It means that when you are an official, you must be the king of the king, and when you marry a wife, you must marry Yin Lihua.

It comes from "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Queen's Chronicle" written by Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasty. This sentence is a famous saying about the ideal of life once said by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Liu Xiu was young, he was just a commoner from a declining royal family. Liu Xiu once went to Chang'an to study. When he saw Zhi Jinwu walking on the street, the scene was very spectacular and luxurious. , the emotion and yearning for marrying a wife worthy of Yin Lihua.” ?

Jinwu, also called Golden Crow, can ward off evil spirits. When the emperor traveled, the commander of the troops would use it to guide the troops, so his official name was "Zhijinwu". ?

Yin Lihua is a new savage from Nanyang. In today's Nanyang, Henan, she was born with a beautiful face and a gentle manner. Liu Xiu's brother-in-law is called Deng Chen. His family is in Xinye, Nanyang, and he is also related to the Yin family. Therefore, when Liu Xiu went to Xinye, Nanyang, he met Yin Lihua herself.

Once you see it, you can’t forget it. Therefore, after meeting Zhi Jinwu in Chang'an, Liu Xiu sighed and felt that if a person wanted to be an official, he must be an official like Zhi Jinwu. As soon as he finished saying this, the beautiful figure of Yin Lihua appeared in front of him, and he said smoothly: "The wife should be Yin Lihua."

These two sentences express the young Liu Xiu My ideal life at that time was to be an official like Zhi Jinwu and marry a wife like Yin Lihua.

Extended information:

Yin Lihua was a new barbarian in Nanyang after the famous Qi Prime Minister Guan Zhong in the Spring and Autumn Period. Yin Lihua was known for her beauty when she was young. Liu Xiu married 19-year-old Yin Lihua when he was 29 years old when his career was just beginning. They separated three months later due to the war, and later married Guo Shengtong due to marriage.

In the first year of Jianwu, Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor and made Luoyang his capital. He sent people to take Yin Lihua back from Nanyang and made her a nobleman. In the second year after becoming emperor, Liu Xiu was granted the title of queen, and Yin Lihua resigned from the throne because she had no children. Liu Xiu had no choice but to make Guo Shengtong, the queen of the clan at that time, his queen, and Guo Shengtong's son Liu Jiang was the crown prince. Yin Lihua has been in the position of nobleman for 17 years.

In the ninth year of Jianwu, Empress Guo gradually fell out of favor. It was not until the seventeenth year of Jianwu, that is, the fifth year after Liu Xiu wiped out the heroes and unified the world, that he was criticized by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu as "the empress harbors resentment." , was abolished on the grounds of "violating religious orders" and "Lü Huo's style", and changed the Yin family to the queen.

The Western Han Dynasty had never had a precedent of establishing a queen and abolishing the queen at the same time. Because Guo Shengtong’s son was the prince, this was considered an anomaly from the old practice. Due to the bad character of the queen, the queen was abolished and the concubine was abolished. Displacement and vacillation of reserves are not a blessing to the country, so they are not allowed to celebrate.

After seventeen long years of waiting, Yin Lihua finally ascended to the throne and stood side by side with Liu Xiu.

In the seventh year of Yongping, Yin Lihua died. She was posthumously named "Guanglie" and was buried in the original mausoleum with Liu Xiu. According to historical records, Yin Lihua's personality was: respectful and frugal, not fond of appreciating treasures, and disliked laughing and joking. By nature, he is kind and filial, compassionate and loving.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Officials should be regarded as Zhijinwu, and wives should be regarded as Yinlihua