Learning is a family with reading ancestors. The ancients used rue herb to prevent book moths, because it was called book fragrance. Later, it was used to refer to the family style of reading for generations.

The classic of "reading" comes from the fragrance of flying grass. In order to prevent moths from eating books, the ancients put flightless grass in the books so that the books would not be bitten by insects. The fragrance of this book lingers for a long time. When the book was opened, the smell was strong. Therefore, cursive script is deeply loved by literati and bibliophiles, and is known as an elegant classic of "book fragrance" and passed down from generation to generation.

Related idioms

1, scholarly family

In the old society, it was pointed out that a self-taught family generally refers to a good family background. Books: Three generations of families are familiar with four books and five classics. Xiang: There is a ancestral temple at home, and you have your own incense. Door: door, generally refers to the threshold, representing the local status of the family. Numbers: Represents the sum of numbers. It means that there are celebrities at home who are known all over the city.

From: Qing Wenkang's Fortieth Biography of Heroes of Children: "Now it seems that the scholarly family is there and the food and clothing business is reliable. His son just worked step by step and became a minister. "

2, generation book

It means that generations are scholars.

From: Cao Qingxue Qin's 57th story of A Dream of Red Mansions: "Although the Lins are poor and have no food to eat, they are also a scholarly family for generations, and they will never abandon their families to join their relatives, which makes people laugh."