洛阳纸贵

【成语】洛阳纸贵

晋代文学家左思，小时候是个非常顽皮、不爱读书的孩子。父亲经常为这事发脾气，可是小左思仍然淘气得很，不肯好好学习。

有一天，左思的父亲与朋友们聊天，朋友们羡慕他有个聪明可爱的儿子。左思的父亲叹口气说：“快别提他了，小儿左思的学习，还不如我小时候，看来没有多大的出息了。”说着，脸上流露出失望的神色。这一切都被小左思看到听到了，他非常难过，觉得自己不好好念书确实很没出息。于是，暗暗下定决心，一定要刻苦学习。

日复一日，年复一年，左思渐渐长大了，由于他坚持不懈地发奋读书，终于成为一位学识渊博的人，文章也写得非常好。他用一年的时间写成了《齐都赋》，显示出他在文学方面的才华，为他成为杰出的文学家奠定了基矗这以后他又计划以三国时魏、蜀、吴首都的风土、人情、物产为内容，撰写《三都赋》。为了在内容、结构、语言诸方面都达到一定水平，他潜心研究，精心撰写，废寝忘食，用了整整十年，文学巨著《三都赋》终于写成了。

《三都赋》受到谅也评，人们把它和汉代文学杰作《两都赋》相比。由于当时还没有发明印刷术，喜爱《三都赋》的人只能争相抄阅，因为抄写的人太多，京城洛阳的纸张供不应求，一时间全城纸价大幅度上升。

故事出自《晋书·文苑·左思传》。成语“洛阳纸贵”，称颂杰出的作品风行一进。

OverwhelmingPopularityofaNewWorkCausesShortageofPrintingPaper

IntheJinDynasty(265-420)therewasafamouswriterwhosenamewasZuoSiwho,however,wasverynaughtyanddidnotliketostudywhenhewasasmallkid.Hisfatheroftengotangry,andyetyoungZuoSiwasasnaughtyaseverandwouldnotstudyhard.

Oneday,ZuoSi'sfatherwaschattingwithhisfriends.hisfriendsenviedhimhiscleverandloverlyson.Hearingthis,Zuosi'sfathersighed,"Pleasedonotmentionhim.MysonZuosidoesnotstudyaswellasIdidwhenIwasyoung,althoughIdidnotstudywellenoughmyself.Itappearsthatheisactuallyagood-for-nothing."Sosaying,helookeddisappointed.AllthiswaswitnessedbyyoungZuoSi.Hefeltverysad,feelingintenselythathewouldnotbeabletohaveabrightfutureifhedidnotstudyhard.Sohewasdeterminedtostudyassiduouslyfromthenon.Dayafterdayandyearafteryear,ZuoSigraduallygrewup.Becauseofhisunremittingaffortsinhardstudy,hebecameaneruditescholarandwroteveryexcellentessays.The"OdetotheCapitaloftheStateofQi",whichtookhimoneyeartowrite,showedhisbrilliantliterarytalentandlaidthefoundationforhisbecominganoutstandingwriter.thenheplannedtowritean"OdetotheCapitalsoftheThreeKingdomsofWei,ShuHanandWu"withthelocalconditionsandcustomsaswellastheproduceofthethreecapitalsasitscontent.Inordertoachievethedesiredeffectincontent,structureandlanguage,heappliedhimselftoresearchworkwithgreatconcentration,andwassoabsorbedincreativewritingastoforgetfoodandsleep.Ittookhimtenwholeyearstofinishthewritingof"OdetotheCapitalsoftheThreeKingdomsofWei,ShuHanandWu",aliterarymasterpiece.

The"OdetotheCapitalsoftheThreeKingdomsofWei,ShuHanandWu"waswellreceivedbythebroadmassesofreadersafteritmadeitsappearancetothepublic,andpeopleconsidereditassuperblywrittenasthe"OdetotheWesternCapital(Changan)andtotheEasternCapital(Luoyang)"writtenbyBanGu(32-92)andthe"OdetotheWesternCapitalandtotheEasternCapital"writtenbyZhangHengoftheHanDynasty(206B.C.toA.D.220).Astheartofprintinghadnotbeeninventedatthattime,peoplewhowerefondofthis"Ode"hadtomakehandwrittencopiesofitthemselves.Asthereweresomanypeoplewhoviedwitheachotherinmakinghandwrittencopies,thesupplyofwritingpaperfellshortofthedemandinLuoyangwentupgreatly.

Thisstorycomesfrom"ThelifeofZuoSi"inthebook"LiteraryField"ofTheHistoryoftheJinDynasty.Basedonthisstory,peoplehavecoinedthesetphrase"thepriceofwritingpaperwentupgreatly",meaningtheoverwhelmingpopularityofanewworkcausesshortageofprintingpaper,toshowhowpopularanoutstandingpieceofliteraryworkis.