To lead rivers and mountains(lì dài hé shān)

To lead rivers and mountains

Li Dai He Shan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ì D à IH é sh ā n, which means that the Yellow River is as thin as a belt of clothing, and Mount Tai is as small as a grindstone; it refers to the coexistence of nobility and state, which is spread endlessly. It comes from the preface to the chronology of the meritorious officials of Gaozu in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records preface to the chronology of the meritorious officials of Gaozu: "the oath of nobility says:" let the river be like a belt, Mount Tai be like a mountain, and the state be Yongning, so as to reach the Miao people. "

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for the coexistence of nobility and state. I have heard that the emperor has his own truth, let alone that there are many noble people in Nanyang, who have three thousand spears, three thousand tigers and eighteen ministers. Tang Shunzhi's journey to the imperial mausoleum in Ming Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : lì dài hé shān