An oath from the sea

An oath from the sea

The oath of the Bo Zhou is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B ǎ izh ō UZH ī sh ì, which means that a woman will not marry after her husband's death. It is also called "the festival of the Bo Zhou". It comes from the preface to Bai Zhou, a poem by Wang Feng,

The origin of Idioms

"Bai Zhou" is a poem written by Jiang Zishi. Wei Shizi's father died early, his wife kept righteousness, and his parents married him when they wanted to rob him. They swore and promised him. They pretended that it was a poem

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's object; it's commendatory. example when the pine is broken, the heart of nuluo is broken; when the Danjie Festival is high, it's the end. Epitaph of Zhang family, wife of Li Fu Jun, who joined the army in Yuanzhou in Tang Dynasty

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Wei Shizi and his wife were very affectionate, and they once vowed that their love would not change until death. Later Gong Bo died, and his parents wanted his wife Gong Jiang to remarry. Jiang Jian refused to agree, so he wrote a poem "Bai Zhou" to prove their love and let his parents give up the idea.