thick fog

thick fog

Wuliwu, the name of the allusion, is the 36th volume of Houhanshu (Biography of Zheng fan, Chen Jia, and Zhang Kai). Zhang Kai of Han Dynasty is good at Daoism and can make wuliwu. Pei you, a westerner of the time, was also able to write for sanliwu. He was not as good as regular script. He learned from it, but he refused to see it. " Later, he used "wuliwu" to describe the hazy fairyland or generally referred to fog; he used "Wushu" to refer to Daoism; he used "Xuewu" to refer to Xuedao.

Detailed explanation

origin

Volume 36 of Houhanshu (Biography of Zheng fan, Chen Jia, and Zhang Kai) is good at Daoism and can be regarded as wuliwu. Pei you, a westerner from the time of guanxi, was also able to write for sanliwu. He was not as good as regular script. When Emperor Huan ascended the throne, he became a thief in the fog. He was examined and quoted Kaiyan as a scholar. Kaizuo was the imperial edict of Tingwei. For two years, he continued to satirize the classics and wrote Shangshu notes. After that, he returned home. In the third year of Jianhe, he issued an imperial edict to set up a chariot to prepare for the ceremonial appointment. Seventy years, finally home. Ziling. Please refer to the Chinese Taoist Dictionary (1995) 686.

Source translation

Zhang Kai, whose name is Gong Chao, was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He had a lot of research on Taoism, and his disciples were often more than 100. Every day, the people who visit him fill up the streets. Some people set up hotels and restaurants near his home to make money, so Zhang Kai had to move. Zhang Kai was very poor and made a living by selling medicine. During the reign of Yonghe, Zhang Kai was recommended to be the county magistrate of Changling (now the east of Xianyang City). He moved to huashanyu and lived in seclusion. Many people went to huashanyu to seek Tao for a while. As a result, huashanyu became a market. People simply called huashanyu Gongchao valley. Zhang Kai was able to diffuse clouds within five li, and people called learning Taoism "learning fog". In the third year of Yuanhe, the emperor called him, and he turned away. Zhang Kai lived 70 years.

interpretation

It is said that Zhang Kai had the skill of making clouds within five li. Then he used "wuliwu, zhangkaiwu, zhanggongwu, gongchaowu" to describe the hazy fairyland or generally referred to fog; used "Wushu" to refer to Daoism; used "Xuewu" to refer to Xuedao.

Application examples

[wuliwu] Li Shangyin's poem "Jingchuang" says: "wuliwu is not due to fog, but the river in three autumn." Kong Deshao's poem "Xingjing Taihua" reads: "the mountain is dim and foggy, and the sunset is full of light." Qian Wei performed the poem "Zhi Zhai Tai Yi Gong": "the tower is full of mist, and the altar has nine candles." [Zhang Kaiwu] Wen Tong's poem Huashan: "Yan Tou is indifferent to Wei Qingyun, and Gu Kou opens Kaiwu one after another." [Zhang Gong Wu] Tang Wumingshi's "asking the father of Shu": "there is Zhang Gong's fog in the gate, but there is no Mozi's smoke." [gongchaowu] Huang Tingjian's "he fan Xin Zhong lives in Chongning when it rains": "when it has no house to hide, it is a wuligongchaowu." [fog technique] Wang Bo's poem "Eight Immortals path" reads: "help Luo to see the fog technique, climb the forest and bend the clouds." [learning from fog] Yang Yi's poem "send to Lingxian temple, shuzhifang Bachelor" says: "learning from fog in Huayin has become a city. Pengze Hengqin doesn't need strings." In Zou Taofen's "since the war of resistance against Japan" 6: "what on earth makes people fall into the fog, and countless young people and people who are enthusiastic about state affairs will suffer a steady stream of disasters in this fog."