Classic Chinese Idioms Story：Sending charcoal in the snow

Chinese idiom story during the Southern Song Dynasty, the famous poet Fan Chengda wrote many popular poems in his life, loved by the people, retired to his hometown of Shihu in his old age, called himself Shihu Jushi, his writings were compiled for the Shihu Jushi Poetry Collection, which has a "snow to send charcoal and mustard hidden" poem: "not the snow must be sent to the charcoal, talk about pretending to be poems of the landscape to come. "

Send Charcoal in the Snow

Note: xuě zhōng sòng tàn

IndexTo send charcoal to someone to keep them warm on a snowy day. It is a metaphor for giving material or spiritual help to others in times of great need.

The allusion is not to send charcoal in the snow, but to pretend to be a poem about the scenery.　　Song - Fan Chengda, "Delivering Charcoal in the Snow and Mustache"