Buddha's head is filthy(fó tóu jiā huì)

Buddha's head is filthy

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ó t ó Uji ā Hu ì, which means that the bad things are put on the good things, and the dirty good things. From the biography of lanterns in Jingde.

The origin of Idioms

"When Cui Xianggong came to the temple, he saw birds putting dung on the Buddha's head. He asked his teacher," do birds have Buddha's nature? " The teacher said, "yes." Cui said, "why put dung on Buddha's head?" The teacher said, "why didn't Yi put it on the head of the kite?"

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; refers to blasphemy of beautiful things. Example how dare I add filth to my daily books. The seventy first chapter of the lamp on the wrong road by Li Lvyuan in Qing Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Buddha's head is covered with dung

Idiom story

During the period of emperor Mu Zong of Tang Dynasty, Cui Qun visited the East Temple in Hunan Province. When he saw the bird pooping on the head of the Buddha, he told the abbot that the bird had no Buddha nature and was disrespectful to the Buddha. The abbot said that the bird had Buddha nature. They chose to poop on the head of the Buddha because of the Buddha's charity, tolerance of all living beings and never care about foreign things. The bird also understood this.

Chinese PinYin : fó tóu jiā huì