referring to the great fright of routed soldiers(fēng shēng hè lì)

referring to the great fright of routed soldiers

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē ngsh ē NGH è L ì, meaning: to describe panic or self alarm. It comes from the biography of Xie Xuan in the book of Jin.

Citation explanation

It is used to describe panic or self alarm. In the biography of Xie Xuan in the book of Jin, it is said that "when we hear that the wind is blowing, we all think that Master Wang has arrived." Song Dynasty. Li zengbo's "drunk Penglai. Ask Jincheng strategy" CI: see the chess side, the wind is frightening, the gall falls Hu Lu. "At that time, he drank Hu Ma from the river, looked at the cloud flag, and turned to Zhi." Chapter 102 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "Jia Zhenfang is good, Jia Rong and others are ill one after another. So for several months, the two governments were afraid. Since then, the wind has been frightening, and the plants are all demons. " Yu Dafu's running away: "it was only later that when she heard the stories about the panic and saw the anxious state of Ju Shi, a few days before she was planning to take refuge, Wan Zhen vaguely thought of this young man."

Idiom usage

It can be used in war, etc

Related stories

In 383 ad, the former Qin emperor Fu Jian organized 900000 troops to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Eastern Jin Dynasty sent Xie an as the general and Xie Xuan as the vanguard, leading 80000 elite troops to fight. Fu Jian thought that he had a large number of troops and a wide range of generals, and he was sure enough to defeat the Jin army. He concentrated his forces at the Feishui River in the east of Shouyang (now Shouxian County, Anhui Province), and then launched an attack on the Jin army when the following troops arrived. In order to win more with less, Xie Xuan sent an emissary to the Qin camp and suggested to the front of the Qin Army: "your troops are camping at the edge of the Fei River, obviously for the sake of lasting combat, not quick decision. Wouldn't it be better if your army retreated a little bit and let our army through the decisive battle in Feishui? " During the internal discussion of the Qin army, all the generals thought that if they stick to Feishui, the Jin army can't cross the river. When the follow-up troops arrive, they can completely defeat the Jin army. Therefore, we can not accept the proposal of Jin army. However, Fu Jian was eager to win. He did not agree with the opinions of the generals. He said, "as long as our army retreats a little, when half of the Jin army crosses the river and half of the Jin army is still crossing the river, we can surely win a complete victory by using elite cavalry." So the Qin Army decided to retreat. Fu Jian did not expect that the Qin army was improvised, and the command was not unified. As soon as he received the order to retreat, he thought that the front had lost the battle and fled back in a hurry. Xie Xuan saw the enemy retreat, and the headquarters quickly crossed the river to kill the enemy. On the way of retreat, Qin army abandoned weapons and armor, which led to chaos and countless deaths. The soldiers who escaped the pursuit of the Jin Army thought that the Jin army was coming again when they heard the wind and the sound of cranes, so they ran away regardless of day and night. In this way, the Jin army won the "battle of Feishui". This is the allusion of "fear in the wind".

Chinese PinYin : fēng shēng hè lì