What do you mean, broken string?

In ancient times, harps and songs were used as metaphors for husband and wife, so when his wife died, she was called broken string, which also means broken string. This sentence comes from Wang Jia's "Wuyi Ji": "The magic glue is out of a country, and the crossbow is broken."

Now broken string mainly has the following meanings:

1, cut the bowstring, cut the strings. Jia noted that Wu said, "God is separated, but the crossbow is broken." Chen in the Southern Dynasties wrote in the book "Instructions for Teachers in the Mountain": "As we all know, a broken string can last a long time, but it is difficult to stay."

2. The sound of broken fingers is still ringing.

Yu Xin of the Northern Zhou Dynasty wrote Elegy: "I can sing this song for you, but I don't think my heart is broken because of you."

3. Strings are unique. Cut the rope. Classic "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals": Good at playing the piano. Zhong Zi listens to it and knows its meaning. "After Zhong Ziqi's death, Boya broke the piano and never played it again. "

Song Su Shi's poem "Wen Shu and Zhu": "The empty legacy carries the brocade, and the string is broken."

4. Losing your wife. In ancient times, harps and songs were used to reconcile the relationship between husband and wife, so losing a wife was called broken string.

Xu Yanbo's poem "funeral march" in the Tang Dynasty: "The sewing hand is light, and the moth continues to break the string." Zheng Song Zhong Gang's A Picture of Tongzhou Yuwenlong: "I heard the sadness of playing the piano and breaking the string, and I want to repair it every day." Ming Xianzu Ye's "Luan Yong Ji Bing Cao": "I have a new brother with a broken string. It is better to marry him. " Chapter 38 of "The Appearance of Officialdom": "He broke his string last August, and it is still empty."

This means losing your wife.

Don Bai Juyi's "Please atone with the shadow of your son after you get a wife". In anger, it is not allowed to judge ":"Ji Wang went to his wife to break the string; The mother of Confucius must be absent from class. "