"Weak water is 3,000, I only take a spoonful of water." What does "weak water" mean?

It seems to mean a lot of water, only a small part of it.

Love a lot of women only 1 woman.

The meaning of "weak water" is actually not very well understood.

But the whole sentence is single-minded about love.

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1, "I only drink a spoonful of water, even though the water is 3 thousand!" From the ninety-first time in A Dream of Red Mansions, "Design a work of a prostitute's heart and treasure toad, and Baoyu talks about Zen".

2. "Weak water"

First seen in Shangshu? Yu Gong: "Draw weak water to stand out." Sun Xingyan's notes on the ancient books in Shangshu: "Zheng Kangcheng said,' Weak aquatic Zhang Ye'." "According to ancient records, weak water can also be found in historical records? Biography of Dawan, Hanshu? Geography ","is it? Biography of Dongyi and Notes on Bi Yuan Shan Hai Jing, etc.

"three thousand"

Because of the three thousand worlds of Buddhism, Tiantai Sect has three thousand words.

"a spoonful of drinks"

Look at the Analects? Yongye: Confucius said, "Good! Also came back. A spoonful of food, a spoonful of drink, in a dirty alley. If you can't bear it, you will be worried. If you go back, you won't change your fun. Xian zai! Retreat. "

In ancient times, many shallow and swift rivers could only cross the border by rafts instead of ships. The ancients thought that weak water could not carry a boat, so they called such rivers weak water. Therefore, many weak waters with the same name but different rivers are recorded in ancient books such as Shan Hai Jing and Ten Kingdoms. There is water in the north of Kunlun Mountain, which is recorded in Shanhaijing, but it can't beat mustard seed. That's what weak water means Some appellations are still in use today, such as a weak river on the map of Gansu Province. Weak water is also used to refer to the Poyi River or Heishui River in the northwest, and of course it is limited to specific geographical works.

In later ancient literature, weak water was gradually used to refer to dangerous and distant rivers. There is a famous saying in Su Shi's "Jinshan Miaogaotai": Penglai is unreachable and Wan Li is weak. This is the first time that weak water has used specific figures. There is also a saying in Zhang Xiaoxiang's "Shui Long Yin Wang Jiuhua Mountain" that "an empty pearl building is stupid, looking at Penglai, and there is no weak water at the beginning". In other poems, weak sentences are rare. Instead, it is more common in later novels.

The Journey to the West returned to Tang Sanzang for the 22nd time to collect sand, and wrote a poem describing the danger of the quicksand river: 800 quicksand boundary, 3,000 weak water depth, goose feathers can't float, and reed flowers will sink to the bottom. This is the first formal formulation of weak water three thousand. Mr. Lu Xun said in "Introduction to Geology in China": Although he is surrounded by weak water and helpless, what will happen ... In the 25th chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions, he also mentioned: What does that man look like? He is one foot tall and one foot low, covered in water and dragging mud. When you meet, if you ask where your home is, it is in the weak water west of Penglai. There is also a distant meaning here.

Later, weak water was extended to boundless love. This is what we are talking about now. When A Dream of Red Mansions was formally put forward for the first time, Baoyu designed a cloth puzzle to talk about Zen: Daiyu said, "Hello, Sister Bao. How are you? " Sister Bao doesn't like you How are you? Sister Bao was good to you the day before yesterday, but now she is not good to you. How are you? Hello today, but not after. How are you? You are good to him, but he is not good to you. How are you if you don't get along with him, he insists on getting along with you. How are you? Baoyu stayed for a long time and suddenly smiled, "The water is weak, so I'll take a ladle to drink." . Daiyu said, "The ladle floats in the water. What shall I do?" ? Baoyu said, "Don't float in the water, the water floats, and the ladle floats! ""What can we do if the water stops the pearl from sinking? Daiyu asked. Baoyu said, "The Zen mind has been stained with mud, so I won't dance partridge until the spring breeze. Daiyu said, "The first rule of Zen is not to talk nonsense. "。 Baoyu said, "It's like three treasures. "。 "Since then, men and women have vowed to use only a spoonful of weak water. Little known is the modern poet Su's Broken Chai, in which there is a dialogue: Yu Yue: However, two beauties are in love. * * (There is no such word in the computer, use symbols instead) After sighing and thinking about the meaning of' weak water three thousand', you should know my heart. Ask again: Who does your intention belong to first? Yu Yue: Fang Shu.

As for now, the formulation of weak water three thousand is everywhere. Both Gu Long and Jin Yong have mentioned it dozens of times in their novels. Every time a handsome hero is harassed and pursued by a large group of beautiful girls who are budding in love, he will say to the heroine: I only take a scoop of water for 3 thousand. Don't worry, the hero will bloom in spring. There are many novels written by Qiong Yao and Yi Shu, so that the original bloody solemnity has become as ridiculous and stupid as I love you in Zhou Xingxing's mouth.

Some people once thought that the word "weak" of "weak water three thousand" was a fake word "drowning" because it meant drowning in some ancient Chinese. The original text was once seen in Gong's Saving the Weak and Prospering, and it was annotated in Shuowen: Weakness is also simple and drowning. That's what Mozi said in his annotated work "Mo Bian Fa Wei". But I have never seen the prototype of the word' drowning'. All references to weak water mean being submerged.