The "female yellow" of the mouth of the mouth is the correction fluid

The word "the female yellow" in the Chinese idioms "Xinkou Huanghuang" and "Mouth of the mouth" is what we now call "correction fluid" to modify the typos in writing. Although the components of "the yellow" and "the correction fluid" are different, their functions are exactly the same. The female yellow, also known as the cockscomb, is known as arsenic trisulfide. It is an orange-yellow and slightly transparent mineral. It is mostly fine-grained, flaky or column-like. It is also kidney-shaped and has pearl luster. It can be used as a painting. Pigment or fading agent. The color and fading effect of the female yellow makes it natural for the ancients to use it to modify the typos.

We know that the paper that was written in ancient times was dyed with yellow scorpion (cork) in order to prevent insects, so the paper was slightly yellow. The so-called "blue light, yellow wall, hard reading" refers to this kind of paper. Modern people write the wrong words, most of them are modified with the correction fluid. When the ancients wrote the wrong words, the females with the color and the yellow paper were first painted off and then rewritten. In the Song Dynasty Fan Zhengmin’s "Zhu Zhai Leisure Review", he said: "There are mistakes, and the female is destroyed by the female, so it is similar to the paper color. So can anyone say that it is 'the female yellow'." Of course, the wrong yellow is painted with the female yellow. Not only because its color is similar to that of yellow book paper, but the key is its role - "too long to die, but not to take off." "Qi Min Yao Shu" after "dying and healing calligraphy", there is a "girl Huang Zhi calligraphy" said; North Qi Yanzhi "Yan Family Training" also has "the world is not over the book, can not kneel down the female yellow" On the other hand, there is also a record of using the female yellow to smear the head of the word "宵"; Shen Kuo's "Meng Xi Bi Tan" volume has a record of a pair of females.

Just because the female yellow has changed the role of the typos, people will misinterpret the ancient book, add comments, and arbitrarily modify it as "lettering the mouth and yellow." Sun Sheng "Jin Yang Qiu": "Wang Yan, the word Yi Yu, can speak, intent to have uneasiness, 辄 more easy, the time is in the mouth of the female yellow." "Jin Shu Wang Yan Chuan" also said: "Miao Shan Xuan Yan, Only talking about Lao Zhuang is a matter of fact... The reason is uneasy, and then it changes, and the number of the world is in the mouth." There is something wrong with the speech, and it is easy to change it with the mouth. It is as easy to change the wrong word with the female yellow. This is "the mouth is yellow" and " The origin of the letter of mouth is yellow.

With the idiom "Xinkou Huanghuang", people can handle it with people who don't ask the truth and lightly draw conclusions. "Lu Xun's Letters Collection to Li Bingzhong": "Closely engaged in translation, there is a short comment, involving current affairs, and the letter is yellow, quite repenting, if you no longer self-check, you will not be able to live in Shanghai soon." Feng Deying The 21st chapter of the Spring Festival: "If Sun Junying said that there is nothing according to the facts, but she adds fuel and vinegar, and she is arrogant and arrogant. It is extremely difficult to provoke." Wait, these "letter and female" are wonderfully used. .