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Body idioms
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Today to tell a story related to the stomach, the stomach is not large, and the contents are all learned.
Tan belly east bed, tan belly: lie down with your stomach upright. East Bed: The bed on the east side.
What does this mean? Let's listen to the story first.
This story is from the Southern Dynasty Song Liu Yiqing's "The New Language of the World: Yaliang": "The wang family's zhulangs are also praiseworthy, smelling for a son-in-law, salty and self-reserved, only Ichiro is on the east bed, lying on his stomach, if he does not smell."
tale
Wang Xizhi, who is famous for his calligraphy and has been famous for hundreds of years, is more familiar with the story of his painting of geese, and today we are telling another story of him, which is more interesting than painting geese.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the relationship between famous and prestigious families was intertwined, and everyone liked to marry each other to obtain greater resources. Wang Xizhi was born in the Langya Wang clan, and the Wang clan was headed by Wang Dao, who was extremely powerful at that time, and the children of the Wang family were also very good, and they were all knowledgeable and elegant.
At that time, Taifu Xijian had a daughter who was waiting to be written in the middle of the concubine, and he wanted to find a husband for his daughter among the children of the Wang family, so when he was in Jingkou, he sent a protégé to send a letter to Wang Dao, saying that he wanted to choose a son-in-law in his family.
When Wang Dao saw Xi Jian's letter, he was very confident in his own sons and nephews, and all of them had clear eyebrows and clear eyes, all of whom were figures on the table, so he said to the people who came: "Thanks to Xi Jian's great love, I let my children go to the East Wing, and you can go to find the right person for yourself." He thought to himself, so many excellent candidates, I'm afraid you have to pick a fancy eye.
The protégé went to the East Wing, and it was really difficult to choose at a glance, the young men of the Wang family were all beautifully dressed, generous, and well-spoken, although they all knew that it was Xi Taifu who came to pick a son-in-law, it was inevitable that there would be some nervousness, and it was understandable to occasionally pretend to be posture or rush to perform. There was only one person, lying alone on a bed under the east window, completely disregarding the image, still eating snacks on his stomach, and ignoring everything that was happening around him. When the protégé saw this scene, he shook his head and was quite surprised.
After returning home, the protégé carefully reported to Xi Taifu the situation of the sons of the Wang family, and Xi Taifu heard that those in front of him were also fine, until he heard the last one, and immediately decided: "It's him, he's the good son-in-law I want to choose!" The protégé was taken aback and had to go back to inquire, this young man with a frank belly in the east bed was Wang Xizhi, who stood out among the competitors and successfully married Lady Xi and became the dragon-riding son-in-law of the Xi family.
Later, people used the term "Tan belly east bed" as a good name for the son-in-law, so is it particularly cultured?
Al reverie
Wang Xizhi is a very powerful person, in this story, we see his debauchery skeleton, in fact, he is very good, as early as before the election of a son-in-law incident already has a certain reputation, known as "one of the three best sons of the Wang clan."
Perhaps, in this incident of choosing a son-in-law, perhaps Xi Taifu already had a bottom in his heart, and if he was really a prodigal son who would only lie in bed and eat, how could Xi Taifu marry his daughter to him?
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Yan Huile
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