Meaning: Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, all the literary talents in the world have only one stone (a unit of capacity, one stone is equal to ten buckets). Among them, Cao Zijian (ie Cao Zhi) has eight buckets. I have one bucket. The rest of the world will fight against each other.
Source: "The Biography of Xie Lingyun in Southern History": "There is only one stone in the world. Cao Zijian only got eight buckets. I got one bucket. From ancient times to the present, everyone has one bucket."
Idiom: Talented and talented
Pronunciation: cái gāo bā dǒu
Definition: Descriptive of very high literary talent.
Example: He is very talented and knowledgeable. He can get full marks in every exam without having to review, which is really amazing.
Extended information
Allusion:
Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period had four sons with outstanding talents. Each of them had their own special skills and were extremely smart. The talented one is Cao Zhi. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, more than 500 years after the Han Dynasty, the famous talent Xie Lingyun once praised Cao Zhi for his "eight talents".
Contempt, disdain for ordinary people.
Xie Lingyun once said: There is only one talent in the world for literary talent, among which Cao Zijian (Cao Zhi) has eight, my talent and learning account for one, and the rest of the world only has one. . This is the origin of what people often call the Eight Dou Talents, which shows Cao Zhi's talent and fame. From then on, Xie Lingyun's phrase "talented and talented" became synonymous with outstanding talent and learning.