Li Bai couldn't restrain his excitement and immediately sang a famous poem. The Yellow Crane Tower bid farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou:
My old friend resigned from the Yellow Crane Tower,
Fireworks fell in Yangzhou in March.
Lonely sails, distant shadows, blue sky,
Only the Yangtze River flows in the sky. "
This passage is from the first volume of the fifth grade, The Yellow Crane Tower Farewell. We won't mention the friendship between Li Bai and Meng Haoran, two great talents. Today I mainly want to know the word "popular" in the article. This idiom is difficult for primary school students to understand when they meet for the first time, and the story of this idiom has a long history.
"Popular" and "rich" are pictophonetic characters. Judging from the month, this radical is called "beside the meat moon", which means "meat" rather than "month". Most of the words it contains are related to various parts of the body, such as "arms, legs, feet, liver ..." all refer to the body.
In ancient Chinese characters, the "moon" of the moon and the "moon" of the meat were originally two words, but later they were merged into a radical because of their close fonts, which were collectively called "one side of the meat moon". The meaning of the word moon with meat is roughly two kinds, either related to the moon or related to meat. The original meaning of "fat" refers to cutting lean meat. "Roast" is a knowing word, with meat above and fire below, that is, meat roasted with fire. Pickled food and baked food are both popular foods. Refers to the delicious food that everyone likes to eat. Now it is used to describe things that everyone praises and poems that are recited.
This idiom comes from Mencius heart and soul. Ceng Zhe likes sheep dates, but Ceng Zi can't bear to eat them. Gong Sunchou asked, "Which is more beautiful?" Mencius said, "Awesome!" Sun Chou said, "But why does Ceng Zi eat mutton and jujube?" He said: "Sheep and dates are unique. Anonymous surnames, same surnames and unique first names. "
The story is about the Spring and Autumn Period. There were two men, father and son, both disciples of Confucius. Father Ceng Zhe loves to eat sheep dates (a kind of wild fruit, commonly known as milk persimmon); My son Zeng Shen is a dutiful son, and he also likes to eat sheep dates. After his father died, he was reluctant to eat sheep dates. This matter was greatly appreciated by Confucian children at that time.
In the Warring States period, Sun Chou, a disciple of Mencius, still didn't understand this matter, so he went to consult his teacher Mencius. Gong Sunchou asked, "Teacher, which is better?"
"Of course it's delicious, no one doesn't like it!" Sun Chou asked again, "Since it's delicious, Zeng Shen's father also likes it? Then why did Zeng Shen not give up eating stir-fry and only eat sheep dates? "
Mencius replied: "Popular, everyone eats; Although the taste of mutton jujube is not as popular as it is, it is the favorite food of Zeng Zhe. Therefore, Zeng Shen had to give up eating sheep dates. It's like not calling your elders by their first names instead of their surnames. The last name is the same, but the first name is unique to you. "
Mencius' words made Gongsun Chou understand the truth. Later, people derived the idiom "popular" from Mencius' "popular, the same". Used to describe things that everyone praises and poems that are recited.
As the saying goes: "radish and cabbage, each has his own love." Everyone likes big fish and big meat, but Ceng Zhe and Zeng Shen really like sheep dates. What is rare is that Zeng Shen abandoned his favorite because he missed his dead father. Maybe he loves me, love me, love my dog. It's really worth praising and spreading.