sell offices and barter ranks(mài guān yù jué)

sell offices and barter ranks

Selling official posts and titles is a Chinese idiom, and the Pinyin is m à IGU à NY à Ju é, which refers to the person in power selling official posts and titles to accumulate wealth and describe political corruption.

Citation explanation

Sell it. It refers to political corruption. The ruling class seizes wealth by selling their official positions. It refers to those in power who sell their official positions and titles to accumulate wealth. Nobility: the rank of a monarchy. According to the biography of Deng Wan in the book of Song Dynasty, "Wan was mean in nature, greedy and stingy, rich in goods, wine and food. The father and son sold their officials and nobles, and made their maidservants sell in the market. They sang and played games day and night In the old book of the Tang Dynasty, volume 77, biography of Liu Heng: "since I saw the dragon, many evils have done evil, and the law program has been weak, and the program has been in great disorder. In fact, it is because of the internal favor and the external power, because you rely on the favor and sell your official position. " In the second chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty, Jun was shocked and went to the court to see the emperor, saying: "in the past, the yellow scarf rebellion was originally made up of ten regular servants who sold officials and officials. They were not used by relatives or enemies, so that the world was in chaos. Today, it is advisable to cut off ten regular servants, hang their heads in the southern suburbs, send envoys to the world, and reward those who have made great contributions, so that the whole world will be peaceful. " "The story of Shanghai small knife club" says: "all the wild people are officials who are greedy and reckless. They sell officials and nobility. They are the people who try their best to win the war."

Analysis of Idioms

Su Rong, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), was first mentioned in the circular as "betraying officials and officials".

Chinese PinYin : mài guān yù jué