"What is lost in the east is gained in mulberry trees". Meaning and allusion.

Lost in the east, gained in mulberry

The original translation is (Southern Song Dynasty - Fan Ye's "Book of the Later Han - Volume Seventeen - Feng Yi Zhuan Seventh"): "The Book of Feng Lao" said: 'The red eyebrows break the pass, the scholar Although the officials work hard, they can finally fight against the wings of the river, which can be said to be 'lost in the east, and gained in the mulberry trees'. "That is, "Strider Pond". Discuss merit and reward in order to answer great honors'. "

For example (Qing Dynasty - Wang Junqing's "Cold Eyes View - No. 20"): "Who would have thought that the flag woman was still determined to be a thief and wanted to 'lose the eastern corner of the world and reap the end of the mulberry tree'?" ’, if he dares to go to a big store in Xiaogan County, he still does this. At this time, he is full of evil and strives to expose himself.

After Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, came to the throne, he sent General Feng Yi to lead an army to the west to suppress the Red Eyebrow Army. The Red Eyebrow Army pretended to be defeated and defeated Feng Yi's army in Kuaiji. After Feng Yi returned to the camp, he regrouped his stragglers, mixed them with the Red Eyebrow Army, attacked from both inside and outside, and defeated the Red Eyebrow Army in his team. Afterwards, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu issued an edict to reward Feng Yi, saying that although he was initially defeated by Kuaiji, he would eventually win against Mianchi. It can be said that he lost something here and gained something there, so he should be rewarded according to his merits.

Interpretation ①East: The place where the sun rises, that is, in the morning, the metaphor begins.

②"Xi": The place where the sun rises, that is, in the morning, the metaphor begins. "Xi": The place where the sun rises, that is, in the morning, the metaphor begins. "Xi": The place where the sun rises, that is, in the morning, the metaphor begins. "Xi": the place where the sun rises.

The original meaning of "Sanyu" is "Loss in the East". "Sanyu" means first lost in one place and finally found in another place. It is often used as a metaphor that one party fails and the other succeeds.