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In the process of cultural history in our country, there have been many idioms, "commonplace" is not unfamiliar to most of us, and we often use this idiom in daily life, so what is the allusion of this word?
We know that the ancient literati acted with the most important classics, and they had to approach the ancient sages when doing things for others, so that now the people of our country have been affected by some influences, and they have a yearning for the ancient literati and elegant guests, and they naturally can't escape from the "commonplace".
The word "Sikong" refers to an official name, and also refers to a poet Li Sikong in the Tang Dynasty, this name may be a little unfamiliar to us, but when it comes to Li Shen who wrote "Compassion for Nong", maybe everyone understands.
This story happened after Li Shen wrote "Compassion for Nong", when Li Shen was promoted to observe the historian, passing through Suzhou on the way to his post, it just so happened that Liu Yuxi was demoted to Suzhou, Li Shen admired this world-famous poet very much, so he wanted to meet him.
After the two met, Li Shen admired Liu Yuxi's knowledge very much, and was very happy in the conversation with Liu Yuxi, and set up a banquet to invite Liu Yuxi to drink together, Liu Yuxi was invited to come, but found that the banquet was extremely luxurious.
Liu Yuxi realized that Li Shen at this time was no longer the ** who pitied the farmers, in order to add to the fun, Li Shen invited a large number of dancing girls and singers, and prepared countless wines and delicacies, the whole scene was very lively, but Liu Yuxi couldn't see such a scene.
After Liu Yuxi was demoted, he was still worried about the local floods, he wrote many times, asking the imperial court to relieve the victims, and entered the market many times to appease the people's emotions
In addition, Liu Yuxi's career was blocked, he was demoted one after another, and his inner worries about people's lives and confusion about the future oppressed him, so that Liu Yuxi didn't know what to do.
Therefore, Liu Yuxi wrote down with a pen, "It is commonplace to be idle and cut off the history of Suzhou." This is also the origin of "commonplace", and if we want to understand the poems written by Liu Yuxi, we must first understand the cultural background of the time.
The Tang Dynasty did not really have the official position of "Sikong", and the reason why Liu Yuxi used Sikong to refer to Li Shen was actually because Li Shen belonged to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, and the department he was once in charge of was water conservancy, so Sikong was used as an honorific title.
If you insist on comparison, it is almost the boss we call in the company now, and as for the later Suzhou Thorn History, it is actually self-proclaimed, and the explanation of this poem is naturally very clear.
Liu Yuxi refers to the fact that Li Shen is used to seeing such beautiful women, dancing girls, wine and delicacies, but as a thorn in the flood-stricken area, he never dared to imagine such a scene, so he felt melancholy.
In other words, it is lamenting the people's livelihood, under the reputation of Liu Yuxi, a great poet, the word "commonplace" is also widely spread, and many people use commonplace as a way to describe something that is not surprising.
However, according to the context, the scope of application of "commonplace" is obviously narrower than it is not surprising, because as mentioned above, "Sikong" is an honorific title for Li Shen's official position, and according to Li Shen's official position, it refers to high-ranking officials and nobles.
Therefore, some thresholds have been added to this word in disguise, and only things that are used to big people can be called commonplace, which also leads to the fact that only luxury goods such as pearl and jade pots can be used in the context of "commonplace".
In other words, commonplace actually refers to some items that ordinary people find strange but common to officials and nobles.
In addition, logically speaking, "commonplace" is not a good word, after all, the context of Liu Yuxi's poems at that time was not good, and even the emotions were inclined to ridicule, so when they were used at that time, they were basically used to refer to the dignitaries and nobles who could not see the problems of people's livelihood.
However, with the development of the times, the scope of use of some idioms has also changed, and "commonplace" has roughly equated with no strange painting, so there is no scope limit for us to use this idiom now.
But as far as we are concerned, understanding these traditional cultural backgrounds can make us feel more about cultural identity, and at the same time learn some truths, such as Li Shen's transformation from compassion to corruption, which makes us understand the importance of the original intention.
A country's history and culture is one of the best of self-confidence, in order to be able to make our country more internationally recognized, promoting our culture is the only way, so the first thing to do is to understand our own culture first.
We believe that with the joint efforts of the society, China's cultural heritage can be passed on to the next generation in a better way and by more perfect means, bringing more positive power to China's cultural identity.
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