Qu Yi

Qu Yi

Qu Yi is also known as "Qu Yi", also known as "zhisying grass", "Qu grass", "sying branch". The name of auspicious grass in legend. Taiping heyday was born in the imperial court, mainly refers to the sycophant, sycophant into the court of this grass refers to.

Word explanation

1. In ancient legend, a kind of grass can refer to the sycophant, so it is also called "the sycophant grass". 2. Metaphor can identify a good official who is treacherous and sycophantic.

Historical documents

In Han Dynasty, Wang Chong's Lun Heng Shi Ying: "Qu Yi, Cao Ye. Can you tell me In Jin Dynasty, Zhang Hua's "natural history" Volume 3: "in Yao Dynasty, there was Qu Yicao, who was born in court. When a sycophant entered the court, Qu pointed to it." In the Southern Dynasty, Qi and Xie Tiao wrote the poem "three days to serve the Qushui banquet in Huaguang hall to answer the imperial edict on behalf of others": "Qu Cao Jie flattery, Jie Li Ji RI." In the Tang Dynasty, Li Xian used the poem "reading and repairing the song of master Mu:" just like the haze, life is charming, straight as Qu Yi, sycophant is pointing. " In the Tang Dynasty, Su Wei wrote a poem entitled "presenting a royal censor to Taiwan": "the crow dances in resonance on the evening, and the grass catches the Fangfei." In Zhang Binglin's Yuanru: "Qu Yi refers to a sycophant, and the Yellow Emperor rides a dragon." "Yuan Gao, Xue Cuncheng and other biographies in the old book of Tang Dynasty:" only yuan and Xue, Qu Yi among people In Qing Dynasty, Qian Qianyi's book "the system of wenlinlang was taught by Chen Biqian of Jiangxi Road in Nanjing": "Qu Yi is among the people, and the state of Beijing stands out for it." In Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi also had the sentence "his hand is like Qu Yi's, and he will point to a sycophant when he gives it to fan.".