The wind, the horse and the Ox are not equal(fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí)

The wind, the horse and the Ox are not equal

Feng Ma Niu is not related to each other. Pronunciation: F ē NGM ǎ Ni ú B ù Xi ā NGJ í. It means that things have nothing to do with each other. From Zuo Zhuan, the fourth year of Duke Fu: in the spring of the fourth year, the Marquis of Qi invaded CAI with the help of his teachers. Cai Kui. Then he attacked Chu. The envoys of Chu Zi and the master said, "you are in the North Sea, and I am in the South China Sea, but the wind, the horse, and the Ox are not related. If you don't want to be involved in my land, why? "

essential information

pronunciation

Wind (f ē ng) horse (m ǎ) cattle (Ni ú) not (B ù) phase (Xi ā ng) and (J í)

Interpretation of words

It means that Qi Chu is far away from each other and has nothing to do with each other, just like a horse and a cow will not go to each other's territory even if they are lost. Metaphor means that things have nothing to do with each other. Another explanation: it means that there has never been any relationship between Qi and Chu, just like horses can't mate with cattle. Another explanation: cattle go with the wind and horses go against the wind, which means that the two countries are going in different directions. There is no relationship between them and there will be no conflict. In the third volume of Zhang Shinan's travels, it is said that "the ox goes with the wind, and the horse goes against the wind. Therefore, the master of Chu said," the king is in the North Sea, and few people are in the South China Sea, but the wind, the horse, and the Ox are not related to each other. "In Yu Yan's corruption talks on the banquet, it is said that" the ox goes with the wind, and the horse goes with the wind, and the horse goes with the wind, and the horse goes with the wind, and the horse goes with the wind, and the horse goes with the wind. ", It can be seen that the original meaning of "fengmanau" is opposite: "fengmanau" is simply "fengmanau", which is later used to describe the irrelevance between things

Idioms and allusions

The origin of Idioms

In Zuo Zhuan, in the spring of the fourth year of Duke Fu, the Marquis of Qi invaded CAI with the help of his teachers. Cai Kui. Then he attacked Chu. The envoys of Chu Zi and the master said, "you are in the North Sea, and I am in the South China Sea, but the wind, the horse, and the Ox are not related. If you don't want to be involved in my land, why? " Guan Zhong said to him, "in the past, the Duke of Kang ordered my predecessor, the Great Duke, to say," the five Marquises, the nine uncles, and the women, who are actually fighting for it, will help the Zhou family. " Give me your shoes, east to the sea, West to the river, South to Muling, north to Wudi. ERGONG Bao Mao not into the king sacrifice not together, not to shrink wine, few people are levy. The king of Zhao went to the South and did not return. I asked He said to him, "if you don't pay tribute, you'll be guilty of being widowed. When King Zhao is no longer in power, you should ask the waterfront. " Shijin is inferior to Xing.

Idiom translation

In the spring of the fourth year, Duke Huan of Qi led the Allied forces of Duke Fu of Lu, Duke Huan of song, Duke Xuan of Chen, Duke Wen of Wei, Duke Wen of Zheng, Duke mu of Xu and Duke Zhao of Cao to invade the state of CAI. When the CAI army was defeated, Duke Huan of Qi continued to attack the state of Chu. King Cheng of Chu sent messengers to the army and said, "the king lives in the north, and I live in the south. Even the lost cattle and horses of our two countries will not reach each other's territory. I didn't expect that the king would come to our land regardless of the distance. What's the reason for that? " Guan Zhong replied, "in the past, Duke Zhaokang ordered our former monarch Taigong to say," you can invade the five Marquises and nine uncles in order to assist the royal family. " The scope of the expedition given to our ancestors was from the east to the sea, the west to the Yellow River, the south to Muling and the north to Wudi. If you don't pay tribute to Bao Mao of the royal family, the emperor's sacrifice is short of proper materials and can't drink to God. I'm going to ask for a crime for this. King Zhao went to the state of Chu and didn't go back. I'm here to blame him for that. " The emissary replied, "it's really my king's fault that the tribute has not been delivered. How dare you not supply it in the future? As for the fact that King Zhao didn't go back, the king asked the people at the water's edge. " The princes' troops advanced and stationed in Xingdi.

