an impregnable city(jīn chéng tāng chí)

an impregnable city

Jincheng Tangchi is a Chinese idiom, pronounced J ī NCH é NGT ā ngch í, which means a city made of metal and a moat flowing with boiling water. The city is dangerous and solid. It is also called "golden soup".

explain

Words: Jincheng Tangchi phonetic alphabet: J ī NCH é NGT ā ngch í explanation: such as the wall made of steel, like the moat flowing with boiling water. It means that a city is strong and hard to break.

Discrimination of words

Usage: as subject, object, attribute; metaphor based on firm synonyms: iron wall, solid Antonyms: vulnerable, vulnerable

allusion

origin

In Volume 45 of Hanshu, Kuai Wujiang Xifu biography, Kuai Tong, Fan Yang Ren, was originally taboo with Emperor Wu. At the beginning of the Chu and Han Dynasties, the military minister appointed Zhao Di as Wu Xinjun. Fan Yang ordered Xu Gong to say, "my minister, Fan Yang's common people are Kuai Tong. He is going to die when he steals from min Gong, so he is hanged. Although, he Gong was born through communication. " Xu Gong bowed again and said, "why do you hang it?" Tong said: "I've been making orders for more than ten years. I'm the father of killing people, the son of lonely people, the foot of breaking people, and the head of tattooing people. He who is kind to his father and filial son and does not dare to do things in the belly of the public is afraid of the law of Qin Dynasty. Today, there is a great chaos, and the government of Qin Dynasty does not implement it. However, the father and the filial son will fight for the sword in the belly of the public, so as to recover their resentment and become their name. The reason for this communication is the same He said, "why was he born to have a son?" He said: "I don't know whether Zhao wuxinjun is good or not. He makes people wait for him to ask about his life and death. When he sees Wu Xinjun, he says," he will defeat him and then go down to the city. If he wins, he will steal. How can you use the tactics of your ministers, go down to the city without fighting, and make a thousand li decision without attacking? " He said, "what is also?" The minister said to him, "Fan Yang's order is to reorganize his soldiers to defend the war. He is afraid of death and greedy for wealth, so he wants to take his city as the first place. If you go down to the king first, and the king is not good for you, then the generals of the border cities will tell you that "Fan Yang orders you to come down first and die", and that the infant city will be firmly guarded. They are all golden cities and cannot be attacked. If you were to welcome fan Yangling with the yellow house and Zhu wheel, and make him focus on the outskirts of Yan and Zhao, the generals in the border cities would tell you that "fan Yangling came first and was rich and noble", and that he would fall in the same direction, just like Osaka. This minister said that he who preaches and decides from a thousand Li also. " Xu Gong paid homage again, with chariots and horses. Therefore, he said that he was a military minister. Wu Chen rode a hundred chariots and two hundred horses. Hou Yin welcomed Xu Gong. When Zhao Wenzhi of Yan Dynasty heard about it, more than 30 cities came down, such as Tongce Yan.

