feign madness without being insane(jiǎ chī bù diān)

feign madness without being insane

The idiom "pseudo mania without epilepsy" comes from the 27th plan of the thirty six stratagems: "when the opportunity does not come out, it seems like a mania in silence; if it is a pseudo epilepsy, it will not only expose the opportunity, but also move disorderly and make people suspicious; therefore, the pseudo maniac wins, and the pseudo epilepsy loses."

Basic explanation

Words: pretending not to be insane sound: Ji ǎ ch ī B ù di ā n meaning: pretending to be stupid; pretending to be stupid, in fact, there is no mental disorder, speech and action are very normal. "Cao Xueqin sympathizes with the little people at the bottom of the society" written by Yin Qian: "from" crying out "to" laughing ", there is a mystery here. The scabby monk cries for Yinglian's fate and laughs at Zhen Shiyin's foolishness and futility. The scabby monk's foolishness is actually hypocritical, but it's a pity that ordinary people can not easily understand it Prophecy, but also the true wisdom of the truth as a madman's nonsense

The origin of Idioms

brief introduction

"False madness" is selected from "thirty six strategies". In the thirty six stratagems, the twenty seventh stratagem refers to pretending to be dementia and hiding people's eyes and ears. "Thirty six strategies", or "thirty six strategies", refers to the Thirty-six Strategies of Military Science in ancient China, which originated from the southern and Northern Dynasties and was written in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a Book of war based on the excellent military thought and rich struggle experience in ancient China. It is one of the long cultural heritages of the Chinese nation. "Thirty six stratagems" was written before the year of the book, and its etymology can be traced back to tan Daoji, the general of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty? In 436 AD), according to the biography of Wang Jingze in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty, "the Thirty-six Strategies of Tan Gong are the best. Your father and son should only listen." It means that the defeat is certain and irreparable. Only to retreat is the best policy. In Song Dynasty Huihong's lengzhaiyehua: "thirty six stratagems, walking is the best stratagem.". At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, more people quoted it. So people with a heart collected books and compiled "thirty six stratagems". However, it is difficult to know when and who wrote this book. the original book is divided into six sets according to its title, namely, victory plan, enemy plan, attack plan, melee plan, merge plan and defeat plan. The first three sets are used for advantages, and the last three sets are used for disadvantages. Each set contains six pieces, a total of 36 pieces. The explanation after the name of each plan is based on the change of yin and Yang in the book of changes and the transformation of the antagonistic relations between the ancient strategists, such as hardness and softness, Qi Zheng, attack and defense, self, virtual reality, subject and object, which contains the elements of simple military dialectics. The notes after the explanation mostly cite the war cases before the Song Dynasty and the brilliant sentences of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Wei Liaozi and other strategists. There are also general remarks and postscripts in the book. Thirty six stratagems are the summary of ancient Chinese strategists' stratagems and the precious heritage of military strategy. In order to facilitate people to memorize these thirty-six stratagems, a scholar composed a poem in order: Jin Yu Tan Gong CE, in order to catch robbers, fish and snakes laughing in the sea, sheep, tiger, peach and mulberry separated, trees dark away, empty cauldron, beautiful corpses on the roof, attacking Wei Lian and Guo.

The original code

It's better to pretend that you don't know what to do than to pretend that you don't know what to do. If you don't show your chance, you'll find yunleitun.

notes

① It's better to pretend that you don't know what to do than to pretend that you don't know what to do. (2) quiet without revealing the opportunity, yunleitun also: the language comes from the hexagram of the book of changes. The name of tungua. This hexagram is a combination of different hexagrams (shock on the lower ridge), shock as thunder and rain on the ridge. This hexagram is composed of thunder and rain. The environment is dangerous and it is difficult to do things. "Tun, it's difficult.". "Tungua" of the "Yu" words also said "cloud thunder, tun." Ridge for rain, and for clouds, earthquake for thunder. That is to say, the cloud moves above and the thunder moves below. There is a symbol of suppressing thunder on the cloud. This is the image of tungua. This strategy uses this image theory, which means that in the military, sometimes in order to retreat and make progress, we have to be hypocritical, mature and prudent, so as to achieve the goal of attacking later. This is just like the cloud power suppressing the thunder without showing its ingenuity. In the end, once an attack breaks out, it will surprise and win.

Notes

Pretending not to know but to know, pretending not to do but not to do, or will do something. Sima Yi's false illness led to Cao Shuang's death, while Jiang Wei's nine expeditions to the Central Plains led to his failure. The book of war says: "therefore, those who are good at fighting will win without wisdom or courage." When the opportunity does not occur, it seems to be silly; if it is false epilepsy, it will not only expose the opportunity, but also move disorderly and suspect. Therefore, the false fool wins and the false epileptic loses. Or Japan: hypocrisy can fight against the enemy and use troops. In Song Dynasty, ghosts were popular in the south. When Di Qing conquered Nong Zhigao, his soldiers began to come out of the south of Guilin. He pretended to wish: "there is no basis for victory or defeat." He took a hundred dollars to hold on to himself and made an agreement with God. If he had a great victory, he would put the money into his pocket. Admonishment about stop, Tang not satisfied, afraid of Ju teacher, green do not listen. Thousands of square shrug to see, already and wave a throw, hundred money purpose noodles. So the soldiers cheered, and the sound shocked the forest and the green was also very happy. Take baiding (nail), that is, with the money density, cloth and Tie Ding (nail), to green gauze cage, hand seal Yan. He said, "when you return, you should pay God for the money." Later, he returned his master to Pingyong Prefecture. If he said that he would take money, the shogunate officials would wish him both sides of the coin.

