A hundred legged insect is dead but not stiff(bǎi zú zhī chóng，sǐ ér bù jiāng)

A hundred legged insect is dead but not stiff

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It means that although a powerful person or group has failed, its aftereffect and influence still exist.

A hundred legged insect, dead but not stiff, has twelve links, which can still move after being cut off. Stiff, fall. The original point is that the insect, Malu, does not fall down after death. Later, it is often used to describe that although a powerful person or group has failed, its aftereffect and influence still exist. source: on the Six Dynasties written by Cao Peng of the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms: "a hundred legged insect is not rigid until death, and many people will help it." example: the ancients said, "today, although it is not as prosperous as in the previous years, the weather is different from that of ordinary officials. (the second chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty) a hundred legged insect is dead but not rigid. The words can be seen in the treatise on the Six Dynasties by Cao Peng in the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Dynasty: "when the spring is exhausted, it will run dry; when the root is decayed, it will wither; when the branch is numerous, it will shade the root; when the branch is fallen, it will be isolated.". Therefore, the saying goes, "a hundred legged insect is not stiff until death." the people who support it also. " In the second chapter of Cao Xueqin's dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty, the ancients said, "a hundred legged insect is not rigid when it dies.". Although it is not as prosperous as it was in the previous years, it is different from the ordinary official family in the weather. " During the Three Kingdoms period, the Wei state was established at the beginning, and Cao Pi, the Wei emperor, sought the best way to make the Wei state prosperous and strong. Cao Jian, the Minister of state, admonished him to recruit more talents and cultivate his own power, in case of any change, he would be invincible. He said: "when the spring is dry, it will run out; when the tree is rotten, it will wither; when the branch is luxuriant, it will cover the root; when the branch is withered, it will be lonely. Therefore, although a hundred legged insect does not die stiff, there are many helpers. " I urge the emperor Wei to accept all the sages to strengthen himself. a hundred legged insect: refers to a kind of arthropod, such as calluses and centipedes. Stiff: fall. "A hundred legged insect, dead but not stiff.". Originally, it refers to the polypod of centipede or Malu. Although its body is broken, it can stand still. Later, it is said that although the powerful aristocrat or bureaucrat's family has declined, it can still maintain the appearance of prosperity.

Chinese PinYin : bǎi zú zhī chóng，sǐ ér bù jiāng