It causes eating on windy field, sleeping on dew. Only can eat ice and drink snow.
It is a metaphor for wandering around and living a hard life. This is from a poem, 游山呈通判承議寫寄參寥師(yóu shān chéng tōng pàn chéng yì xiě jì cān liáo shī) by 蘇東坡(sū dōng pō) in 宋朝(song dynasty). It was written for a Buddhist monk, 釋道潛(shì dào qián). The poet was inspired by the monk about his ordeal for enlightenment.
扁舟下南來, 逸駕追鳴鵠.
Flowing down with small boatz, Relaxing on the wagon towards ibis' singing.
遇勝即徜徉, 風餐兼露宿.
If one sees magnificent, stops wondering, eating on windy field, sleeping on dew.
After that, the phrase, 風餐露宿 were used as 成語(cheng yu; idiom) for ordeal.
Wen kexing is explaining how 葉白衣(Ye baiyi) got on his condition, then Zhou zishu is simply saying that is okay. Okay? really? isn't that mean you can only live on the mountain? Zhou zishu would lock himself up the mountain? and that is okay?? OKAY???
At least one of them had got what he wanted. Then it could be a happy ending.. is it?
It's from 漢書·外戚傳(hàn shū · wài qī chuán) which is 97th chapter of all 100 chapters. It's about queens of 漢(Han; BC.206~AC.24). 外戚 means maternal relatives. Sadly, most of historical record doesn't show the name of queens but where and which family she's from and title of her when she died. This phrase is from 恭哀皇后(gōng āi huáng hou; literally, the Respectful and Lamentable Empress), 許平君(Xu Pingjun which isn't exactly name but title before she married).
His hushand 劉詢(Liú Xún) was a discarded king's heir, but Xu family was very powerful. First her father didn't want her to merry him but they did. After that her family had gathered power and wealth. They made him a emperor. 許平君 was a wife and an ally to 劉詢. Unfortunately, she died before him to enthrone. After 劉詢 became an emperor, the vassals asked him to merry as a queen. But he only askes for old sword(故劍) and most of them knew that old sword means 許平君. This phrase is used for someone who merried, being faithful to one's spouse. its literal meaning is; the love deepens with old sword.
晉王(Jin wang) is saying that the old sword is four season house. So if he cannot leave behind, then destroy it. How cruel he could be? and well just because Wen kexing was in four season house, the phrase just make things more suspicious.
I don't usually post about other characters but Zhou zishu and Wenkexing.. but I had to... it just makes their story more interesting and complicate. More FUN😍 I'm still imagining if Jin wang knew Wen kexing was with Zhou zishu. And what would be like if Wen kexing met Jin wang.
For brotherhood, one honors we honor together, one suffer we suffer together.
It's from a novel called 紅樓夢(Hóng lóu mèng; a dream of the red chamber) by 曹雪芹(Cáo Xuěqín) There are many suspicions like Shakespeare, that it has many different cultural events and historical events, that Cao Xurqin gathered the story and complied. Nobody knows. it is known for its psychological scope, and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, life-styles, and social relations of 18th-century china.
Here, the 手足之情(shou zu zhi qing) is from 莊子(Zhuāngzǐ), 兄弟爲手足 which means brotherhood is like all fours(arms and legs). So it may be translated as "to be closely connected".
紅樓夢 has many different stories but the main story line is about 4 different families' rise and fall. There are family, love, society and politics. The relation among the families is complicated. The line comes up where a judge gave wrong verdict, with bribe of one of the four family. Literally, when one suffers, the others suffer; when one prospers, the others prosper. It is a metaphor that in all links of life and lives, the results of victory, defeat, honor and disgrace are the same.
Before Wen kexing mentioned 同生共死 (tóng shēng gòng sǐ; live together, die together) is rather similar meaning. But in 一榮俱榮,一損俱損, it has meaning of connections or relationship among people. Somehow asking, you sure, what you're doing, is not going to be questioned later?
Zhou zishu is seriously committed being a brother of Wen kexing. I don't think that is not a type of love I would expect, still it works. It's sad watching Zhou zishu trying to save his beloved, becasue so far he has failed. I hope this time he saves Wen kexing.
Evening sunset is picturesque as it reaches to twilight moment.
it means, the person miss the twillight already as twillight doesn't last long. Wen kexing is contented about this situation with Zhou zishu but then he knows it won't last long. When Zhou zishu turned his face looked a bit sad, he might know already that Wen kexing is leaving.