all-powerful(cuī kū lā xiǔ)

all-powerful

It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced Cu ī K ū L ā Xi ǔ, which means destroying withered plants. Easy to describe. It also refers to the powerful momentum of destroying decadent forces. It comes from the biography of gengyan in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of gengyan in the history of the later Han Dynasty, it is said that "Guifa suddenly rode, and rattled the mob, like destroying the dead and corrupting the ears." According to the biography of Gan Zhuo in the book of Jin, "if the general moves Wuchang, he will destroy it."

Idiom usage

He picked up a strong villager to catch up with a punch, hoping to knock down the hard one first, and the rest just like. Awakening the world by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty Volume 34

Idioms and allusions

In 318 ad, Sima Rui, the king of Langxie, established the Eastern Jin Dynasty with the support of Wang Dao and Wang duntang. Therefore, Wang Dun was promoted to the rank of general and Jingzhou herdsman. Later, because Sima Rui, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, restrained Wang's influence, Wang Dun planned to fight against the imperial court. Before setting out in Wuchang, Wang Dun persuades General Annan and Liangzhou governor ganzhuo to move eastward, and ganzhuo agrees. But on the day of departure, Wang Dun had already boarded the warship, but ganzhuo didn't. He just sent a soldier to Wuchang to persuade Wang Dun not to rebel against the imperial court. Wang Dun was very surprised and said, "general Gan didn't understand what I talked to him about last time. I just went to eliminate the bad people around the emperor, but I didn't mean it. If it's successful, I'll be general Gan. Please tell him After joining the army and reporting back to ganzhuo, ganzhuo still couldn't make up his mind. There are also counsellors to offer advice to him, might as well promise Wang Dun to raise troops together, and then attack him after he goes East. But Gan Zhuo was afraid that he would not make it clear in the future, so he still disagreed. At that time, Sima Cheng, the governor of Xiangzhou, firmly opposed Wang Dun's rebellion against the imperial court. When he learned that Wang Dun had moved eastward, he sent Deng Qian to Xiangyang, hoping that Gan Zhuo would be loyal to the imperial court and attack Wang dun. Ganzhuo's joining the army, Li Liang advised ganzhuo to wait for the opportunity and not act in a hurry. If Wang Dun wins, he will use ganzhuo again; if Wang Dun is defeated, the imperial court will use ganzhuo again and let him fight down the rebellion. In this way, no matter which side wins, Gan Zhuo will not suffer losses, so he can not easily raise his troops to fight. Deng Qian refuted Li Liang, saying that ganzhuo is stepping on two boats, which is bound to bring disaster. In fact, Wang Dun's troops are no more than ten thousand, less than five thousand are guarding Wuchang, and Gan Zhuo's army is twice that of Wang dun. If they march into Wuchang, they will surely win. Finally, he said to ganzhuo, "if general Gan sends troops to attack Wuchang, it's as easy as destroying withered grass and rotten trees. He doesn't have to worry about it." Still, ganzhuo hesitated. Wang Dun waved his troops eastward. Seeing that ganzhuo didn't respond, he sent yuedaorong to Xiangyang to persuade ganzhuo to fight again. Leduorong was against wangdun's rebellion, so he advised ganzhuo to attack wangdun. Ganzhuo then made up his mind to write an address to denounce Wang Dun's crime, and at the same time sent troops to denounce Wang dun. When Wang Dun learns that ganzhuo is leading the army to attack, he is very afraid, and sends ganzhuo's nephew to join the army. Gan ang asks ganzhuo to return to Xiangyang. However, Qin Kang, the commander, persuades ganzhuo to be loyal to the imperial court and exterminates Wang dun. But ganzhuo was indecisive and didn't listen to Qin Kang's advice, so he went back to Xiangyang. Later, Xiangyang prefect Zhou Wu and others colluded with Wang Dun and killed ganzhuo. Ganzhuo could have easily defeated Wang Dun, but because he was wavering, he was plotted by Wang dun.

Chinese PinYin : cuī kū lā xiǔ