What does it mean to walk in the snow looking for a pen? Author: Zhen Long-Mo Lu Yu

Chinese idioms

This entry is a polysemous word with *** 17 senses.

Xun Mei, China idiom, Pinyin is tàXu xún méI, which means that literati appreciate the scenery and painstakingly compose poems. From A Dream in the North.

Chinese name

Walking in the snow to see plum blossoms [1]?

Foreign name

Walking through the snow to see plum blossoms [1]

spell

tàXuún méI

transfer

ㄊㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄇㄟˊ

source

The Origin of Idioms in A Dream of Red Mansions

Sun Guangxian's "North Dream" in the Tang and Five Dynasties, Volume 7: "Or:' Does Guo Xiang (referring to Zheng Gui) have any new poems?" Yes, I said,' Poetry is on the donkey in Baqiao Snow'. "How can I get it here?" Gayan worked hard all his life. "Later, it was accepted by the Song people and merged into a story of Meng Haoran riding a donkey to find poetry, forming the later story of" Meng Haoran stepping through the snow in Xun Mei ".

Yu Ming Qian's Meng Haoran Walking in the Snow: "The snowy road is full of twists and turns, and the staff are looking for a restaurant to sell things. Wan Li Xishan is the same color, and I don't know where the plum blossoms are. "

Cheng Yuwen's poetic art and thought in the late Ming Dynasty: "Meng Haoran's poems are on the back of Baqiao Snow Donkey." [2]

Idioms and their stories

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Dai's Night Sail Volume I Astronomy Department Snow Frost explains Xun Mei: Meng Haoran is broad-minded and often rides donkey Xun Mei in the snow, saying, "My poem is on the donkey's back in Baqiao snow."

Later, it was used to describe the feelings of literati who loved scenery and painstakingly wrote poems.

Idiom usage

example

Yuan Fei Tang Chen's "Regret Huangzhou" is the second fold: "In order not to learn to ride on the sea and float on the sea, you must walk through the snow, Xun Mei Meng Haoran."

In the snow (yellow book carving)

Ma Yuan Zhiyuan's Tears in Jiangzhou Sima's Blue Shirt is the first fold: "One Jin Zhaner laughs to relieve his worries, and the other sells sour poems. Hugh Jumbo, a guest from Baling Bridge, is the son who visited Dai. He walked in the snow and dared to come back in the cold. Golden wine is cooked here, and the jade cheeks are fragrant; Not as strong as Qianshen Xue Cun, which opened last night. "

The twentieth time in Ming's Jin Ping Mei Hua Ci: "I know you haven't been in to see Cassia for a long time. Today, although it is snowing, I just think that Meng Haoran has walked through the snow in Xun Mei, and we hope to see him. "

Modern Zhou Zuoren's "Records of Tang Zhi's Miscellaneous Pieces": "The wind pocket is a kind of wool hood, which is generally red, with shoulders under it and cheeks and chin wrapped in front, just like what the ancients wore when they walked through the snow in Xun Mei."

The idiom "Walking through the Snow in Xun Mei" is a household name, and some sculptures often take "Walking through the Snow in Xun Mei" as the theme, depicting the charm of Xun Mei literati walking through the snow.

(The picture on the right shows the garden sculpture "Xun Mei Walking in the Snow" created by Furong Stone in Shoushan. Image source: Xu Lin (heart like ice): several sculptures)