Don't stoop for five bushels of rice(bù wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo)

Don't stoop for five bushels of rice

It's a Chinese idiom not to bend over for wudoumi. Its pronunciation is B ú w è IW ǔ D ǒ um ǐ zh é y ā o, which means that people are not vulgar, have backbone and are not moved by Lilu.

explain

Wudoumi: wudoumi road. bending down: bending down to salute means bending down to others. The metaphor is that people are vulgar, spineless and motivated by wealth. The idiom "don't bend over for five Dou of rice" is used to refer to having backbone and lofty. Wudoumi Dao is a primitive Taoism, called Zhang Tianshi Dao. It was founded by Zhang Ling at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is called wudoumi Dao because it comes from the receiver.

example

Ancients, this teaching assistant is not my life-long pension. (Yu Shi Ming Yan, Volume 5, by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty)

words whose meaning is similar

Don't stoop for rice

antonym

Flattery and flattery

source

In the book of Jin, biography of Tao Qian: "Qian sighed:" I can't bend my back for wudoumi. Boxing is evil to villains in the countryside! "

original text

Tao Qian is a great grandson of simakan. Zumao, governor of Wuchang. They are noble, erudite, good at writing, uninhibited and self satisfied. They are valued by their neighbors. After tasting the biography of Mr. Wuliu, he said to himself, "Mr. Wuliu, I don't know who he is. I don't know his surname. There is a Wuliu tree beside the house, because I think it's a name. He who is quiet speaks little, does not admire glory and profit. Good reading, not understanding, every understanding, happily forget to eat. Sex, drinking, poor family can not often get. If you know this from your old friends, or if you buy wine, you will be drunk. Drunk and retired, once generous. Yan ruye is a man who is surrounded by the wind and the sun, who is short and tangled with brown leaves, and who has no shelter from the wind and the sun. He often writes articles to amuse himself, shows his ambition, forgets his gains and losses, and ends up with it. " This is the order of the book, which was called the record at that time. he was close to his old family and poor, so he served as a sacrificial wine in the state. He could not bear to be an official, so he came back to his hometown in a few days. The state summoned the master, but he worked hard and funded himself, so he got sick. When he returned to Zhenjun and Jianwei to join the army, his relatives and friends said, "if you want to talk about string songs, do you think the three paths are enough?" When the Deacon heard about it, he thought that Peng Zeling was the best. In the county, Gongtian was told to plant Shugu and said, "it's enough to make me drunk." My wife invited me to plant japonica rice. So that 50 mu of a hectare can be planted with sorghum and 50 mu with japonica. Simple and noble, no official affairs. When the county sent the governor to mail, the county official Bai Ying saw it with a belt and sighed: "I can't bend my back for five Dou of rice. Boxing is evil to villains in the countryside!" In the second year of Yixi's reign, he went to the county, where he wrote the poem "the poem of returning home".

