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Learn Chinese IdiomsFisnishing drawing Eye on a Dragon Painting
In the Southern and Northern Dynasties Period (420-589), there was a painter
called Zhang Sengyou.
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南běi 北cháo 朝 (gōng 公yuán 元lue 4 2 0 - - 5 8 9 )shí 时jī 期 ，yǒu 有gě 个huà 画jiā 家jiào 叫zhāng 张sēng 僧yáo 繇 。yǒu 有yī 一cì 次 ，tā 他dào 到yī 一gě 个sì 寺miào 庙qù 去yóu 游wán 玩 ，zài 在qiáng 墙bì 壁shàng 上miàn 面huà 画le 了sì 四tiáo 条lóng 龙 ，kě 可shì 是dōu 都méi 没yǒu 有huà 画chū 出yǎn 眼jīng 睛 。kān 看huà 画de 的rén 人jiào 觉dé 得hěn 很jī 奇guài 怪 ，wèn 问tā 他wéi 为shén 什ma 么bú 不huà 画chū 出yǎn 眼jīng 睛 。tā 他shuì 说 ： “yǎn 眼jīng 睛shì 是lóng 龙de 的guān 关jiàn 键 ，huà 画shàng 上yǎn 眼jīng 睛 ，lóng 龙jiù 就huì 会fēi 飞zǒu 走le 了 。 ”dà 大jiā 家bú 不xiāng 相xìn 信tā 他shuì 说de 的huà 话 。zhāng 张sēng 僧yáo 繇ná 拿qǐ 起bǐ 笔lái 来 ，gāng 刚gěi 给liǎng 两tiáo 条lóng 龙diǎn 点shàng 上yǎn 眼jīng 睛 ，lì 立kè 刻diàn 电shǎn 闪léi 雷míng 鸣 ，liǎng 两tiáo 条lóng 龙fēi 飞xiàng 向tiān 天kōng 空 ，qiáng 墙shàng 上zhī 只shèng 剩xià 下liǎng 两tiáo 条méi 没yǒu 有huà 画yǎn 眼jīng 睛de 的lóng 龙 。
“huà 画lóng 龙diǎn 点jīng 睛 ”zhè 这gě 个chéng 成yǔ 语yòng 用lái 来bǐ 比yù 喻jiǎng 讲huà 话huò 或xiě 写wén 文zhāng 章shí 时 ，zài 在guān 关jiàn 键de 地fāng 方jiā 加yī 一liǎng 两gōu 句chóng 重yāo 要de 的huà 话 ，shǐ 使nèi 内róng 容gēng 更jiā 加shēng 生dòng 动yǒu 有lì 力 。 |
Once he visited a temple and painted on the wall four
dragons, but gave none of them eyes. The onlookers felt that this was odd,
and asked why he hadn't painted the eyes. He answered, 'Eyes are crucial
for dragons. With the eyes painted on, the dragons would fly away.' Nobody
believed this, so Zhang Sengyou took up his brush and added eyes to two of
the dragons. No sooner had he finished than the two dragons flew into the
sky amid a thunderstorm. The two without eyes stayed painted on the wall.