What is the origin of the ivory tower?

Ivory Tower, French translation of C? te d 'Ivoire, latour. The origin and original meaning of the ivory tower is based on the fourth quarter of chapter 7 of the Song of Songs in the Old Testament. Solomon, the wise and rich king of Israel, wrote 65,438+0,005 poems, among which Song of Songs is a love song. In the fifth song, the groom praised the bride like this: "... your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are near the gate of Bartrabbi in Heshbon, like a pool ... (... your neck is like an ivory tower; Your eyes are like a pool near the sliding door of Heshbon Patna; ……)。 Obviously, the "ivory tower" here is only used to describe the beautiful neck of the bride. /kloc-Charles Augustine, a French poet and literary critic in the 0/9th century (1804- 1869) criticized contemporary France in his letter to veerman? 0? The poet Vigny (Alfred Victor 1797- 1863) pervades the pessimistic and negative emotions in his works, and advocates that the writer should transcend the vulgar bourgeois reality and enter an artistic world of subjective fantasy-the ivory tower. Words such as "Xanadu" and "ivory tower" used by writers and artists have been gradually applied to all aspects of social life, mainly referring to "isolated dreamland, Xanadu escaping from real life and isolated place". In Chinese, the ivory tower originally refers to ignoring the ugly and miserable life of the real society and engaging in writing in its ideal and happy situation, which means escaping from the real society, staying away from life, hiding in a lonely and comfortable personal world and engaging in writing activities with subjective fantasies; The extended meaning is mainly "a metaphor for the small world of writers and artists who are divorced from real life" Universities and research institutes are such places. Zhou Zuoren used the metaphor of a scholar who lives in a high tower. It may be influenced by Chuchuan Baicun's Out of the Ivory Tower. On the desirable university campus, Mr. Lu Xun once called on revolutionary literary and art workers to step out of the ivory tower, enter the society and enter the whirlpool center to create good works reflecting real life. In reality, some people mistakenly think that it means colleges and universities, but it is not! The ivory tower is just a concept, which people use in their lives to illustrate the unreality of life. University life is beautiful, and it is also a place that many people yearn for, but after all, it is just the imagination of people who have never been here. Remember to recognize yourself! The "ivory tower" in other meaning also represents a fantasy technology to be proved, especially the high-end problem of space exploration, which is said in the science fiction "The Mystery in the Ivory Tower". In addition, the ivory tower is not only a school, but also a research institute. Due to the popularity of Blizzard's Warcraft game in the world, there are more and more Warcraft characters circulating on the Internet, and the ivory tower is one of them. It's a mini tower sold by Terran store, which is used to build a watchtower in the target area. The ivory tower is a necessity for Terrans to travel home, and it can be built at a very fast speed. You can buy three at a time. Humans need 100 gold and 70 wood to build the watchtower with farmers, 30 gold and 20 wood for the mini tower, and 70 gold and 50 wood for the ascending watchtower, which are also 100 gold and 70 wood. So the three ivory towers of mankind (speeding up the construction of the arrow tower) are completely free, just like farmers do. The ivory tower, known as Terran Bug, is an indispensable weapon for Terran Talas's wave current tactics and fast thunder current tactics. The ivory tower can be upgraded to a mysterious tower, an arrow tower and a turret. According to the fourth quarter of Chapter 7 of the Song of Songs in the Old Testament, Solomon, the wise and rich king of Israel, wrote 65,438+0,005 poems, among which Song of Songs is a love song. In the fifth song, the groom praised the bride like this: "... your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are near the gate of Bartrabbi in Heshbon, like a pool ... (... your neck is like an ivory tower; Your eyes are like a pool near the sliding door of Heshbon Patna; ……)。 Obviously, the ivory tower here is only used to describe the bride's beautiful neck. Later, the word was gradually applied to all aspects of social life, mainly referring to "an isolated fantasy, a paradise to escape from real life, and an isolated place". In Chinese, the extended meaning of ivory tower mainly refers to "the metaphor of the small world of writers and artists who are divorced from real life". Universities and research institutes are such places. The analogy is school because: 1. Ivory Tower, French translation of C? te d 'Ivoire, latour. At first, Charles Augustin1804-1869, a literary critic in France19th century, criticized the contemporary negativity. 0? 3 The words of the poet Vigny (Alfred Victor 1797- 1863) are intended to ignore the ugly and miserable life of the real society and hide something from it? 0? 6. People who want to be happy are engaged in creation. Later, it was compared to the small world of writers and artists who were divorced from real life (real scholar society, university research room, etc.) Zhou Zuoren used the metaphor that a scholar lives in a tall tower. It may be influenced by Chuchuan Baicun's Out of the Ivory Tower. 3. The Ivory Tower According to the fourth quarter of the seventh chapter of the Old Testament, Solomon, the wise and rich king of Israel, wrote 65,438+0,005 poems, of which Song of Songs is a song of love. In the fifth song, the groom praised the bride like this: "... your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are near the gate of Bartrabbi in Heshbon, like a pool ... (... your neck is like an ivory tower; Your eyes are like a pool near the sliding door of Heshbon Patna; ……)。 Obviously, the ivory tower here is only used to describe the bride's beautiful neck. Later, the word was gradually applied to all aspects of social life, mainly referring to "an isolated fantasy, a paradise to escape from real life, and an isolated place". In Chinese, the extended meaning of ivory tower mainly refers to "the metaphor of the small world of writers and artists who are divorced from real life". Universities and research institutes are such places.