In the ninety-first episode of A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu said, I only take a ladle of water, even if there is 3,000 weak water. Jia Baoyu borrowed this secret code to express his love for Lin Daiyu, which means: Although there are countless beautiful women in the Grand View Garden, I only like you.
Weak water is now often used to describe endless love in love. The wish of weak water actually refers to many shallow and urgent currents in ancient times. They cannot cross the border by boat. The ancients thought that it was because the water was weak that the boat could not be carried, which was called weak water.
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Take only one spoonful of weak water for three thousand, which comes from a story in Buddhist scriptures, reminding people that "life may encounter many beautiful things, but it is enough to grasp one of them with your heart."
Take only a spoonful of weak water to describe love. In A Dream of Red Mansions, Jia Baoyu used this secret code to express his love for Lin Daiyu.
A Dream of Red Mansions appeared twice, the first time was in the 25th time, describing a lame Taoist: "One foot is high and one foot is low, and the whole body is covered with water and mud. If so, where is your home? But in Penglai weak water west. " According to Su Shi's poem "Penglai is unreachable, weak water leads to three Wan Li", this weak water often refers to a remote and inaccessible place where immortals haunt.
The word appeared for the second time, the ninety-first time in the section "Bu Yizhen and Yu Bao talk about Zen". At this time, the lords of the Jia family, from the old lady to Jia Zheng, Mrs. Wang, and then to Wang Xifeng, unified their views on Baoyu's marriage, that is, Xue Baochai was the best candidate, and formally told Aunt Xue. Baoyu and Daiyu seem to feel the strange atmosphere and fall into confusion. Bao Dai and Bao Dai meditated cross-legged in order to test each other's mood, imitating Buddhist meditation to express their loyalty in front of the machine.
Daiyu first asked, "Hello, Sister Bao. How are you? Sister Bao doesn't like you. How are you? Sister Bao was good to you the day before yesterday, but now she is not good to you. How are you? Hello today, but not after. How are you? You are good to her, but she is not good to you. How are you? You are not good with her, and she is good with you. How are you? " Baoyu thought for a long time and said with a smile, "I'll just take a ladle of water, even if it's 3 thousand." Baoyu used this allusion to answer Daiyu's question, which means that I have nothing to do with Baochai's quality. Although there are many beautiful women in the world, you are the only one in my heart.
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Baidu encyclopedia-only take a spoonful of weak water.