Divide the grass and the soil(fēn máo zuò tǔ)

Divide the grass and the soil

Fen Mao min Tu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē nm á Ozu ò t ǔ, which means Fen Feng Hou and land. It comes from "zuozhongzhi, a record of worrying about the danger and discussing the future".

The origin of Idioms

Liu Ruoyu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the book "zuozhongzhi · youweiyihouji": "all the officials are outstanding. They all want to share the land like Yao Guangxiao. They are not only rich but also noble."

Idiom usage

It refers to the enfeoffment of vassals. Example: in the collection of Chengzhai by Yang Wanli of Song Dynasty, Volume 58, he Zhao Shou Jia En Shi Yi Qi, it is said that "dividing the soil of Mao is the honor of Confucianism; increasing the rank and giving gold is the choice of Gongqing."

Chinese PinYin : fēn máo zuò tǔ