origin

In the autumn of 405 ad, in order to support his family, he came to Pengze not far from his hometown to be a magistrate. In the winter of this year, when he was 81 days in office, he met the governor of Xunyang County who sent him to inspect his official business. Liu Yun, the governor of Xunyang County, was famous for his ferocity and greed. He asked for bribes from the counties under his jurisdiction twice a year in the name of inspection. Every time he returned with a full load, otherwise he would be planted and framed. As soon as he arrived at Pengze's Hostel, he sent the county officials to ask the county magistrate to see him. Tao Yuanming usually despises fame and wealth and refuses to follow the crowd. He looks down on such a person who gives orders in the name of his boss, but he also has to see him. So he starts immediately. Unexpectedly, the county official stopped Tao Yuanming and said, "my Lord, you should wear official clothes and tie a big belt when you see the post. Otherwise, it will be out of style. The post governor will take the opportunity to make a fuss, which will be bad for you!" Tao Yuanming couldn't bear it any longer. He sighed and said, "I can't bend down to villains for five Dou of rice!" (it means how can I bribe these villains in a low voice for the county magistrate's salary.) After that, he took out the official seal, sealed it, wrote a resignation letter immediately, and then left Pengze County, which had been a magistrate for more than 80 days. This idiom comes from the biography of Tao Qian in the book of Jin. I can't bend my back for five Dou of rice. Boxing is evil in the countryside. Tao Yuanming was a great poet and writer in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty. His great grandfather, Tao Kan, was a famous Great Sima and founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His grandfather, Tao Mao, and his father, Tao Yi, both served as Prefects. But by the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the government was increasingly corrupt and the officialdom was dark. Tao Yuanming was indifferent by nature, and he still insisted on reading and writing poetry when his family was poor and he couldn't make ends meet. He is concerned about the sufferings of the common people. He has the ambition of "being brave and willing to travel all over the world, and he thinks of Yuanzhu. With the desire of" helping the common people greatly ", he serves as a sacrificial wine in Jiangzhou. As he was not used to the bad style of officialdom, he soon resigned and went home. Later, the state called him to be the chief clerk, and he also declined. later, he successively held some official positions, but because he was indifferent to fame and official integrity, he did not want to go along with corrupt officialdom, and lived a life of seclusion and officialdom. Tao Yuanming's last official career was in the first year of Yixi (405). That year, Tao Yuanming, who was 41 years old, was persuaded by his friends to become Pengze County Magistrate again. On the eighty first day of his term of office, Liu Yun, the governor of Xunyang County, came to inspect his official business. Liu Yun, the governor of Xunyang County, was famous for his ferocity and greed. Twice a year, he asked for bribes from the counties under his jurisdiction in the name of inspection. Every time he went, he would return with a full load, otherwise he would be planted and framed. County officials said: "when the belt to meet." That is to say, we should dress neatly, prepare gifts and greet the postmaster respectfully. Tao Yuanming sighed: "how can I bend over to the children in the countryside for five Dou of rice." It means that how can I bribe these villains in a low voice for the sake of the county magistrate's salary. With that, he left, resigned and returned home. Since then, he studied as a writer and worked hard on Longmu. Zhai, Tao Yuanming's wife, shares the same ideals with him. She is a poor and chaste man. "Her husband plows ahead, and her wife hoes behind." when friends visit, they will drink with him, no matter how noble or humble they are, as long as they have wine at home. Although he lived in poverty, he never wanted to be an official again. In the first year of Yuanjia (424), Emperor Wendi of Song Dynasty, Tan Daoji, the governor of Jiangzhou, visited his home in person. He refused to accept the rice and meat sent by the governor of Jiangzhou. The imperial court once called him to be a writer, but he refused. He could have lived a comfortable and prosperous life, at least he didn't have to worry about food and clothing, but it was at the cost of personality and integrity, so he chose a hard but peaceful and free pastoral life. Tao Yuanming gained the freedom of mind and the dignity of personality, and wrote poems with unique style and spread all over the world. It has left precious literature wealth and precious spiritual wealth for later generations. His life is full of longing and pursuit for the true meaning of life. His poems, such as drinking wine and Miscellaneous Poems, are simple, natural, gorgeous and meaningful. They either chant history, express concern for the current situation, or are full of the life interest of "love hills and mountains". His poems and Fu, such as "going home and coming home", express his determination not to go with the secular world. His prose, such as the story of Taohuayuan and the biography of Mr. Wuliu, shows the artistic conception of returning to simplicity and being lofty and refined, and is full of yearning for a better future. Posterity has the reputation of "a natural language forever new, luxury down to see really Chun". His integrity of not bowing down for "five Dou rice" is to encourage future generations to attach great importance to the common people in the world, righteousness and chastity. When he bows down, he is ashamed, does not follow the trend, maintains his nature of kindness and innocence, and is not changed by any fame and wealth in the world. Rusong's character, perseverance, indomitable, to meet all difficulties. After Tao Yuanming died, his best friend Yan Yanzhi wrote Tao Zhengshi Lei for him, giving him a posthumous title of "Jingjie". Yan Yanzhi praised Tao Yuanming's character and integrity in his eulogy, but did not fully affirm his literary achievements. Tao Yuanming's position in the history of Chinese literature has not been fully affirmed and recognized in the decades after his death. Xiao Tong, the prince of Zhaoming in the Liang Dynasty, attached great importance to Tao Yuanming's poems. Xiao Tong personally compiled, wrote preface and biography for Tao Yuanming. Tao Yuanming collection is the first monograph of literati in the history of Chinese literature, which is of great significance. In the preface to Tao Yuanming's collection, Xiao Tong praised that "his articles are not in the same group, his diction is refined, his ups and downs are obvious, his style is unique, his style is clear, and his style is as good as the capital.". In the Southern Dynasties, although Tao Yuanming's literary status was not affirmed, his poems and works spread more and more widely and had more and more influence. in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, more and more poets liked Tao Yuanming's poems and essays, and their evaluation of Tao Yuanming became higher and higher. Wang Ji was an idyllic poet in the early Tang Dynasty. Like Tao Yuanming, he retired from the countryside many times and entertained himself with qinjiu. Meng Haoran, an idyllic poet in Tang Dynasty, worships Tao Yuanming very much. In his book a trip back to Hannan in midsummer to Beijing, he wrote: "enjoy the biography of Gao Shi, the best Tao Zhengjun, enjoy the idyllic interest, and call himself the emperor of Xi.". Li Bai's drama to Zheng Liyang. Suqin originally has no strings, drinking with Gejin. Under the North window of Qingfeng, they are called Xihuang people. When will you come to Li Li, when will you meet your life relatives. Li Bai's idea of "an Neng's brow and waist down to serve the powerful" is in line with Tao Yuanming's spirit of "not bending down for five Dou of rice". In Du Fu's Fengji to the father-in-law of Weiyin in Henan Province, a guest passed on to Heyin and asked Kong Rong every time. Qingnang was still in seclusion, and ZhangFu was still in the West and East. Dingshi is divided into two branches, and the CI field follows the national style. ö ö ö. turbid wine to find Tao Ling, dansha to visit Ge Hong. the lake is short and brown, covered with frost and snow. when the prison is down, the universe is big, and the circulation of Taoism is empty. I'm ashamed to know Ji Zi, but I'm afraid to laugh. He is afraid of the gods and praises virtue and righteousness. Who would like to wish the rooster? In Bai Juyi's visit to Tao Gong's old house, the poem first uses "dirt does not pollute jade, Lingfeng does not peck fishy", praising Tao Yuanming's noble personality: dirt does not pollute jade, Lingfeng does not peck mutton. He was born in the Jin and Song dynasties.

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