胸有成竹

Xiōng Yǒu Chéng Zhú

心里已经有了完整的计划,做事很有把握。

The bamboo is already formed in your chest — you have a full plan and perfect confidence.

北běi宋sòng有yǒu一yī位wèi画huà家jiā,叫jiào文wén与yǔ可kě,他tā最zuì爱ài画huà竹zhú子zi。他tā笔bǐ下xià的de竹zhú子zi,枝zhī叶yè栩xǔ栩xǔ如rú生shēng,一yī看kàn就jiù像xiàng真zhēn的de一yī样yàng,大dà家jiā都dōu抢qiǎng着zhe要yào他tā的de画huà。

为wèi了le画huà好hǎo竹zhú子zi,文wén与yǔ可kě在zài院yuàn子zi里lǐ种zhòng了le许xǔ多duō竹zhú。不bù管guǎn是shì春chūn天tiān的de嫩nèn笋sǔn、夏xià天tiān的de浓nóng绿lǜ,还hái是shì秋qiū天tiān的de黄huáng叶yè、冬dōng天tiān的de白bái雪xuě,他tā都dōu一yī天tiān一yī天tiān仔zǎi细xì地dì看kàn,一yī枝zhī一yī叶yè认rèn真zhēn地dì记jì在zài心xīn里lǐ。

时shí间jiān长cháng了le,竹zhú子zi的de样yàng子zi,早zǎo已yǐ完wán完wán整zhěng整zhěng地dì印yìn在zài他tā的de脑nǎo海hǎi中zhōng。只zhǐ要yào他tā拿ná起qǐ笔bǐ,闭bì上shàng眼yǎn睛jīng,一yī整zhěng株zhū竹zhú子zi就jiù已yǐ经jīng出chū现xiàn在zài心xīn里lǐ——哪nǎ根gēn先xiān画huà,哪nǎ根gēn后hòu画huà,他tā都dōu清qīng清qīng楚chǔ楚chǔ。

他tā的de好hǎo朋péng友yǒu苏sū东dōng坡pō夸kuā他tā说shuō:“画huà竹zhú之zhī前qián,心xīn中zhōng已yǐ经jīng有yǒu了le整zhěng株zhū完wán整zhěng的de竹zhú子zi。”这zhè就jiù是shì“胸xiōng有yǒu成chéng竹zhú”的de来lái历lì。

后hòu来lái,人rén们men用yòng“胸xiōng有yǒu成chéng竹zhú”来lái形xíng容róng:做zuò一yī件jiàn事shì情qíng之zhī前qián,心xīn里lǐ已yǐ经jīng想xiǎng得de很hěn清qīng楚chǔ,非fēi常cháng有yǒu把bǎ握wò。

In the Northern Song dynasty there was a painter named Wen Yuke who loved to paint bamboo. His bamboo looked so alive that people rushed to collect his paintings.

To paint bamboo well, Wen Yuke planted many bamboo trees in his courtyard. Whether it was the young shoots of spring, the deep green of summer, the yellow leaves of autumn, or the white snow of winter, he watched them day after day and kept every branch and leaf in his heart.

After a long time, the shape of bamboo lived completely inside his mind. The moment he picked up his brush and closed his eyes, a whole bamboo tree already stood inside him — he knew exactly which stalk to draw first and which to draw next.

His good friend Su Dongpo praised him, saying, “Before he paints, a complete bamboo is already formed in his chest.” That is where “having bamboo in one's chest” comes from.

Today the idiom describes someone who has thought a matter all the way through and acts with full confidence.