In the stories of Appreciation School 1 and "Empress of Sui", how did you get the treasure of Empress of Sui? A. The serpent gives gifts to each other. B. The fisherman presents a treasure. C. The treasure of the ancestral home. D. The big clam stays. Ma Weidou comments: The "Sui Hou" here is not a vassal of the Sui Dynasty, but a vassal of the Sui State. During the Warring States period, there were many small countries besides the seven known countries, and Sui was one of them. Sui Hou surnamed Ji. According to ancient books, he once met a wounded serpent while traveling. According to the present statement, he loves animals very much, coated the snake with medicine, bandaged it up, and then released it. A few years later, once he was on the boat, he caught up with the strong wind and it got dark. At this moment, the river opened and a big snake appeared with a treasure in its mouth. The serpent lifted the orb and gave it to Sui Hou. Sui Hou met this big snake in the evening, and it was already dark. This pearl is recorded as "Yue Ming Pearl" in ancient books, that is, the night pearl. Answer: A. The serpent gives gifts to each other. 2. What is the meaning of "Night Pearl"? A. Pearl B. Silver Pearl C. Golden Pearl D. Stone Pearl Ma Weidou Comments: In ancient times, the night pearl was also called the night pearl and the bright moon pearl. The Night Pearl is the most mysterious treasure in the history of China civilization, which is privately owned by the royal family. The Night Pearl has a profound historical background. As early as prehistoric times, Shennong had the king of stone balls, known as the "night mine"; During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were "Hanging Plums" and "Hanging Green Pricks", which were priceless; Qin Shihuang was buried with a luminous pearl and used candles in his mausoleum. The most famous is the night pearl protector in Cixi's mouth. It is said that this pearl can see hair within 100 step at night. So why is the night pearl so mysterious? This is very simple. Historically, the light source in the dark must use fire. One of the characteristics of fire is that it can't be directly contacted, and it will burn when it comes into contact with people. Only this kind of night pearl can be held in your hand. It has no temperature, only light, which is very important to the ancients. I tried to stick a small night pearl on paper, and its light was enough for people to see the words on the paper, so the ancients thought it was amazing. Answer: D. Shizhu 3. How many beads did the Qing officials have? A.99b.101C.108d.180 Ma Weidou's comments: Buddha beads were a unique etiquette in the Qing Dynasty, which was only worn in the Shang Dynasty. It evolved from beads, so the number of beads kept the original number, namely 180. We mentioned the grades of Zhu Chao before. The highest grade was worn by the emperor, which was clearly recorded in the archives of the Qing Palace, Dongzhu. Dongzhu is a pearl, and Manchu is rich in white mountains and black water. Black water droplets refer to pearls produced in Heilongjiang river basin. They think Dongzhu is produced in their hometown, so they think Dongzhu is the best. Dongzhu is also called Zhu Bei because it is produced in the northeast. Answer: C. 108 4. The concept of "the apple of the eye" originated from which of the following works? A. Qu Yuan B. Fu Xuan C. Bai Juyi D. Cao Xueqin Ma Weidou Comments: First of all, we searched all Qu Yuan's works, but we never found this concept. Look at Fu Xuan in Jin Dynasty. He wrote a short song, in which he said, "You once looked at me like a pearl in your hand, but why did you abandon me once?" . In other words, you once regarded me as the apple of your eye, but today you threw me into the ditch. This is a very sad concept. When we say "the apple of our eye" today, it generally refers to our daughter, but Fu Xuan's concept at that time was not quite the same as what we mean today. The second person who introduced this concept was Bai Juyi. Bai Juyi is one of the "Nine Old People in Xiangshan" and lived to be 75 years old. But he had one regret in his life. When he was 58 years old, he had a son. His name is Ali. As a result, this son died at the age of 3, that is, when Bai Juyi was 60 years old. Bai Juyi wrote "I didn't expect my sideburns to turn into snow, but I could see pearls in my palm" and put forward the concept of "the apple of my eye", which he mentioned more than once in his poems. He wrote in "Weeping Tweety": "A palm bead is three years old, and a thousand stems on the temples are sixty years old." He said: "My son died at the age of three, like a palm bead, but I am sixty years old and my hair is already white." Finally, Cao Xueqin, as we all know, described Lin Daiyu's parents as the apple of her eye in A Dream of Red Mansions. From the arrangement of the whole process, we can see that "the apple of the eye" was a cherished concept at the earliest, and gradually evolved from boys to girls. Today, what we usually call "the apple of the eye" only refers to girls.