wine , women , avarice and pride -- the four cardinal vices(jiǔ sè cái qì)

wine , women , avarice and pride -- the four cardinal vices

Wine, lust and wealth, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ǔ s è C á IQ ì, which means that in the old days it was the four commandments of life. It refers to all kinds of bad morals and habits. From the book of the later Han Dynasty, biography of Yang bingzhuan and huangliangmeng.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of the later Han Dynasty, Yang Bingchuan said, "I have three doubts: wine, color and wealth." Yuan · Ma Zhiyuan's book huangliangmeng: eighteen years in a dream, I have seen wine, sex, wealth, right and wrong, greed, anger, infatuation, wind, frost, rain and snow

Analysis of Idioms

Color: can't be read as "s ǎ I". [distinguishing form] Wealth: can't write "talent".

Idioms and allusions

Su Dongpo, a great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, once visited his friend Lin Liaoyuan (monk Foyin) in daxiangguo temple. Unfortunately, when he went out, the abbot asked Su Dongpo to have a rest in the Zen room and specially served him with delicious tea, wine and vegetarian dishes. When Dongpo looked up, he saw a new poem named yuan on the pink wall. His poem says: "everyone hides in the four walls of wine, sex and wealth; whoever can jump out of the circle will live a long life." Dongpo's poems are philosophic, but he thinks that all things are empty and Zen is too strong. Since people can't live without wine, sex and wealth, they can't avoid it. Why can't we make good use of the situation and turn harm into benefit? The key is not to master a "degree". Therefore, on the right side of the yuan poem, he fo Yin's poem is inscribed. His poem says: "drinking without drunkenness is the best way to be brave, and love without lust is the highest; ill gotten wealth is not desirable, and anger without anger will disappear." When he finished, he tossed his pen and left the Zen room. The next day, accompanied by Wang Anshi, Zhao Xu, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, also went to the daxiangguo temple for leisure. He saw the Buddhist seal and Dongpo's poems, which were very interesting. So he said to Wang Anshi with a smile, "Aiqing, why don't you sing one with me?" Wang Anshi was ordered to ponder a little, that is, he wrote a poem "Yihe Buddhist monk's poem" on the left side of the poem. His poem says: "no wine, no etiquette, no road, few people; no wealth, no people, no country, no vitality." Wang Anshi is really worthy of being a great politician and reformer. With the poet's insight, he broke out of the previous stereotype and skillfully combined wine, sex and wealth with the country and people's livelihood, giving people's fear of wine, sex and wealth new vitality and festivity. Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty deeply appreciated it, and Chengxing also wrote a poem with it, which said: "wine helps the ritual and music, the state is healthy, the color cultivates the spirit, and attaches importance to the cardinal principles; the wealth is sufficient, the grain is abundant, the family and the country are prosperous, and the Qi condenses Taiji to set Yin and Yang." In daxiangguo temple, the monarch and his ministers expressed their own opinions and special interests with poems on the topic of wine, sex and wealth. Since then, it has been passed down as a story of the ages. It's a pity that the emperors and ministers and the singing ink treasures on the pink wall of daxiangguo Temple no longer exist. four people to poetry there have been four people to "lust and wealth" to poetry. One person said, "there are four walls of wine, sex, wealth and spirit. Everyone hides inside. If they can walk outside the walls, they are not immortals and have a long life." The second man agreed, and he said, "wine is the poison of intestines, color is the steel knife of bones, wealth is the king of hell, and Qi is the root of trouble." The third person held an attitude of opposition, saying: "no wine, no etiquette, no color, there are few people in the world, no money, how to manage, no gas will be bullied." The fourth person held the attitude of "dividing one into two" and said: "it's best not to get drunk when drinking, not to be confused when encountering color, not to be true and gallant, not to be greedy for ill gotten gains, and to be magnanimous." Some people hold other attitudes: it's better not to be drunk when drinking; it's better not to be promiscuous when lusting; it's better not to take money when it's not suitable; it's better to swallow it and let it go! people's views and attitudes towards "lust and wealth" can show part of people's life and values. (true feelings)

