因为抢着抄写左思的《三都赋》；以致洛阳的纸价高起来了。形容写文章、著作广泛流传；风行一时。
《晋书 左思传》：“于是豪贵之家竞相传写，洛阳为之纸贵。”
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人说“洛阳纸贵”，谁知今日闹到“长安扇贵”。此时画的手也酸了，眼也花了。（清 李汝珍《镜花缘》第七十七回）
晋代文学家左思，小时候是个非常顽皮、不爱读书的孩子。父亲经常为这事发脾气，可是小左思仍然淘气得很，不肯好好学习。
有一天，左思的父亲与朋友们聊天，朋友们羡慕他有个聪明可爱的儿子。左思的父亲叹口气说：“快别提他了，小儿左思的学习，还不如我小时候，看来没有多大的出息了。”说着，脸上流露出失望的神色。这一切都被小左思看到听到了，他非常难过，觉得自己不好好念书确实很没出息。于是，暗暗下定决心，一定要刻苦学习。
日复一日，年复一年，左思渐渐长大了，由于他坚持不懈地发奋读书，终于成为一位学识渊博的人，文章也写得非常好。他用一年的时间写成了《齐都赋》，显示出他在文学方面的才华，为他成为杰出的文学家奠定了基础。这以后他又计划以三国时魏、蜀、吴首都的风土、人情、物产为内容，撰写《三都赋》。为了在内容、结构、语言诸方面都达到一定水平，他潜心研究，精心撰写，废寝忘食，用了整整十年，文学巨著《三都赋》终于写成了。
《三都赋》受到谅也评，人们把它和汉代文学杰作《两都赋》相比。由于当时还没有发明印刷术，喜爱《三都赋》的人只能争相抄阅，因为抄写的人太多，京城洛阳的纸张供不应求，一时间全城纸价大幅度上升。
故事出自《晋书·文苑·左思传》。成语“洛阳纸贵”，称颂杰出的作品风行一进。
overwhelming popularity of a new work causes shortage of printing paper
in the jin dynasty ( 65-4 0) there was a famous writer whose name was zuo si who, however, was very naughty and did not like to study when he was a small kid.his father often got angry, and yet young zuo si was as naughty as ever and would not study hard.
one day, zuo sis father was chatting with his friends. his friends envied him his clever and loverly son. hearing this, zuo sis father sighed, "please do not mention him. my son zuo si does not study as well as i did when i was young, although i did not study well enough myself. it appears that he is actually a good-for-nothing." so saying, he looked disappointed. all this was witnessed by young zuo si. he felt very sad, feeling intensely that he would not be able to have a bright future if he did not study hard. so he was determined to study assiduously from then on. day after day and year after year, zuo si gradually grew up. because of his unremitting afforts in hard study, he became an erudite scholar and wrote very excellent essays. the "ode to the capital of the state of qi", which took him one year to write, showed his brilliant literary talent and laid the foundation for his becoming an outstanding writer. then he planned to write an "ode to the capitals of the three kingdoms of wei, shu han and wu" with the local conditions and customs as well as the produce of the three capitals as its content. in order to achieve the desired effect in content, structure and language, he applied himself to research work with great concentration, and was so absorbed in creative writing as to forget food and sleep. it took him ten whole years to finish the writing of "ode to the capitals of the three kingdoms of wei, shu han and wu", a literary masterpiece.
the "ode to the capitals of the three kingdoms of wei, shu han and wu" was well received by the broad masses of readers after it made its appearance to the public, and people considered it as superbly written as the "ode to the western capital (changan) and to the eastern capital (luoyang)" written by ban gu (3 -9 ) and the "ode to the western capital and to the eastern capital" written by zhang heng of the han dynasty ( 06 b.c. to a.d. 0). as the art of printing had not been invented at that time, people who were fond of this "ode" had to make handwritten copies of it themselves. as there were so many people who vied with each other in making handwritten copies, the supply of writing paper fell short of the demand in luoyang went up greatly.
this story comes from "the life of zuo si" in the book "literary field" of the history of the jin dynasty. based on this story, people have coined the set phrase "the price of writing paper went up greatly", meaning the overwhelming popularity of a new work causes shortage of printing paper, to show how popular an outstanding piece of literary work is.
