Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 064. The Peddling Sorcerer (El Falte Brujo) (The young man D. Carlos Puccio from Molina, 17 years of age, told me about this in 1911) There is a peddler…
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Yī sī bù gǒu (一絲不苟 – 一丝不苟)
一絲不苟 (Yī sī bù gǒu) (1) not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules(2) meticulous(3) not one hair out of place From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=237 From the word “not out of place (不苟, e.g. careful, meticulous)”, one can trace its earliest appearance in “Rites of Zhou – Offices of Earth – On Taxation and Division…
063. The Man Who Wanted To Fly
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 063. The Man Who Wanted To Fly (063. El Hombre Que Quiso Volar) (Told by D. Francisco Vásquez in 1911, who heard it told in Santiago.) There lived in…
Yī shì wú chéng (一事無成 – 一事无成)
一事無成 (Yī shì wú chéng) (1) to have achieved nothing(2) to be a total failure(3) to get nowhere From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=834 The Tang Dynasty poets Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen were good friends and often exchanged poetry with one another to stay in touch. “Writing to Weizhi (e.g. Yuan Zhen) on New Year’s Eve (除夜寄微之)” was…
062. The Cave of Cardillas
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 062. The Cave of Cardillas (La Cueva de Las Cardillas) (The 12-year old child D. Oscar Salinas told me this story in 1912. He heard it told in Melipilla.)…
Yī rì qiān lǐ (一日千里 – 一日千里)
一日千里 (Yī rì qiān lǐ) From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=67 The great philosopher Zhuangzi once wrote an essay “Autumn Floods (秋水)” to explain the principle of unity in all matters, where he listed many examples: although they all abdicated their thrones to others, Yao and Shun were able to rule as Emperors, while King Kuai [of Yan] perished;…
061. The Vengeful Frog
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 061. The Vengeful Frog (La Rana Vengativa) (Told by the same young man Morales in 1909.) While on her way a village girl ran into a frog, and picking…
Yī qiū zhī hé (一丘之貉 – 一丘之貉)
一丘之貉 (Yī qiū zhī hé) Lit. jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other. From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=3 According to “The Book of Han – Volume 66 – Biographies of Gongsun, Liu, Tian, Wang, Yang, Cai, Chen, Zheng – Yang Chang“, Yang Chang’s father, Yang Yun (楊惲), was the…
060. The Punished Frog
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 060. The Punished Frog (La Rana Castigada) (The 16-year old student D. Antonio Morales told me about it in Santiago, in 1909.) In a house there lived three sisters….
Yī qiào bù tōng (一竅不通 – 一窍不通)
(一竅不通) Yī qiào bù tōng (1) Lit. Not having even a clear aperture (of one’s head)(2) I don’t understand a word (idiom)(3) it’s all Greek to me From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=65 At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou indulged in alcohol and debauchery, pleasured himself with sumptuous entertainment, ignored the governance of the state, executed…