A brief introduction to the origin and allusions of grilled ash

The allusions of grilled ash are briefly introduced as follows:

There are the following legends about the origin of "picking up ashes":

One: Bend down and kneel on the ground when scraping ash, which will make your knees dirty. Knee-daughter-in-law homophonic, dirty knee, meaning dirty daughter-in-law. Therefore, the metaphor of an old man stealing his daughter-in-law is called picking up ashes.

Two: A lot of tin foil was burned in the incense burner in the temple. After a long time, it formed a large piece, and the monks took it out and sold it. Later, people near the temple found out and came to steal tin from the stove. Because tin daughter-in-law has the same pronunciation, it is extended to the code word of old man stealing daughter-in-law.

Three: Wang Anshi's son died young, his daughter-in-law was beautiful, and Wang Anshi's wife died, so Wang Anshi buried a love poem in the incense burner at home. The daughter-in-law found it when she was burning incense, and she was buried in the incense burner with the poem.

So they left together. There is a poem "Wu Xia Yan Lian" in Qing Dynasty, which is another way of saying it. It seems to be the source of this rumor: after Wang Anshi's son died, he built another house in the backyard for his daughter-in-law, probably because he was worried that his daughter-in-law was having an affair and often went to watch. Her daughter-in-law misunderstood and wrote a poem on the wall saying: romantic love does not fall in other people's homes. As soon as Wang Anshi saw it, he cut off the poem with his nails. Because it is a lime wall, it is called scraping ash.

Four: Su Dongpo lost his wife in his later years and lived alone with his son and daughter-in-law. My son is a little slow. Su Dongpo, who had not been in the study for a long time, came to the study, and the table was covered with dust. Idle Dongpo wrote lines on the dusty table with his fingers. "The pipa in the green tent. Even in spring, I dare not play. " At this time, my daughter-in-law came to see what my father-in-law had written and continued to write a sentence below. "My father-in-law wants to play a song, and the fat water will not flow to outsiders."

Just finished writing, my son came in. Su Dongpo quickly brushed the words on the table with his sleeves. The son asked, "What is Dad doing?" Su Dongpo answered quickly: "Pick up ashes". Since then, "scraping ash" has spread like wildfire.

Both Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo are great figures in the Northern Song Dynasty, but they have different political views and different praises and criticisms in history. From this different story of "collecting ashes", we can see that it is nothing more than two political forces engaging in personal attacks. Don't take it seriously.