Pull out the hair to help the world(bá máo jì shì)

Pull out the hair to help the world

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is B á m á OJ ì sh ì, which means to benefit the world from slight loss. From Liezi Yang Zhu.

The origin of Idioms

Liezi Yang Zhu: "the bird asked Yang Zhu," if you want to help the whole life by removing one of your sons' hair, what would you do? " Yang Zi said, "the world is not a solid one." The master of birds said, "what is the reason for the false economy?" Yang Zifu said

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute, it refers to helping the world. Examples: only "a few pieces of clogs in one's life" can be tasted in detail, while "plucking wool to help the world" is farfetched and ridiculous. This is a riddle of common people. What is poetry! Wang Ruoxu, Jin, Volume 3 of the book of songs in Hunan

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Mo Zhai, the representative of Mohist school, advocated "universal love" and "non attack", opposed to selfishness and unprincipled hatred, while Yang Zhu, the opposition school, advocated that everything should proceed from self-interest, that is, "for me". Mozhai's student bird slippery Li asked Yang Zhu: "are you willing to pull a hair out of you and benefit the world?" Yang Zhu retorts that nothing can save the world.

Chinese PinYin : bá máo jì shì