retire with ease and decline to accept a government post(gāo wò dōng shān)

retire with ease and decline to accept a government post

Idiom story: during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie an, a sage, resolutely resigned his official post and lived in seclusion in Dongshan near Kuaiji. Scholars often came to visit him, drank wine and wrote poems with him, but never asked about the government. When the former Qin Dynasty invaded the South and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in danger, Xie an became the Prime Minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He led the army to defeat the former Qin army in Feishui and took the opportunity to lead the army to the northern expedition to recover the lost territory.

Idiom information

In the biography of xie'an in the book of Jin: "Qing Lei disobeyed the imperial edict, gaowo Dongshan." (2) in Yuan Dynasty, Zheng Tingyu's the fourth fold of "the story of enduring characters": "I can't catch up with Pang Jushi's shipwreck in the sea. The sun of Jin Dynasty ascends the Sumen gate and roars. I can't thank Anshi for lying high in the east mountain." (3) Feng Weimin of Ming Dynasty wrote the ten sceneries of guizhixiang and Yeyuan: "the east mountain is high and the pavilion is clear. Get to know friends in wine and poetry, and get ready to have fun in time. " (4) in the book of Zhuhang written by Gong you in Qing Dynasty, it is said that Mr. Yishi is a man in the middle of the heaven, who lies high in the East Mountain and holds the jade ruler [example] as for gaowo Dongshan, she should no longer be Feng Fu. (Chapter 47 of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan) [usage] is used as predicate and attributive; it refers to reclusive but not official [near synonym] Dongshan gaowo [antonym] Dongshan resurgence [degree of use] common idiom [emotional color] neutral idiom [generation time] Ancient idiom [idiom structure] supplementary idiom [English translation] return with the as and separate line to accept over nmen tpost

Idioms and allusions

Chinese PinYin : gāo wò dōng shān