cherish an old broom as if it were a thousand pieces of gold(bì zhǒu qiān jīn)

cherish an old broom as if it were a thousand pieces of gold

My broom is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì zh ǒ uqi ā NJ ī n, which means a broken broom, as valuable as a thousand gold; it means that although things are not good, they cherish them very much. It comes from Guangwu Di Ji, a record of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Zhen of the Han Dynasty wrote "the emperor heard about it and ordered Liu Yu, the Deputy General of the Wu and Han Dynasties, to say:" the city descends, the mother of the baby has thousands of mouths. Once the soldiers are set on fire, it can be said that it is sour. I have a broom at home, and I enjoy it. The descendants of Yu's clan, therefore, had a better job. How could they bear to do this? "

Idiom usage

Subject predicate type; used as predicate, attribute and adverbial; used for admonishment, blame and criticism. "My wife is good at seeing for herself, but not in writing as a whole. She is seldom able to be good at it. It is because of her strong points and her weakness. The Li language says: "the family has a thousand gold, enjoy the thousand gold.". It's a bad attitude to be conservative.

Idiom story

Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was an enlightened monarch with great talent. He was honest, sincere and trustworthy. He had military strategy, prohibited plunder and won the support of the people. This idiom comes from an imperial edict written by him in Luoyang, the capital of Luoyang, which reflects his style in this respect. in 25 ad, Liu Xiu established his own ruling regime after many years of war and established his capital Luoyang, which is known as the Eastern Han Dynasty in history. At this time, there are still many powerful people in various places who are trying to separate themselves from each other and seek hegemony. One of them, Gongsun Shu, relied on the dangerous terrain of Sichuan and became emperor here. He became a family. With the gradual unification of the whole country, Emperor Guangwu sent envoys several times to persuade Gongsun Shu to submit to the Eastern Han Dynasty, but Gongsun Shu was angry and refused. In the 11th year of Jianwu (A.D. 35), the Eastern Han Dynasty sent troops to levy, which was rejected. The next year, Liu Xiu ordered the great Sima Wu Han to fight against Gongsun Shu. Wu Han, Ziyan, a native of Nanyang, was a famous general of Zhongxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Liu Yu, a general of Wuwei, was his deputy general. In the face of the strong offensive of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gongsun Shu dispatched troops to resist, but he was defeated step by step, and the Wu and Han Dynasties won successive battles and approached Chengdu. Since then, the two sides have fought to the death between Guangdu and Chengdu, winning and losing each other. Gongsun Shu even took out all the treasures in the national treasury, recruited 5000 people who dared to die, beat the drum to challenge, and secretly sent surprise soldiers to sneak around the back of the Han army. In November of this year, Gongsun Shu led tens of thousands of people out of Chengdu City to fight against Wu and Han Dynasties. The two armies fought for several days. Gongsun Shu was defeated and fled. At last, he was overtaken by the Han Army, pierced his chest, fell off his horse and died that night. The next day, Gongsun Shu's men saw that the situation had gone and abandoned the city to surrender. Liu Yu, deputy general of the Han Army, led his troops into the city, killed Gongsun Shu's wife and family, cut off Gongsun Shu's head and sent a flying horse to Luoyang. At the same time, he plundered and burned everywhere. When the news spread to the capital, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was very angry and issued a special edict to condemn Liu Yu: "this city has surrendered, and there are tens of thousands of old women, children and people in the city. Once they set fire and kill people, everyone will feel sad and angry. Ordinary people, even if they have a broken broom at home, cherish it very much, but you don't care for people's life and property! How can you be so cruel that you have the heart to do so? " Then Liu Xiu dismissed Liu Yu from his post and severely criticized Wu Han.

Chinese PinYin : bì zhǒu qiān jīn