Dongmen Huanggou(dōng mén huáng quǎn)

Dongmen Huanggou

Dongmen Huanggou is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is d ō NGM é nhu á ngqu ǎ n, which means that it is used as a code for officials to regret their misfortune. It comes from the biography of lislie, Volume 87 of historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Li Si's biography, Volume 87 of records of the historian, is also a member of CAI people in Chu Dynasty. When he was young, he was a small official in the county. Seeing that the rats in the latrine of the official's house didn't eat well, he was close to people and dogs and was scared. Si entered the warehouse, watched the rats in the warehouse, ate millet, and lived under the big veranda, not worrying about people and dogs. So lisnai sighed, "the sages of human beings are like rats, where they are! 」…… So the second is to make high case Prime Minister prison, punishment, responsibility Si and son by treason petition, all accept arrest clan guests. Zhao gaozhisi, who had been plundered for more than a thousand years, was extremely painful and self slandered. Therefore, he did not believe that he was dead. He was proud of his argument and meritorious. Fortunately, he wrote to himself and was pardoned by the second emperor. Li Sinai wrote from the prison: "it has been more than 30 years since the prime minister ruled the people. Capture the Shaanxi pass of Qin. During the reign of the former king, the land of Qin was only a thousand li, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. In order to win the throne of Qin Dynasty, he threatened Han and weak Wei, broke Yan and Zhao, conquered Qi and Chu, and died in six countries. One sin. The land is not wide, but also north by Hu, raccoon dog, Nanying Baiyue, to see Qin Zhiqiang. Two sins. Respect the minister, exalt his title, in order to consolidate his relatives. Three sins. He established the state and built the ancestral temple to show the sages of the Lord. Four sins. Geng Ke painting, Ping Dou Hu measurement articles, cloth in the world, in the name of Shu Qin. Five sins. Governing the road, promoting the view of travel, in order to see the Lord's satisfaction. Six sins. In order to win the hearts of the people, all the people wear the Lord and die without forgetting. Seven sins. If he were a minister, his sin would be long enough. I'm very lucky to do my best, but I've got it so far. May your majesty observe it! In the book, Zhao Gaoshi gave up and did not play, saying, "the prisoner can write! More than ten generations of Zhao Gao's guests cheated him into being a censor, a visitor, and a servant, and even went to reply. In fact, he is right, and often makes people repeat the list. After the second people test this, this thought as before, did not dare to say more, resigning. On the occasion of the performance, the second emperor said happily, "Mr. Wei Zhao, was sold by the prime minister. "And the case of Sanchuan, which was appointed by the second emperor, had been defended, and Xiang Liang had been killed. When the envoys came and met the prime minister, Zhao Gao made a false reply. In July of the second year of the second year, he was sentenced to five punishments. When he got out of prison, he held fast to his sons. Gu said that Confucius said, "if I want to go up to the east gate of CAI to chase the cunning rabbit, how can I get it! Then the father and the son wept, and the three ethnic groups of Yi came into being.

Idiom usage

As an object, attribute, or regret. Example: in the book of Liang Zhenyang Hou Zhong and Wang Taiwei written by Chen Xuling in the Southern Dynasties, it is said that "Dongmen Huanggou is a good dog, but it is a pity; Nanyang white clothes, how can you get it back!" Chen Ruyuan, Ming Dynasty, wrote in "the story of the Golden Lotus · Tingchen:" it's hard to be drunk, but it's hard to be a good dog. " Qian Qianyi, Qing Dynasty, the second part of "the sentiment of the second rhyme he CiGong at the end of the year": "it's true that the South China Sea is full of waves, and the east gate is full of bitterness."

Idiom story

Li Si, the Prime Minister of Qin Dynasty, was framed by a traitor and killed Xianyang city. At the time of execution, he said, "if I want to go up to the east gate of CAI to chase the cunning rabbit, how can I get it?". Later, he took "Dongmen Huanggou" as the code of official's regret for his misfortune. It is also called "Dongmen Zhuo Tu". Lisi is a member of the state of Chu, known as "a prime minister through the ages". When Liz was young, he was a small official in the county. When he saw the rats eating feces in the toilet of the official's dormitory, he was always frightened when he saw people or dogs approaching. Liz went into the granary, observed the rats in the warehouse, ate the stored grain, lived under the wide eaves around, and saw no harassment from people or dogs. In response, Liz could not help sighing: "a person's potential is like a mouse, which only depends on his own environment." So Lisi followed Xunqing to learn the way of the emperor, and then came to the state of Qin to realize his great ambition, and finally became the prime minister. The so-called "under one person, over ten thousand people". Once his son Li you came back to Xianyang on vacation. Li Si set up a banquet at home, and all the officials came to congratulate him. There were thousands of chariots and horses in front of the door. Li Si sighed: "I heard Xun Qing say that things are too grand. I, Li Si, used to be a common man in Shangcai and the countryside. The emperor actually promoted me to such a high position. It's really the height of wealth. Things will decline when they develop to the extreme. I don't know where I am going to end up! " Sure enough, later events confirmed Lee's worry. After the death of Qin Shihuang, in order to keep his official position, he did not hesitate to conspire with Zhao Gao to establish another emperor. Later, he was falsely accused by Zhao Gao. Finally, he "failed to solve the problem of success and decided to retire until Xianyang was stained with blood". Finally, he was beheaded in the city and regretted forever.

Chinese PinYin : dōng mén huáng quǎn