骨瘦如豺(This person was so thin that the bones in his body were clearly visible, and he resembled a jackal.)
骨瘦如豺(This person was so thin that the bones in his body were clearly visible, and he resembled a jackal.)
中國的宋王朝有一個著名的學者，他的名字叫做陸佃，他寫過一本書，這本書中紀錄了中國古代文獻中對於各種動物的文獻紀錄與這些動物的外貌與特徵。這本書中關於豺這種動物的部分紀錄如下。
豺這種動物的外形像狗，豺的腳跟狗的腳很像，尾巴長，臉頰是白色的，站立的時候，看起來前身高後身低，毛色是黃的。
中國第一本詩歌總集中，有一首詩的內容如下。
把那些只會說讒言的惡人抓起來吧，把他們交給豺和狼和老虎，讓豺和狼和老虎吃掉他們吧。
如果有些人的惡行太多，這些人太壞了，連豺和狼和老虎都不想吃這些人，那麼就把這些人丟到北方的荒野中，讓他們死在那邊吧。
如果有些人的壞已經到了最極致，連北方的荒野都不想要處置他們，那麼這些人我們只能交給上天來處罰了。
漢王朝的法律規定：捕獲一隻老虎，賞錢三千個銅錢；捕獲一隻豺，賞錢一百個銅錢。從這個賞金就能知道豺和老虎是危害最大的兩種動物。
有一句民間俗話這樣說。一群豺有能力包圍並殺死一隻老虎，這句俗語的意思是說豺是一種群居且集體行動的非常兇猛的動物，連老虎都要閃避牠們。
豺的身體細細又瘦瘦的，就像一根細細長長的木財。
這就是我們把這種動物取這個名字的原因，因為豺的這個中文字的發音跟木材的中文發音是一樣的。
我們如果看到有一個人，這個人非常非常很瘦，他的身上幾乎沒有肌肉，那麼我們就會說，這個人身上的骨頭形狀清晰可見，這個人瘦到像是一隻豺。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是這個人身上的骨頭形狀清晰可見，這個人瘦到像是一隻豺。。
這句成語被用來形容一個人非常瘦。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有看過那些有關動物的書呢?你是否會為了讓自己更瘦而採取一些不健康的行動呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為宋-陸佃-埤雅-釋獸-卷3-豺
This person was so thin that the bones in
his body were clearly visible, and he resembled a jackal.(骨瘦如豺)
During the Song dynasty in China, a famous
scholar named Lu Dian wrote a book recording ancient Chinese texts'
descriptions of various animals, including their appearances and
characteristics. The jackal's description in this book is as follows:
The jackal resembles a dog in appearance.
It has feet similar to a dog's and a long tail. When standing, it appears
taller at the front than at the back. Its fur is yellow.
In China's first anthology of poetry, there
is a poem that reads:
Arrest those wicked people who speak
slanderous words and hand them over to jackals, wolves and tigers to devour.
If people are so evil that not even
jackals, wolves and tigers want to eat them, throw them into the northern
wilderness to die.
If people are so evil that not even the
northern wilderness wants to deal with them, then we can only leave them to
Heaven's judgment.
The laws of the Han dynasty stipulated a
reward of three thousand copper coins for capturing a tiger and one hundred for
a jackal. From these rewards, we can see that jackals and tigers were
considered two of the most dangerous animals.
There's a folk saying: 'A pack of jackals
can surround and kill a tiger.' This means that jackals are ferocious pack
animals, so much so that even tigers avoid them.
The jackal's body is thin and slender, like
a long log.
This is why we named this animal the jackal
— the pronunciation of the Chinese character for jackal is the same as the
pronunciation of 'wood'.
If we see someone who is extremely thin
with hardly any muscle, we might say that they were so thin that the bones in
their body were clearly visible and that they resembled a jackal.
This idiom literally translates as 'This
person was so thin that the bones in his body were clearly visible, and he
resembled a jackal.'.
It is used to describe someone who is
extremely thin.
Dear friend, what inspiration or insights
did you gain from this story?
Have you read any books about animals?
Would you take unhealthy measures to become thinner?