What is a proverb?

Proverbs, as an oral, vivid and stereotyped statement, are passed down from mouth to mouth, reflecting the fashion of the times and people's thoughts and feelings. Almost every field of human civilization, every corner of daily life, has its "lens", or praise, or criticism, or advice, all from the heart. There are many names of common sayings in history, such as saying common sayings, slang, common sayings, old sayings, proverbs, common characters, constant characters and common sayings. The range of common sayings is very wide, including proverbs, slang and common spoken idioms. The oral creation of ordinary people can be roughly divided into three types. First, the moral type, such as: "the human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant", "robbing Peter to pay Paul" and "telling lies with your eyes open"; 2. Descriptive types, such as: "ten fingers differ", "frown, the plan will emerge" and "a confused soldier will be confused"; The third is descriptive, such as: "the tip of a needle is like a wheat awn", "ants gnaw at bones" and "the prime minister likes to punt in his stomach". There is also an intersection between the two.

Proverbs, proverbs, two-part allegorical sayings, common words, idioms and even dialects, slogans and slogans are all transformed and borrowed from each other. Their * * * is characterized by free sentences, long or short, and there is no fixed format. However, proverbs, as the name implies, are more popular and less literary, so they are more flexible, popular, humorous and witty, and they are also better at describing the customs of the world. Proverbs such as "punch a swollen face to fill a fat man", "hit a pig rake" and "steal a chicken without eating a handful of rice" are humorous and interesting, which also increases the expressive force of expression.

Although common, proverbs can be seen everywhere in social occasions and literary works and are widely used. For example, Cao Xueqin wrote in A Dream of Red Mansions that "there is a long shed in the dry, and a banquet that never ends", which made him feel elegant and elegant; "Relieve one's sorrows by drinking" entered Li Bai's poems, and became "raise a glass to relieve one's sorrows, and be more worried", with richer connotations. On the other hand, the famous sayings in ancient poems have also become common sayings, such as "You can't carve a rotten wood", "Listen to what you say and observe what you do", "Take pot calling the kettle black as an example" and "Whoever comes to the door will not refuse", which are recorded in the pre-Qin classics and are still recited by people today. Yu Wenbao's beautiful poem "Get the moon by being close to the water" is now circulated as a proverb to lash an unreasonable phenomenon.