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洛阳纸贵 Luòyáng Zhǐguì
释义
比喻作品风行一时，广为流传。
英文
Good writings make people copy them. It indicates the popularity of a masterpiece.
出处
《晋书·左思传》
近义词
有口皆碑，风靡一时
反义词
粗制滥造
典故
晋代文学家左思小时候十分顽皮、不爱读书，他父亲经常为此事烦恼。一次，他父亲在跟朋友聊天时，朋友们都表示羡慕他有一个聪明的儿子，但他父亲说：“我儿子还不如我小时候，我不指望他有出息了。”说着，便流露出失望的神色。这一切刚好被左思听到，他很难过，觉得对不起父亲，于是下定决心好好念书。
日复一日，年复一年，左思渐渐长大了。由于他坚持不懈地发奋读书，终于成为一位学识渊博的人。他用一年的时间写成了《齐都赋》，显示出了他在文学方面的才华，为他成为杰出的文学家奠定了基础。之后，他又计划以三国时魏、蜀、吴首都的风土、人情和物产为内容，撰写《三都赋》。为了在内容、结构、语言等诸方面都达到一定水平，他潜心研究，精心撰写，废寝忘食，用了整整十年完成了文学巨著《三都赋》。《三都赋》受到广泛好评，人们把它和汉代文学杰作《两都赋》相比。
由于当时还没有发明印刷术，喜爱《三都赋》的人只能争相抄阅。因为抄写的人太多，京城洛阳的纸张供不应求，一时间全城纸价大幅度上升。“洛阳纸贵”因此用来形容某种著作流传很广，十分受欢迎。
Zuo Si, a Jin Dynasty writer, was very naughty when he was a child. His father felt annoyed for Zuo disliked studying. Once, when his father was chatting with his friends, they admired him for having a clever son. While his father said with disappointment, "My son is not as good as younger me. I don't think he has a promising future." Hearing that, Zuo Si was sad and felt sorry. Then he decided to study hard.
Day after day, year after year, Zuo Si gradually grew up. Due to his perseverance and diligence, he finally became knowledgeable. Ode to the Capital of Qi State, which took him one year to write, showed his brilliance and laid the foundation for his becoming an outstanding writer. After that, he planned to write Ode to the Three Capitals of the State of Wei, Shu and Wu with the local conditions and customs as well as the produce. In order to reach high level in content, structure, language, etc., he devoted himself to research. He spent ten years to complete the masterpiece. The work was widely-praised, and people compared it with the Han Dynasty masterpiece Ode to the Two Capitals of the Dynasty of East Han and West Han.
Since typography was not invented at that time, people who loved the work could only copy it by hand. The paper supply was in short because of the numerous hand-copied work and the paper price went up. Therefore, the idiom “Luoyang zhi gui” is used to describe the popularity of a masterpiece.