The best guests

The best guests

From the pre Qin to the early Han Dynasty, there were nine academic schools: FA, Ming, Mo, Confucianism, Taoism, yin and Yang, Zongheng, Za and Nong. It refers to all kinds of talents and personages.

Idiom explanation

Jiuliuwen [explanation]: from pre Qin to early Han Dynasty, there were nine academic schools: FA, Ming, Mo, Confucianism, Taoism, yin and Yang, Zongheng, Za and Nong. It refers to all kinds of talents and personages.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: biography of Xiao Zixian in the book of Liang Dynasty: "when you meet nine guests, don't talk with them."

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as subject, object and attribute; refers to people of different schools