There is a well-known idiom called "reciprocating the peach", which means that when interacting with others, we must understand the entu, and it is also a metaphor for giving and reciprocating gifts to each other. This idiom comes from "Daya Suppression" - vote for me with a peach, and repay it with a plum".
In addition, there is an idiom called "throwing wood to repay Qiong", which is heavier than the former, you give me papaya, I will return you to beautiful jade, at first it refers to the mutual gifts given by men and women, and later it also refers to the deep friendship of repaying others, and the same "Book of Songs" is also exemplified.
Weifeng Papaya" wrote: "Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju." Bandit retribution, always think it is good! Vote for me with a peach, and repay it with Qiong Yao. Bandit retribution, always think it is good! Vote for me with Mu Li, and repay it with Qiongjiu. Bandit retribution, always think it is good! ”
But the strange thing is that if you talk about the degree of circulation of poetry, "Papaya" is far more well-known than "Suppressed", but people prefer to use the phrase "Cast Peach to Repay Li", and few people will think of using "Cast Wood to Repay Qiong", but looking at "All Tang Poems", there is also a sentence "Cast Wood to Repay Qiong, Righteousness Will Be Settled".
The papaya commonly eaten in our market today is the "papaya" native to the Americas, which was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty.
The papaya in the Book of Songs is different, its fruit is oblong, and the color is yellow when ripe, and the appearance may be more like a small melon, because of its hard texture, so it is called papaya. The native Chinese papaya is a fruit with a sour taste and is not suitable for raw food like papaya. It is difficult to swallow unless boiled or candied.
This matter is actually quite interesting, I will give you a sour and unpalatable papaya, and you will return me to Qiongju Meiyu. Xu Fenpeng, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, wrote two books on the Book of Songs. In the book "Mao Shi Jiedu", he said: "This man and woman give each other a gift, but they do not care about things, so that the folk retribution is like this, you can really think about it." ”
In ancient times, papaya could emit aroma for a long time, mainly played an ornamental role, and also acted as an air freshener in ancient times.
In the sixty-fourth chapter of "A Dream of Red Mansions", there is such a description, Lin Daiyu's maid Xueyan said: "If you want to talk about some incense, our girl Suri does not like to smoke clothes except for fresh flowers, fruits and papayas in the house. ”
Vote for me with papaya, and repay it with Qiongju. Bandit retribution, always think it is good!
Vote for me with a peach, and repay it with Qiong Yao. Bandit retribution, always think it is good!
Vote for me with Mu Li, and repay it with Qiongjiu. Bandit retribution, always think it is good!
Poetry, Weifeng, Papaya".