As an ancient country with a long history, we have many historical allusions. Let’s take a look at what I’ve compiled for you.
1. Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water
Flowers in the mirror and moon in the water are often used as metaphors for illusory and unattainable things, but poets often use them to describe hazy and ethereal artistic conceptions. For example, Yanyu of the Song Dynasty discussed poetry with Buddhism and advocated wonderful enlightenment. He said: "Therefore, its wonderful points are thorough and exquisite, and cannot be ignored. They are like the sounds in the air, the colors in the image, the moon in the water, and the images in the mirror. They are all words." Infinite meaning. ?
2. Childhood Plums and Bamboo Horses
Li Bai's "Changgan Xing" The man came riding a bamboo horse and went around the bed to make green plums. Living together for thousands of miles, the two children have no doubts about it? It describes the innocent, intimate and playful appearance of boys and girls. It also uses "childhood sweethearts" as a metaphor for the innocence and purity of young boys and girls who get along harmoniously with each other.
3. Reunion after breaking the mirror
Xu Deyan, a native of Chen Daizishe in the Southern Dynasty, and his wife was Princess Lechang. Seeing that the world was in chaos and fearing that the country would be destroyed, the husband and wife were separated during the chaos, so they broke the bronze mirror into two pieces, each holding one half. They agreed to sell the mirror on the 15th day of the first lunar month of that year in the city to meet up. Not long after, Chen Guo was destroyed by the Sui Dynasty. The princess was acquired by Yang Su, the Duke of Yue, an important minister of the Sui Dynasty, and was extremely favored. Deyan fled to the capital and met a servant selling broken mirrors on the street, which matched the half he had hidden. He wrote a poem and said: The mirror goes away with people, but the mirror returns to people but never returns. Chang'e's shadow is gone, and the bright moon shines in the sky. ?When the princess saw the poem, she cried and refused to eat. After Yang Su learned about it, he was greatly moved and finally reunited the couple. Later, it was used as a metaphor for the reunion of couples after separation.
4. Overwhelming the country and the city
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Yannian, the commander of Xielu, once sang in front of Emperor Wu: "There is a beautiful woman in the north, peerless and independent." A city that once captivated people, and a country that captivated people again. It would be better not to know that a beautiful city and a beautiful country are rare again. Emperor Wu was fascinated and sighed for a long time and said: "Is there such a person in this world?" The term "beautiful country" is used to describe a woman's extraordinary beauty.
5. High Mountains and Flowing Waters
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Boya was playing the harp, and his music had such profound meaning that it was difficult for ordinary people to understand, and only Zhong Ziqi could appreciate it. Boya played the harp and played the harp, aiming high in the mountains. Zhong Ziqi praised him and said, "How wonderful! E'e is as tall as Mount Tai." Bo Yaxuan again aimed at flowing water. Zhong Ziqi sighed and said: "How good it is, it looks like a river." ? Later Zhong Ziqi passed away. Bo Ya suffered a heartache and lost his close friend. He also abandoned the qin and never played it for the rest of his life. Later generations used the phrase "high mountains and flowing water" as a metaphor for the difficulty of finding a close friend, and also for the exquisiteness of music.
6. Zhuang Zhou Dreamed of a Butterfly
There is a fable in "Zhuangzi" that illustrates this principle: Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he turned into a butterfly, flying gracefully and happily. After waking up from the dream, he was still Zhuang Zhou. Therefore, I don’t know whether Zhuang Zhou turned into a butterfly, or whether the butterfly turned into Zhuang Zhou. Later generations used the metaphor "Zhuang Zhou's Dream of Butterflies" to describe life as a dream, which is difficult to investigate.
7. Peach Blossoms with Human Faces
It comes from Cui Hu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, who said: "On this day last year, in this door, the peach blossoms with human faces reflected each other in red." I don’t know where the human face has gone, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze!?
In later generations’ poems, “human face and peach blossoms” are often used to describe the melancholy of a man who meets a woman and never sees her again.
8. Night Tour by Holding a Candle
When Cao Pi was the eldest son of King Wei, he had a good relationship with Wu Zhi. There was a great epidemic in the 22nd year of Jian'an. Scholars such as Xu Qian and Liu Zhen died of dysentery. Cao Pi should write a letter to Wu Zhi, urging him to use the time to entertain himself. There is a sentence in the book that "the ancients thought of going out at night holding a candle," which is why later generations used "going out at night holding a candle" as a metaphor for taking pleasure in time.