The big man has a living father

Chapter 42 Another injured person in this world

Sima Xiangru: "For example, everyone has heard the story in the Warring States Strategies about mending the sheepfold only after the sheep died, right?"

Everyone nodded.

Sima Xiangru: "We can call this allusion 'Mending the fold after the sheep have been lost'."

Huo Hai: "For example, everyone has heard the story of Mr. Nan Guo sneaking into the palace orchestra, right? We call this story "Lian Yu Chong Shu". Whenever we mention "Lian Yu Chong Shu", it means that an incompetent person is mixed with talented people, or rotten and bad things of poor quality are mixed with other items."

Sima Xiangru: "Huo Hai and I have decided to compile a collection of idioms. Everyone can summarize their previous stories in this way and submit them to us. Perhaps they will be selected into the collection and become standard idioms."

A scholar raised his hand and said, "Can we create words like this ourselves?"

Sima Xiangru: "Of course! If the story is famous enough, widely spread, and meaningful enough, it may be included in the collection of idioms."

The man said: "For example, my name is Su Wu. I went back to my hometown when I heard that I might be selected as a filial and honest official. But the selection was stopped, so I rushed back to Chang'an to see how the situation was. Can this story be summarized into an idiom?"

Huo Hai looked at Su Wu. Oh my goodness, Su Wu? He was the protagonist of the famous idiom "Su Wu herding sheep".

Sima Xiangru: "That's easy. The idiom compiled from this story is used to describe a person who is in trouble and needs to find a new way out. It's called... [Su Wu Bu Ju]!"

"Puff~" Huo Hai, who was drinking water to moisten his throat, spat it out.

Sprayed Su Wu in the face.

"I'm sorry I'm sorry."

Sima Xiangru: "Well, this is called [Huo Hai spraying water], which describes a person who is very excited."

Huo Hai held down the excited Sima Xiangru and said, "Sima Gong Ma Gong, this idiom can only be an idiom if it is selected into the idioms collection. If it is not selected, it can only be called a word combination at best, which means it has the potential to become an idiom."

"Besides, we can only use one word of the same type. For example, to express that a person is very excited, we can use words like dancing, cheering, and beaming with joy."

"After all, everyone can do these actions, so there is no need to specify anyone."

"If it's a story about people, it's better if it has some deeper meaning."

Sima Xiangru nodded and said, "That makes sense. So, everyone can summarize the idioms and submit them to me or Mr. Huo. We will compile them and publish them uniformly."

Everyone was very excited.

Since ancient times, every change in the way of writing has represented the change of an era. Now I have caught up with it and can even participate in it.

When you are old, what can you brag to your grandchildren about? If you have compiled an idiom, you can also brag to your grandchildren, "The idiom [XXXX] that you often use is compiled by me, your grandpa."

Now a large number of literati are not in Chang'an, and I am close to them, so wouldn't I be able to take advantage of them?

As long as I open the allusions one by one and look for them, I don’t believe that I won’t find any.

If you find a lot, you might even achieve something, at most becoming an idiom maker.

When everyone was excited, Huo Hai continued: "In addition to idioms, we have also developed a form called Xiehouyu."

Sima Xiangru: "Compared to idioms, this is more like a way to amuse people and show humor."

After all, intellectuals still have to act cool. Are there any fixed routines that others can play with?
That's a two-part allegorical saying.

Huo Hai glanced at the group of scholars and asked, "I remember you were on duty at the Prince's Palace? Your last name is Zheng?"

Zheng Antai was a palace attendant and was not as highly valued as Qiu Ping, but Huo Hai still remembered him.

Huo Hai continued: "For example, the wife of Mr. Zheng Antai, whose surname is He, married Mr. Zheng, and Mr. Zheng married Mrs. He. What do you call this?"

Sima Xiangru: "Oh? What's your name?"

Huo Hai slapped his thigh and said, "Lord Zheng married Madam He—Zheng He."

Sima Xiangru thought for a moment: "Mrs. He married Mr. Zheng and took her husband's surname... so she is indeed called Zheng Heshi, what's wrong with that?"

Huo Hai smiled and said, "Zheng Heshi."

Sima Xiangru suddenly realized: "It's just right!"

There were some readers watching who didn’t understand, but some did.

Those who understood it were delighted: "Great!" Those who didn't understand were confused: Who am I, where am I, what are they talking about? What is this?
The person next to him reminded him, "How stupid! Lord Zheng married Madam He—Zheng He, just right! Just right!"

Now the people around understood: "Ah? Oh! This is how you play it, hey, that's great!"

Someone raised his hand: "Hey! Mr. Huo, come on, use me as an example!"

The people around him were speechless: "Who are you? Who knows you? Why did Master Huo use you as an example?"

"Yeah, yeah, you're crazy about being famous!"

Some people also reminded: "This person is not an ordinary scholar. Although he is not very famous, he is not unknown either."

"This is one of the three highest officials of the dynasty, the son of Lord Zhang Ou, Zhang Pin!"

Huo Hai smiled and said, "I remember you."

Zhang Pin laughed: "I have also entered the government, Lord Huo, if you can come up with a two-part allegorical saying for me, I will treat you to a drink."

Huo Hai thought about it for a moment, his eyes lit up: "I got it."

Everyone is all ears.

Huo Hai: "The Imperial Censor, Mr. Wuming."

Everyone looked at Huo Hai.

Zhang Pin stretched his neck: "What? What's behind?"

Huo Hai: "The Imperial Censor's son is nameless - he has no character."

Everyone at the scene froze for a second, then burst into laughter.

The son of the Grand Censor was named Zhang Pin. The name of the Grand Censor was Wuming, which originally meant unknown. However, both unknown and nameless are called Wuming. Since Zhang Pin had no name, that means he had no quality.

On the one hand, "no taste" means that Zhang Pin has lost his name, and on the other hand, it means that Zhang Pin has no class, which is called "no taste".

Double entendre.

The "Zheng Heshi" just now was a homophonic pun, and this one is a double entendre.

"Hey!" Sima Xiangru: "This allegorical saying is really funny, very interesting."

The selection of idioms should be done in a serious and earnest manner, and everyone should take it seriously.

But when it comes to creating these two-part allegorical sayings, you can use your own creativity and have fun with them.

Who would have thought that words could be fun? No one had thought of this before.

Everyone found it interesting.

Only Zhang Pin is in a very low mood: I am convex (fuck dish fuck)~
Zheng Antai also found it amusing and laughed until he was numb. He took the paper he had bought and went back to the Prince's Palace to take up his duty.

Halfway through his shift, he heard that his wife came to see him.

Zheng Antai went out: "This is the prince's palace, what are you doing here?"

Madam Zheng looked unhappy: "I heard that Mr. Zheng Antai married Madam He?"

Zheng Antai, who had been thinking about fun all day, suddenly remembered that his wife's surname was Wang.

Before Zheng Antai could react, he was hit in the eye with the word "selfishness of love".

In the distance, Shi Qing asked Qiu Ping in confusion: "What happened to Lord Zheng?"

Qiu Ping smiled slightly: "Master Shi, this is called 'The legitimate wife finds out that Master Zheng married a fake wife - Zheng gets beaten'. He is getting beaten, hahahahahaha."

Qiu Ping’s inner thoughts: Proverbs are really funny!
Zheng Antai's inner thoughts: Ahhhhh! Huo Hai, I'm not done with you!
In this world, besides the tasteless Zhang Pin, there is also the injured Lord Zheng.

……

In front of the entrance of Huo’s Paper Industry, a group of people were having a great time.

(End of this chapter)