Splendid

Splendid

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is p ū J ǐ NLI è Xi ù, which means gorgeous rhetoric. It comes from the biography of Yan Yan Yan in southern history.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Yan Yan in southern history, "if your poems are splendid, they are also full of carvings."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; a word used in an article.

Idioms and allusions

original text

When he was young, his family was poor, and he read everything. His articles were the best in the world. He is a gallant man. Nanliang was then the prince. At that time, Zhou Xuzhi, a hermit, was famous for Confucianism. Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, specially built a museum and invited him to come and ask him what the three "righteousness" were. Zhou Xuzhi made a long speech. Yan Yanzhi's speech was concise and coherent. Emperor Wu was very happy and appointed him prince Zhongshe.

translation

In the time of Jianwen emperor, Yan Yanzhi and Xie Lingyun were both famous for their literary talents, but Yan Yanzhi wrote poems faster than Xie Lingyun. Emperor Jianwen ordered him to write an article for each of them. Yan Yanzhi waved his pen and immediately wrote it. It took Xie Lingyun a long time to write it. Yan Yanzhi once asked Bao Zhao, "whose poems are better than Xie Lingyun?" Bao Zhao replied, "Xie Lingyun's five character poems are as fresh and lovely as the newly blooming lotus. Your poems are gorgeous and colorful.