fawn upon the rich and powerful persons(qū yán fù shì)

fawn upon the rich and powerful persons

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin: Q ū y á NF ù sh ì interpretation: it refers to power, flattery and attachment to powerful people. From the biography of Li Chui in the history of Song Dynasty.

idiom

fawn upon the rich and powerful persons

Pinyin

qūyánfùshì

Citation explanation

Trend: running. Inflammation: heat, a metaphor for power. Flatter and cling to powerful people. In the biography of Li Chui in the history of the Song Dynasty, he said, "now that he is the eldest, he often wants to face the injustice of the minister. How can we go with the heat and look at people's eyebrows and hope to push and pull? " According to the program of the spring and Autumn Annals of Zhu Zi Yu Lei Volume 83, "it's said that Zuo Shi is a cunning person who is familiar with the affairs and pursues the power." Chapter 62 of the three heroes and five righteousness: "Wu Daocheng is the master of martial arts. He has a black face and a big belly. He calls himself tie Luohan. He is good at martial arts and is used to following the crowd." Chapter 15 of Huang Xiaopei's "twenty years of prosperous dream" in Qing Dynasty: all friends and those who are in favor of others, men and women, are crowding to see Zhou Fu. Chapter 28 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: now I'll talk about Shi Xiaoren. Because Shu junmen had been blamed, he didn't dare to appear. In his life, he is the most influential, how willing to disappear.

usage

Top lay up to that in power; to follow her and powerful; to curry favor with fluent people; to serve the time; 2. Time serve her and powerful

example sentence

The villains who tend to attach importance to senior officials often end up in failure because of public indignation.

allusion

In the time of emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, there was an official named Li Chui. He is upright and abhors flattery in officialdom. He was also demoted for accusing Prime Minister Ding Wei. When song Renzong ascended the throne and demoted Ding Wei, Li Chui was recalled to the capital. People advised him to visit the prime minister, but he said: "I see some ministers are unfair and often accuse them face to face. How can they go to the power gate and deal with those powerful people?" As a result, he was demoted again soon.

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Stories of Song Dynasty

During the reign of emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Li Chui, a native of Liaocheng, was a Jinshi in the examination. He successively held the posts of author, manager of the library, etc. Li Chui was very talented and upright. He was very disgusted with the flattering and flattering style in the officialdom at that time, so he could not be reused. Ding, the prime minister at that time, said that he used the despicable means of flattery to win the favor of the real clan. He played politics and dominated the government. Many people who want to be promoted keep praising him. Some people don't understand that Li Chui doesn't follow Ding Wei's path and ask him why he has never visited Ding Wei. Li Chui said: "as the prime minister, Ding said that he not only dealt with affairs unfairly, but also bullied others. He failed to live up to the trust of the imperial court and the expectations of the people. Why should I pay a visit to such a person? " Later, this spread to Ding Wei, who was very angry and demoted Li Chui to another place to be an official. after song Renzong ascended the throne, Ding Wei fell, but Li Chui was recalled to Kyoto. Some friends who were concerned about him said to him, "some ministers in the imperial court know that you have learned a lot and want to recommend you as an official of imperial edict. However, today's prime minister does not know you. Why don't you go and see him? " Li Chui calmly replied, "if I had paid a visit to the then Prime Minister Ding Wei 30 years ago, I would have been a Hanlin bachelor long ago. When I was old, I often criticized some ministers face to face when I saw that they were unfair. How can I go along with the crowd and look at other people's eyes and act in exchange for their recommendation and support? " His words spread to the prime minister again. As a result, he was once again squeezed out of Kyoto to become a state official. later, this idiom was used to describe people who are in power, or flatter and cling to powerful people.

Animal fable

Huaibei bee venom, tail can kill; Jiangnan crab male, chela can be enemy tiger. However, those who take bees do not care about fighting, while those who catch crabs do not hear blood fingers. (13) the bee Cave (5) is located in the earth or wood and stone. If the human trace (6) can be found in the place, the night burning torch will come to (7) of (9), and the bee group will go to the flame and die. Then, you can pick up the crab in the room, the crab in the reed, and the water margin. Only knowing the tendency to inflame, but not being able to settle down, its death is also appropriate. Blood finger: injured finger. 2. Take off the whole hive; ࡟: cut open. Guo Suo: it describes the rapid crawling of crabs. Death: death. 5. Cave: do nest 6. Trace: track, verb 7. It's: of 8. You can pick it up: you can pick it up. It's all right. To the north of the Huaihe River, there is a poisonous bee whose tail can stung people to death. There is a very powerful crab in the south of the Yangtze River whose sting can deal with tigers. But the bee catcher can catch a lot soon, and the crab catcher is never hurt. Bees' hives are usually built on the ground or trees and stones. When people find out where it is, they approach it at night with a flaming torch. Bees pour out of their nests and fly to the fire. All of them die. And then the hives and pupae were dug down. Crabs stay between cattail or reed, put a lamp on the edge of the water, crabs scramble to crawl, all are bent to pick up. it is inevitable for them to die if they only know how to follow the trend and not settle in the place where they live. There is no good end to it.

Chinese PinYin : qū yán fù shì