give the wrongdoer a way out(wǎng kāi yī miàn)

give the wrongdoer a way out

The Chinese idiom, w ǎ NGK ā iy ī mi à n, removes three sides of the net and leaves only one side. It means to take a lenient attitude and give people a way out. It's from records of the historian Yin Benji.

Idiom explanation

Take the net off three sides and leave only one side. It means to take a lenient attitude and give people a way out.

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's historical records, Yin Benji, said: "when Tang came out, he saw the wild net all around him. He wished:" from all directions in the world, they all entered our net. " Tang said, "hee, it's all over!" There are three sides. Zhu said: "to the left, to the left; to the right, to the right. You don't need life, but you're in my net. "

Discrimination of words

Lantern riddle: open one side of the net

usage

It's hard to fly when you have wings in your wings, but it's hard to fly when you have heaven's virtue of living well. (Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.1, Chapter 12) when the discipline of the army is finally opened up, the growing things break through the confinement of the earth's crust and burst into volcanoes. Gao said in a tone that seemed to be open-minded.

Idioms and allusions

In the 1990s, some villagers dug out some living utensils in the north of the village, which were identified as objects of the Han Dynasty by the Bureau of cultural relics of Chang'an District. Up to now, the fragments of these pots and pots are still collected in the Museum of Chang'an District, which shows that the villages in this area were formed as early as the Han Dynasty, and it is also evidence of the long history of Beizhang ancient town. The allusion of the idiom "open one side to the net" comes from here. According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved hunting, so he classified Fenghe area, which is rich in water and grass and where rare birds and animals gather, as a royal hunting ground. When hunting, the entourage will open the net from southeast, northwest and four directions to collect the prey into the bag. However, the emperor seemed to pay attention to ecological protection. In order to show his kindness and kindness, the emperor would send someone to open a gap in the big net in the South or north to let God decide the fate of the rare animals. Some animals escaped because of this. The names of Beizhang and Nanzhang came from this. The idiom of opening the net on the one hand has also been handed down and become a soft hearted one It's a pronoun for generosity. on the stage of Nanzhang village opera, there is a stele of village annals in the Yonghui period of Tang Dynasty, which records the story in detail: "heaven has the virtue of living well, and people should follow it. We should open up one side of the net and treasure birds and beasts. On the south side, the deer of Nanshan Mountain will be released; on the north side, the milu of Fengbin will be released. " One day, when Tang was walking in the field, he saw a man open his net and muttered, "come on, birds! Fly into my net. Whether it's high or low, east or west, all the birds come to my net Tang went to the man and said, "your method is too cruel. You will catch all the birds!" While saying this, Tang cut off three nets. Then he whispered, "Oh, birds, if you like to fly to the left, fly to the left; if you like to fly to the right, fly to the right; if you are really tired of your life, fly to this Internet bar.". The idiom "three sides of the net" comes from this. Later, people changed it to "open up one side". the two idioms have the same meaning, but the word "Kai" has different interpretations. From the original meaning of the allusion, we can see that "open three sides" means "remove three sides" in the text, and "open" means "remove and open three sides" in the four sides of the net. From another point of view, the net of this kind of bird catcher has only one side left from the original four sides, so it can also be used as "open one side". However, the "open one side" of this "open one side" should be used as "open, open one side". Beizhang ancient town is located in the north foot of Qinling Mountains, east of Fenghe river. Standing at the head of Fenghe bridge, where Beizhang ancient town used to be the market, you can see the green wheat seedlings, the murmuring fengshui, the snowy sheep standing still by the river, gnawing weeds, the dark Qinling Mountains more than 30 miles away looming in the mist, the sound of chickens and dogs in the village looming in your ears, and the quiet, comfortable and fascinating paradise. No wonder more than 2000 years ago, Shangtian was a place of peace Zi Tang is also greedy for the beautiful scenery here, so he delimits this place as a royal hunting ground, which also gives birth to a benevolent idiom - "open up one side."

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