Pull out the sunflower to weave(bá kuí qù zhī)

Pull out the sunflower to weave

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B á Ku í Q ù zh ī, which means to pull out the winter sunflower cultivated by our family and get rid of the textile we are engaged in. It means that officials do not compete with the people for profits. The sources are historical records, the 59th biography of Xunli and the biography of Dong Zhongshu.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym and the people for profit

The origin of Idioms

In Sima Qian's the 59th biography of Xunli in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty, the food is Ru and beautiful, but the garden is sunflower and abandoned. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Gu's biography of Dong Zhongshu in the history of the Han Dynasty: "therefore, Duke Yi and his son Xianglu, when they saw weaving silk in their home, they angrily left their wives, ate in their homes and pulled out their sunflowers. They said," I have eaten my salary, and I have taken advantage of my husband and daughter. " In ancient times, sages and gentlemen were like this among all of us. Therefore, we should improve their deeds and follow their teachings, and make them honest and not mean. "

Idiom usage

It means that officials do not compete with the people for profits. Examples are not meant to be, and there are different ways to save interest. In the book of Liang and the biography of Xu Mian and the book of song, Volume 85, biography of Xie Zhuang, it is said that if a minister is stupid and says that he is in the position of an official, he should not compete with the people for profit. If he is not examined, he can get the imperial edict here? It's better to be deep and grand

Chinese PinYin : bá kuí qù zhī