having maps on the left and history books on the right -- a home library
This is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is Zu ǒ t ú y ò ush ǐ, which means there are many books in the room. It comes from the biography of Yang Wan in the new book of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The biography of Yang Wan in the new book of Tang Dynasty: "to be alone in a room is to make history."
Idiom usage
He is fond of books and studious. Beishan is very comfortable in prison, eating three meals a day. The twelfth chapter of the late Qing Dynasty literature congchao · thunderbolt
having maps on the left and history books on the right -- a home library
one 's heart is like dead ashes -- utterly dissipated - xīn rú hán huī
A thousand push and ten thousand resistance - qiān tuī wàn zǔ
almost leave his body in horror - hún xiāo pò sàng