the gold of the south and the arrow of the east -- a good talent

the gold of the south and the arrow of the east -- a good talent

Nan Jin Dong Jian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á NJ à nd à ngji à n, which means to refer to outstanding talents. From Erya Shidi.

The origin of Idioms

Erya Shidi: "the beauty of Dongnan is the bamboo arrow of Kuaiji." The beauty of the southwest is the gold and stone of Huashan. "

Idiom usage

It refers to outstanding talents. The poem "send Wu Zhen on a journey to the northwest" written by Sun Hua of the Qing Dynasty says: "who is the scholar of dongjiannanjin, who draws dragons and carves swans, whose name is half empty." In the book of Jin, Gu Rong, Ji Zhan, he Xun, Xue Jianzhuan: "Gu, Ji, he, Xue and so on are combined, and they are the nobles of the world." "There are countless people carrying a large amount of vehicles. It's really a marvelous product. 」

Idioms and allusions

According to the book of Jin, Gu Rong, Ji support, he Xun and Xue Jian Zhuan Lun (volume 68), when Emperor Sima Rui of the Yuan Dynasty was on the eve of the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he guarded Jianye (now Nanjing) with the Zhendong general. In order to realize his plan to establish the Jin Dynasty, he recruited talents. Jiangnan families and celebrities such as Gu Rong, Ji support, he Xun and Xue Jian were all used by him, Sima Rui gradually laid a foundation in Jiangnan. The ancients regarded the gold and stone in the South and the arrow in the East as the most beautiful things. Therefore, the above-mentioned "gold and stone in the South and arrow in the East" refers to Gu Rong and others as outstanding talents in their families.