Without skin, how can hair be attached(pí zhī bù cún，máo jiāng yān fù)

Without skin, how can hair be attached

In the absence of PI, Mao Jiang Yan Fu is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í zh ī B ù C ú n, m á Oji ā ngy ā NF ù. It means there is no skin. Where does the hair go? It means that things can't exist without the basis of existence.

The origin of Idioms

original text

When Wei Wenhou went on a trip, he met passers-by who turned against Qiu. Marquis Wen said: "Hu is against Qiu and bears cud." He said, "I love my hair." Marquis Wen said, "if you don't know what's inside, and Mao has nothing to rely on?" next year, Dongyang will be ten times as much money as cloth, and the doctor will be Bi he. Marquis Wen said, "this is not why I congratulate you. For example, if a passer-by turns his back on his fur, he will love his hair. He doesn't know what's inside, and he has nothing to rely on. Today, our land is not widened, and scholars and people are not increased, and ten times as much money will be taken by literati and officials. I hear that those who are uneasy are not allowed to live in the upper class. This is not why I congratulate them. "

enlightenment

Do not put the cart before the horse, things can exist on the basis of shaking, things can not continue to exist, this so-called gain is not worth the loss.

translate

When Wei Wenhou went out on a tour, he saw a man wearing leather clothes with grass on his back. He said, "why do you wear leather clothes with grass on your back?" The man replied, "I love the hair on my fur." Wei Wenhou said: "don't you know that if the skin is polished, there will be no place to attach?" The next year, the Dongyang government sent a gift list to pay tribute, and the amount of money paid increased tenfold. All the doctors came to congratulate me. Wei Wenhou said, "it's not for you to congratulate me. For example, it's no different from the man who wears leather clothes and carries firewood on the road. He should cherish the fur on the leather clothes, but he doesn't know that if there is no fur, there will be no place to attach it. Now my land has not been expanded, the government and the people have not increased, but the money has increased ten times, which must have been collected by resorting to the stratagem of the literati. I have heard such a saying: if the people's life is not stable, the emperor will not be able to enjoy himself. It's not for you to congratulate me. "

explicate

word meaning

Yan: where. Attachment: attachment.

Sentence interpretation

If there is no skin, how can hair attach to it? If there is no skin, where can hair attach to it? It means that things can't exist without the basis of existence.

source

"New preface. Miscellaneous affairs": "without skin, how can Mao attach himself?" Author: Liu Xiang original text: when Wei Wenhou was on a trip, he met passers-by who turned against Qiu. Marquis Wen said, "is Hu responsible for opposing Qiu?" He said, "I love my hair." Marquis Wen said, "if you don't know what's inside and Mao has nothing to rely on?"

Signal

If I don't protect my country, don't you follow my family and die? ～。 Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng, Vol.2, Chapter 32.

words whose meaning is similar

They complement each other, "if there is no skin, the hair will be attached to it", and ruminate.

grammar

Compound sentence; complement; describe the relationship between the two.

story

In the spring and Autumn period, Yiwu, the prince of Jin, asked the state of Qin to help him ascend the throne, and promised five cities. Yiwu broke his promise when he became Duke Hui of Jin Dynasty. Later, in case of famine, the state of Qin borrowed grain from the state of Jin, but Duke Hui of Jin did not agree. Guo she, the Minister of state, said to Duke Hui of Jin, "we can't improve our relationship by borrowing grain. It's just like," if the skin doesn't exist, will Mao be attached? "

allusion

One year, Dongyang Prefecture of the state of Wei sold 10 times more money, grain, cloth and silk to the state than in previous years. Wei Wenhou is not optimistic about this. He was thinking: the land of Dongyang has not increased, and the population is still as large as before. How can it pay 10 times more money, food, cloth and silk than in previous years? Even if it's a good harvest, there's a proportion of it being handed over to the state. He analyzed that this must be the result of officials at all levels imposing heavier taxes on the people below. It reminded him of something he had met a year ago. a year ago, marquis Wen of Wei went on a cruise. One day, on the road, he saw a man wearing sheep's skin on his back. The fur of the skin was facing outward. The man was still carrying a basket of grass on his back. Wei Wenhou asked, "why do you wear leather clothes and carry firewood on your back?" The man replied, "I love this fur coat very much. I'm afraid it will be damaged when it's exposed outside, especially when I carry things. I'm afraid it will be worn off." Wei Wenhou listened and said to the man seriously, "do you know? In fact, the skin is more important. If the skin is worn out, the hair will have no place to attach to it. Isn't it a wrong idea to give up the skin and protect the hair? " The man still went away with grass on his back. Nowadays, officials are collecting people's money, food, cloth and silk, regardless of people's lives. Isn't this the same as the behavior of the man who wears leather clothes? So, Wei Wenhou called the court ministers together, told them the story of the man who was wearing leather clothes, and said, "if there is no leather, how can Mao attach himself? If the people are restless, it is difficult to consolidate the position of the monarch. I hope you will remember this truth, and don't be blinded by a little profit, and you can't see the essence. " The ministers were deeply inspired. Everything is the same truth, the basis is fundamental, is the basis for the existence of things, if the end is reversed, it will not be worth the loss. (1) Marquis Wen of Wei: the king of Wei. ② Fur coat: a noun. It is used as a verb, that is, to wear fur coat backwards. ③ Ruminant: Grass eaten by livestock. ④ Hu Wei: why. ⑤ Rely on: rely on. ⑥ Dongyang: place name. ⑦ Shangji: Shangji, Shangji, Shangji. ⑧ Cloth: ancient coins. ⑨ This is not what you should congratulate me on

Chinese PinYin : pí zhī bù cún，máo jiāng yān fù