If you say that fantasy novels are written in mysteries, they are actually not mysterious, such as an allusion related to painting - "The Finishing Touch"

In the Liang Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a very famous painter named Zhang Sengqiu.

His painting skills are highly skilled. At that time, Emperor Wu of Liang believed in Buddhism and built many temples that allowed him to paint.

Legend has it that one year, Emperor Wu of Liang asked Zhang Shengqian to paint for the Anle Temple in Jinling, painting four golden dragons on the walls of the temple. He agreed, and it took only three days to finish the painting. These dragons are so vividly drawn that they are as vivid as real dragons.

After Zhang Seng finished painting, many people came to watch, and they all praised the painting well, which was too realistic. However, when people look closer, they will find that the fly in the ointment is that all four dragons have no eyes. Everyone begged him to light the dragon's eyes. Zhang Sengqian explained: "It is not difficult to put eyeballs on dragons, but these dragons will break through the wall and fly away if they are eyeballs. ”

After hearing this, no one believed him, thinking that his explanation was ridiculous, how could the dragon on the wall fly away? As the days went by, many people thought he was lying.

Zhang Seng was forced to have no choice, so he had to agree to give the dragon "eye", but in order to leave two white dragons in the temple, he was only willing to put the other two white dragons behind. On this day, there were many people watching in front of the temple wall, and Zhang Seng Miao lifted the paintbrush in front of everyone and gently dotted the eyes of the two dragons. Something strange happened, he clicked the second dragon's eye, and after a while, the sky was full of dark clouds, the wind was blowing, thunder and lightning flashed, and in the thunder and lightning, people saw the two dragons that were "eye-catching" break through the wall and rise in the air, and flew into the sky with their teeth and claws.

After a while, the clouds cleared, and the people were so frightened that they couldn't say a word. Looking at the wall again, only the two dragons that were not eyed were left, and the other two dragons that were "eyed" were missing.

Later, according to this legend, people derived the idiom "finishing touch", which is a metaphor for speech or article, and uses a key and incisive sentence or two in the main place to point out the gist and make the content more vivid and powerful. However, in the information age of knowledge reform and opening up, we can think that this is a kind of innovation, because Zhang Sengqian nodded the dragon's eyes and a qualitative leap occurred.

The idiom "finishing touch" is a metaphor for speaking or doing things that are handled well in key parts, making the overall effect more expressive.

There is also an allusion to painting - "Painting a Snake and Adding Feet"

In ancient times, there was an official in charge of the sacrifice in the Chu State, and he rewarded a pot of wine to the doorman who came to help with the sacrifice. The doormen consulted with each other and said, "It is not enough for everyone to drink this pot of wine together, and there is still a surplus for one person to drink it." Otherwise, everyone will draw snakes on the ground together, and whoever draws it first will drink this pot of wine. ”

One of the first to finish drawing the jug was ready to drink, and then he took the jug in his left hand and drew the snake with his right hand, and said, "I can still draw its feet!" Then he drank the pot of wine.

The man who painted the snake's feet ended up losing the jug of wine.

It is used to describe doing superfluous things, which cannot be icing on the cake but is self-defeating.

The two stories have the same extra stroke, but the results are not the same, and the paintings in fantasy novels do not have this ability. (To be continued......)