每当有空暇的时候,许多人都要上街去买东西。“买东西”已经成了人们购买物品的代名词。那么,为什么只说“买东西”而不说“买南北”呢?其实古时已经有人问到这个问题了。据说,有一次南宋著名哲学家朱熹在街上见到他的好友盛温如提着一个竹篮子,便问道:“你上哪儿去?”“去买东 Whenever you have time, many people go to the streets to buy things. “Shopping” has become a synonym for people to buy goods. So, why only say “buy things” instead of “buy North and South”? In fact, some people have already asked this question in ancient times. It is said that once the famous philosopher of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi, met his friend Sheng Wen in the street with a bamboo basket, he asked: “Where are you going?”