以卵擊石 (Yǐ luǎn jī shí)(1) lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible(2) to invite disaster by overreaching oneself From link. Source: Warring States – Xun Kuang (荀況)’s ‘Xunzi – Discussion on Military Matters (荀子·議兵)’ – For Jie acting like Yao is akin to using an egg to strike a rock,…
Month: September 2024
071. The Gentleman Who Turned Himself Into a Horse And Later a Turkey
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 071. The Gentleman Who Turned Himself Into a Horse And Later a Turkey (El Caballero Que Fue Transformado En Caballo Y Despues En Pavo) (Told in Peñaflor in 1922…
Yī zì zhī shī (一字之師 – 一字之师)
一字之師 (Yī zì zhī shī)(0) lit. one-character master(1) one who can correct a misread or mis-spelt character and thus be your master(2) a teacher of one word; one who can significantly improve the quality of another’s writing by changing one word and thus becomes his teacher From link. Source: Song – Tao Yue (陶嶽)’s Supplement…
070. The Rose Of The Poor Clares
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 070. The Rose of the Poor Clares (La Rosa De Las Monjas Claras) In some missions in the South of Chile, after the pious distributions were handed out, a…
Yī zì qiān jīn (一字千金 – 一字千金)
一字千金 (Yī zì qiān jīn)(1) one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)(2) (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect(3) each word is highly valued From https://dict.idioms.moe.edu.tw/bookView.jsp?ID=522 According to the Records of the Grand Historian – Volume 85 – Lu Buwei‘s Biography, Lu Buwei was originally a merchant from…
069. The Cobbler Who Turned Into A Rooster
Histories of Witches – Historias de BrujosFrom Cuentos Populares en Chile (Chilean Folktales) – by Ramón A. LavalPart 2 – Myths, Traditions, Things (Mitos, Tradiciones, Casos) 069. The Cobbler Who Turned Into A Rooster (El Zapatero Que Se Volvia Gallo) I was employed at the main Post Office Administration of Santiago (1888) [where] the position…