Xixi: that is, "teacher". This is related to Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty. According to Volume 8 of the "Record of Titles": "Emperor Huan Rong of the Han Ming Dynasty respected Huan Rong as a teacher of etiquette. He was honored by Taichang Mansion and ordered Rong to sit in the east Face, set up a few. So the teacher called him Xixi."
Taoli: It is the name of the student.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the minister of the Wei State, Zizhi, was rich in learning and extensive knowledge. He offended Wei Wenhou , I ran to the north to hide in the house of an old acquaintance. This friend's family was not rich, and Zizi did not want to burden his friend with life, so he wanted to open a school and recruit some students to teach and make a living. His friend was very supportive of him. , so he set aside two empty rooms as classrooms. The students accepted by Zi Zhi, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, as long as they are willing to learn, can become their teacher and treat them equally. There is a peach tree and a plum tree in this school. The students who went to school all knelt under the peach and plum trees to recognize their teacher. Zizhi pointed to the two trees that had already produced fruits and taught the students: "You must study hard and bear fruit like these two trees. Only with high knowledge can you be a good teacher." The country has done a great undertaking.
Mulberry trees and catalpa trees were often planted next to the house in ancient times. It is also said that the mulberry trees and catalpa trees in the hometown were planted by the parents, and they should show respect to them. Later generations will use them "Sang Zi" is a metaphor for hometown - Wei Sang and Zi must be respectful. - "Poetry·Xiaoya·Xiao Bian"
Dongtan: Son-in-law, also known as "Dong Bed", originated from my country in the Jin Dynasty There is a legend about the famous calligrapher who exposed his belly (also called his belly) to his bed. According to legend, during the Jin Dynasty, Taifu Xi Jian’s beloved daughter Xi Xuan was beautiful, smart, and ready to get married. Taifu Xi heard that the sons of Prime Minister Wang Dao were each He was very handsome, so he intended to get married to the palace. Prime Minister Wang also agreed with the marriage. One day, Taifu Xi sent a retainer to the palace to choose a son-in-law with his own handwritten letter to Prime Minister Wang. Prime Minister Wang met him. After the letter, he said to the retainer: "My sons are all in the east wing. Tell Taifu Xi, please choose whatever you want!" After the retainer went to the east wing to see it, he thanked Prime Minister Wang Dao and hurried back to Xi's Mansion to reply to Taifu. Said: "Hearing is better than seeing. When I arrived at the palace, I realized that Prime Minister Wang's sons are really good-looking and handsome. I heard that I chose a son-in-law for you. They all dressed up to entertain guests, and some There is still some restraint, there is only one young man, lying on the east bed with his belly open, as if he has never heard of such a thing." Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Taifu Xi said happily: "Choose the one with his belly exposed on the east bed as my son-in-law. I am proud of this, he will definitely be a good son-in-law in the future." Taifu Xi Jian later found out that this young man was Wang Xizhi, so he married his daughter Xi Xuan to him.
Dragon Snake : It started as a metaphor for extraordinary people, but also refers to all kinds of people, a mixture of dragons and snakes.
Model: The meaning of model.
In "Luzhai Shierbian" compiled by Sun Yi of the Song Dynasty , there is such a saying: "Confucius's tomb has regular script, and Zhou Gong's tomb has models, so future generations will regard it as a model."