There is a very common idiom called "collusion". What is collusion?

Collusion is a very common derogatory idiom, which means that people with similar tastes hook up together, similar to birds of a feather, colluding with each other. But this idiom is also a bit special, because there are actually two uncommon words in a four-character idiom. If you want to ask what Guanling means, not many people may know.

The word "Lingling" is divided into three parts, which is obviously related to water. Taken alone, these two words mean water vapor, especially morning dew. However, the morning dew didn't provoke anyone. How can it be derogatory?

In fact, the origin of this idiom is a very interesting story. Qian Yi, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, has a notebook called New Books in the South, which records various anecdotes in the Tang Dynasty, including an interesting story.

Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination system has appeared. In Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the official road was monopolized by aristocratic families, and it was difficult for poor children to be officials. But it's different now. As long as you are willing to study and pass the exam, you can become an official. Many scholars have chosen this path.

In the era of Tang Xizong, one year an exam was held in Chang 'an, and scholars from all over the country came to Chang 'an to take the exam. There is a candidate named Twiggy, who is excellent in character and learning since childhood, and his poems are quite famous among the candidates. We didn't take this exam with a life-and-death fighting mentality. Everyone is more casual, taking exams, making friends and having fun.

The examiner's name is Cui Ling. When he revised his paper, he saw Cui Jiao's poems and found them great. Surprised, he decisively ranked Cui Jiao first. Although they are all surnamed Cui, they didn't know each other before.

On the day when the exam results came out, everyone was looking at the list.

Cui Yun was blocked by the person in front and couldn't see the list. At this moment, the candidate next to him patted Cui Wei on the shoulder and told him that he was on the list. Cui Yun is very excited.

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was stipulated that those who passed the imperial examination were automatically regarded as examiners' students, and then matched their love between teachers and students. For example, in the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu accepted Su Shi as the examiner, and Su Shi automatically became Ouyang Xiu's student.

Cui Ling and Cui Ling are very interesting to teachers and students, because their names are "Lingling". In ancient times, there was a word called Lingling, which means dew. At that time, people were very talented and created a popular saying: Master and apprentice were in cahoots.

This means that teacher Cui Ling and student Cui Ling are always connected like morning glow and morning dew. When this sentence was born, it was not derogatory at all. That's just a joke, which shows that the names of teachers and students are interesting and their talents are similar. There is no leakage of test questions, gifts and high marks between teachers and students.

The problem is that after Choe Yun was elected, he soon became a big official. Some people are jealous and think that Choe Yun must have given a gift, otherwise some people will question how he rose so fast. Some people question that there are background reasons. Because the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was just implemented, it was not as strict as it was later, and there were not so many examination rules, so there was often a style of writing in the examination room in the Tang Dynasty. Examination paper means that candidates can secretly show some good works written by themselves to the examiner in order to add some weight to themselves outside the examination. Many celebrities have done this kind of thing, such as Wang Wei, who recommended himself to Princess Taiping through the King of Qi before the exam, and then won the first place in the Jinshi.

Of course, there is no doubt about Wang Wei's talent. You can also say that he used the back door to find relationships, but this was normal in the Tang Dynasty, and this style of writing was very popular. There is no such thing between Cui Ling and Cui Ling, but it is reasonable to be questioned by others.

As a result, more people questioned it, and everyone began to say collusion. As a result, an idiom "collusion" made entirely out of jokes has become derogatory, indicating the meaning of that kind of collusion.

This is the origin of "collusion". It was originally an idiom praising Qi Xin's love between teachers and students, but it soon became a derogatory term. This idiom can be said to be very sad