punish one as a warning to a hundred(fěng yī quàn bǎi)

punish one as a warning to a hundred

Allegory is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ě ngy ī Qu à Nb ǎ I, which means to criticize and criticize one euphemistically and implicitly, so that everyone can be educated. It comes from the biography of Sima Xiangru in historical records.

Pinyin

fěngyīquànbǎi

source

Chinese ▪ Ban Gu's Han Shu ▪ According to Sima Xiangru's biography, "Yang Xiong thought that the ode was beautiful, and he advised all the wind to be one, but he still galloped the voice of Zheng Wei. At the end of the song, he played elegantly, and he was very grateful." Later, he used "satirizing one and persuading one hundred" to describe that the words of satirizing the right way are far less than the words of persuading extravagance. It means to warn people, but the result is just the opposite. Southern Dynasties ▪ beam ▪ Liu Xie's Wen Xin Diao Long ▪ Zawen ":" Although the beginning of the extravagance, and the end of the right; husband satirize a hundred, the potential is not reflexive

Examples

This article criticizing bureaucracy is published in the newspaper, which can play an allegory and persuasive role.

usage

It is intended to alert people

Chinese PinYin : fěng yī quàn bǎi