What does Qiongjiu mean?

"Qiongjiu" is a Chinese word, pinyin qióngjiǔ, the meaning is Qiong and Jiu, which generally refers to beautiful jade, and is often used as a good name for gifts in later generations. Yu Bingxue, Yu Xiancai. From "Poetry·Weifeng·Papaya": Give me wood and plums, and give me Qiongjiu in return.

The original meaning of "Qiong" is red jade, "Ju" means admirable jade, "Yao" means slightly inferior jade, and "Nine" means light black inferior jade. Everything next to "king" is mostly related to jade. In the poem "Papaya", the woman gives the man papaya, peaches and plums.

The man also gave jade pendants to Qiongju, Qiongyao and Qiongjiu in return, and said three times, "It is always good to be rewarded by a bandit." He repeatedly made it clear that it was not an ordinary gift, nor a reward, but It is a token of love given as a gift for marriage proposal.

Source: Pre-Qin Dynasty·Anonymous "Guo Feng·Wei Feng·Papaya"

Original text:

You give me papaya and you give me Qiongju in return. It's always good to be rewarded by a bandit!

Give me peaches and give me Qiongyao in return. It's always good to be rewarded by a bandit!

You gave me wood and plums, and you gave me Qiongjiu in return. It's always good to be rewarded by a bandit!

Poems with the word Jiu:

1. Give me wood and plums, and give me Qiongjiu in return. ——"The Book of Songs·Papaya"

2. Biliu's son makes me admire him. ——"The Book of Songs: There is hemp in the hills"

3. A light investment does not waste ten thousand gold in reward, the trees and plums are old and beautiful. ——Wang Zhidao's "Moon over the Xijiang River·Huangju is pregnant with Pengze"

4. After a few gentle taps, the sound of Qiongjiu is gone. ——Shi Hao's "Dian Crimson Lips·Have been to Toad Palace"

5. Nine, the second jade of stone, black. ——"Shuowen"

6. The clouds and hair are in the homes of thousands of people, and the terraces of Yao are in Qiongjiu. ——Cheng Gongxu's "Shu Jiu Song·Ling Zhen"

7. How dare you take peaches and plums lightly, they will be rewarded by Yaojiu. ——Wang Zhidao "Reading Wei Yancheng's poems under the lamp, because its rhyme is like that of Zeng Zixiu's princes"

8. I am ashamed to throw myself into wood and plum, but to reward Qiongjiu, people are surprised by the jade tree and are willing to lean on the jade tree. ——Bai Pu's "Qinyuan Chunlu Daoshan Zuocheng"

9. Fanjun Qiongjiu's gift, nothing can be accomplished in your laziness. ——"Chang Tianzhu Hermitage Repeats Answer to Jiangzhou Yingwu"