What do peaches and plums mean?

1, Taoli said nothing, which means Taoli can't talk, but there is a road below. Originally, peach trees and plum trees were not beautiful, but because of its flowers and fruits, people walked around under it and became a path.

Metaphor is noble, honest, upright, and naturally respected and admired by people without self-promotion. It means that people can touch others as long as they are sincere and trustworthy.

2. It goes without saying that the next step is the China idiom, which is pronounced as táo lǐbǐyán, xi Xi xià zì chéng xī Ρ, which comes from Sima Qian's Biography of Historical Records and Li Lie in the Western Han Dynasty:

"Tai Shigong said": Chuanyue: "It is right but not ordered; His body is not right, although he disobeys. "That's also called general lee. I have met General Li, who is too modest to say anything. On the day of death, what the world knows or doesn't know is mourning. He is loyal and sincere to the literati. As the saying goes,' peaches and plums don't talk, but they have their own ways'. Although this statement is small, it can be said to be big. "

Sima Qian, a great historian in the Han Dynasty, praised the biography of Li Guangli: "Peach and plum don't say anything, but go their own way." Peaches and plums have fragrant flowers and sweet fruits. Although I can't speak, I still attract people to enjoy flowers and taste fruits under the tree, which makes them all walk out of a path under the tree. General Li Guang won people's respect for his sincerity and noble qualities.

This idiom comes from Historical Records and Biography of Li. Metaphor is sincere and strict with yourself, which will naturally move others and be admired.

Extended data

Xin Qiji, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, also used the phrase "peaches and plums don't talk about things, but the next step is to find another way" in his work "Cut the plum, and the mountain becomes the prime minister". Its original text is:

Independent and drunk. It's cold at dusk, going back and forth. Exploring plum trees, when stepping on snow geometry. I think about it today, and the willows are reluctant.

Ivy Ho Baishigangtou District. A carefree sorrow, the grass is growing. Sentimental mountain birds don't have to crow. Peach and plum are speechless.

This poem was written in the spring of the first year of Xichun (1 174). The author served as an official in Jiankang for the second time and served as a senator in Jiangdong Anfu. Ye Heng was also a famous anti-gold figure at that time, which was closely related to the author. Xin Qiji's works in Jiankang this time were also recommended by Ye Heng. Ye Heng then moved to Beijing in February 2008, and recited this matter with clear pronunciation and mellow voice.

Li Guang's praise in the last two sentences of Biography of General Li in Historical Records shows that Ye Heng's moral behavior in health is praised by people, and Ye Heng himself is loved by the people.