Gua piao, Guà piáo: 1 definition
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掛瓢 [guà piáo] [gua piao]—
Symbolizes withdrawing from the world and living as a recluse. See the entry 'Xu You Discards the Gourd' (許由棄瓢 [xu you qi piao]). From Li Qiao's (李嶠 [li jiao]) poem 'Presenting to the Attendants Living Together Upon Accompanying the Emperor Back to Luoyang' (扈從還洛呈侍從群居 [hu cong hai luo cheng shi cong qun ju]) of the Tang Dynasty (唐 [tang]): "Our towns are rarely so poor as to have 'hanging chime stones' (懸磬 [xuan qing]), and our mountains lack the reclusive ease of 'hanging gourds' (逸 [yi])."
掛瓢：比喻避世隱居。參見「許由棄瓢」條。唐．李嶠〈扈從還洛呈侍從群居〉詩：「邑罕懸磬貧，山無掛瓢逸。」
guà piáo: bǐ yù bì shì yǐn jū. cān jiàn “xǔ yóu qì piáo” tiáo. táng． lǐ jiào 〈hù cóng hái luò chéng shì cóng qún jū〉 shī: “yì hǎn xuán qìng pín, shān wú guà piáo yì.”
gua piao: bi yu bi shi yin ju. can jian "xu you qi piao" tiao. tang. li jiao
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