translation

Kuai Tong, a native of Fanyang county (now Gucheng Town, Dingxing County, Baoding City, Hebei Province), was originally named Kuai Che, the same as Emperor Wu. At the beginning of Chu and Han Dynasties, the military officials attacked and pacified Bandi, known as Wu Xinjun. Kuai Tong lobbied Xu Gong, the magistrate of Fanyang County, and said, "I'm a common man of Fanyang. My name is Kuai Tong. I feel sorry for you in private. You are dying, so I express my sorrow. Nevertheless, I also congratulate you on your life because of my Kuai Tong. " "Why do you mourn?" Kuai Tong said, "you've been a magistrate for more than ten years. You've killed people's fathers, orphaned their sons, cut off their feet, and chastised people. There are too many victims. The reason why loving fathers and filial sons dare not put knives in your belly is that they are afraid of the laws of the Qin Dynasty. Now the world is in chaos, and the decrees of the Qin Dynasty can't be implemented. In this way, those loving fathers and filial sons will rush to stab you with bayonets in order to avenge and achieve fame. That's why I mourn. " Xu Gong then asked, "why do you congratulate me on getting my husband's life?" Kuai Tong replied, "Wu Xinjun, who visited the country, didn't know that I was incompetent. He sent someone to inquire about his good fortune, bad fortune and bad fortune. Now I'm going to meet him and persuade him, saying to him," you must defeat the enemy before you get the territory, break through the city and then occupy it. I think it's very dangerous privately. If I adopt my strategy, I will acquire land without fighting, occupy the city without attacking, and send a declaration to pacify thousands of miles. Is that ok? He will ask: "what's your strategy?" I take the opportunity to reply: "the magistrate of Fanyang should have reorganized his army, guarded the City and stood up to resist, but he was afraid of death and greedy and liked wealth, so he wanted to give the city to you first Down. First surrender to you and you do not give him favor, then the border cities will tell each other: "Fanyang county magistrate surrendered first and was killed." They will hold fast to the city, just like the Golden City soup pool, which is hard to capture. For your sake, it's better to welcome Fanyang county magistrate with Huang Gai Zhu Lun's car and let him gallop and show off at the border between Yan and ban. Then, the border cities will tell each other, "Fanyang county magistrate surrendered first and gained wealth." It's as easy as a mud ball rolling on a hillside. Creation is what I call the strategy of calming thousands of miles by transmitting the declaration. " Xu Gong thanks again and again and prepares to send Kuai Tong back. Kuai uses these words to persuade Wuchen. Wu Chen used 100 chariots and 200 cavalry to meet Xu Gong with Hou Yin. Yanzhidi heard that more than 30 cities had surrendered, just as Kuai Tong's strategy had expected.

interpretation

"The border cities will be firmly guarded by the infant cities. They are all golden cities and cannot be attacked." Yan shigu's note: "Jin means Jian, Tang means boiling heat." City made of metal, moat flowing with boiling water. The city is dangerous and solid. It is also called "golden soup".

Application examples

Volume 45 of Hanshu is Kuai Wujiang Xifu biography, Kuai Tong. "The border cities will be firmly guarded by the infant cities. They are all golden cities and cannot be attacked." Yan shigu's note: "Jin means Jian, Tang means boiling heat." In the northern history, biography of the scholars, Xin Yanzhi: "the emperor tried to make Yan Zhi discuss with Shen seriously, but he couldn't resist, so he avoided the banquet and said:" the so-called Golden City soup pool of Xin Jun has no potential to attack. " Chen Yangsheng, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, wrote in his treatise on the establishment of Tianjing in Jinling: "in order to build a state and establish a capital, we must take the best place. It's not the first place to call Jincheng Tangchi." "Chen Cheng didn't understand Sheng Xuanhuai. He wanted to pursue his own personal interests, so he didn't care about the stability of our ancestral country, but was trapped in the position of the emperor." In the book of the later Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu's Ji Zan: "the golden soup is in danger, and the car and the book share the same road." Li Xianzhu: "gold is used to describe firmness, while soup is used to describe heat." "Xuanzong Ji of the old book of the Tang Dynasty:" if you don't take a lot of money, you should protect the golden soup. " One of Zhao Puchu's Dishui collection of Miscellaneous Poems: "the Great Wall is thousands of miles long, and the Great Wall is thousands of miles shining in the golden soup." Hua Ershi's "Han Yi Guan" 3: "with a good brother like you and a good helper, Xianxia is the Golden City soup pool, and Manchu people can't get by with wings on it!"

Chess arrangement

Jincheng Tangchi this platoon appeared in the 1980s. It is a controversial and famous platoon. It was originally named Jincheng Tangchi hongxianhe, and was published as the iron cannon magic red Xiansheng. In fact, there are changes in the middle of the game, and most people think it is still a draw

Idiom story

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng's uprising army attacked the rule of the Qin Dynasty. Chen Sheng's military ministers led the army to attack Fan Yang, the YueDi area. Kuai Tong went to visit and persuade Xu Gong, the magistrate of Fan Yang County, to give up guarding the city. Kuai Tong went to see Wu Chen and advised him to settle Xu Gong properly, so that other garrison of Jincheng Tangchi would surrender. Wu Chen agreed with him

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