defamation destroys a man(jī huǐ xiāo gǔ)

defamation destroys a man

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī Hu ǐ Xi ā og ǔ, which means continuous slander can destroy people. It comes from the biography of Zhang Yi in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Zhang Yi in historical records: "all the people's opinions are good, but the accumulation is bad."

Idiom usage

It is often used with "zhongkou shuojin" as an example. However, the officials of the thigh and arm are not only state officials, but also officials who compete in common positions. In the biography of Liu Qiao in the book of Jin, it is said that people will die if they constantly slander. According to the biography of Zhang Yi in historical records, "when I heard about it, I had accumulated my feathers and sunk my boat. When I folded my shaft lightly, I had a lot of words and money, and my bones were destroyed." Yang Wanli's answer to Chen Guocai's book in the Song Dynasty: "if we don't do anything, we'll be ruined. What can we do?" In Lu Xun's collection of collected materials, the title: "if you accumulate and destroy bones, you can sell them; if you leave empty paper, you can sing." It is also called "accumulating, destroying and eliminating bones". Liu Xiang of the Han Dynasty wrote in his new preface, mischief 3: "in the past, Lu followed Ji Sunzhi's theory and chased Confucius, while ran Xinzi of the Song Dynasty chased Mozi? All the mouths are good, and all the bones are destroyed. " According to Han yingshao's Fengshitong zhengmishu, Meng Keyun said, "Yao and Shun were more beautiful than they were, and Jie and Zhou were more evil than they were." The rumor loses the finger, the prospect loses the shape. It has been a long time since people's opinions have been accumulating and destroying the bones. " Song Sushi's "Dai Teng Fu's book on slandering Qi Jun" said: "accumulate and destroy the bones, skillfully say to burn the gold, the city tiger becomes in three people, and the Zhus come from time to time."

Analysis of Idioms

Human words are formidable

Chinese PinYin : jī huǐ xiāo gǔ