Written on bamboo and silk

Written on bamboo and silk

Written on bamboo and silk, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ù y ú zh ú B ó, which means writing on bamboo slips and silk, refers to writing things or people's achievements into books. It comes from Dong Fangshuo's answer to guest's difficulty in Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

But Confucius was a man who made the constitution, demoted the emperor and stabbed the princes, so he couldn't write on bamboo and silk, so he had to give an excuse to teach.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: Zhuhu bamboo and silk, Zhuzhi bamboo and silk

The origin of Idioms

Dong Fangshuo's answer to the guest's difficulty in Han Dynasty: "today's doctor, Mr. Xiu's skill, admires the sage's righteousness, allegorically recites the words of a hundred schools of poetry and books, which is not to be remembered. He wrote on bamboo and silk, and his lips are rotten and his teeth are decadent. He is convinced but can't be explained."

Idiom explanation

Writing: writing. Bamboo and silk: bamboo slips and silk. Writing on bamboo slips and silk. It refers to writing things or people's achievements into a book.