ze pointed to the woman and said to Li Yuanshan: "This woman has been pregnant for three years, waiting for me to be reborn and be her son, but I have been avoiding it. Now that I see her, there is no way to avoid it. Three days later, this woman has given birth. Please come to her house at that time. If the baby smiles at you, it will be me. Take this smile as proof! Wait until the thirteenth year, on the moonlit Mid-Autumn Festival, I will wait for you at Tianzhu Temple in Hangzhou, and then we will meet again. " After they parted, Bao Yuantan really died on this night, and the pregnant woman also gave birth to a boy. On the third day, if Li Yuanshan took care of Yuanze, he went to the woman's house to visit, and the baby really smiled at the ground. On the Mid-Autumn Festival moonlit night after the 13th year, Li Yuanshan arrived at Tianzhu Temple as scheduled to search for him.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the temple, I saw a shepherd boy sitting on the back of an ox and watching singing. He said, "There is an old love soul on the Sansheng Stone. Never mind enjoying the moon and singing the wind. Shamed lovers visit each other from afar, although the opposite sex always exists."
nowadays, most people have a special fate for metaphors. Or friends get to know each other in an accidental opportunity or in a special environment, become bosom friends, and can help themselves, so they are praised as "lucky in life".
Three strokes with one stroke/Three twists with one wave:
Originally, it refers to a stroke in calligraphy, which requires three twists and turns to make it tortuous. Jin. Wang Xizhi "After the Title of Mrs. Wei's Pen Map". Later, he used "twists and turns" to describe the ups and downs of voices and articles, or to describe the twists and turns of things.
"twists and turns" is a calligraphy term. When you use a pen, you should call it "wave". When writing a pen, you have to change the pen tip three times: the pen is tightened, the neck is lifted, and the pen is spread out, showing twists and turns, just like the water flowing down from a height and through a stream, so it is compared with "twists and turns". Wang Xizhi (321 ~ 379 AD) was born in Linyi, Shanxi Province. His character is noble and clean, and he was once a general of the right army, known as "Wang Youjun" in the world. He is good at calligraphy, and he writes cursive script, which is the highest in ancient and modern times, especially "Preface to Lanting Collection" and "On Yue Yi", and later generations are called "book saints". In "After Mrs. Wei's Pen Diagram", Wang Xizhi mentioned that if a word is written straight and dull, just like the abacus beads are neatly arranged on the abacus, it is only a stippling of words, not writing. Song Yi, a student in Zhong You, used to write like this, and Zhong You often scolded him, scaring Song Yi to run home and not coming to see him for three years. At home, Song Yi studied Zhong You's Theory of Gestures with great concentration, and gained a lot of experience. After decades of hard study, he finally became a famous calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty. The idiom "twists and turns" evolved from Wang Xi's article "every time you make a wave, you often fold the pen three times", which is used to describe the twists and turns of the pen, and later it is often used to describe the ups and downs of the voice and the article, or to say that things are not going smoothly.
think twice:
think twice before you act. Metaphor is cautious. The Analects of Confucius and Gongye Chang.
Story:
Ji Wenzi is one of the three doctors in Lu, who holds the actual political power of Lu. Although he has a prominent position, his usual life is very frugal. It is said that no one in his family wears clothes made of brocade and silk, but only cloth. Horses in the stables are only fed forage, and they are not given corn. As for the appliances used in daily life, they are only practical, regardless of whether they are exquisite and valuable. Therefore, people say that Ji Wenzi is an honest and loyal person. Another feature of Ji Wenzi is that he is very cautious in doing things, and often he has to think twice before deciding on one thing. After Ji Wenzi's death, it was reported. When Confucius heard this, he said, "Again, Sike! Confucius believes that Ji Wenzi's caution is an advantage, but he is too careful to hesitate and do things inefficiently, which turns advantages into disadvantages. Therefore, Confucius said, "It is enough to think twice about one thing. Later, the idiom "think twice before you act" evolved from here and was used to mean to be cautious.
Wei bian San Jue:
Wei, ripe skin. In the old days, it was used to connect bamboo slips into a book. "Wei bian San Jue" originally refers to Confucius' diligent reading of the Book of Changes, which caused the leather rope for weaving bamboo slips to break many times. Out of the "Historical Records. Volume 47. Confucius Family". Later, it is used to describe hard work in reading.
Story:
Historical Records. Volume 47. Confucius' Family records that Confucius was very interested in the Book of Changes in his later years. It was a profound book, and Confucius studied it again and again until he understood it. The Records of the Historian recorded this event as "Wei Bian San Jue" to describe Confucius' diligence. Wei is cooked cowhide. Before paper was invented in ancient times, characters were written on bamboo slips and then woven with cowhide belts. "Absolutely" means broken. When Confucius delved into the Book of Changes, he kept leafing through it, so that the belts for weaving bamboo slips were broken several times. Later, "Wei bian San Jue" was used as a metaphor for studying hard.
One day in Sanqiu:
Although I haven't seen you for a day, it seems like a long time has passed. Metaphor is eager to miss. The book of songs, Feng Wang and Caige.
Story:
The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems, which generally includes works from the early Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, reflecting the social life, people's thoughts and feelings at that time. The poem "Picking Ge" depicts the lovesickness between lovers. The content is: That man has gone to pick Ge, and he hasn't seen each other for a day, like an infinite month! That man went to pick mugwort, and he hasn't seen each other for a day, as if it were an infinite season! That man went to pick wormwood, and he didn't see each other for a day, as if it had been an infinite year! The whole poem describes the lovesickness of a pair of lovers who separate the two places, and expresses the feeling of separation in terms of living like infinite time, vividly portraying the feelings of ardent yearning. Later, the idiom "Sanqiu in one day" evolved from here, which is used to describe longing.