Idiom: touch the stone and turn it into gold

Pinyin: di m \u n shchéng j \u n

Explanation: For example, when revising an article, you can make it excellent by making a slight change to the original text.

Source: Song Huzai's Meng Haoran, After Tiaoxi Fishing Talk: "Poetry is unique, like a magic pill, turning stone into gold."

Example: Poetry will do! Change a word and the poem will live. ★ Guo Moruo's On Large-scale Collection of Folk Songs

Synonym: a little iron turns into gold.

Antonym: touch gold into iron

Two-part allegorical saying: Xu Xun became a county magistrate.

Grammar: as predicate and attribute; Used of articles, etc.

English: A touch of stone turns into gold.

Idiom story: In the early Jin Dynasty, Xu Xun, a native of Nanchang, was appointed as the magistrate of Jingyang County by the court. Seeing that many people can't afford to pay taxes, he is very sympathetic to them, so he exempted them from taxes with the magic of turning stone into gold. Soon after he took office, he got bored when he saw the power struggle and intrigue in officialdom, so he resigned from his office and traveled around.

(A little stone turns into gold, a little stone turns into gold)

It's the same as "turning stone into gold"

In the Song Dynasty's Meng Haoran Tiaoxi Fishing Hidden from Congbei Collection, Hu Zaidao said: "Poetry is naturally different, like a magic pill, and stone turns into gold."

Journey to the West for the fourth time: "My master calls the shots and can only flip his hands;" It means that water is oil, and turning stone into gold is as easy as turning around. "

Guo Moruo's On the Collection of Folk Songs: "We experienced people all know that poetry can literally turn stone into gold! Change a word and the poem will live. "