The meaning of Paulus Johannes's ban on watching lights in ancient Chinese.

This sentence comes from Xuan Qu Lu, which means: Sima Guang forbids his family to go out and watch the lights. (Sima Wengong refers to Sima Guang, who was called Wenguogong by posthumous title).

It is recorded in Xuan Qu Lu that Paulus Johannes is forbidden to see the original text in the lamp:

Sima Wengong lives in Luoyang. On the Lantern Festival, his wife will go out to watch the lights. Gong said that there is no need to go out and watch the lights at home. The woman said: I want to see tourists, too. Gong Yue: Who is a ghost?

Translation:

Sima Guang lives in Luoyang. On the Lantern Festival, his wife wants to go out and watch the lights. Sima Guang said, there are lights at home, so why go out to see them? The lady said that she wanted to see the tourists by the way. Sima Guang said: Am I a ghost?

Extended data:

Xuan Qu Lu is a collection of jokes in this Song Dynasty. The author is Lv Benzhong (1084- 1 145), a native of Shouzhou (now Fengtai, Anhui), an important Taoist, famous poet and poetry theorist at the turn of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties.

At present, there are complete or partial masterpieces such as Spring and Autumn Annals, Interpretation of Lushi University, Meng Tong Xun, Guan Ju, You Shi Magazine, Wei Zi Miscellaneous Notes, Xuanqu Lu, Donglai Poetry Collection, Wei Zi Ci and Wei Zi Shi Hua. They can also be found in various bibliographies.