decadent music(mǐ mǐ zhī yīn)

decadent music

Malaise, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǐ m ǐ zh ī y ī n, which means decadent, weak music, music that makes people depressed. It comes from Han Feizi's ten faults.

The origin of Idioms

Han Feizi Shi Guo: "the work of Shi Yan is the same as that of Zhou."

Idiom story

It is said that at the end of Yin Dynasty, the musician continued to compose music for King Zhou. When King Wu conquered Zhou, the musician went to the east to rob Qin and threw himself into pushui to die. Since then, music has been heard in the water. In 534 BC, linggong of the state of Wei was invited to participate in the celebration of Jueqi palace in the state of Jin. In the morning, I left the emperor's mound and stayed at Pu in the evening. I fell asleep in the middle of the night. In the haze, I suddenly heard the sound of Qin, drum, silk and bamboo. He was dressed and bent over the window. He listened attentively. He was subtle and pleasant. When he asked about the left and right, he said that he could not hear. He called in the musician. After hearing this, Juan told linggong, "if I can understand it, I have to spend more time, and I can write about it.". In the middle of the night, Xuanyin recurred. He learned to play the zither. After hearing it, linggong asked Longyan what it was. Juan said: "in the early days, King Zhou ordered Shiyan to make music, but Shiyan refused. Emperor Xin wanted to kill him, so he had no choice but to compose music. King Zhou was fond of singing and dancing all day long. All night long, he lost the whole world. His master went down by boat and died in the water. Therefore, a divine song came out of the water and shocked the world. " Juanben wanted to persuade linggong to forbid voice and color, to stop music, and not to spread politics among the people. However, linggong regarded poisonous herbs as fragrant flowers and arsenic as rock sugar. Regardless of its meaning, the more he listened, the more fascinated he was. When he arrived in the state of Jin, the Duke of Ling was praised for the magnificence of the palace. When he was about to get drunk, he called Juan and said, "if you have a wonderful tune after passing the Pu River, you can help the Qin to make it elegant." Juan refused. Later, he had to play because of the power of linggong. Before he finished playing, Shi Kuang sternly stopped and said, "this is the voice of national subjugation. If there are ghosts and gods in the night, there will be grievances in the world. " Linggong didn't listen to dissuasion, so he made geisha dance with music. When he returned from the Jin Dynasty, linggong's desire for pleasure grew with each passing day. Seeing that his Chonghua palace could hardly compare with the wing rooms of the concubines and maids of the Jin State, he expanded the Chonghua palace and built a new Weiwang palace. It's true that the golden palace is about to collapse, and the sparrows under the eaves don't know the danger.

Idiom usage

Since then, the mood of the orchestra has replaced the mood of the drum, and the result is all "decadent". (Wen Yiduo, the singer of the times) so the so-called "obscenity" of Zheng Sheng's obscenity should mean too much, not the so-called decadent sound like "maomaoyu". (Guo Moruo's critique of Confucius and Mohism) some song and dance halls ignore the law and play some music.

Analysis of Idioms

The voice of national subjugation

Chinese PinYin : mǐ mǐ zhī yīn