Borrow the stone from other mountains

With stones from other mountains, you can attack jade

Stones from other mountains can attack jade. Stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade articles. The original metaphor is that talents from other countries can serve their own country. A person or an opinion that can help him correct his shortcomings. The language "The Book of Songs Xiaoya Heming": "Stones from other mountains can attack jade." Ming Cheng Dengji's "Youxue Qionglin" Volume 2: "The people's morality is lost, and they are doing it to win; Stones from other mountains can attack jade. " There are many stones in other mountains, which can be considered for Yushun.

Chinese characters

Explanation of words: Stones from other mountains can be used to ponder jade articles. Metaphor refers to people or opinions that can help them correct their shortcomings.

word explanation: ke: can, can. To: use it. Attack: ponder.

idiom usage: combination; As predicate, object, attribute and adverbial.

idiom usage: as subject and object; Refers to something that can be used for reference

Idiom structure: complex-sentence idiom, eight-character idiom

Generation time: ancient idiom

Idiom example: Ming Dengji: In the second volume of "Youxue Qionglin", "The people have lost their morality, and they are guilty of corruption; Stones from other mountains can attack jade. "

The origin of the idiom

The Book of Songs Xiaoya Heming: "Stones from other mountains can attack jade."

examples of idioms

I feel that I am asking questions and thinking about myself. Ming Hai Rui's poem

Qi Xiong Jing Hu Jun Men

The Book of Songs Xiaoya Heming-Who is beautiful in the garden pond

The original text

Heming is in Jiugao, and ①

It is famous in the wild.

the potential source of fish,

or lies in Zhu. (2)

The Garden of Happiness,

There is a tree sandalwood, and (3)

There is a dimension under it. ④

stones from other mountains, ⑤

can be wrong. ⑥

He Ming is in Jiugao, and

His voice is heard in the sky.

the fish lies in the Zhu,

or the potential deep.

In the Garden of Happiness,

there is a sandalwood, and

there is a dimension below it.

stones from other mountains,

can attack jade. ⑦

Note

① Gao (gāo): swamp. Jiu Hao: A swamp with profound twists and turns. ② Zhu (ZH incarnation): a small piece of land in the water. (3) modal particles have no real meaning. Tan: rosewood tree. ③ tuò: Falling leaves. ⑤ He: Others, others. ⑥ Wrong: the stone that grinds jade. ⑦ attack: manufacturing and processing. [1]?

Translation

Crane singing in the faint swamp,

The sound spread across the fields is really bright and clear.

fish dive in the deep abyss pool,

sometimes they float to the edge of Zhu and stop.

I'm really happy in that garden.

The sandalwood trees are high and shady, and

The leaves of the evil trees below are withered.

There are precious stones on other mountains.

They can be used to polish jade.

There are faint cranes in the swamp,

The sound transmission horizon is very neat.

fish float in shallow Zhutan,

sometimes dive into deep pools for fun.

I'm really happy in that garden.

The sandalwood trees are tall with dense branches and leaves.

The eucalyptus trees below are short and thin.

There are precious stones on other mountains,

which can be used to cut jade.

Analysis of Idioms

The philosophical idiom "Stones from other mountains can attack jade" originally came from Heming. However, the whole poem is not intended to explain philosophy, but to praise the beauty of the garden pond.

From the perspective of artistic development, it seems to be a logical evolution from observing and praising natural landscapes to man-made landscapes. No matter how beautiful the natural landscape is, it is hard to take it for yourself. It is good to build the official office to a beautiful place, but it also causes a lot of inconvenience to work and life. It is almost impossible to move the natural landscape at will. Perhaps it is to reproduce the beauty of natural scenery around the residence, perhaps to occupy the beauty of natural mountains and rivers, perhaps to show wealth and extravagance, perhaps a combination of several motives, so there are artificial gardens that imitate natural mountains and rivers. It is said that this thing existed as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In any case, the appearance of artificial gardens is probably not due to noble motives such as "art for art's sake", and it is not as "mysterious" as some researchers say. Even if there is such a thing, it should be very late.

in an era when transportation is underdeveloped, people's food, clothing, housing and transportation are still a problem, external disturbances and civil strife are not asked, and financial resources and technology are very limited, it is completely conceivable that it is difficult to build a large-scale garden landscape and the consumption of human, financial and material resources. Such a flower of art turned out to grow and open on a barren soil.

maybe, this is the history. Subjective motivation and final result are always separated, sometimes even completely opposite. The laborers who built the pyramids probably won't worship the pyramids like we do. A skillful craftsman who built the emperor's garden may not be happy with his work. It' s really a moment, and this is also a moment.