李逵负荆

李逵負荊
Lǐ Kuí fù jīng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Li Kui Carries Thorns, Kang Jinzhi's Yuan-dynasty zaju play about the Water Margin hero Li Kui

Examples

HSK 7-9
《 Lǐ Kuí fù jīng 》 shì Yuándài Kāng Jìnzhī xiě de zájù.
Li Kui Carries Thorns is a zaju play by Kang Jinzhi of the Yuan dynasty.
HSK 7-9
Zài 《 Lǐ Kuí fù jīng 》 lǐ, Lǐ Kuí cuòguài le Sòng Jiāng, zhǐhǎo bēi zhe jīngtiáo qù qǐngzuì.
In Li Kui Carries Thorns, Li Kui wrongly blames Song Jiang and has to go and apologize with a bundle of thorns on his back.

Tips

history
Two impostors using the names of 宋江 and 鲁智深 carry off an innkeeper's daughter. The hot-headed 李逵 believes the innkeeper, storms back to Liangshan and chops down its apricot-yellow banner. Proved wrong, he comes back with thorns on his back, then makes amends by catching the real culprits.
culture
The title borrows 负荆请罪 'to carry thorns and ask for punishment', from the Warring States story of the general 廉颇 apologizing to 蔺相如.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ
逵 kuí
负 fù
荆 jīng