unnecessary and overelaborate formalities(fán wén rù jié)

unnecessary and overelaborate formalities

Red tape, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f á NW é NR ù Ji é, which refers to excessively complicated ceremony or etiquette. It also refers to other cumbersome and superfluous matters. It comes from shangyuanqiu Heji Liuyi.

Idiom usage

I don't know how the Southern Song Dynasty is better than it is today, but it has become a minister to the foreign enemies, only at home, there are too many words and nagging words. Lu Xun's "grave: feeling in the mirror"

The origin of Idioms

Su Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote in his shangyuanqiu Heji Liuyi: "the one who worships Liuyi must say that if the fanwenwujie is omitted, he can go back to the suburbs at the age of one year."

Idioms and allusions

More than 3000 years ago, King Wu of Zhou conquered Zhou and took the land of the Yin people and granted them great titles. King Wu's younger brother, Duke Zhou Jidan, was enfeoffed to today's Qufu in Shandong Province for Duke Lu, while King Wu's military adviser, Duke Jiang Taigong, was enfeoffed to today's seaside in Shandong Province for Duke Qi. After the death of King Wu, Ji Dan, Duke of Zhou, had been an official in the capital because he helped the young monarch to become king. Duke Lu was held by his son Bo Qin. Boqin took office in the state of Lu, and it took three years to report his governance to Duke Zhou. Duke Zhou asked, why did you come so late? Boqin replied, "it's too late to change its custom, to change its etiquette, to remove it after three years of mourning." After he arrived in the state of Qi, Jiang Taigong reported his work to Zhou Gong five months later. Duke Zhou asked, why is it so fast? Taigong said: "I simply its monarch and Minister ceremony, from its vulgar also." In contrast, Duke Zhou sighed and said, "Hoo Hoo! Later generations in Lu Dynasty, the north side of Lu Dynasty is the same! Husband's government is not simple and easy, and the people are not close. It is easy for the people, and the people will return to it. ".

Chinese PinYin : fán wén rù jié