Hold on to your innocence and cry for blood(bào pú qì xuè)

Hold on to your innocence and cry for blood

Baopu weeping for blood is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is B à op ú Q à Xu è, which means to refer to a person who has failed to meet his talent and is sad.

explain

It is used to describe a person who has failed to meet his talent and is sad.

source

Han Dynasty, Dongfang Shuo's "seven remonstrations · false remonstrance" said: "he baopu and weeping blood, and an excellent work and dissection."

allusion

In the spring and Autumn period, Bian he of the state of Chu got a very good piece of jade in the mountains and gave it to King li of Chu. King Li asked the jade worker to check whether it was true or false. The jade worker looked at it with disdain and said, "it's a stone." King Li thought it was a deliberate deception, so he punished Bian he and cut off his left foot. After the death of King Li, King Wu ascended the throne. Bian he gave this jade to King Wu. King Wu asked the jade worker to examine it, but it was broken into stone. King Wu executed again and cut off Bian he's right foot. Bian he took the priceless treasure and offered it to the king, but he was not recognized. On the contrary, he was wronged by heaven. He felt very sad, so he held the jade in his arms and sat under the Chu mountain. He cried for three days and three nights in a row. The tears ran dry, and then the blood came out. After the death of King Wu, King Wen ascended the throne and sent someone to ask him why he was crying. Bian he said, "I'm not crying for being punished. I'm crying for Baoyu being treated as a stone." In addition, King Wen sent jade craftsmen to carve this piece of jade. As expected, he got a piece of precious jade, which is said to be valuable in history. Later, he used the metaphor of "crying for blood" to express his sorrow because of his failure to meet his talent, or he used his real talent to serve him, but he was wronged. It is also called "holding jade and weeping blood". (see Han Feizi and his family). degree of common use: Average

Chinese PinYin : bào pú qì xuè