remain uncorrupted(liǎng xiù qīng fēng)

remain uncorrupted

Qingfeng is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Li ǎ ngxi ù Q ī NGF ē ng, which means there is nothing but Qingfeng in the sleeves. It means being honest and clean. Nowadays, most of them are compared to those who are honest and upright, who are not corrupt, who bend the law and who are strict with themselves. It comes from yuan Chenji's poem the second rhyme of Wujiang daozhong.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Chenji's poem "the second rhyme of Wujiang daozhong" says: "two sleeves of breeze, the body wants to float, and the staff and Chenji walk along the long bridge with the moon."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning. He has been an official himself for several decades, but he is still a man of two hands.

Analysis of Idioms

Clean and honest. [antonym] insatiable greed and perversion of the law

Idioms and allusions

1、 In fact, as early as the Yuan Dynasty writer Wei Chu's poem "send Yang Jihai", there has been a poem that "making friends is scattered, temples are like silk, two sleeves and a bunch of poems". In the early Wei Dynasty, the name of Taichu was Qingya, and he wrote five volumes of Qingya collection. He once served as an official of Zhongshu Province, censor of supervision, and Zhongcheng of Nantai censor in the Yuan Dynasty. He was honest in character and had a good voice in politics. In addition, Chen Ji of the Yuan Dynasty also has such a sentence in his poem "in the road of Wujiang in the second rhyme": "two sleeves of wind, the body wants to float, with the moon walking on the long bridge." However, at that time, the word had not been associated with the meaning of being clean and honest. In the Ming Dynasty, Wu Yingji's writing, the idiom "two sleeves of breeze" has been used to express the meaning of poverty: "time, end in two sleeves of breeze, want to send his mother back to Chu, to can't dress to go." Since then, the meaning of "clean and honest officials" has gradually evolved. For example, Kuang Zhong (1383-1443), another upright official of the Ming Dynasty, went to Beijing to evaluate his achievements when he was appointed as the magistrate of Suzhou. In order to refuse the gifts given by the masses, he once wrote a poem: "clear wind, two sleeves, go to the sky, without a inch of Jiangnan.". I'm ashamed that the scholars and the people will give me a farewell, and I'll sprinkle wine in front of the horse like a spring. " (3) from ancient times to the present, those who are incorruptible officials and not greedy for money are often praised as "clean hands and clean hands". Speaking of its origin, there is an interesting story. The following stories are recorded in Ye Sheng's Shuidong diary and Du Mu's Du Gong Tan Zuan. Yu Qian is a famous national hero and poet in Ming Dynasty. He once served as censor, governor and Minister of the Ministry of war. Yu Qian is honest and upright. Yu Qian lived in an era of corruption, corruption and bribery. At that time, when the local bureaucrats went to Beijing to see the emperor, they had to collect many local products from the local people, such as silk handkerchief, mushroom, Xianxiang, etc. for the emperor and the powerful officials in the court. During the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, eunuch Wang Zhen used his power for personal gain. In order to please him at every court meeting, local bureaucrats offered more jewelry and silver. Governor Yu Qian never brought any gifts when he went to Beijing to perform. His colleagues advised him: "although you don't offer treasures or seek power, you should also bring some famous local products such as Xianxiang, mushrooms, handkerchiefs and so on to show some favor." Yu Qian raised his sleeves with a smile and said, "with a breeze!" In order to show the mockery of those sycophantic corrupt officials. From then on, the idiom of "two sleeves with breeze" has been handed down. he once wrote a poem of entering the capital: silk handkerchief mushroom and thread incense, the capital and the people are in trouble; the wind is clear and the sleeves are in the sky, to avoid the short and long words of Lu Yan. This poem means that silk handkerchief, mushroom and thread incense were originally for the people to enjoy, but they brought disaster to the people because of the search and plunder of corrupt officials. So I don't take anything, I just take two sleeves of breeze to court the Emperor (in ancient times, people put their money and belongings in their sleeves), to avoid the dissatisfaction of the people. This poem ridicules the unhealthy trend of paying tribute, and shows Yu Qian's integrity as an official and his unwillingness to go along with others. "Clean hands with clean hands" is compared to "clean officials" or "poor people" who have no savings on hand. Silk handkerchief, mushroom and Xianxiang are the specialties of the place where he worked. In his poem, Yu Qian said that such things were originally for the people to enjoy. Only because of the official recruitment and plunder, it has become a disaster for the people. He expressed his attitude in the poem: I went to Beijing with nothing, only two sleeves of fresh air. Lu Yan in the poem means lane and Hutong, extending to the folk and common people.

Chinese PinYin : liǎng xiù qīng fēng