stubborn

stubborn

Jiang GUI, a Chinese word, is pronounced "Ji" in Chinese, which means that the stronger a person's character is when he is old.

explain

It means the stronger a person's character is when he is old.

source

Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in his new preface miscellaneous affairs 5: "the husband Jiang GUI was born because of the place, not because of the place."

In the literary mind and Carving Dragons · Shi Lei written by Liang Liuxie of the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "Fu, Jiang and GUI are in the same place, and Xin is in nature."

Later, Jiang GUI was often used as a metaphor for the straightness of human nature. Yan Dun Fu Zhuan in the history of the Song Dynasty: "I will not make mistakes for my country in the end. Let alone Jiang GUI's nature, it will get hotter and hotter when I get old."

Volume 6 of Lang Qian Ji Wen written by Chen Kangqi in the Qing Dynasty: "later, he transferred to Jianchang road by giving things, disobeyed the governor, and directly exposed the Department. It can be said that Jiang GUI's nature has never changed since he was old."

Niu Xiu of the Qing Dynasty wrote Gu Gong · Huishi Chen Yan: "either he was afraid of the calamity of the scale, but the Duke had a deep understanding of the fish and water; or he was suspicious of the decline of Qi in his old age, but the Duke had a strong nature of Jiang GUI."