Right and wrong

1. The disadvantages of wine, lust, wealth and Qi are as follows: Wine burns the flame, wealth traps the body, lust kills the body and Qi poisons the intestines. 2. The advantages of wine, sex and wealth: (1) three cups of wine can be used to make friends with everything, and one drink is good at solving thousands of worries. Yin and Yang and Shun like to seek each other, lonely and widowed know the peerless. Wealth is the treasure of the family, and Qi is the cause of life. How wrong is it to help others and fight against enemies! (2) wine is etiquette, color is no road, quiet people are rare, wealth is the world, and Qi is bullied. (1) wine, wine, wine, invite friends. Don't wait for a long time. The name is called before food and the ceremony is after tea. Facing the wind, we must teach the moon. When Li Bai drinks a stone, Liu Ling wakes up five fights. A young man's face is like a peach, and a beautiful woman's waist is like a willow. (2) the wine in Xijiang moon can not only make people feel comfortable, but also relieve their worries. If you drink three cups and five cups, you will lose your life. Sincere and thick turn into danger, shrewd turn into muddle. Yu Shu Yi Di is not for no reason, crazy drugs make people more blame. The advantages of wine: (1) it is good at helping heroes to strengthen their courage. It can add beautiful poetry to their hearts. The immortals can create a recipe to relieve their worries and enjoy the snow, moon and wind. (2) wine can be refreshing, but also chaotic, how many regrets, drunk into. The disadvantages of wine: (1) the death of emperor Ping was caused by the poison of wine, and Li Bai by the river lost his body. Advise you to stop drinking heartless water, and teach people to be fascinated when drunk. (2) wine can harm morality and health, and many heroes are humiliated and invaded; drinking wine knows to participate in evil will, and only when they are not trapped can they be called virtuous. 4. Comments on Color: a, color, color, difficult to leave, easy to be confused, hidden boudoir, hidden Willow Road. Long villain ambition, destroy gentleman virtue. Later, the king of Zhou was powerful. It's a knife that doesn't hurt. It's a thief who kills people. Just know that the eyes are transverse waves, infinite virtuous and foolish are addicted. b, color, color, easy to confuse, difficult to dismantle. Hidden boudoir, hidden Willow Road. Foot step Jinlian, waist twist, tender face reflect pink, fragrant muscle halo jade white. Jiao Zi hates to provoke crazy children, and her mood worries to lead gorgeous guests. Where can I find the Phoenix in the lotus tent? The advantage of color: every time you admire the mandarin duck's neck, you can see the flowers blooming. If you don't know how to love flowers and birds, you can't be without love. A gentleman is fond of a lady, but a beauty is greedy of many talents. The harmony between the two is hard to buy. The disadvantage of color: the water of Weisheng bridge trickles down, and Wu Guoxi's agent is pitiful. There will be disaster if you are greedy for flowers. Good marriage is bad marriage. 5. The benefits of wealth: collect all the power of the three talents, and live in glory and wealth. It's hard to be virtuous with empty hands to teach good sages. People who have money respect each other, but people who have no money despise each other everywhere. Don't be idle and quarrel. Ask for money and know that you have life. The disadvantages of wealth: being rich and powerful is a hero, if you have no time to work hard. In the past, Shi Chong died of wealth, but Tongshan did not help Deng tongqiong. 6. The advantage of Qi: one is to mix yuan, and Yin and yang are successful. Containing is the source of energy, dispersing is the wind, and all things sprout. But the body is six feet and the throat is three inches. Who can enjoy money, wine and sex? The disadvantage of Qi: the overlord committed suicide in Wujiang, and Zhou Yu's life was not long. How many heroes died in battle. 7. Synthesis: (1) sweet and delicious wine is the first, beautiful and fragrant, and the color of new year is fresher. A thousand boxes of wealth is called wealth, and five Qi is a true immortal. (2) drinking without drunkenness is the highest, lust without disorder is the hero. Don't take money without righteousness, forgive others with patience, and get rid of misfortune. (3) don't scold your seat if you are good at wine, hurt your life if you are good at color, be good at money, be indifferent to your heart, and be unreasonable if you are angry. (4) wine is a burning flame, the color of which is just a knife to cut the flesh, the wealth is too much to harm people, and the gas is smokeless. The combination of the four will be quite satisfactory. It is the right way to cultivate one's morality to persuade you not to love the highest. (5) if you don't drink the cup, don't drink it and get drunk; if you can walk and sit steadily, don't be angry. If you don't care, don't fall in love with meijiaoniang. If you fight on your pillow, you will become enemies. No one who does not love wealth in the world is to blame for taking it fairly. If the poison is calculated, it will come and go quickly. Hero, who does not learn, life rest children's play; people come to find me and let him, if I abandon all the time. He is a hero who doesn't drink too much. He doesn't get greedy when he sees the color. He doesn't take money when he is unjust. He can bear to forgive others and the misfortune will disappear day by day. If you know what you like, you will be happy for a long time.

Idiom usage

Combined; as attribute and object; with derogatory meaning. Li was born and looked at it. It's a poem called Xijiang moon, which is about the shortcomings of four things: wine, sex, wealth and spirit. (Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty, Vol. 11) if they are happy, if they are rich, they will be happy. (Yang Mo's song of youth, Part 2, Chapter 16)

Chinese PinYin : jiǔ sè cái qì