In ancient China, there were four beautiful women, namely Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Marten Cicada and Yang Yuhuan, in addition to the four beautiful women in ancient times, there were four ugly women, namely Zhong Wuyan, Concubine Mother, Ruan Nu and Meng Guang. Although the four ugly women in ancient times were ugly, they were all virtuous people, such as Meng Guang.
Meng Guang is fat and has dark skin, she looks bad, but she has great strength, because she is not good-looking, she has not been married until she is 30 years old, fortunately, she later married Liang Hong. It is worth mentioning that Liang Hong and Meng Guang are also the protagonists of the allusion "raising the case and raising eyebrows".
Liang Hong, zi Boluan, was a hermit during the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father died when he was young, and he later studied in Taixue, and at the same time he paid special attention to virtue, so although his family was poor, he was famous. Many powerful families like Liang Hong and want to marry their daughters to him, but they are rejected by Liang Hong.
Meng Guang and Liang Hong are people from the same county, because they are ugly, and because she does not want to marry, so they have not yet married at the age of thirty, and her parents are anxious for her and ask her why. Meng Guang said, "If you want to marry, marry a virtuous person like Liang Hong."
After what Meng Guang said was known to Liang Hong, Liang Hong went to propose a dowry to marry her. Later, Meng Guang married Meng Guang as he wished, and on the day of marriage, Meng Guang also deliberately beat him.
However, the strange thing is that in the next seven days, Liang Hong ignored Meng Guang's love. This made Meng Guang very incomprehensible, so he said:
"I've heard that you have noble righteousness and rejected several women. I have also rejected many people who have been hired, and now that my husband has married me, he has somehow sinned against him, so that he ignores me, hoping that he will make it clear. ”
At this time, Liang Hong said:
"I want to marry a simple and industrious woman who can run the family, a woman who can live in seclusion with me by her own labor. Now that I see you dressed so exquisitely, this is where I hope to marry the wife! ”
Meng Guang said very happily after hearing this, "Actually, I dressed up like this to examine the virtue and ambition of my husband, and I had already prepared the things needed for my seclusion life." After saying that, he changed into a simple dress, and Liang Hong saw it and said happily, "Really Liang Hong's wife also!" ”
Later, Liang Hong and Meng Guang also went to live in seclusion as they planned.
It is precisely because Liang Hong and Meng Guang, although they have talent and morality, do not pursue wealth and wealth, and rely on their own labor life, so they are praised by people.
Raising eyebrows is used to describe the mutual respect and love of husband and wife. This allusion tells the story of Liang Hong and Meng Guang.
The origin of the idiom "raise the eyebrows of the case" is the "Later Han Shu Liang Hong Biography":
"For people to take care of, every time they return, their wives are food, and they dare not look up in front of Hong, and raise their eyebrows."
After Liang Hong and Meng Guang lived in seclusion, they later went to Wudi, and Liang Hong's job was to scoop rice for people. Every day when he came home from work, his wife Meng Guang would prepare meals for him, and when serving dishes, he never looked up at Liang Hong, and raised the tray full of food to his eyebrows, so as to respectfully treat Liang Hong.