burn the bridge after crossing it(guò qiáo chōu bǎn)

burn the bridge after crossing it

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ò Qi á och ō UB ǎ n, which means to pull down the bridge after crossing the river. It refers to a person who wants to enjoy the victory alone after reaching his goal and kicks away his comrades in arms who shared weal and woe in the past. It's from the flowers of the evil sea.

Analysis of Idioms

Cross the river and tear down the bridge

Idiom usage

It's the same as "breaking a bridge across a river". "The next day, the emperor chongtianmen issued an imperial edict, ordering you Ren to serve as a class leader to humiliate him. If there is a union, there is no harm. "Participating in politics can be said to be a bridge breaker. '”

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 31 of Zeng Pu's Nie Hai Hua in Qing Dynasty: "it's not easy. If you don't know it, I know it all. As long as you don't cut corners, I'll go to them right away. There must be a way to get back to you tomorrow. "

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

Zhao Kuangyin, the song Taizu, won the throne after the "Chen Qiao mutiny" and appointed Zhao Pu as a direct privy degree. He discussed all state affairs with him. At that time, Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi and other generals were Zhao Kuangyin's cronies. They were the people who supported Zhao Kuangyin as emperor in the "Chenqiao mutiny". They had great influence in the army. Zhao Kuangyin once asked Zhao Pu, "since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been a number of emperors with different surnames in the past few decades. What are the reasons for this? If you want to make the country stable for a long time, what good strategies do you have Zhao Pu replied: "the reason why the world is uneasy is that the power of the monarch is less than that of the power of the monarch. In order to achieve long-term stability, it is necessary to seize its power, accept its troops, and control its money. Before Zhao Pu finished, Zhao Kuangyin stopped him. On an evening in the autumn of this year, Zhao Kuangyin prepared a sumptuous banquet, specially invited Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi and others to have a banquet. When he was half drunk, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly sighed: "I didn't rely on your strength to have today, but it's hard to be an emperor! On the contrary, it's better to be a festival envoy. Since I became emperor, I haven't had a good night's sleep! " Shi Shouxin and others asked why. Zhao Kuangyin replied, "if you think about it, who doesn't want the position of emperor? I'm always worried about someone taking the throne. Can I sleep well? " Shi Shouxin and others said: "how can the emperor say that? Now that the world is settled, who dares to plot against the law and commit suicide? " Zhao Kuangyin said with a cold smile, "of course you won't. However, if your subordinates insist on putting yellow robes on you and forcing you to revolt, just as you did to me at the beginning, I'm afraid it's not up to you! " Shi Shouxin and others got up in a hurry, kowtowed and said: "I'm stupid. I didn't expect to be so far away. I hope the emperor will show us a way to live for many years." Zhao Kuangyin was full of joy, but his mouth just slowed down and said: "Alas, life is short, it's better to have fun in time. I can't help it. I was born to suffer all my life, but you still have time. You are successful. Why don't you give up your military power and choose to buy more land and enjoy your wealth in Dayi. How good it would be if we could not only make future generations free from the worry of poverty, but also make the monarch and his officials free from suspicion and make peace with each other When Shi Shouxin and others heard this, they all understood why. No matter whether they were willing or not, they had to kneel down. Shane said, "the emperor cares about my ministers until this degree. It's really a feeling of life and death! What else can we say? " The next day, Shi Shouxin and others asked for sick leave and asked to be removed from the military post. Zhao Kuangyin approved them one by one and gave them a big reward. Therefore, Shi Shouxin was appointed as Tianping Jiedushi, Wang Shenqi as Zhongzheng Jiedushi, Gao Huaide as guide Jiedushi, and Zhang lingduo as Zhenning Jiedushi. At that time, the local military power was under the jurisdiction of the States, and the governor was just a nominal title with no power. Zhao Kuangyin, as the ancestor of the Song Dynasty, is really a crafty and resourceful man! During the "Chen Qiao mutiny" in those years, he made a series of directors, put on a posture of being forced by the yellow robe, and had to be the emperor. Now he wants to cut corners, but he doesn't want to follow the example of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to "avoid death and dog cooking" and fall into the bad name of harming Zhongliang. So he directed this famous farce of "a glass of wine to release military power". The play is certainly a comedy for him, but it is obviously a tragedy for the other protagonists, except that there is no such devastating ending as Han Xin, Ying Bu and Peng Yue. But perhaps because of this, Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, Gao Huaide and others did not have the same prominent reputation as Han Xin, yingbu, Peng Yue and others in history. In retrospect, it is self-evident that when crossing a bridge, the bridge slab is removed. It's the same method as killing a dead dog and tearing down a bridge. However, it is more peaceful to seize the military power by ceremony than to kill a dead dog and cross a river and demolish a bridge. It is to remove the power of the meritorious officials in a more moderate way, or to say, it is civil rather than martial. Between the banquet and the banquet, we can say that the power is in the hands of one person; we can take preventive measures to eliminate hidden dangers, which can be called preemptive. Therefore, from the perspective of strategy, the ritual of seizing military power is better than killing a dead dog or tearing down a bridge. This is the wisdom of Song Zu. Although it's the same means and the same purpose. However, those who wrote history books were merciful and made him a great master.

