This bronze mirror, which is divided into
two halves, becomes one again(破鏡重圓)
In the era of the Northern and Southern
Dynasties in China, the Nanchen Kingdom had a minister named (Xu Deyan).
His story is recorded in the history books.
His wife is the princess of Nanchen Kingdom
and she is very beautiful.
They are very in love.
In 589 AD, on the eve of the destruction of
the Nanchen Kingdom.
He said to his wife.
The situation is very critical, and the
army of the Sui Dynasty has surrounded our capital.
If we lose, you and I will be prisoners.
We may never have the chance to meet again.
He threw the bronze mirror in the room to
the ground, and the bronze mirror split into two halves.
He gave half of the bronze mirrors to his
wife.
He said to his wife.
If I am still alive after I am separated
from you, I will find a way to get to the capital of the Sui Kingdom.
If you are also alive, maybe we can rely on
this bronze mirror to find each other.
Both of them cried that night.
A few days later, the capital of the
Nanchen Kingdom was breached.
As he guessed, his beautiful wife was captured
by the enemy.
A year later, after a difficult journey, he
arrived at the capital of the Sui Kingdom.
He wandered and inquired in the capital of
the Sui Kingdom, but there was no news of his wife.
One day, in a market. He found a soldier
hawking with a half-piece bronze mirror in his hand.
He was shocked, he took out his half-piece
bronze mirror from his bag, and the two bronze mirrors were combined together
to become a complete mirror.
He asked excitedly.
May I ask who asked you to sell this bronze
mirror?
The soldier answered.
This bronze mirror is owned by my hostess,
the concubine of a great general of the Sui Dynasty.
He heard the soldier's answer. .
He was sad, but he was also happy.
He was happy to hear that his wife was
alive, but he felt sad that he could not be with his wife.
He wrote a poem on this half-piece bronze
mirror of his wife.
After noon, the market ends.
The soldier returned to the general's house
and told his hostess about it.
His wife was so upset when she heard the
soldier's report that she couldn't help crying.
At dinner that day, the general saw that
her eyes were red and swollen from crying and she didn't eat.
The general asked.
What happened today, why are you crying.
She dared not say the real reason.
she says.
Nothing happened, I was just a little sick.
The general felt that something was wrong,
so he secretly investigated the matter and understood the whole thing.
A few afternoons later, he took his
concubine to a room in his home.
(His concubine is Xu Deyan's wife)
When his concubine walked into this room,
she saw (Xu Deyan) standing in the room.
Both of them were surprised, they looked at
each other, not knowing what to say.
The general looked at the two of them.
The general said to the two of them.
I know that the two of you love each other.
Although you were separated because of the war, your love for each other has
not changed.
The general said to his concubine.
I give you freedom, you can leave my house.
The general said to him.
I'll give you a sum of money, take your
wife and go, you have to take good care of her.
The two of them did not expect this ending,
and the two hugged tightly.
They later returned to their hometown and
stayed together for the rest of their lives.
This idiom is used to describe the reunion
of a husband and wife after a period of separation, or the return to the
original intimacy after a period of separation.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
If you were this general, what would you
do? What do you think is the expression of true love for someone?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
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