Go one step further(bǎi chǐ gān tóu，gèng jìn yī bù)

Go one step further

Go one step further. A hundred feet high pole. Buddhism is used as a metaphor for the cultivation of Taoism to a very high level.

It means to continue to work hard and strive for greater progress after reaching a high level of learning and achievement. It is said in volume 10 of the original biography of lanterns in Jingde of the Song Dynasty: "shishiyiji said," a hundred Zhang pole is not moving, although it is not true to get in. ". The world of ten is the whole body. "

Idiom information

[idiom entry] one hundred (half) feet pole head, further [Chinese interpretation] [Buddhist language, metaphor of Daoism (D à oh é ng), although deep attainments, still need to improve. It means that we will continue to work hard after we have reached a high level of learning and achievement. A hundred feet pole: a hundred feet pole is a metaphor of Buddhism for the highest level of cultivation of Taoism. It's also called "hundred Zhang Gan tou". [idiom usage] as a predicate, adverbial; metaphor even if you get good results, but also efforts, with commendatory meaning. Although it has reached a very high level, it can not be satisfied and needs further efforts. One of the 20 sayings has been included in the explanation of the 2014 senior high school entrance examination

The origin of Idioms

Wu Rong's "merchant" poem in the Tang Dynasty: "a hundred feet, five Liang slant, where is not home in this life. Zhu Xi's answer to Gong Zhongzhi's book in Song Dynasty: therefore, I'm afraid that I may be able to help you a little and go a step further.

Analysis of Idioms

[shape discrimination] the character "Gan" can't be written as "Gan". This "Gan" is not the same as "Gan"; the character "Jin" can't be written as "Jin". This "advance" is not that "approach".

Historical allusions

allusion

In the Song Dynasty, there was an eminent monk named C é n in Changsha. He was called master Zhaoxian. People called him "monk Changsha". He often preached and preached everywhere. One day, master Zhaoxian was invited to lecture in the Dharma Hall of a Buddhist temple. The master spoke in simple terms, and the audience was deeply affected. After master Zhaoxian finished his lecture, a monk stood up and asked him a few questions. The master slowly answered them. When the monk heard what he didn't understand, he asked the master questions again, so they asked and answered in a friendly and natural atmosphere. They talked about the highest realm of Buddhism, the world of ten directions. In order to explain what happened to the world of ten directions, master Zhaoxian showed a Sutra on the spot. The so-called gathi is the book that records libretto in Buddhism. But the master pointed to the above paragraph and read: "a hundred feet is not moving, although it is not true to get in.". progress is the key to success, and the world in ten directions is the whole body. The bamboo pole is not high. It needs to go further. The world of ten directions is the real peak.

analysis

As the saying goes, a hundred feet, further. Even if we are already deep in Taoism and attainments, we still need to cultivate and improve. If the cultivation of Taoism reaches the top of a hundred feet and does not advance any more, then, although it is excellent, it is not pure; even if it reaches the top of a hundred feet, it still can't relax, absolutely can't be complacent, and absolutely can't stop. Only by continuing to work hard and carefully, can we make greater progress. When we study, we can't be satisfied even if we have made a little achievement, so we are complacent. We need to know that the ocean of knowledge is endless. Only by persevering in our study can we get closer to the other side of the truth.

Chinese PinYin : bǎi chǐ gān tóu，gèng jìn yī bù