说楔子敷陈 (說楔子敷陳) shuō xiēzi fūchén

shuō xiēzi fūchén phrase an prologue to the story
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: from 儒林外史·第一回, Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. in “The Scholars” (Wu Jingzi, Yang Hsien-i tr., and Yang Gladys tr. 1992, p. 3)