coins heavy and words sweet(bì zhòng yán gān)

coins heavy and words sweet

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì zh ò ngy á ng ā n, which means rich gifts and pleasant words. It refers to luring people with property in order to achieve a certain purpose. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 10th year of Duke Fu.

Idiom story

In the tenth year of Duke Lu's reign, in summer and April, Duke Zhou's father and Prince's party joined up with Xi Peng, a doctor of Qi, to establish Duke Jin Hui. Jin Huigong killed Rick to please him. Before he was about to kill Rick, the Duke of Jin Hui sent someone to him and said, "without you, I would not be king of Jin. Nevertheless, it is not too difficult for you to deal with you when you have killed two monarchs and a doctor and become your monarch. " Rick replied, "how can a king rise without Xi Qi and Zhuozi being abolished? If you want to add charges to people, are you afraid that there is no excuse? I know the king's order. " Then he killed himself with a sword. At that time, PI Zheng was in the state of Qin to ask questions, but also to delay ceding land and go to apologize, so he was not killed. Duke Hui of Jin buried Prince Gong Shensheng instead. in autumn, Hu Tu, a doctor of Jin Dynasty, went to Quwo new town and met the prince Shen Sheng. The prince asked him to board the car as a driver and told him, "Yiwu is rude. I have asked God and got permission to give the state of Jin to the state of Qin. In the future, the state of Qin will offer sacrifices to me." Hu Tu replied: "I heard that the gods do not enjoy the sacrifices of other nationalities, and the people do not offer sacrifices to other nationalities. Do you want to cut off your sacrifices from now on? And what's wrong with the people? If the punishment is improper and the sacrifice is cut off, please consider it carefully! " Prince Shen Sheng said, "OK, I will ask the emperor again. In seven days, in the west of the new town, I will be attached to a sorcerer Hu Tu agrees to see the sorcerer, and Shen Sheng disappears. Hu Tu went as scheduled. Sure enough, a wizard told him, "the emperor of heaven allows me to punish those who are guilty. He will be punished in Korea." When PI Zheng sent an envoy to the state of Qin, he said to Uncle Qin, "nephew Lu, Ying Cheng and Ji Rui did not agree to cede the land to the state of Qin. If you greet them with a heavy gift and then call them, your ministers will drive away the king of Jin, and the king will escort Chong'er back to the throne In winter, Duke mu of Qin sent Ling Zhi, a senior official, to the state of Jin to hire him back. He took the opportunity to invite nephew Lu, Ying Cheng and Ji Rui. Ying Rui said: "Qin's courtesy is heavy and his speech is pleasant. It's tempting us." He killed PI Zheng, Qi Ju and seven public opinion officials: Zuo Xing Gong Hua, right Xing Jia Hua, Shu Jian, Zhui he, Lei Hu, te Gong and Shan Qi, all of whom were members of Li Ke PI Zheng. PI Bao fled to the state of Qin and said to the Duke of Qin: "the Marquis of Jin betrayed his benefactor, Qin, and hated his petty hatred. The people did not support him any more. If you send troops against him, he will be expelled from the state of Jin. " Qin Mugong said: "if Yiwu loses the popular support, where can he kill the minister? Who can drive away the monarch if you stay out of trouble? "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: despicable words

Idiom usage

To seduce someone with good words and money. Chapter 29 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: it was not a good intention for the envoys of Qin to come here, and they almost lured me. According to Fu Jianzai Ji in the book of Jin: "although Jian was defeated, he still repaired Yu Hong and sent Ma Zhenyi to Chang'an. Hong said, "if you are willing, you can tempt me." It is to call all the people in Guanzhong to come and stay away. "

The origin of Idioms

In Zuo Zhuan, the tenth year of Duke Fu, written by Zuo Qiuming in the pre Qin period, Ying Rui said: "if the coin is heavy, it will be sweet, but it will tempt me."

Chinese PinYin : bì zhòng yán gān