Clever idioms

Pinyin: qi m: o duó ti ā n g not ng

Synonym: exquisite and ingenious.

Antonym: Made in heaven.

Explanation: Take: Transcend. Artificial ingenuity is better than nature. The description technique is very clever.

Source: Jin Guopu's "Burial Book": "Subtility lies in wisdom, touching and long, mysterious and yin, ingenious."

Idiom story

Zhen Shi is from Wuji County, Zhongshan County. His grandfather, Han Zhen, used to be a Han Taibao, who paid 2,000 yuan. His father was really the captain of Shangcai County (now Shangcai County, Henan Province). When Zhen Shi was three years old, his father died. Zhen Shi is very talented and smart. When she was nine years old, she often went outside the study to eavesdrop on her brothers' reading. She often writes with their pens and inkstones. The teacher who teaches here was moved by Zhen Shi's studious spirit, so she made an exception and accepted this female student. When he grew up, Zhen Shiyin became famous in his studies, especially in poetry; And its beauty can pour across the country. There is a local fortune teller who is quite famous. It is said that he can calculate a person's future. Mrs Zhen asked a fortune teller to tell her daughter's fortune. When the fortune teller saw Zhen Shi, he was surprised and said, "This girl will be expensive in the future!"

At that time, Yuan Shao, who came from an official family with four generations under one roof, worked as a shepherd in Jizhou (now Yecheng, southwest of Linzhang County, Hebei Province), and his second son Yuan was unmarried. Yuan Xi heard that Zhen Shiyin was a gifted scholar and was born into an official family, so he asked his father to send someone to propose marriage. In this way, Zhen Shi married Yuan Gu. Later, Yuan Shao won the melee with local forces, and his three sons also took one state each. But it didn't last long. In 200 AD, Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu, and soon he vomited blood and died. His second son, Yuan, was soon killed by Gongsun Kang.

At this time, Yuan Shao's wife, Liu and Zhen Shi, lived together in Yecheng (Emperor Han Xian was greeted by Cao Cao and moved to Xuchang, and Yuan Shao was named Qiu, so he lived in Yecheng). Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Pi, entered Fu Yuan after attacking Yecheng. When he saw Zhen, he was shocked by her beauty. He immediately asked her to cut her hair, saw tears on Zhen Shi's face and handed her a handkerchief to wipe her face. When he left, he left a team of guards to protect Fu Yuan from outsiders. Soon, Xelloss informed Cao Cao to send someone to take Zhen Shi to his home and tie the knot with her.

From then on, xelloss was extremely fond of Zhen Shiyin, obedient. After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of Han Dynasty, established Wei State, and Zhen Shi was made queen. At that time, Zhen Shiyin was over forty years old, and his appearance declined. In order to make Cao Pi love herself for a long time, she spends a long time grooming every morning.

It is said that in the yard in front of her palace, there is a very beautiful green snake, and it often has a red bead in its mouth. Whenever Empress Zhen gets up in the morning to get dressed, she is signed into a kit kat shape in front of her. Empress Zhen later noticed that the snake was the same shape every day and never repeated. So she combed her hair by imitating its shape.

After a long time, although Queen Zhen's hair is combed by hand, its exquisiteness and ingenuity can be called "wonderful workmanship". Of course, the shape of her hair changes every day, and people in the harem call it "snake bun" After seeing her, Cao Pi felt that she was still very young and beautiful, and she still had a good impression on her.

However, with the passage of time, no matter how delicate and ingenious she is, it can't change the fate of Zhenfei's fall from grace. The beautiful young Queen Guo finally took her place. Because of his dissatisfaction with this, Cao Pi was angered and finally executed by a letter. After Cao Pi's death, Ming Di, the son of a virgin, acceded to the throne, and posthumous title, his mother, built a sleeping hall named "Zhao Wendian" with the same name as the ancestral temple. This idiom originated from the story that Empress Zhen carefully combed the "snake bun" to please the emperor in order to stay young and beautiful forever.