Allusion 2

In the later period of the Three Kingdoms, the power of Wei was gradually controlled by Sima. Sima Shi abolished Cao Fang and established Cao Mao, the eldest grandson of Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei, as emperor. After the death of Sima Shi, his younger brother Sima Zhao succeeded the general, and the power of the imperial court was still in the hands of Sima Shi. Cao Shao saw that Cao's authority was losing day by day, and Sima Zhao was becoming more and more dictatorial. He resented injustice in his heart, so he wrote a poem "Qianlong" to express this mood. In his poems, he compares himself to a wounded and trapped dragon, who can't jump out of the abyss, can't go to heaven and earth freely, can only watch loach and eel dancing at the bottom of the well, and has to hide his own claws and teeth. Sima Zhao was very angry when he saw this poem. He scolded Cao Mao at the court and said, "I, Sima, have done a lot to Wei Guoli. Why do you compare us to loach and eel?" Cao Mao was so frightened that he went back to the harem and felt that Sima Zhao had the ambition of usurping the throne, so he dared to humiliate himself in public. He thought that this kind of life could not go on, so he must take decisive measures to get rid of Sima Zhao. He called in ministers Wang Shen, Wang Jing and Wang Ye, and said angrily to them, "Sima Zhao's ambition is well known. I can't sit down and be insulted by being deposed. I'm going to fight against him with you today. " Wang Jing thought that the Crusade could not be successful, so he advised Cao Mao to be cautious. However, Wang Shen and Wang ye were afraid of harming themselves and prepared to report to Sima Zhao as soon as they left the palace. Cao Shao couldn't wait, pulled out his sword, boarded the car, and led more than 300 bodyguards and servants to Sima Zhao's house. On the way, Cao Mao met Sima Zhao's cronies Jia Chong and Sheren Cheng Ji, who led thousands of people to march by. He thought these people were coming to kill himself, so he rushed to the front and yelled, "I'm the son of heaven. Do you want to kill you?" When Jia Chong's subordinates saw that he was the emperor, they didn't know what to do and felt guilty. Cheng Ji asked Jia Chong, "the situation is not good. What do you think we can do?" Jia Chong yelled: "Sima raised you just for today's sake! What should we do? Do you still need to ask? " So, Cheng Ji jumped the horse and stabbed Cao Mao to death in the car. After Cao Mao's death, Sima Zhao knew that the people's heart was toward the emperor. In order to wash away his guilt for killing Cao Mao, he executed the Chengji brothers as killers and killed the nine ethnic groups. After success, it is often the usual trick of the unrighteous to kick away or even eliminate the person who has helped in advance. Now that we have crossed the river, there is no need for a bridge. "Demolishing the bridge" has many meanings. Or in order to save themselves, we can find scapegoats and lose "pawns" to protect "cars". In the scene of killing Cao Mao, Cheng Ji is a sheep for crime and a pawn for protecting the car. Or in order to cover up the truth of the matter, kill people to make the truth a mystery that can never be solved. Or they are afraid that the helpers will become a burden afterwards, and in turn threaten themselves, so they can simply get rid of the relationship completely and cut down the roots to prevent future trouble. Or worried that the helpers will have plump wings and stiffen wings in the future, and turn themselves into a "bridge", so they will want to get rid of it and then quickly. Or, in order to enjoy the fruits of victory alone and satisfy the selfish desire, we should drive away those who may participate in the division one by one, so as not to share a share. In a word, the main motive of bridge demolishers can be summed up as forgetting righteousness for profit. He is in an active position, driven by desire, and can do what he wants; he can do it boldly in broad daylight, or he can do it quietly in the dark, or he can transfer responsibility by others, or he can simply turn his face away from others. Anyway, in order to achieve the goal, we can do anything. When the end of the bridge is unfortunate. Most of the people who want to be bridges are desperators, those who love old benefactors, those who are greedy for small favors, and those who have something to do with being caught. Of course, those who are cheated are not excluded.

Chinese PinYin : guò qiáo chōu bǎn