Xunzi Traditional Chinese calligraphy:
Xun
Explanation
1.?Look for, search for?: ~Look for. ~ Looking for. ~ Machine. ~ asked. ~Visit. ~ Provocation. Chase~. ~Chapter excerpts.
2. The ancient unit of length (one fathom is equal to eight feet): ~ Chang (in ancient times, eight feet was "Xun", and twice a fathom was "Chang". They were both ordinary lengths, and later generally referred to Ordinary, ordinary).
Word group
Uprooting a tree to find its roots is a metaphor for getting to the bottom of things.
Looking for snakes through grass is a metaphor for provoking evil people and asking for trouble.
Diaogu and Xunyou: Diao: pay homage; You: secluded place. Pay homage to the historical sites, look for secluded places, and feel nostalgic memories.
Looking for ravines through the hills refers to visiting the mountains and rivers.
Intriguing: to be able to withstand; to explore: to explore the body odor. It is profound and worthy of careful consideration.
Wu Chi Zhi Xun Wan: bend; Zhi: straighten; Xun: ancient measurement name, eight feet. The bend is only one foot, the straight one is only one fathom. It is a metaphor for making small mistakes in order to gain greater benefits. ?
Search for the root cause. Pursue the root cause. Generally refers to asking about the reason for something.
Search for the roots. Pursue the roots. Generally refers to asking about the reason for something.
Look for lines and count ink. Look for lines: read line by line; count ink: read word for word. It means that one can only recite sentences but cannot understand the meaning. It also refers to working hard on words.
Look for flowers and ask willows. Flowers and willows: originally referred to spring scenery, but also referred to prostitutes in the old days. It originally refers to enjoying the spring scenery. Later, old novels were used to refer to prostitution.
To stir up trouble is used to describe intentionally causing trouble and causing disputes.
Seeking death and finding life Xun: seeking, seeking. It's a matter of life and death. Many people use suicide to scare people.
Look for flaws and wait for gaps. Xun: look for; flaws: spots on jade, a metaphor for shortcomings; He: observation, gaps: gaps, opportunities. Look for other people's shortcomings to see if there are loopholes that can be exploited. Refers to standby provocation. ?
Looking for information and asking for information: to inquire. Ask for news.
Looking for chapters and excerpts: looking for; chapters: chapters; excerpts: excerpts. In the old days, scholars would search for excerpts of sentences from books and apply them when writing. It refers to piling up ready-made words and sentences when writing, which lacks creativity.
Looking for branches and picking leaves is a metaphor for pursuing secondary and non-fundamental things.
Look for traces Mi: look for; trace: traces, footprints, refers to whereabouts. Look for other people's whereabouts everywhere.
Extraordinary: different; Hu: Yu; Ordinary: ordinary. Very different from usual.
Looking east and west means searching everywhere.
Extraordinary: ordinary. Describes people and things that stand out and are different from the ordinary.
Cover the deer to look for bananas. Cover: cover; banana: same as "wood wood", firewood. It is a metaphor for treating real things as dreams and making repeated mistakes.
If you don’t take care of anything, you will find a way out. It is a metaphor that if you don’t pay attention to the disaster when it arises, it will lead to a serious disaster, and it will be very difficult to eliminate it.
Buying smiles for fun, visiting prostitutes for fun. Same as "buying laughter and chasing happiness".
Look for traces, search for traces, search for traces; trace: traces, footprints, refers to whereabouts. Look for other people's whereabouts everywhere.
No trace to be found. No trace to be found. It mostly refers to doing things without leaving any trace.
There is no limit to what can be found and no gaps can be found.
Riding in pursuit of horses is a metaphor for having already had benefits and seeking other benefits.
Looking for sheep in a mouse hole is a metaphor for an ineffective approach.
Looking for flaws is like finding faults.
To seek trouble, to cause trouble, to be deliberately picky.
Three fathoms between the hoofs means that when the horse is running, it jumps three fathoms between the front and rear hooves. Describes a horse running fast.
Three fathoms on the hoof means that when the horse is running, it jumps three fathoms between the front and rear hooves. Describes a horse running fast. Same as "three searches between hoofs".
The hoofs are free for three fathoms. When the horse is running, it jumps three fathoms between the front and rear hooves. Describes a horse running fast. Same as "three searches between hoofs".
Asking Willows and Looking for Flowers ① Enjoy the spring scenery.
② Later generations used "flower" and "willow" to describe prostitutes, so they refer to prostitutes.
Looking for faults refers to tracing the faults of others only from superficial phenomena. Scars, skin marks.
Looking for shortcomings is like finding faults. It is a metaphor for deliberately finding faults in others and looking for mistakes.
Chasing the wind and catching the shadow is a metaphor for saying and doing things without any basis.
Looking for the roots and pulling out the trees is like cutting down the grass and removing the roots. It is a metaphor for removing the root cause of trouble to avoid future troubles.
Look for the root and ask for the root. Generally refers to asking about the reason for something. Same as "finding the root cause".
Looking for ravines and hills, looking for secluded places, exploring mountains and rivers.
Looking for flowers and willows originally refers to enjoying the spring scenery. Later, old novels were used to refer to prostitution. Same as "looking for flowers and asking willows".
Seeking pleasure, seeking pleasure and finding ways to have fun. Describes the pursuit of pleasure.
Looking for the end and seeking the end. It is a metaphor for not focusing on the fundamental links, but only working on side issues.
Looking for a line and moving in a group. It is still said to be in a group. Describes a large number of people forming a line.
Xunyou into the subtleties Xunyou: explore the profound and difficult to understand. Down to the smallest detail: to an extremely detailed and profound level. Describes a very profound level of exploration into esoteric matters.
Xunyoutansheng Tan: seek. Sheng: a resort, a place with beautiful scenery. Look for and search for elegant resorts when touring mountains and rivers. Also known as "Looking for secrecy and exploring secluded places", "Looking for secluded places and exploring secluded places".
Looking for the source and tracing the origin means tracing back to the origin.
A dumb man searching for a dream means having something to say or a difficulty that cannot be expressed. Same as "a dumb man dreams".
Extract sentences and search for chapters. Extract and search for fragments of articles. Refers to the inference that reading is limited to words.
Chasing shadows and looking for sounds refers to seeking gaps in many ways.
Get to the bottom of it. Get to the bottom of it. Same as "getting to the bottom of it".
Self-inflicted short-sightedness Short-sightedness: This originally refers to short-sightedness, and by extension it means suicide. He thought he could not survive and sought death.
Self-asked for trouble. Self-inflicted trouble. This means that there should not be any worries or worries.