be blinded by lust for money(lì lìng zhì hūn)

be blinded by lust for money

Li Ling Zhi Hun is a Chinese idiom, pronounced L ì L ì ngzh ì h ū n, which means to lose one's mind due to greed for profit, regardless of everything. It comes from the biography of Yu Qing, the ruler of the plain in historical records: "the despicable saying says:" profit makes the wise faint. " Pingyuan King (Zhao Sheng) lost Feng Ting's heresy, which made Zhao fall into Changping for more than 400000 people, and Handan almost died. "

explain

Benefit: self-interest; command: make; Wisdom: reason; faintness: confusion, unconsciousness. Because of greed and loss of reason, do not distinguish everything.

source

In historical records, biographies of Yu Qing, the ruler of the plain: "the despicable proverb says:" profit makes wisdom faint. " Pingyuan King (Zhao Sheng) lost Feng Ting's heresy, which made Zhao fall into Changping for more than 400000 people, and Handan almost died. " Chapter 108 of three chivalrous men and five righteousness: "why don't I make him a son-in-law for the aged and finish my daughter's life, and I also have one to rely on? It can be seen that "profit makes the mind faint." they are greedy for money, but they forget the business. " Chapter 20 of the strange situation witnessed in the past 20 years: "I can't help this group of villains. It's hard to avoid that they are blinded by profits." The fourth chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom: his convenience made his wits faint, and he asked his friends and relatives to solicit business for him. Among them, at least 1000 yuan could only be appointed as a middle-class emissary, and the best was the first 20000 silver. Zhang Binglin's "warning to spies": those who are ignorant of their own country will not be immune from the bait if they are blinded by profits.

Idiom story 1

Mr. Pingyuan is named Zhao Sheng? -In 253 B.C., he was a minister of the Zhao clan during the Warring States period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the son of King Wuling of Zhao, the younger brother of King Huiwen of Zhao, and the Han nationality. He was granted the title of Pingyuan king in Dongwu (now Wucheng of Shandong Province). He was the Prime Minister of Zhao Huiwen and Zhao Xiaocheng. He was one of the famous politicians at that time. He was famous for being good at supporting scholars. There were thousands of diners. Together with Tian Wen, the prince of mengchang in Qi, Wei Wuji, the prince of Xinling in Wei, and Huang Xie, the prince of Chunshen in Chu, they are called the four princes of the Warring States period. Sima Qian wrote historical records, which combined Pingyuan Jun and Yuqing to establish biography of Pingyuan Jun Yuqing. In addition, biography of Zhao Shijia, biography of Wei Gongzi, biography of fan Sui and Cai Ze, biography of Lianpo and Lin Xiangru, biography of Lu Zhonglian and biography of zouyang are also recorded. In the first year of King Huiwen of Zhao (298 BC), Pingyuan king was worshipped by his prime minister. Later, he "removed his prime minister three times and restored his prime minister three times". In the 48th year of Zhao, he went through the two dynasties of King Huiwen and King Xiaocheng.

Protecting Wei Qi

In the first year of Zhao Xiaocheng (265 BC), King Zhaoxiang of Qin Dynasty appointed fan Sui as prime minister. Fan Sui was humiliated by Wei Qi, the prime minister at that time, so he threatened to kill Wei Qi. So Wei Qi fled to the state of Zhao and hid in the place of Pingyuan. When King Zhaoxiang of Qin learned about it, he invited Pingyuan to a banquet, but Pingyuan did not dare to refuse. After arriving at the state of Qin, Zhao asked the king to hand over Wei Qi to Pingyuan Jun, but Pingyuan Jun replied: "all the friends he made in the rich and noble time were prepared for the poor and humble time; since Wei Qi is my friend, even if he is here, I will not make them, let alone he is not with me now." He refused the request of the king of Qin. The king of Qin detained Pingyuan Jun and threatened Zhao Xiaocheng to hand over Wei and Qi, so the king of Zhao sent troops to encircle Pingyuan Jun's house. Wei Qi fled at night to visit Yu Qing. Yu Qing thought that the king of Zhao could not persuade him, so he took Wei Qi and fled to the state of Wei to ask for help from xinlingjun. At the beginning, xinlingjun didn't want to see them. When Wei Qi learned about this, he died. King Zhao took Wei Qitou and sent him to the state of Qin, and Pingyuan Jun was able to return home.