Analysis of allusions

Pretending to be muddleheaded on the surface, but actually being very clear, pretending not to act is actually planning in the dark and waiting for the opportunity. Such as Sima Yi seizing military power under false illness; when the time is not ripe, we must not act rashly. For example, Jiang Weiming knew that the national strength of Shu Han was not as strong as that of Cao Wei, but he mobilized many people to attack the Central Plains. As a result, the people of Shu Han were poor and tired, and were finally destroyed by Cao Wei. In military affairs, this plan is not only a strategy to paralyze the enemy and stand by to defeat the enemy, but also a strategy to "fool the soldiers". For example, in the Song Dynasty, when Di Qing conquered nongzhigao, the leader of the Zhuang nationality, he pretended to be a God and a ghost with two money, which made the soldiers mistakenly think that there was a God to help them. hypocrisy, focusing on the word "false". "Fake" here means camouflage. He pretended to be deaf and dumb, but he was very sober in his heart. As a political strategy and a military strategy, this plan is a good move. When the situation is not good for you, you can pretend to be crazy and foolish on the surface, give people the impression of mediocrity, hide your talents and cover up your inner political ambition, so as not to arouse the vigilance of political opponents and wait for the opportunity to realize your ambition. During the period of the Three Kingdoms, the story of Cao Cao and Liu Bei cooking wine on heroes is a typical example. Liu Bei had long had the ambition to win the world, but his strength was too weak to compete with Cao Cao at that time, and he was still under Cao Cao's control. Liu Bei pretends that he only drinks and grows vegetables every day, regardless of the world. One day, Cao Cao invited him to drink. At the banquet, Cao Cao asked Liu Bei who was the hero of the world. Liu Bei listed several names, which were all denied by Cao Cao. Suddenly, Cao Cao said, "there are only two heroes in the world, you and I!" In a word, Liu Bei was in a panic. He was afraid that Cao Cao would understand his political ambition and his chopsticks would fall to the ground. Fortunately, a burst of thunder at this time, Liu Bei quickly covered up, said he was scared off by the thunder. When Cao Cao saw this, he laughed and thought that Liu Bei was afraid of thunder and could not achieve anything. He relaxed his vigilance to Liu Bei. Later, Liu Bei got rid of Cao Cao's control and finally made a career in Chinese history. When it comes to military affairs, it means that although he has considerable strength, he deliberately shows no strength and appears weak and deceptive, so as to paralyze the enemy, pamper the enemy, and then wait for an opportunity to strike the enemy unprepared.

Cases of stratagem

Hypocrisy is a kind of camouflage phenomenon of superficial dementia and secret wisdom, which can play a trick of confusing the other party, delaying the soldiers and waiting for them, and controlling them later. It is used in political strategy, that is to say, to cover up oneself, to confuse the other party, to get rid of the predicament and to realize one's political goal. During the Warring States period, Pang Juan, the general of Wei state, hated that his ability was far inferior to that of Sun Bin, so he designed to harm Sun Bin and cut off his kneecaps, making Sun Bin a useless man. When Sun Bin learned that Pang Juan was going to kill him, Sun Bin had to resort to "deceiving madness" and suddenly went mad. In order to verify whether Sun Bin is really crazy, Pang Juan sent his cronies to visit him. He saw Sun Bin dancing in the pigsty, taking the food sent by his entourage as a drug and falling to the ground. He grabbed the pig dung and food from the pigsty and stuffed them into his mouth, shouting "delicious, delicious". The confidants reported what they saw to Pang Juan. Pang Juan believed it and relaxed his supervision of Sun Bin. Sun Bin can roam the market. At first, Pang Juan sent an entourage to supervise Sun Bin from time to time. Later, he saw that Sun Bin was crazy all day and had no abnormal behavior. Even the guardians were cancelled. One day, the envoys of the state of Qi visited the state of Wei. After learning of Sun Bin's injustice, they managed to take him back to the state of Qi. Thus, Sun Bin succeeded in hiding Pang Juan's suspicions and returning to the state of Qi. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Xiongnu's internal political power changed and people's minds were unstable. Donghu, a powerful nation nearby, took the opportunity to blackmail Xiongnu. Donghu deliberately provoked Xiongnu to offer national treasure Qianlima. The generals of Xiongnu all said that Donghu bullied people too much, and the national treasure must not be given to them easily. The Huns, however, decided: "give it to them. We can't make peace with our neighbors just because of one horse." The generals of Xiongnu were not convinced, but they were reckless. Seeing the weakness of Xiongnu, Donghu asked for a wife and concubine. When the generals saw that Donghu had gained an inch, they were all indignant, but they said, "give it to them. Don't give up a woman to make peace with the neighboring countries." Donghu had no difficulty and succeeded in predicting Hun

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