popular literature or art

popular literature or art

Xialiba people, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à L à B à R é n, which originally refers to a popular song of Chu in the Warring States period, but now it is used to refer to popular literature and art. It's from asking the king of Chu.

Analysis of Idioms

Easy to understand

The origin of Idioms

Song Yu of Chu state in the Warring States period wrote "a question to the king of Chu", which said: "if there is a guest singing in Yingzhong, it begins with the saying:" xialiba people ". There are thousands of people who belong to Yingzhong."

Idiom usage

It is a combination of subject, object and attribute with commendatory meaning. Examples Tan and Lou Chun, who are upright Confucians, have to be moved by the lower Liba people. ——Li Luyuan's lamp on the wrong road in Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

Song Yu was an independent civil servant of Chu state in the late Warring States period, who never echoed other people's opinions. When the king of Chu heard something bad about him, he asked Song Yu, "are you doing something wrong? Why are so many people dissatisfied with you? " Song Yu replied, "let me say something first! There is a singer singing in the capital. The two most popular folk songs of Chu state, Xiali and Ba Ren, were sung at the beginning. At this time, thousands of onlookers followed suit. Then he began to sing the more profound "Yang a Xie Lu", followed by only a few hundred people. When he began to sing the elegant song "snow in spring", only a few dozen people followed him. At last, he sang the most advanced song with five tones and six rhythms. There are only a few people who can sing along. It can be seen that the more profound the song is, the fewer people can sing along with it Then Song Yu said, "it's the same between literati. Of course, ordinary people will not understand the lofty aspirations and noble behaviors of those outstanding figures. This is exactly what happened to me! " After hearing Song Yu's words, the king of Chu felt that they were very reasonable. There was no further questioning. The Idioms "white snow in spring" and "xialiba people" come from this. "White snow in spring" was later used to represent elegant literary works, while "xialiba people" represented easy to understand literary works.