Break out of Handan

In the fourth year of Zhao Xiaocheng's reign (262 B.C.), Han seceded the land of the party from the Qin Dynasty. Feng Ting, the general of the party, did not want to surrender to the Qin Dynasty. He offered the seventeen towns of the party and the state of Zhao to lead the state of Zhao to fight against the Qin Dynasty. Xiao Cheng Wang is very happy, but pingyangjun Zhao Bao thinks it is not acceptable. King Xiaocheng called Yuanjun and Zhao Yu to discuss the matter, both of them thought it was acceptable. So King Zhao sent Pingyuan Jun to receive the land and ordered Lianpo to lead the army in Changping, which triggered the battle of Changping. In the sixth year of Zhao Xiaocheng's reign (260 BC), the king of Zhao replaced Lianpo with Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao she. The Qin army surrounded the Zhao army, Zhao Kuo surrendered, and the Qin army killed 400000 of them. In the ninth year of emperor Xiaocheng of Zhao Dynasty (257 BC), Qin army surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao state. After the Qin army encircled Handan, King Wei Anli ordered Jinbi to go to the rescue, but later, under the threat of the Qin state, he made Jinbi stand still in dangyin. The king of Wei sent General xinyuanyan into Handan and told Pingyuan Jun that Qin sent troops to attack Zhao only for the sake of being emperor. He advised Pingyuan Jun to respect Qin Zhao as emperor and then stop fighting. When Pingyuan Jun hesitated about this proposal, Lu Zhonglian happened to travel to the state of Zhao, came to see Pingyuan Jun, and asked to argue with Xinyuan Yan. Finally, Lu Zhonglian persuaded Xinyuan Yan not to mention the proposal of Emperor Qin, so Pingyuan Jun turned to other countries for help. When Pingyuan Jun sent an envoy to the state of Chu, he persuaded the state of Chu to form a treaty with the help of his diner Mao Sui. At the same time, his wife was the sister of Xinling Jun in the state of Wei, so Pingyuan Jun sent people to the state of Wei many times to urge him to send troops to save Zhao. Under the affection of Pingyuan Jun, Xinling Jun repeatedly asked the king of Wei for an order to send troops, but the king of Wei was afraid of Qin and didn't listen to him. According to the suggestion of Hou Ying, a diner, Xinling Jun killed Jin Bi, seized his talisman and sent troops to save Zhao. When Pingyuan Jun returned home, before the reinforcements of Chu and Wei arrived, Qin stepped up its attack on Handan, which was in urgent need. Li Tong, the son of Handan's hereditary officials, suggested: "the situation is very critical now, but hundreds of your concubines are still well dressed. If the state of Zhao is conquered, can you still do this? Why don't you ask people below your wife to help guard the city and reward the soldiers with all the things you have at home? If you can defend it, do you still worry about not having these things?" Pingyuan king then gave up his wealth and rewarded the army. He raised 3000 people who were willing to die. Li Tong led the army to attack the Qin army. The Qin army retreated 30 Li, and Li Tong died in the battle. Then the reinforcements of Chu and Wei came to relieve the siege of Handan. Mr. Pingyuan is an elegant young man and a wonderful tool in the world. He killed Ji Qie, who laughed at the scholars, and scattered his family wealth to let Li Tong lead the troops to retreat from Qin Dynasty. Mao Sui and Chu made an alliance. In the troubled times, Pingyuan Jun was a graceful young man, but he was ignorant of the general situation and was blinded by profits. As a result, 400 000 troops of Zhao state were defeated by Changping, and Handan was almost destroyed.

Idioms and allusions 2

Original story

Qi people who want to get gold, Qing Dan was clothed and went to the place where he wanted to get gold. When you see people holding gold, you grab it. Li Bo and bound it, asked: "people are in Yan, son grab people's gold, why? "He said to the official," when he took gold, there was no one but gold ears. "Lu's spring and Autumn Annals · Quyu"

Story translation

There was a man in the state of Qi who wanted to get gold. Early in the morning, he put on his clothes and hat and went to the place where the gold was sold. When he saw a man with gold in his hand, he snatched it. The official arrested him, tied him up and asked him, "people are here. Why do you rob other people's gold? "The man replied to the official," when I took the gold, I only saw gold, but I didn't see anyone at all.

moral

If a person is greedy for profit, he will lose his reason and do stupid things. But the ancients said that "no desire, no ambition" is the right attitude.

realistic meaning

Sima Qian's four words of "profit makes wisdom faint" are his exclamations to Pingyuan Jun and Zhao Chengwang that they can't pursue profit and avoid harm. In fact, they are historians' accurate insight into things and admonishment of people's kindness. The ancients said that "to be indifferent to one's ambition" and "to be strong without desire". If a person is greedy and greedy for profit, he will often expand his mind, lose his sense and do some stupid things. Today, such things are not uncommon. Whether it's the workplace or the market, whether it's the rich or the poor, there are always some people who will let such stories take turns and make them "vivid". For example, small to chicken water, big to milk powder harm In fact, at the beginning of the story, all of them forget what they have gained; at the end of the story, all of them harm others and themselves. No matter how pink the performers are, they will not be able to escape the constraints of this fate. the formation of any word comes from real life. It's a thick dictionary. All words come from life. When we open this dictionary to read, it is far less than the reference of reality. Chinese vocabulary is very rich, our ancestors are used to thinking in images, our words are from pictograph. In the biography of Yu Qing, the emperor of the plain in historical records, the despicable saying is: "profit makes wisdom faint.". Despicable words are slang and come from the people. No matter how far away the time is, we compare it with reality today, as if it is the property right of modern people, like "Wow!" It also has a sense of the times and impact. Chinese Confucian culture has a great influence on people, especially on the common people. To a large extent, this has constrained the moral conduct of the civilian class, but not the upper class. In today's economic era, the word "profit makes wisdom dim" is more prominent. the level of culture determines the level of civilization, the level of reason, the level of legal consciousness and order. That may be true. We admit that drug trafficking, murder and desperation are mostly done by people of shallow culture who forget what they mean when they see profits. And what we see in reality is precisely that the high-level people forget what they mean when they see profits, many of which are blinded by profits.

Discrimination of words

Phonetic code: llzh synonym: forgetting one's meaning at the sight of profit, lusting for profit, making one wise at the sight of profit antonym: thinking at the sight of profit, sacrificing one's life Xiehouyu lantern riddle money fan usage: used as predicate and attribute; refers to greedy money be blinded by lust formone

Chinese PinYin : lì lìng zhì hūn