Idiomatic Stories about Civilization and Etiquette

①Cheng Men Lixue

Song Dynasty scholars Yang Shi and You Yu sought advice from Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi. Yang Shi and You Yu, who had Cheng Hao as their teacher, were both forty years old after Cheng Hao's death and had already passed the entrance examination, yet they still had to go to Cheng Yi to continue their study. Legend has it that one day Yang Shi, you editing came to the Academy to see Cheng Yi, but is met with the old man closed eyes, sitting fake sleep, at this time, the outside began to snow, Yang Shi, you editing eager to learn, stand aside, do not say anything and so on for half a day, Cheng Yi slowly opened his eyes, see the two people standing outside, ate a shock: "Ah, the two are still not gone?" At this time the snow outside has been more than a foot thick.

②Kong Rong let the pear

Kong Rong, the word Wenju, the Eastern Han Dynasty, Qufu people, the second generation of children and grandchildren of Confucius, Taishan Governor Kong Yin's youngest son. When Kong Rong was seven years old, his grandfather's 60th birthday, full of guests. A plate of pear was placed on the table, and his mother asked Kong Rong to share it. Kong Rong divided the pears according to the order of seniority, and everyone got their own pears, but his was the smallest. His father was surprised and asked: "Everyone else got the biggest pears, but you got the smallest. Kong Rong replied calmly: "Trees have their heights, people have their ages, and respecting the old and honoring the old is a human principle. "

③Sending goose feathers for thousands of miles

The story of "sending goose feathers for thousands of miles" happened in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the leader of a minority group in Yunnan Province, in order to show his support for the Tang Dynasty, sent an envoy, Maeng Bogao, to contribute swans to Emperor Taizong. While passing by the Shinyang River, the kind-hearted Maeng Bo Gao released the swan from its cage and wanted to give it a bath. Unexpectedly, the swan spread its wings and flew high into the sky. Maung Bo Goh reached out to catch it, but only managed to pull a few goose feathers. Maung Pao Ko was so anxious that he cried out, beating his chest. The attendants advised him, "It's no use crying when the goose has already flown away. "Maing Bo Gao thought that he could only do so. When he arrived at Chang'an, Maung Bo Gao paid a visit to Emperor Tang Taizong and presented him with a gift. Tang Taizong saw a delicate satin bag, so he opened it, and saw that it was a few goose feathers and a small poem. The swan has lost its treasure in the Shinyang River, and it fell to the ground crying and bawling. I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to do it," he said. The gift is light and the sentiment is heavy, send goose feathers for thousands of miles. "Tang Taizong was puzzled, Maine Bogao then told the original story. Tang Taizong even said: "rare and precious! Rarely can be valuable! Thousands of miles to send goose feather, the gift is light! "

This story reflects the valuable virtue of honesty in gift-giving. Today, people use the expression "sending goose feathers for thousands of miles" to describe a gift that is small in size, but exceptionally strong in meaning.

④Three Gu Gu Han

Canonical "Three Kingdoms - Shu Zhi - Zhuge Liang Biography", the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty, the left general Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three Gu Gu Gu Han, their conversations, namely, "Longzhong Pairing" (the three worlds of the strategic decision-making). Gu: visit; hut: grass hut. Originally, it is the story of Liu Bei visiting Zhuge Liang in Longzhong at the end of Han Dynasty. It is a metaphor for sincere and repeated invitations.

Winter of 207 A.D. to the spring of 208 A.D., Liu Bei, who was then in Xinye (present-day Xinye, Henan Province), took his generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and three times went to Zhuge Liang's hut in Longzhong, Deng County, Nanyang County (present-day Longzhong, Xiangyang), to ask Zhuge Liang to come out to assist him in his endeavors. Since then, the story has been passed down as a good story, gradually become a canon, in the "Three Kingdoms Zhi-Shu Zhi-Ge Liang biography - out of the division table". Nowadays, it is often used as a metaphor for sincerely inviting and visiting a sage with expertise again and again.

⑤礼尚往往

礼尚往往是一个成语，指礼节上应该有来有往往，不是指送礼。 Now it also refers to answering each other with the same attitude or practice. From the Western Han Dynasty - Dai Sheng (戴圣), "The Book of Rites - Qu Li Shang" (礼记-曲礼上).

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius collected disciples at home and opened lectures, which attracted the attention of Duke Ding of Lu, who often came to the palace to give lectures. Yang Hu, the chief administrator of the Ji Palace, made a special trip to visit Confucius, who used an excuse not to see him. Once specially left a roasted suckling pig for Confucius, knowing that Confucius is most concerned about the return of courtesy, and finally got a return visit from Confucius.