"Don't forget everything you say" is an idiom, which means that an article or a speech is as well-founded and impeccable as a book, so that people can't find anything wrong. This idiom comes from Shi Shuo Xin Yu written by Yang Shen, a writer in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, "Yan" refers to the wooden sign used to annotate books in ancient times, which was later extended to books, speeches and so on.
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This idiom comes from Shi Shuo Xin Yu Literature by Yang Shen, a writer of Ming Dynasty. The story tells the story of Tao Yuanming and Yuan Hongdao, famous writers in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Tao Yuanming was a famous pastoral poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His poems are characterized by naturalness, plainness and smoothness, and are known as "hermits in poetry circles". Tao Yuanming's poetry and prose works are deeply loved by later generations and are known as "unspeakable".
Yuan Hongdao was a famous writer in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Like Tao Yuanming, he is good at writing poems and essays. It is said that Yuan Hongdao once wrote an article called Chen Qingbiao, expressing his nostalgia for the late monarch Jin Huidi. This essay is very beautiful and touching, and is known as "timeless".
Later, people used this idiom to describe an article or a speech, which was well-founded and impeccable, making people unable to find fault.
This idiom is widely used in ancient literature. Ancient literati often used this idiom to praise other people's articles or remarks and express their high recognition and appreciation of their own works.
In ancient times, literati paid great attention to the cultivation of characters and cultural background. In their view, a good article should be like a wooden scroll, with beautiful wording and solid connotation, before it can be called "leaving no words".
For example, Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem Farewell to Ancient Grass: "The vast grass crosses the plain and comes and goes with the four seasons. Wildfire can't burn it out, but the spring breeze can revive it. Weeds and wild flowers are all over the ancient road, and the end of the grass in the sun is your journey. Oh, my friend's prince, you left again, and I heard them sigh behind you. " This poem expresses the poet's reluctance to go and his perception of life. With profound meaning and beautiful words, it was praised as "leaving no words" by later generations.
Another example is Su Shi, a writer in the Song Dynasty. He wrote: "Singing" Lushan Ballad "to the sea, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and countless heroes contend for it." This sketch depicts the magnificent scene of Battle of Red Cliffs, with gorgeous words and rich connotations, and it is also called "keeping the promise".
In ancient literary works, many excellent articles, poems and essays by Xu Zhen and Heng Chang are praised as "rare". These works not only have high literary value, but also inherit rich cultural heritage for us.