High bird, good bow(gāo niǎo jìn，liáng gōng cáng)

High bird, good bow

As an idiom, it means that after the success is decided, the person who contributes to the success will see the abandonment instead and have no good end. It comes from Wenzi Shangde.

meaning

Interpretation: it refers to the fact that after the success is decided, the person who contributes to the work is abandoned instead and has no good end.

source

Wenzi Shangde: "the cunning rabbit gets the hound to cook, the high bird gets the good bow to hide, the name succeeds then the body retreats, the heaven way naturally also." It means that a gentleman will stop when he sees the good. If he pursues fame and wealth blindly, it will backfire. Qian Zhijiu said: Kang long has regrets. "University" says: the way of university is to stop at perfection. Wen Zhong didn't listen to Fan Li and was killed by Gou Jian. Han Xin didn't listen to Kuai Che. When he was in execution, he sighed and said: the cunning rabbit died, and the good dog was prosperous; the high bird died, and the good bow was hidden; the enemy country was broken, and the counselor died. The world has decided that I should cook.

Examples

Jin Huan Xuan advised Liu Jianzhi: despicable words are: high bird, good bow; cunning rabbit, hound cooking. Therefore, the style of writing is written in Jujian, and Han Bai is written in Qin and Han Dynasties. They are all heroes and overlords. I still can't believe their meritorious officials. What's more, they are cruel, stupid and mediocre! Gaozhi was afraid that if Huan Xuan's rebellion was eliminated, his tree would be cut off, so he colluded with Huan Xuan. However, the ability of Gaozhi was low, and he had been an anti skeleton boy twice before. Even if he obeyed the orders of the court, he was not Huan Xuan's enemy. As a result, he was cheated by Huan Xuan and committed suicide. In the second year of emperor Gaozu of Tang Dynasty, he killed Liu Wenjing, who was on the verge of execution. He touched and sighed: "the high bird died, the good bow was hidden, so it's not empty.". During the Warring States period, Cai Ze admonished Ying Hou fan Ju: is it not in the expectation of accomplishing evil that madam performs meritorious service? If the body and name are complete, the upper part will be the same; if the name can be used, the body and the dead will be the second; if the name is insulted, the body will be complete, the lower part will be the same. In the later Han Dynasty, Yan Zhong advised Huangfu song to build up a high-ranking man and serve the mediocre in the north. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Hou Jing rebelled and Murong shaozong crusaded against him. He said: if Jing is captured, what is the use of the public. Murong shaozong let Hou Jing live. People like Cai Ze, Yan Zhong, Murong and shaozong are smart.

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