雙語解字: Chinese Characters 05-gold（金）

Gold（金）

The original seal form of this character showed the presence of four gold nuggets hidden in the earth. The regular form reveals only two nuggets:金.In the simplified radical form,even these two remaining nuggets are missing:釒.However,the proverb reassures us: “True gold fears no fire.”

象形字的“金”，表現的是隱藏在土裡的四塊金塊。這個字形表明，造“金”字的時代，古人已經開始了在河床上淘金。現在常規的“金”字只在“金”的下部用兩個點表現兩塊金塊。在作為偏旁部首的金字旁（釒）里，這兩塊金塊也被省略了。然而，諺語告訴我們：“真金不怕火煉。”

Keeping a Beauty in a Golden House

This anecdote is taken from Stories of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty,by Ban Gu(班固).

When Liu Che(劉徹)(156-87B.C.),who later became Emperor Wu,was four years old,the senior princess sat him on her knee and asked him if he wanted a wife.He answered yes.Then the princess pointed to her daughter Ajiao,and asked, “How about Ajiao?” Liu Che chuckled,and said, “She is lovely! if I can have Ajiao for my wife,I shall ensconce her in a golden house.” When Liu Che succeeded to the throne,he really made Ajiao his empress.

Later,this expression came to be used to refer to taking a concubine or keeping a mistress.

[本段英文翻譯：何澤人]

金屋藏嬌

金屋藏嬌這個典故，出自魏晉志怪小說《漢武故事》，作者是漢代史學家班固。

漢武帝劉徹（公元前156-前87）四歲時，被景帝立為膠東王。長公主把他抱在膝上問：“孩子，你想娶媳婦嗎？”長公主指著位列左右的百名宮女，當時還是膠東王的漢武帝都說不好。長公主指著自己的女兒問：“阿嬌好嗎？”膠東王笑著說：“好啊，如果能得阿嬌做妻子，我就造一個金屋子給她住。”長公主大為高興。兩個孩子長大一些后，長公主苦求景帝，劉徹真的娶了阿嬌做妻子。後來劉徹做了皇帝，又立阿嬌為皇后。

後世用“金屋藏嬌”來說以華麗的房屋讓喜愛的妻妾居住。

“Analysis of Chinese Characters by bilingual”，is opened for the convenience of Chinese and foreign friends who are interested in Chinese characters. We’ll push a Chinese character every Monday，analyze its originand related culture. If there is any impropriety，welcome to correct us.

為方便對漢字感興趣的中國朋友和外國朋友，我們新開設了《雙語解字》欄目。每周一推送一個漢字的來歷和相關文化，如果其中有不恰當的地方，歡迎中外朋友指正。

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