be as good a general as a minister(chū jiàng rù xiàng)

be as good a general as a minister

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is ch à Ji à NgR à Xi à ng, which means that you can be a general when you go to war and a prime minister when you enter the court. It's from the old man by the river.

The origin of Idioms

Tang Cui Hao's poem "the sorrow of the old man by the river" said: "the two dynasties will return to the prime minister, and the five generations of drums will ride the wheel of Zhu."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate and attributive. Example 1, biography of Wang Xun in the old book of the Tang Dynasty: "to serve the country assiduously, to know everything is not as good as Xuanling; to be both talented and civil, to be a general and a prime minister is not as good as Li Jing." 2. Xingshihengyan, Volume 18: "later, as expected, he became a prime minister and lived in four dynasties. He was granted the title of Duke of the state of Jin and enjoyed his birthday." (3) the wild old man's Expositions one by one: "in the future, when you have good fortune, you will be proud and rich. When you are over 40, you will have eight seats. At the age of 50, he became a prime minister and became a wife for more than 20 years. " 4. Zhu Yuanzhang commented on Xu Da: "breaking through the barbarians, he is the best in ancient and modern times, and he is the best in the world." 5. Xingshi Hengyan: Su Xiaomei's three difficult Bridegroom: "if you are in charge of all kinds of affairs, you will be called a husband; if you are in charge of all kinds of affairs, you will do everything; you need to understand the past and the present, and know the power and change." Chapter 7: the pride on the girl's face at the moment is that she is about to become a prime minister and become a Buddha. 7. Guo Moruo's the first great failure of Li Bai and Du Fu · Li Bai in political activities: "in order to prevent Wen Chen's becoming a prime minister and affecting his position, Li Linfu encouraged Xuanzong to take non Han military men as generals."

Idiom story

In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Sheng, a scholar, met Lu Daoweng. They talked very speculatively. Lu Sheng sighed that he was just muddling along because he was not successful. He thought that scholars should make contributions to the world, establish their fame, become a prime minister, and make their descendants prosperous. Lu Daoweng gave him a pillow. He had a dream in which he enjoyed all his glory and wealth.

Chinese PinYin : chū jiàng rù xiàng