The main content of "Snow at Chengmen"

Shi Yang and You Zuo were sent by Northern Song University to visit Cheng Yi, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar at that time. Cheng Yi is resting in peace, and especially left stood respectfully, waiting for a long time. Cheng Yi woke up and the snow outside was a foot deep. Later generations regard "Chengmen Sydney" as an example of respecting teachers and valuing morality.

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Chengmen Sydney, pronounced Ché ng Mé n Xu Li, used to mean that students are respected, but now it means that teachers are respected. Metaphor is eager to learn and respect learned old people. This idiom comes from the Biography of Shi Yang in the Song Dynasty.

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From The Biography of Shi Yang in Song Dynasty. Shi Yang is neutral, and the sword in the south will make people happy. Teenagers are smart, can belong to the text, slightly longer, and concentrate on history. Xining nine years, champion. When Cheng Hao and his younger brother Yi are talking with Feng about the unique skills of Confucius and Mencius, only he and Luo's people are teachers. When the official didn't go, he met Ying Chang with the courtesy of a teacher and got along well.

When I came back, I looked and said, "I'm going south." When he died four years ago, he heard about it, set up a crying door and told his classmates with a book. So, I saw Cheng Yi Yu Luo, when Gai was forty years old. One day when I see H, I will accidentally sit down, but I can't stand with you on the left. When it feels H, the snow outside is a foot deep. With the increasing importance of virtue, people from all directions are not far from Mr. Kameyama in Wan Li and posthumous title.

2. Allusions: There are two earliest historical materials about "Cheng Menxue Pear". One is "Two Cheng Quotations Hou Zi Ya Yan": "You and Yang met Yichuan for the first time, and Yichuan sat with his eyes closed. When they were standing, they thought Gu said,' Is the saint still there? It's late. It's over. "And when you go out, the snow outside is one foot deep." One is the Biography of Shi Yang in Song Dynasty: "Shi Yang and You Zuo" meet once a day, but they can't stand with You Zuo when they sit together. When they feel comfortable, the snow outside is a foot deep. "

Baidu Encyclopedia: Cheng Menxue Pear