When these faded portraits are repainted,
the expressions on their faces return to their original brightness and
vibrancy.(別開生面 )
He exudes a heroic temperament and his
movements are agile and orderly.(英姿颯爽)
In the Tang Dynasty of China there was a
famous painter. His name is Cao Ba.
His story is written in history books.
In the Tang Dynasty of China, there was a
very famous king whose name was Li Longji.
When he became the king of the Tang Dynasty
in his 20s, he ran the Tang Dynasty very seriously and carefully.
He led the Tang Dynasty into an era of
greatness and prosperity.
But in his later years, he began to enjoy
himself and appointed some bad officials who liked to flatter him as important
officials in the central government. The national power of the Tang dynasty
quickly became weak.
Cao Ba lived during this period.
After Li Longji became king, the national
power of the Tang Dynasty became stronger day by day.
Li Longji invited Cao Ba to the palace
several times, and Li Longji also gave Cao Ba a very important task.
There was a house in the imperial palace of
the Tang dynasty. On the walls of this house were painted portraits of some of
the loyal ministers who had served the Tang Dynasty since its founding.
These portraits are drawn in proportion to
the height and appearance of each minister, and the paint on these portraits
has faded over the decades.
The king commissioned Cao Ba to restore
these portraits.
After accepting this important task, Cao Ba
set to work immediately.
After a few weeks, the faded portraits were
repainted and the expressions on their faces returned to their original clarity
and vibrancy.
After Cao Ba had completed the restoration
of these portraits, the king went to this room to see the portraits in person.
After reading them, the king was very moved and said to Cao Ba
Your painting skills are truly great. When
I saw these portraits that you restored, I suddenly had the feeling that these
ministers who made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty were standing before
me alive.
I felt as if every hair on their heads was
fluttering, and I could see the heroic temperament and nimble movements they
exuded while they were alive.
The literal translation of the first idiom
is that after these faded portraits have been repainted, the expressions on the
faces of these portraits will return to their original brightness and vibrancy.
The first idiom is usually used to describe
a person who creates new forms and styles in an existing field.
The second idiom is usually used to
describe a person who exudes a heroic temperament and whose movements are agile
and orderly.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Which portrait did you see that moved you
the most? Do you think it is more difficult to create a new work or to restore
an old one?
I hope this story can give you some new
insights.
別開生面(When these faded portraits are repainted,
the expressions on their faces return to their original brightness and
vibrancy.)
英姿颯爽(He exudes a heroic temperament and
his movements are agile and orderly.)
中國的唐王朝，有一個著名的畫家。他的名字叫做曹霸。
歷史書上記載了他的故事。
中國的唐王朝有一個很著名的國王，這個國王的名字叫做李隆基。
他20幾歲接任唐王朝的國王的時候，他非常很認真與用心的管理唐王朝。
他帶領唐王朝進入一個偉大與興盛的時代。
但是在他晚年的時候，他變得喜歡玩樂，他又任命一些喜歡奉承他的壞的官員擔任中央政府的重要官員，唐王朝的國力快速變的衰弱。
曹霸就生活在這個時代。
李隆基接任國王之後，唐王朝的國力一天比一天強大。
李隆基曾經好幾次邀請曹霸到皇宮中作客，李隆基還把一個很重要的任務交給曹霸。
唐王朝的皇宮中有一棟房子，這棟房子的牆壁上畫著從唐王朝建立以來，對唐王朝有功勞的一些忠誠的大臣的肖像。
這些人物肖像都是按照每個大臣的身高與樣貌同比例描繪，經過了幾十年來，這些人物肖像的顏料都褪色了。
國王聘請曹霸重新為修復這些人物肖像。
曹霸接下這個重要的任務後，他立刻開始工作。
幾個禮拜後，這些已經褪色的人物肖像在塗上新的顏料後，這些人物肖像臉上的表情恢復成原本的清晰與生動。
在曹霸把這些人物肖像修復完成後，國王親自到這個房間內看這些肖像畫，國王看完之後很感動的對曹霸說。
你的繪畫技巧真的太棒了，我看到這些你修復後的人物肖像時，我突然有一種感覺，我覺得這些對唐王朝有著巨大貢獻的大臣們就好像活生生地站在我的眼前。
我覺得這些大臣們的每一根毛髮都好像在飄動，我感覺我看到他們生前散發出來的英雄氣質與矯捷俐落的動作。
第一句成語直接翻譯的意思是這些已經褪色的人物肖像在塗上新的顏料後，這些人物肖像的臉上的表情恢復成原本的鮮明與生動。
第一句成語通常被用來形容一個人在一個就有的領域中開創出新的形式與風格。
第二句成語通常被用來形容一個人散發出英雄的氣質而且這個人的動作矯捷俐落。
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。
你看過最令你感動的肖像畫是那一幅呢?你認為創作一幅新的作品與修復一幅古老的作品何者比較困難呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為歷代名畫記-卷9-76條
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出處為杜甫-丹青引贈曹將軍霸
