It's necessary to tie the bell to solve the problem(jiě líng hái xū jì líng rén)

It's necessary to tie the bell to solve the problem

It's a proverb that you need a person to tie the bell to solve the problem. Its pronunciation is Ji ě L í NGH á IX ū J ì L í NgR é n. it comes from the Zen sect of the Department of history and biography in China - zhiyuelu - Ming - Qu Ruji, which is used to describe who causes the trouble and who still solves it.

Idiom information

Phonetic alphabet: Ji ě L í NGH á IX ū jऻl í NgR é n (Dictionary office, Institute of language, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, edition 6, commercial press, P. 666) interpretation: it refers to who has to solve the trouble caused by who. Example: Lu Xun's "book of two places · 69": "~", so I still want him to make things clear when he comes back from Fuyuan this time. " synonyms: Jieling Tieling, heart disease still need heart medicine

classical Chinese

original text

Jinling cool Taiqin Dharma lamp Zen master in many days, luxury, not everything, many easy, law eye alone contract heavy. One day, he asked the crowd, "who solved the tiger golden bell?" No one is right. When the Dharma lamp was appropriate, he raised his eyes and asked in front of him. The teacher said, "those who are connected can get it.". Eye says: "you generation light canal cannot."

translation

There is a cool Taiqin Buddhist monk in Jinling. When he was alive, he was bold and uninhibited. He had nothing to do all day. Everyone despised him, and only fayan valued him. One day, fayan asked the crowd, "who can untie the golden bell tied around the tiger's neck?" If you look at me and I look at you, none of them can answer. At this time, Zen master Taiqin faleng just arrived, and fayan asked the Zen master Taiqin faleng the question he had just asked. He replied, "the man who tied the bell around the tiger's neck can solve the bell.". Seeing that master faleng's answer was good, fayan taught everyone about it: "you can't underestimate him.".

notes

Jinling: ancient place name, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province today Zen master: honorific for monk in many days: when alive Haoyi: Bohemian Yi: despise contract: mutual speculation Qu: see

Idiom story

The idiom "Jieling still needs a person to tie the bell" comes from Qingliang temple on Qingliang mountain in Nanjing. This idiom comes from a monk named FA Deng. According to the Buddhist quotations of Zen compiled by Qu Ruji in Ming Dynasty, zhiyuelu, volume 2-13, there was a Taiqin Buddhist monk in Qingliang Temple of Jinling (now Qingliangshan Park) in the Southern Tang Dynasty. He was bold and unconstrained and didn't stick to the Buddhist rules. Most monks in the temple looked down on him, but the master fayan thought highly of him. Once, fayan asked the monks in the temple, "who can untie the golden bell tied around the tiger's neck?" after much thinking, they couldn't answer. At this time, FA Deng happened to come, and FA Yan asked him this question again. FA Deng replied without thinking: "only the man who tied the golden bell to the tiger's neck can untie the golden bell." After hearing this, the eye of Dharma thought that the lamp of Dharma could understand the Buddhist doctrine, so he was praised by the public. Later, this sentence was handed down by the idiom that it is necessary to tie the bell to relieve the bell. In the Qing Dynasty, Cao Xueqin quoted it in the 90th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions as "heartache needs heart medicine, and relieving the bell needs the person who tied the bell". after this incident, faleng won the appreciation of Zen master fayan. Later, he worked under the seat of Zen master fayan as vena (the main person in charge of the Zen hall in the temple), assisting fayan to create the famous fayan sect among the five Buddhist sects. Zen master faleng is not only an eminent monk, but also has profound attainments in literature. His more famous works include three songs of the ancient mirror, among which the third one says: people didn't know the ancient mirror at that time. The way is pure. If you only look at purity, it's not true. Or round or short or long, if there is fibrotic disease. It's better to break the mirror and eliminate the flaws. It is not difficult to see the Buddhist and literary attainments of FA Deng.

Chinese PinYin : jiě líng hái xū jì líng rén