a scene of light heartedness of the people in times of peace(hán bǔ gǔ fù)

a scene of light heartedness of the people in times of peace

Hanbu Gufu, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h á Nb ǔ g ǔ f ù, which means having food in the mouth and patting the stomach by hand. It describes the carefree life in the Taiping era. From Zhuangzi.

Idiom explanation

Feeding: the food contained in the mouth; tumbling: tumbling, that is, satiety.

The origin of Idioms

In the fourth volume of Zhuangzi, horseshoe: "when Huxley was my husband, I didn't know what to do and what to do, but I didn't know what to do. The people were able to do it by feeding and swimming. Cheng xuanyingshu of Tang Dynasty said, "he Xu was an ancient emperor. He also said that he had lofty virtue, which made the people attach themselves to him. So he was called he Xu, who was also the emperor of Yan. When a man walks on the road, he will not do anything in the world of inaction. He will live in peace without doing anything. He will move freely without going. Even if it is full of nourishment and joy, it is not different from the baby; if it is full of belly, it will be no different from the boy. In this age of Chunzhi, people can do the same. 」

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive to describe people living a happy life. Chapter 84 of Li Lvyuan's Qiludeng in Qing Dynasty: "steamed glutinous rice cake, a big mouthful of nourishment.". "In the biography of Cen Peng in the book of the later Han Dynasty," if a dog barks quietly, he will be born under his feet. How can he know the calamity In the draft of Geng Lu, Gao Li of the Department of planning storehouse, the imperial edict of Chang Ping storehouse, written by Hu Xun of Song Dynasty, it is said that "we can make our people full of food and drink." In Kang Youwei's letter to the great president, he said, "the servant is selfless, sucking and bulging. He wants to hold the staff and wait for peace."

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Chinese PinYin : hán bǔ gǔ fù