Detailed explanation of allusions
It is a comfort to those who are content with the status quo and don't work hard. Sometimes it is also used to persuade people to be satisfied.
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Zhao Hanqi's "Three Auxiliary Records": "The less Cui Du, the more Luo Zhao." China's "Wren Fu": "From top to bottom, there must be more." It was better than calligraphy at first.
Spring and Autumn Laozi's Taiyi Holy Water: "The sky in the northwest is insufficient, and the highest below it is strong; The land is less than the southeast, and the upper part is low and weak. Those who are less than the top are more than the bottom, and those who are less than the bottom are more than the top. "
The concept of allusions
Allusions refer to canon and anecdotes. Ci Hai and Ci Yuan have two meanings for the word "allusions": First, the ancient meaning of the word "allusions" is somewhat equivalent to the "old facts" in modern Chinese, which refers to ancient laws and regulations, old events and old examples.
Of course, the allusion we are talking about today is the present meaning of the allusion. In the present sense of allusions, Modern Chinese Dictionary is interpreted as "stories or words in ancient books quoted in poetry". The explanations of Ci Hai and Ci Yuan are similar to this, saying that they are "ancient stories and words with sources quoted in poems".
Wang Guanghan, a famous linguist and master of allusions, pointed out in the dictionary research-correcting allusions that all the above statements are vague. First of all, the word "quote" is not very accurate.
Citation is citation, citation in textual research, citation in novel notes and so on. It's all quotes. Are these quotations and citations allusions? Textual research and novel notes are not "texts"? As for other quotations that can be called "Wen", it should be said that they belong to the same type as textual research and novel notes, and obviously should be distinguished from allusions.
Secondly, the saying that "there is a source" is even more unscientific. "Origin" can only be regarded as one of the preconditions of allusions, but not all words with "origin", including sentences with dark quotations, can be regarded as allusions.
The reason why allusions books can't draw a clear line between idioms, allusions, common words and allusions is largely due to the explanation of allusions in the above dictionaries.