treacherous ministers and traitors(luàn chén zéi zǐ)

treacherous ministers and traitors

Luanch é NZ é iz ǐ is a Chinese word, which means people who don't obey the rule of monarch, Minister and father. Later, it generally refers to people with different aspirations. From Mencius Teng Wengong II.

Idiom explanation

The disorderly minister is the Minister of rebellion; the thief is the son of disobedience. It used to refer to people who didn't follow the way of monarch, minister, father and son. Later, it generally refers to people with different aspirations.

The origin of Idioms

"Mencius · Teng Wengong Xia": "Confucius became the" spring and Autumn Annals ", and all the disorderly officials and thieves."

Idiom usage

In the book of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang Zhuan II: "so the cities in the world are empty, and Qiu long is excavated, which is harmful to the living people and the decaying bones. According to the biography of the book, there is no such thing as recklessness in the examination of those who have no way to deal with their misfortunes. " According to the biography of Dong Zhuo in the later Han Dynasty, "you are so fierce and rebellious; you persecute the emperor; you are not the same as the disorderly officials and thieves." In the ode to Boyi written by Han Yu of Tang Dynasty, "Wei Er Zi, the traitor of disorderly officials and thieves has been traced to later generations." The sixth chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "if you don't punish the two rebellious officials, you will soon follow the world! I'm old and can't control myself. I'll take the blame first. " AI xinjueluo duoergun's book to Shi Kefa in Qing Dynasty: if there are thieves who don't punish, then you can't bury them, and the new king can't ascend the throne, so it's very strict to guard against disorderly officials and thieves.

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, the state power of Lu was controlled by the three families of Jisun, mengsun and shusun. Duke Ding of Lu became a puppet. He heard that Confucius advocated "the principle of monarch and Minister", and summoned Confucius to say that he hated Jisun and other disorderly officials and thieves most. Confucius analyzed the internal and external troubles of Lu state, suggested that he should contact Qi State externally, revitalize the monarchy internally, and formulated a series of measures.

Chinese PinYin : luàn chén zéi zǐ