kāi开mén门jiàn见shān山
To come straight to the point; to speak frankly and directly; to get right to the topic without beating around the bush.
Era:
Ancient
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Story:
The great Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai always wrote his poems in a straightforward manner, getting right to the theme from the very first stroke of his pen, never beating around the bush.
For instance, the first line of 'Yuan Bie Li' (Long Farewell) is 'Long farewell, anciently there were two daughters, Huang and Ying.'
The first line of 'Shu Dao Nan' (Hard Road to Shu) is: 'Oh! How perilous, how lofty! The road to Shu is harder than ascending to the blue sky!'
The first line of 'Chang Xiang Si' (Longing) writes: 'Longing, in Chang'an.'