Idiom story

In 656 BC, the seven northern states of the Qihuan guild were preparing to attack the state of Chu? ——626 BC) when he learned the news, he felt that the state of Qi was an unjustifiable invasion. While gathering a large army to fight, he also decided to send the doctor Qu Wan to challenge the state of Qi. The allusion of the idiom "the wind, the horse and the ox do not match each other" comes from the sharp words before this battle. According to Zuo Zhuan, in the fourth year of Duke Fu, it is said: "in the spring of the fourth year, the Marquis of Qi invaded CAI with the help of the masters of the marquis. Cai Kui defeated Chu. The envoys of Chu Zi and his master said, "you are in the North Sea, and I am in the South China Sea, but the wind, the horse and the Ox are not related to each other, and you are not involved in my land. Why?" In the spring of the fourth year of Duke Lu's reign, Duke Huan of Qi attacked the state of CAI with the help of the armies of various vassal states. After the collapse of the state of CAI, he then attacked the state of Chu. King Cheng of Chu sent Qu Wan as an emissary. He said, "you live in the far north, and our state of Chu is in the far south, so far apart that even the lost horses and oxen of our two countries can't run to the other side." I didn't expect you to enter the territory of Chu. Why? "Wind" is a verb here, which means "free and lost". It is said that the male and female of animals are seduced by each other, which is called "wind". Because horses and cattle are different, they will not seduce each other. Here is a description of the distance between Qi and Chu. Horses and cattle will not be lost in each other's territory. Similarly, there is another explanation, "Guwen Guanzhi": cattle go with the wind, horses go against the wind, which means Qi Chu is irrelevant. Later generations use the metaphor of "Wind Horse and cattle are not related, wind horse and cattle, wind horse is not connected, wind horse and wind cattle" to describe things that have nothing to do with each other. After Qu Wan, a doctor of Chu, questioned the Qi army, Guan Zhong, a famous statesman and strategist of Qi, also counted the crimes of Chu not paying tribute to the emperor of Zhou. Qu Wan said, "we didn't pay tribute to Bao Mao. This is not our fault. We must pay tribute in the future." After Qu Wan left, the Qi State and the Allied forces of the vassals moved forward again until they reached Zhaoling. King Cheng of Chu sent Qu Wan to inquire. In order to show his military power, Duke Huan of Qi asked Qu Wan to get on the bus to see the original soldiers. After a look, it turned out that the army was neat and strong. Duke Huan of Qi proudly said to Qu Wan, "look, who can resist such a powerful army?" Unexpectedly, Qu Wan replied humbly If by force, we in the state of Chu use Fangcheng (the great wall of Chu) as the city wall and the Han River as the HaoGou. If you have more troops, you may not be able to fight in. " After listening to Qu Wan's tough words, Duke Huan of Qi estimated that he might not be able to defeat the state of Chu easily. Moreover, since the state of Chu had admitted his mistake and promised to pay tribute to Bao Mao, he also had face. In this way, the eight princes of the Central Plains and the state of Chu made an alliance in Zhaoling and went back to China. "The wind, the horse and the Ox are not related to each other" is a very popular idiom in later generations. The 29th song of Tang Xianzu's Nanke Ji: "prince, you are in the north of the river, concubine is in the south of the river, the wind, the horse and the ox are not related to each other." "In fact, democratic politics and" loose anarchy "are different, which is a very common sense," said Zou Taofen in his "exposing several arguments that hinder democratic politics."

Citation

Kong Yingda Shu quoted Fu Qian and said, "it's the wind that seduces the female and the female The saying "Feng Ma Niu" means that the horses and cows are elegant, the females and the females are attracted by each other, and the cover is a tiny matter in the end world. It is said that this matter is not related to each other, so it is irrelevant to use metaphor. " One said: the wind, easy, lost. It is said that Qi and Chu are far away from each other, and Ma Niu will not lose his way to the other side. It is used as a metaphor to show that things have nothing to do with each other.

usage

Complex sentence type; used as object, attribute, complement; used to describe the relationship between things.

Examples of words

Tang Xianzu's Nanke Ji is 29: "prince, you are in the north of the Yangtze River and my concubine is in the south of the Yangtze River. Feng, Ma and Niu are not related to each other. I don't want the prince to be involved in our country. Why?" Liang Qichao's the theory and biography of Darwin, the forefather of tianyanxue: "who knows the production of orchid, and the cat which is not the same as the other wind, horse and ox, how much does it have to do with it?" "In fact, democratic politics and" loose anarchy "are different, which is a very common sense," said Zou Taofen in his "exposing several arguments that hinder democratic politics." [fengmanau] the second of Yang Wanli's the first ten Jue of he Zhang's utensils: "it's always a good time to leave for ten times in autumn, and the news is in the middle of fengmanau." "As for Sakyamuni," Lu Xun said in his "hot wind against the tearful critic," he is more like the literary and artistic circles. " In the biography of Wang Hong in the book of Song Dynasty, it is said that there must be love when the ancestors leave. If the officials and Yin fengma don't meet, they have no chance to be subordinates [fengma] Liu Zhiji's Shi Tong Duan Jie: "it's not the same as Cao's, but it's not the same thing as fengma." [Fengniu] Xu Ling's book of shooting Yang Zunyan with the Minister of Qi states: "Fang Jinyue's clothes are contemptuous, and the pheasant flies to the north; Su Shenwang's eyes are boundless, and Fengniu's eyes are on the south." "Sui Shu · Li Li Zhi 3:" in the later Wei Dynasty and Qi Dynasty, Fengniu was separated from each other, but they didn't look for it. They were far away from their ancestors, so Shandong people were immersed in it to become a custom. " According to Zhang Huangyan's reply to Zhao's pacification book, "if we discuss the friendship between practicing local culture and eating wool, we should wait for Fengniu in the weak Dynasty." Qi lived in the North Sea, Chu in the South China Sea, although the wind, horse and cattle are not the same. I don't know why you are involved in my land? In fact, we have nothing to do with each other, so do Wangdi and Dujuan. (Guo Moruo's "a hundred flowers bloom · Rhododendron") Danjue, a scholar bureaucrat, was indifferent to the people's safety, happiness and misfortune. At the gate of the pass, he was indifferent to the wind, cattle and horses. (table of Liu cemetery in xinyuzhi County by Yang Wanli of Song Dynasty)

Foreign language translation

English: Alien & lt; betotallyunrelated; have absolutely nothing in common with the other & gt;. Japanese: fengmanau (ふうばぎゅうういにまっく?がない ) French: deuxchosesquin'ontaucunacunrapportl'unavecl'autre german: mitetwas ü berhauptnich

Chinese PinYin : fēng mǎ niú bù xiāng jí