There are many people involved in the background and allusions of China's ancient poems and idioms. However, it is extremely rare that a person's name is widely circulated in ancient poems and idioms at the same time. Only one person has enjoyed this honor since written records in history. She is Liu Biyu, a famous beauty in China ancient Jin Dynasty.

The protagonist of the well-known idiom "Little Jasper" is her. The China Idiom Dictionary explains "Little Jasper" in this way: "Jasper: Liu Biyu, my concubine. Jin Sun Chuo's Song of Lover Jasper: "Jasper is a little girl, and I dare not climb your virtue. When you feel strong, you will get Jin Lan. "Later used to refer to the daughter of a small family."

According to "Biography of King Runan in the Book of Jin", the name of King Runan is Ismail, and he is an imperial clan of the Jin Dynasty. Jasper is Ji Wang's concubine in Runan, and King Runan dotes on her in every way. In Yuefu poems, there are six poems that directly describe Jasper (the name of Jasper is pointed out in the text of each poem):

one

Jasper breaks the melon, and the romance is reversed.

First frost Furong Mausoleum is glorious, and its autumn capacity is still good.

two

Jasper, a little girl, dare not climb your virtue.

Feeling a thousand dollars, the whole city is ashamed.

three

Jasper's little girl is afraid to climb in virtue.

I feel very strong. I got Jin Lan.

four

When Jasper broke the melon, she felt the opposite.

Feeling lang is not ashamed of lang, turn around and hold lang tight.

-Jin Sun Chu.

("Broken melon" is not what modern people call "virginity", but what the ancients called "twenty-eight years old", because the word "melon" is like two words overlapping, so broken melon refers to twenty-eight years old. )

five

Xi Huihuan was not very happy when the apricot beam began to shine.

Jasper provides gold cups and retting wine to help color.

—— Liang Xiaoyan

six

Jasper entered the palace as a prostitute and went in and out of the thousand flowers forest.

Beads are tortoiseshell beds, which make you feel affectionate.

-Don Lee's Leisure

Since then, Jasper has almost become a general term for young and beautiful women in ancient literary works. Jasper is mentioned in many works, and it is highly respected. For example:

Tang He Zhangzhi's "Singing Willow";

Jasper dressed as a tree, hanging down ten thousand green silk tapestries.

I don't know who cut the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors.

A tall willow, dressed like jasper, with countless branches hanging down and green silk strips. I wonder who cut off the thin willow leaves. The warm and cold February spring breeze is like a pair of scissors. )

Wu Rong s "Chasing the Moon" in Tang and Five Dynasties;

I once listened to the famous jasper song, and the ice on the cloud bed fell into the autumn river.

On the moon, there is no shadow in the curtain of the high pavilion, and there are waves when the wind passes through the curtain of the cloister.

All my fingers were scattered by the clouds and rain, and my head was covered with snow and frost.

At this time, I saw a cool shadow in the air, so I swallowed it and made a sand with the sound of flies.

Fan Ming warm mandarin ducks help Mu Feng;

"Xiao Jia's jade mirror is unintentional, and Zhao Di stops the lamp arm to support the millet."