"Speaking Text: 艸部": "Aoi, Cai ya." From the apocynum, from the decyl. ”
Translation: "Aoi, vegetable." From 艸, from 癸"
The Shuowen (說文) 艸部, in the form of sound characters, is now the Shubu (艹部).
Aoi, is a shape sound word, from 艹, 癸声. Meaning: plant name. Refers to "winter sunflower", the main vegetable in ancient times. Also referred to as "sunflower". Why does the word Aoi start from decoction? "Erya Wing" records: There are ten days in the sky, and the aoi begins with it, so the aoi, from the decyl. There are ten days in the sky, which refers to the day of the heavenly stem, and the ten days from the first day to the decoction day.
Kui is also a surname, such as the Song Dynasty's Kui Fang.
Pluck the sunflower to weave
The metaphor of an official does not compete with the people for profit, and the idiom "History of The Chronicle of the Officials" in the public retreat.
Gong YiXiu, a native of the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, was an official to the Prime Minister of the State of Lu. Because of his honesty and honesty, he did not accept gifts and obeyed the law and discipline were passed down to future generations. After Gong Yixiu became Lu Xiang, he stipulated that all officials in the state of Lu should not operate industries and compete with the people for profits; he believed that those who were officials had already gained benefits in the big aspects, and that the people's efforts to make peasants, migrant workers, and business were to obtain some small profits, and those who were the most affected could not take smaller ones, so those who were officials could not do business at the same time.
Gong Yi Hugh himself is also practicing it. The winter sunflower vegetables he grew from his home were delicious, and he pulled out all these winter sunflowers; and his wife in the family used the weaving cloth herself, so he burned the loom and told her to return to her mother's house. He said, "If everyone who is an official runs an industry, to whom will the peasant and worker women sell what they produce?"
His practice is consistent with his own stipulation that "the larger shall not be the smaller.". It is also seen that he is a good official who cares about the lives of the common people, and he would rather spend more money to buy vegetables and cloth from outside, rather than let his family grow vegetables and weave fabrics, in order to let the ordinary people who buy vegetable weaving have business to do business and make money, which is indeed a rare good official.
The most commendable story of the public admonition is another story.
One day, the disciple Ziming visited the teacher Gong Yixiu, and when he saw that the teacher was not there, he sat down to read. Gong YiXiu entered the room and saw that Zi Ming was already in the room, and asked, "Zi Ming, you have been here for a long time, right?" ZiMing hurriedly got up to salute the teacher and replied, "Teacher, I just came here for a while, have you eaten?" ”
"Well, I just ate it." Gong Yi Hugh reminisced, "The taste of carp is really delicious!" I haven't eaten fish in a long time, I bought one today and ate it all in one meal. ZiMing nodded and replied, "Yes, the fish is indeed delicious." Gong Yi Xiu laughed: "As long as there are fish to eat every day, I will be satisfied." ”
At this time, someone shouted, "There is a butler who asks to see!" ”
Gong YiXiu said, "Zi Ming, please go and see, who is coming?" ZiMing went out to see, and after a while the butler who led the two large carps into the door. The housekeeper smiled with a smile on his face: "My lord, the master of my family said that you worked day and night for the country and the people, it was really hard!" Specially asked the villain to send two live carps to supplement the adult's body. Gong Yi Hugh resigned: "Thank you for your hospitality, but I can't take this fish!" You don't know, now I'm going to vomit as soon as I smell the fishy smell. Please be sure to tell your family. ”
Zi Ming looked at Gong YiXiu incomprehensibly, and the housekeeper shook his head helplessly and carried the carp away.
Ziming asked strangely, "Teacher, don't you like to eat fish?" Now someone sends fish, but you don't accept it, why is that? ”
Gong Yixiu said in a serious tone, "It is precisely because I like to eat fish that I can't take other people's fish." You think, if I take someone's fish, then I have to do what they want, so that I will inevitably violate the laws and discipline of the state. If I break the law and become a sinner, can I still eat fish? Now if you want to eat fish, you can buy it yourself, don't you always have fish to eat? ”
This is the allusion to the fact that Gong Shuyi made him famous fish lover in history and did not collect fish.