The original meaning of "popular" means that everyone loves to eat delicious food. Now it means that good poetry and prose are praised and praised by people.
Origin of the idiom:
Zeng Xi was fond of goat dates, but Zeng Zi could not bear to eat goat dates. Gongsun Chou asked: "Which one is more beautiful, water chestnut or lamb jujube?" Mencius said: "Wan Zi Zhi is the best!" Gongsun Chou said: "Then why did Zengzi eat water chestnut and not sheep jujube?" He said, "Wang Zizhi is the same." "Yangzao is unique. The name is not concealed. The surname is the same, and the name is unique." (Mencius "Jin Xin Xia" by Meng Ke during the Warring States Period)
Usage examples:
< p>Ming Song Lian's "Collected Works of Song Scholars, Volume 16, Preface to the Collection of Poems by Liu Yanzui": "According to legend, there must be someone who is outstanding among others, otherwise, why would Yanzui's poems be so popular that they would not be disliked?"< p>Qing Dynasty Wei Xiuren's "Hua Yuehen·Chapter 1": "Fortunately, I am a winged flying bird. I have issued edicts to the court and been honored in the house. I am deeply entangled and popular."Modern poet Wen Yiduo's " "Songs and Poems": "Yi Ziyu's "Guofeng" and "Xiaoya" are also the best parts of the 'Three Hundred Chapters', which is the most satisfactory achievement in poetry cooperation."
The meaning of the idiom:
Zeng Xi loved to eat goat dates and became addicted to it. After he returned to the West, his son once abstained from eating goat dates so as not to miss others and arouse sentimentality. This shows the deep love between father and son. The story uses the story of Zengzi to reveal the relationship between the inheritance of knowledge and the issue of popularization of knowledge. To inherit the ancient system, you must choose something that everyone can accept, rather than something that only a few people like. This is called knowing your destiny.
Only in this way can we learn more and spread more knowledge. Barbecue is called "popular" in the ancient proverb. Later generations extracted the idiom "popular" from this story, which is used to describe delicious food that everyone loves to eat, and then extended to mean that good things are praised by everyone.