Picture gourd and ladle

Picture gourd and ladle

According to gourd painting ladle from Song Weitai "Dongxuan notes" Volume I, analogy according to the appearance of imitation.

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Taizu said with a smile: "I have heard about the Imperial Academy system. They all checked the old versions of their predecessors and changed their words. This is the so-called" painting gourd according to the pattern ". What is the power of propaganda?" The first volume of Dongxuan notes by Wei Tai of Song Dynasty

Idiom story

In the early years of the Song Dynasty, Tao Gu, the academician of the Imperial Academy, thought that his writing style was excellent and his ability was outstanding. He wanted to give a good performance of his promotion. He advised song Taizu to pay attention to writing work. Zhao Kuangyin thought that his work was just copying. He said that he was just drawing gourds. Tao Gu didn't achieve his goal, so he wrote a poem on the wall of his residence: "I can laugh at the academician Tao, and draw gourds every year."

Usage and structure

Usage: as predicate, object; refers to imitation structure: partial formal

words whose meaning is similar

Draw gourd and tiger according to the pattern

English and examples

Copy & lt; imitate & gt;; [example] learning advanced experience can't ~.