Idiom Story _ Who is the source and protagonist of the idiom "loose lips and orpiment"?

Used to describe unfounded nonsense.

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Nonsense: Speak without thinking.

Orpiment: Pigment used in ancient times to smear typos, and later refers to arbitrary tampering.

This idiom means to change your speech carelessly.

source

This idiom comes from the autumn, which is quoted by Liu Yong in the Selected Works of Jin Dynasty: "Wang Yanzhi's words are simple and eloquent, and those who are uneasy about his meaning are easier to learn, and the time number is' orpiment in the mouth'". Later, it evolved into the idiom "loose lips and orpiment".

Idiom story

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the wind of talking clearly prevailed in the upper class, and Wang Yan, the minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, was a famous talker. He has a glib tongue since childhood. He is a guest of Dan Tao, a famous literary figure. Everyone praised his handsome appearance and elegant manners, but Dan Tao sighed: "It is this kind of person who will delay the world in the future!" As an adult, Wang Yan is good at explaining Confucian classics with Laozi and Zhuangzi's theory. When he spoke, his mouth was full of empty complaints. He speaks softly, and every time he meets something wrong, he casually changes it. Therefore, people call him "a loose tongue." Yan Wang did the same. First of all, he saw that the prince had a bright future, so he married his daughter to the prince to be a princess. Later, the prince was framed by others, afraid of being implicated in himself, and immediately wrote a letter requesting to leave the prince. After the truth of the prince's unjust case came out, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Later, in the "Eight Kings Rebellion", Wang Yan was favored by two powerful ministers and was appointed as a minister. He only cares about expanding his power, regardless of people all over the world. When the Western Jin Dynasty perished, he also casually said, "I have never interfered in the affairs of the country, it is not my fault." But Wang Yan was still dead, and was finally buried alive in the ruins by the enemy.