大笔如椽
A Pen as Large as a Rafter
[Source] Book of Jin – Wang Xun Biography， compiled and edited during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
【出处】《晋书·王珣传》：“珣梦人以大笔如椽与之，既觉，语人曰：‘此当有大手笔事。’”
【Interpretation】Literally means a big pen as large as a roof beam. Used to describe great writers or masterpieces. Often used as a compliment on someone’s writing skills.
【释意】椽(chuán)：放在檩上架着屋顶的木条。原意是“像椽子一样粗大的笔”，用来比作写作大家、大手笔，即称誉他人文笔出众。
Wang Xun (349-400) was a scholar during the Dong Jin Dynasty(317-420). He was intelligent and good at both prose and poem writing. At the age of 20， Wang Xun was hired by Huan Wen the General (312-373) to be his secretary.
东晋的文士王珣从小才思敏捷，散文和诗赋都写得很好，二十岁时便被大司马桓温聘为主簿。
In order to test Wang Xun’s talents， Huan Wen once had Wang Xun’s speech notes stolen. With the notes missing， however， Wang Xun still gave a marvelous speech， which led to praise and admiration by Huan Wen.
桓温为了试王珣的才学，趁幕僚们在议事的时候，派人偷偷取走了王珣准备发言的文稿。只见他口若悬河，滔滔不绝，令桓温叹服不已。
Wang Xun had a dream one day in which someone gave him a big pen as large as a rafter. When he woke up from the dream， Wang Xun told his family about the dream and said this was a sign that he would do something important.
有一天王珣做了个梦，梦中有人将一支像椽子那样的大笔送给他。醒来后，他对家里人说：“我梦见有人送我如同椽子那样的大笔，看来我要做大事了。”
Exactly on that morning， the emperor died. As Wang Xun was known to have outstanding writing skills， he was made responsible for drafting the obituary notice as well as all related articles praising the emperor’s lifetime achievements. This task was regarded as a great honor at that time.
就在这天清晨，晋孝武帝突然死去。由于王珣文笔出众，朝廷要发出的哀策、讣告和孝武帝的谥议等，全部都托付给他起草，这在当时是莫大的殊荣。后人就用这个词，夸赞别人文笔好。, http://www.100md.com
[Source] Book of Jin – Wang Xun Biography， compiled and edited during the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
【出处】《晋书·王珣传》：“珣梦人以大笔如椽与之，既觉，语人曰：‘此当有大手笔事。’”
【Interpretation】Literally means a big pen as large as a roof beam. Used to describe great writers or masterpieces. Often used as a compliment on someone’s writing skills.
【释意】椽(chuán)：放在檩上架着屋顶的木条。原意是“像椽子一样粗大的笔”，用来比作写作大家、大手笔，即称誉他人文笔出众。
Wang Xun (349-400) was a scholar during the Dong Jin Dynasty(317-420). He was intelligent and good at both prose and poem writing. At the age of 20， Wang Xun was hired by Huan Wen the General (312-373) to be his secretary.
东晋的文士王珣从小才思敏捷，散文和诗赋都写得很好，二十岁时便被大司马桓温聘为主簿。
In order to test Wang Xun’s talents， Huan Wen once had Wang Xun’s speech notes stolen. With the notes missing， however， Wang Xun still gave a marvelous speech， which led to praise and admiration by Huan Wen.
桓温为了试王珣的才学，趁幕僚们在议事的时候，派人偷偷取走了王珣准备发言的文稿。只见他口若悬河，滔滔不绝，令桓温叹服不已。
Wang Xun had a dream one day in which someone gave him a big pen as large as a rafter. When he woke up from the dream， Wang Xun told his family about the dream and said this was a sign that he would do something important.
有一天王珣做了个梦，梦中有人将一支像椽子那样的大笔送给他。醒来后，他对家里人说：“我梦见有人送我如同椽子那样的大笔，看来我要做大事了。”
Exactly on that morning， the emperor died. As Wang Xun was known to have outstanding writing skills， he was made responsible for drafting the obituary notice as well as all related articles praising the emperor’s lifetime achievements. This task was regarded as a great honor at that time.
就在这天清晨，晋孝武帝突然死去。由于王珣文笔出众，朝廷要发出的哀策、讣告和孝武帝的谥议等，全部都托付给他起草，这在当时是莫大的殊荣。后人就用这个词，夸赞别人文笔好。, http://www.100md.com