dogskin plaster(gǒu pí gāo yào)

dogskin plaster

Goupi plaster, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced g ǒ up í g ā oy à O. in the old days, people in the world used to fake this plaster to cheat people out of money, so it was used to refer to deceptive goods. From the preface to Bannong's essays.

Idioms and allusions

Li Tieguai had a great influence among the people, but he mainly appeared as a group with the other seven immortals, the eight immortals. It's probably because it's said that the gourd on his back is a panacea for curing diseases and saving people. In the past, the folk, especially the medicine industry, regarded him as the inventor and Grandmaster of Goupi plaster. Tieguai Li is the most respected medicine immortal in the field of selling dog skin plaster. it's said that there is a manager Wang in Zhangde mansion (now Anyang, Henan Province) who is good at making plasters. He is good at giving, no matter rich or poor, as long as he has sores. It's a good reputation. One day, shopkeeper Wang took some plasters to catch up with the temple fair. On the way, he met a lame beggar, all in rags. It stinks. When the beggar saw shopkeeper Wang, he stretched out his limp and had a small sore on his leg. He asked shopkeeper Wang to treat it. Shopkeeper Wang took out a plaster and put it on the sore, saying, "tomorrow will be fine." The next day, shopkeeper Wang ran into a lame beggar again and asked, "are you ready?" The beggar said, "no, it hurts more." Shopkeeper Wang opened the plaster and saw that the sore was bigger. He said, "I'll give you a more powerful one. If it's not good, you can come to my house to find me." So I changed another one for the beggar. The next day, shopkeeper Wang was going out early in the morning. As soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw the lame beggar waiting by the door. Without waiting for shopkeeper Wang to speak, the lame man scolded: "you really cheat! The plaster of Zhangde house is a fake Shopkeeper Wang opened it and saw that the leg sore had become a big bowl. Shopkeeper Wang felt very sorry and said, "I'll make a good plaster for you." Then he picked up the beggar and went home. As soon as he entered the hospital, a rhubarb dog came over and bit the beggar's leg. Shopkeeper Wang quickly picked up the stick in the beggar's hand and killed the dog with one stick. The beggar laughed: "today I have dog meat to eat." Shopkeeper Wang ran to the backyard, found some rare herbs and prepared a plaster for the beggar. Come and have a look, the beggar is eating roast dog meat, next to a few pieces of dog skin. The beggar took the medicine, pressed it on his leg, picked up a piece of dog skin and covered it. I don't have much Kung Fu. When the beggar takes off the dog skin ointment, the big abscess on the mouth of the bowl disappears. It's amazing. Shopkeeper Wang took the dog skin ointment and was filled with emotion. At this time, the lame beggar suddenly disappeared. Then he realized that it was the Pui Xian - Tieguai Li who came to teach the immortal formula.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Fu's preface to Bannong essays: "to go on, it's better to sell dog skin plasters at temple fairs than to speak freely."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Chinese PinYin : gǒu pí gāo yào