harmonious couple

harmonious couple

Zhang Cang thrush, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ā ngch ǎ nghu à m é I, which means Zhang Chang draws eyebrows for his wife. In the old days, it was used to refer to the good relationship between husband and wife. It comes from the biography of Zhang kaizhuan in the history of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhang Zhuangzi in the book of Han Dynasty, it is said that "when he was open, he had no prestige. When he stopped the court meeting, he passed the zoumazhangtai street and made the censor drive him, so that he could face the horse. He also painted eyebrows for his wife. It is said in Chang'an that Zhang Jingzhao stroked her eyebrows. "

Idiom usage

In Zhu Qingyu's "close to Zhang Shuibu" in Tang Dynasty, "after dressing up, I bow my head to ask my husband, but I don't know the depth of my thrush."

Idiom story

Zhang Chang was a quick official with clear rewards and punishments. He never tolerated villains, but he often gave up those who committed minor offenses. When he was Jing Zhaoyin, his practice was similar to Zhao Guanghan's, but he was not as good as Guanghan in punishing evil. However, Zhang Chang not only used punishment, but also used Confucianism in his administration, often commending the virtuous and the good. There are many people in the capital, and there are many high-ranking officials. Therefore, he will not be long for more than two or three years, or even short for only a few months. He often loses his official position because of his crime. Only Zhao Guanghan and Zhang Chang have been officials for a long time. When Zhang Chang was jingzhaoyin, when the Imperial Court deliberated on major issues, he quoted classics and dealt with them appropriately. The ministers all admired him very much. But Zhang Chang didn't have the authority to be an official. Sometimes when he went down to court and passed through zhangtai street, he asked the coachman to drive his horse and clap his horse with a folding fan. Zhang Chang often draws eyebrows for his wife at home. It is said that Zhang Jingzhao's eyebrows are very charming in Chang'an city. You Si uses these things to play Zhang Chang. The emperor asked Zhang Chang if it happened. Zhang Chang replied, "I heard that the intimacy between husband and wife in the boudoir is more than the description of eyebrows." The emperor cherished his talent and did not blame him. However, Zhang Chang was not reused in the end. Attachment: he and his wife have a very good relationship. Because his wife was injured when she was young, and her eyebrow corner had defects, he had to brush her eyebrows every day before he went to work. So someone told Emperor Xuan of Han about this. Once, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty asked Zhang Chang about it in front of many ministers. Zhang Chang said, "the pleasure of boudoir is better than that of thrush." It means that between husband and wife, in the boudoir room, there are more fun things than thrush. Just ask me if I have done a good job in national affairs. If I don't thrush for my wife, what do you care? Later, this allusion, together with Han Shou's stealing incense, Xiangru's stealing jade and Shen Yue's thin waist, is known as the four major romantic affairs in ancient times. it is said that Zhang lived in the same village with his wife. As a child, Zhang was mischievous and hurled stones at his wife, but he escaped at that time. When he grew up as an official, he heard from his family that his wife had never been married, so he went to the door to propose marriage. Since then, he has been thrashing for his wife every day