Hold the candle

Hold the candle

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is k ò up á nm é nzh ú, which means that without practice, one-sided understanding is difficult to get true knowledge. It comes from Su Shi's "Japanese metaphor" in Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Su Shi, Song Dynasty, wrote in his "the metaphor of the sun" that "those who are born in the sun do not know the sun, and those who ask have a purpose. Or tell them: "the shape of the sun is like a bronze plate." The sound comes from the buckle. When I hear the clock, I think it's the same day. Or tell them: "the light of the sun is like a candle." Touch the candle to get its shape. In the future, Chuai (a musical instrument like a flute) will be used as the sun

Idioms and allusions

Once upon a time, a family gave birth to an unfortunate boy who was blind at birth. The boy grew up day by day in the dark world and never saw a real thing. One day, he was walking in the street. It was a fine day and the sun warmed him up. The boy asked passers-by why it was so warm. Passers by told him that it was because the sun was shining. He often heard people talk about the sun, but he didn't know what it was. So, the boy's heart will arouse a strong desire: want to know what the sun is like. He groped a few steps forward, stopped a passer-by and asked, "can you tell me what the sun looks like?" The passer-by thought about it and said, "the shape of the sun is like a copper plate." The boy listened and nodded. So he hurried home and asked his family to take the copper plate to him. He knocked twice with his hand, and the copper plate rattled "I hear the sun!" he cried with joy! I hear the sun The people around were stunned, and then there was a burst of laughter. A man said to him, "it's someone ringing the bell. How can the sun make a sound?" The boy was very upset and asked, "well What does the sun look like The man told him, "the sun will shine, just like a candle!" The boy excitedly returned home and asked his family to find a candle. He touched the candle from top to bottom several times and said, "now I really know what the sun is." A few days later, the boy came across a flute by accident. He touched it with his hand and was about to jump up with joy. He cried out, "I feel the sun. I feel the sun!"