gain victory with unstained swords(bīng bù xuè rèn)

gain victory with unstained swords

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ī NGB ù Xu è R è n. It means there is no blood on the weapon. It's easy to win without fighting. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

A sharp part of a sword, etc. There's no blood on the weapon. It's easy to win without fighting.

The origin of Idioms

"Xunzi · Yibing" says: "therefore, those who are close to him are kind, those who are far away are admiring his virtue, and those who are far away are willing to serve him

Idioms and allusions

The idiom "a weapon without blood" means that there is no blood on the weapon. It means to win without fighting. This idiom comes from the biography of Tao Kan in the book of Jin. It's silent in the Central Plains, fighting with shile and so on. The thief is afraid of his bravery, and Tao Kan tries to fight against him. He can catch him without blood. Guo Mo, the commander of tunqi school in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was brave in fighting. He once fought with shile, the founder of the later Zhao Dynasty. Shile and others were afraid of him. However, this man was always arrogant and domineering, and paid no attention to anyone. Once, he killed Pingnan General Liu Yin for venting his anger. After the event, he boldly forged the imperial edict, falsely flattered Liu Yin and conspired against him, and informed the counties. After the incident was exposed, the prime minister, Wang Dao, was afraid that the imperial court could not punish him. Instead of asking him a question, he was granted his official post. After Tao Kan knew this, he wrote to the imperial court for attacking Guo Mo on the one hand, and wrote to Wang Dao to ask him to take decisive measures on the other. There are two sentences in the letter that are very powerful: "when Guo Mo killed the state official, the court appointed him as the state official. Can't he be the prime minister if he kills him? " After reading this letter, Wang Dao was greatly touched and sent Tao Kan to attack Guo mo. Guo Mo knew that Tao Kan was very powerful in leading the army. He was very anxious when he heard that he came to attack in person and planned to lead the army to leave Jiangzhou and go south. However, Tao Kan's troops were so fast that before Guo Mo left the city, Tao Kan's army had surrounded Jiangzhou. Guo Mo wanted to defend the city, but he knew that he was not taokan's opponent. He was afraid that the city would be destroyed and he would die. He wanted to open the gate and surrender, but he was afraid that the imperial court would kill him. He was in a dilemma. One of his rebel generals saw that the situation was over, arrested him and then opened the gate to surrender. At last, Tao Kan won without fighting and put down the rebellion.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: to win without fighting, to be invincible, to win, to ride the wind and waves, to be invincible

Idiom usage

The liberation of Peiping to a peaceful settlement. People's Liberation Army to liberate Tibet peacefully.

Chinese PinYin : bīng bù xuè rèn