西晋的大文学家左思，是一个相貌木讷、口齿不清的人，因此没有什么朋友，尽管文笔出众，也不被当时的人们所重视。左思对于写作文章十分用心，他曾经花了一年的时间写成〈齐都赋〉，描写齐国首都临淄的风光。接着他又想写一篇关于三国时代魏、蜀、吴都城的文章，即〈三都赋〉。这时左思的妹妺左芬正好被选入宫，左思就藉这个机会搬到人文荟萃的京师洛阳居住。因为左思从未去过蜀国的成都，所以他就去拜访当时的大文人张载，请教有关成都的风土民情。为了写成〈三都赋〉，左思花了十年的时间构思，他的家中到处挂着纸笔，连厕所和篱笆上都不例外，只要一有灵感，他便立刻提笔写下。在创作的过程中，左思又觉得自己的学问不足，便向朝廷请求担任掌管图书的秘书郎一职，以便翻阅各种书籍，作为写作的材料。后来〈三都赋〉完成，却并未得到时人的重视。左思认为自己的文笔并不比班固、张衡差，恐怕是当时的人不喜欢他的形貌，所以也看不起他的文章。左思听说皇甫谧是位著名的学者，便拿自己的作品去向他请教。皇甫谧看了〈三都赋〉之后非常欣赏，并为左思写了一篇序。后来张载为魏都的部分作注，刘逵也为蜀都、吴都两部分作注，卫权又写了略解。连官至司空的大文人张华，都对左思的〈三都赋〉大加赞赏，认为左思的成就不输给班固、张衡等大文人。由于这些文人学者的推荐，左思的这篇杰作便很快地在京城洛阳流传开来，人们竞相抄录，以致洛阳的纸价上涨。后来这个故事被浓缩成“洛阳纸贵”，用来形容著作风行一时，流传甚广。
比喻著作广泛流传,风行一时。源于晋代,左思《三都赋》写成后,豪贵人家竞相抄写,抄写的人很多,洛阳的纸都因此涨价了
人话洛阳纸贵,谁知今日闹到 长安扇贵。—— 清· 李汝珍《镜花缘》
晋代左思写成〈三都赋〉后，时人竞相传写，使洛阳的纸价上涨而昂贵。典出《晋书．卷九二．文苑传．左思传》。后比喻著作风行一时，流传甚广。《孽海花．第二回》：“即如写字的莫友芝，画画的汤埙伯，非不洛阳纸贵，名震一时，总嫌带著江湖气。”
洛阳纸贵（luò yáng zhǐ guì），成语，原指西晋都城洛阳之纸，因大家争相传抄左思的作品《三都赋》，以至一时供不应求，货缺而贵。后喻作品为世所重，风行一时，流传甚广。出自《晋书·左思传》。
由于左思的〈三都赋〉，时人竞相传写，因而洛阳为之纸贵。典出《晋书．卷九二．文苑列传．左思》。后用“洛阳纸贵”形容著作风行一时，流传甚广。
“都城纸贵”
洛，不能写作“落”。
欲赋三都：指作〈三都赋〉，该赋内容描写三国时代魏都城邺城、蜀都城成都、吴都城建业的富庶壮丽。
会妹芬入宫：正好左思的妹妹左芬被选入宫。会，适、值。芬，人名，指左芬，左思之妹，西晋人，生卒年不详，长相丑陋，然擅于文词，被武帝选入宫中，以才德见称，后为贵嫔。
诣：音ㄧˋ，拜访、进见上级或长辈。
著作郎：职官名。三国魏明帝时设置，隶属中书省，掌理修撰国史；晋时改隶秘书省，称大著作。
张载：字孟阳，晋安平人，生卒年不详。为著名文学家，官至中书侍郎。性闲雅，博学能文，有诗文多篇行世。
访岷邛之事：请教关于三国蜀都地区的风土民情。岷邛，指岷山、邛崃山，地约在今四川省。邛，音ㄑㄩㄥˊ。
门庭藩溷：大门、厅堂、篱笆和厕所，泛指家中各个地方。藩，篱笆。溷，音ㄏㄨㄣˋ，厕所。
着：音ㄓㄨㄛˊ，放置。
秘书郎：晋代官制，负责掌管图书经籍。
司空：职官名。周时有冬官大司空，为六卿之一，掌水土营建之事。秦无司空，置御史大夫，汉初沿置，成帝时改御史大夫为大司空。后多有更名，或称御史大夫，或称司空，至明始废。
张华：西元２３２∼３００，字茂先，西晋方城人。学业优博，辞藻温丽，图纬方伎之书，无不详览，伐吴有功，封广武侯，长于政事，时人许之为“郑国子产”。后为赵王伦所害，着有《博物志》。
班张之流：和班固、张衡同样的一流作品。班固着〈两都赋〉，张衡着〈二京赋〉，均描写长安和洛阳的繁荣富庶。
洛阳：西晋首都，位于河南省西部的洛阳盆地内。
唐．宋之问〈范阳王挽词〉二首之一：“公才掩诸夏，文体变当时……洛阳今纸贵，犹写太冲词。”
清．蘂珠旧史《京尘杂录．卷三．丁年玉笋志》：“争请余顾曲，乞品骘色艺，冀得一言为重。招邀者，武相接也。于是传写《看花记》者，几有洛阳纸贵之叹。”
《镜花缘》第七七回：“人说『洛阳纸贵』，谁知今日闹到『长安扇贵』。”
《孽海花》第二回：“即如写字的莫友芝，画画的汤埙伯，非不洛阳纸贵，名震一时，总嫌带着江湖气。”
京师纸贵
jīng shī zhǐ guì
犹“洛阳纸贵”。见“洛阳纸贵”条。《北齐书．卷三六．邢邵列传》：“自孝明之后，文雅大盛，邵雕虫之美，独步当时，每一文初出，京师为之纸贵，读诵俄遍远近。”
纸贵洛城
zhǐ guì luò chéng
犹“洛阳纸贵”。见“洛阳纸贵”条。唐．卢照邻〈双槿树赋序〉：“金悬秦市，杨子见而无言；纸贵洛城，陆生闻而罢笑。”
纸贵洛阳
zhǐ guì luò yáng
犹“洛阳纸贵”。见“洛阳纸贵”条。清．赵翼〈醉时歌赠春农同年〉诗：“时来纸贵洛阳城，运去窗糊酒家牖。”
衡阳纸贵
héng yáng zhǐ guì
义仿“洛阳纸贵”。见“洛阳纸贵”条。宋．陈师道〈寄杜择之〉诗：“兴来不假江山助，目过浑如草木春。农马智专吾不让，衡阳纸贵子能频。”
都中纸贵
dū zhōng zhǐ guì
犹“洛阳纸贵”。见“洛阳纸贵”条。唐．元稹〈和王侍郎酬广宣上人观放牓后相贺〉诗：“都中纸贵流传后，海外金填姓字时。”
