chant in a heroic but mournful tone

chant in a heroic but mournful tone

Elegy, a Chinese idiom, is k ā NGK ǎ IB ē Ig ē in pinyin, which means to sing passionately to express a solemn and stirring mind. It comes from Xiang Yu's biography in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

"So the king of Xiang was a lament," says the chronicle of Xiang Yu in historical records

Idiom usage

To sing with emotion to express a solemn and stirring mind. Example Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty wrote a poem of resentment against Chu, which was written by Pang Zhubo and Deng Zhizhong There are many generous and sad singers in Yanzhao. In Qing Dynasty, Huang Zunxian's poem "generosity" and in Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's "historical records · biography of goods colonization", it is said that "in Zhongshan, there are few people, but there are still sand dunes, and the rest of the people are prostituted by Zhou. The folk custom is urgent, and they feed on opportunities. Husbands get together and play games, singing elegantly and generously. Xin Wenfang's biography of Tang gifted scholars Xu Hun: "Hun is happy in Linquan, but also a person who is generous in elegy. He has already shown great ambition in climbing high and remembering the past." Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in Oubei Shihua · Zha chubai's poem: "when middle-aged people travel to Zhongzhou, they have many famous places, which are more than enough to express their talents and thoughts. They go to the stage of nostalgia, and sing elegies generously. These volumes are the most successful." Chapter 4 of tsunamis by Junqing: "that solemn and solemn air reminds people of the heroic men who went to the battlefield with their elegy." “