This idiom is usually used very little, so many people do not know how to read it, what does it mean? This is not surprising, and today everyone will understand it after reading it.
1. How to read it?
The idiom is pronounced as:
qióng qióng jié lì。
Second, what does it mean?
1. Qióng qióng: Lonely, helpless.
2, standing jié lì: isolated, described as lonely and bitter, helpless.
Therefore, the cocoon stands alone, describing a person who is lonely and lonely, and has no one to rely on.
3. Provenance
1. From the Western Jin Dynasty Li Mi's "Chen Qing Table": "The relatives of the outer indefinite merit are strong and close, and the children of the five feet of the Yingmen are inside." The cocoon stands alone, and the shadows hang on each other. ”
Translation: "There are no relatives outside, no child servants at home to take care of the portal, and life is lonely and helpless, only mutual condolences with their own shadows."
2. Tang Dynasty literary scholar Liu Zongyuan's "Sending Xu Jingzhao Meng Rongshu": "The cocoon stands alone, has no children, and there are few people and women in the wilderness, and there is no marriage." ”
Translation: A man is lonely, alone, and has no news from you, in the wilderness, there are no girls from the clan, and if you don't find the right woman, you don't get married.
3. Mao Zedong's "Farewell, Stuart Redden": "In short, no one paid attention to him, so that he was 'standing alone, hanging in the shadows', there was nothing to do, he had to pick up his wallet and walk." ”
Fourth, the idiom story of "standing alone"
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty destroyed Eastern Wu and unified China, ending decades of chaotic division. In order to make the country strong, Emperor Wu of Jin took measures to "recruit talents".
His purpose was to gather together Western Shu and Eastern Wu, as long as there were people with some fame and some ability, and if they could not be summoned, they would get rid of these people, and if they were not used by me, then they would not be allowed to be used by others. At the same time, it also uses "filial piety to rule the world" to vigorously advocate filial piety to parents and the elderly, and to care for orphans and widows.
There was a well-known person in the Western Jin Dynasty, named Li Mi, who was very unfortunate when he was a child, and his father died at 6 months. When he was 4 years old, his mother remarried again, so Li Mi was raised by his grandmother Liu Shi. After hard work, Li Mi once served as a Shang Shulang in the Shu Kingdom, and because the article was well written, it was also a little famous.
In the conscription of Emperor Wu of Jin, Li Mi was also one, and Emperor Wu of Jin wanted him to be the prince to wash horses. Prince Xiǎn Ma was an official position, that is, an official who assisted the prince in political affairs and was a liberal and rational official.
In fact, Li Mi was very willing to serve Emperor Wu of Jin in his heart, but because he wanted to fulfill his filial piety and support his grandmother Liu Shi, he could not take office, so he wrote the "Table of Feelings", explaining the reasons, this table is simple and sincere, and it is very touching to read.
In the "Table of Feelings", Li Mi talked about his own life. His father died early, his mother remarried, and it was his grandmother who raised him. Now my grandmother is standing alone, hanging on to each other, and she is very ill, and she needs to serve filial piety at the bedside. In the past, others have recommended being an official many times, but they have resigned.
Li Mi said that the holy lord ruled the world with filial piety, and all the orphans and the elderly could be raised by the court's pity. Now that her grandmother is old, she has little time left. Without my grandmother, there would be no Li Mi today; without my grandmother, I would not be able to enjoy my life. I am only 44 years old this year, and my grandmother is 96 years old, so I can say that I have been serving the saint for a long time, but I have not had much time to honor my grandmother. Therefore, I beg the Holy Father to allow me to honor my grandmother first.
When Emperor Wu of Jin read Li Mi's "Expression of Feelings", he was greatly touched in his heart and agreed to his request. In recognition of his filial piety, he gave him two slaves and asked the county to pay for his grandmother. It was not until Liu Shi's death, after the completion of filial piety, that Li Mi took office.
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