Bachelor of Chenopodium album
This is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Q ī NGL í Xu é sh ì, which means a learned person. It comes from Sanfu Huangtu · Ge.
The origin of Idioms
"Sanfu Huangtu · Ge": "Liu Xiang, at the end of emperor Cheng's reign, corrected Tianlu Ge and specialized in qinsi. In the night, an old man, dressed in yellow clothes and with a green Chenopodium stick, came knocking at the pavilion. Seeing Xiang sitting alone in the dark reciting books, my father is blowing stick end, smoke ran, because to see Xiang, give "five elements Hongfan" of the text. At dawn, may I have your name? It says, "I'm the essence of Taiyi. The emperor of heaven heard that the son of Maojin has a erudite mind. I'll go down and watch."
Idiom story
During the reign of emperor chengdi of the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that Liu Xiang was concentrating on studying books in tianluge. At night, an old man in yellow clothes, leaning on Qingli crutches, came in. Seeing Liu Xiang sitting alone and reciting books, he puffed Qingli crutches and taught him five elements of Hongfan. Liu Xiang was worried about missing, so he tore off his clothes and wrote them down one by one. By the next morning, Taiyi left
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing. example Er used to be a Bachelor of chenopodiac, but now he is a white headed old supervisor. Isn't it a compliment from the pavilion and a grand event of the imperial court! Liu Kezhuang, Song Dynasty
Bachelor of Chenopodium album
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