swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load(rěn rǔ fù zhòng)

swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load

Bear humiliation, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ě NR ǔ f ù zh 庸 ng, meaning in order to complete the arduous task, endure temporary humiliation. It comes from the biography of Lu Xun in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

The origin of Idioms

In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Shu and Lu Xun's biography, it is said that "the state is the reason why Qu Zhujun's envoys and envoys are able to bear humiliation and bear heavy burdens

Idiom usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate, an object and an attribute; it's commendatory. "Example" Hu Qiu sighed: "yes. Brother Zheng, it's out of reach! "

Idioms and allusions

During the Three Kingdoms period, a famous general of Wu state was Lu Xun. He was born in Jiangnan, magnanimous and good at strategy. Sun Quan betrothed his elder brother sun CE's daughter to him as his wife. In October 220 AD, Cao Pi asked his cronies to write a joint letter, urging Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to abdicate to the king of Wei. Therefore, Cao Pi deposed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and became emperor himself. The Eastern Han Dynasty officially ended. The ministers thought that since Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had been given the throne, Liu Bei was a descendant of the royal family of the Han Dynasty and should take over the throne. Therefore, in 221 ad, Liu Bei ascended the throne in Chengdu, that is, Emperor zhaolie of the Han Dynasty. After Liu Bei ascended the throne, the first important thing was to attack Soochow and avenge the Soochow occupation and the killing of Guan Yu. In 222 A.D., Liu Bei led the army to attack Wu, and Lu Xun was appointed governor of Dadu. Liu Bei was very anxious. Within a few months, he occupied five or six hundred li of the eastern Wu. Starting from Zigui, he was eager to March eastward. He wanted Huang Quan, an official of the army, to guard the north of the Yangtze River against the Wei soldiers, and he led his main forces along the South Bank of the Yangtze River, crossing mountains and mountains, all the way to juiting. From Wu county to Yiling (now Yichang East, Hubei Province), the Shu army set up dozens of barracks along the road, and made a fence with trees to connect the barracks, which was 700 miles long. Liu Bei thought that this was like setting up a net. He could wipe them out only when the people of Soochow came to attack. But Lu Xun has been holding his ground for half a year. When the officers and soldiers of the eastern Wu Dynasty saw that the Shu army was advancing rapidly and pressing step by step, they all tried their best to fight against the Shu army. But most governor Lu Xun did not agree. At that time, some of the generals in the eastern Wu Dynasty were old generals of sun CE, some used to be subordinates of Sun Jian, and some were palace nobles. Many of these people are good at fighting and have made great contributions. He was not convinced that Lu Xun, a young scholar of the Sun Quan school, was to be governor. Now I heard that Lu Xun didn't agree with them to fight. He thought that Lu Xun was timid and afraid of fighting. He was even more dissatisfied and resentful behind his back. Lu Xun was very angry when he saw that the general was so rude and didn't understand his strategic intention. He took the "Shangfang sword" granted by Sun Quan and said sternly, "Liu Bei is well-known in the world. When he first came here, he had a high morale. We can't win easily. Although I am a scholar, I act on the Lord's orders. You have to obey. The reason why the Lord has wronged the junpai is that I have something to gain. I hope you can bear the humiliation and abide by the military orders One day, Lu Xun suddenly summoned his soldiers and announced that he was going to attack the Shu army. The soldiers said, "it's time to fight Liu Bei. Now let him in five or six hundred Li, the main gateway, let him occupy. It won't do us any good Lu Xun explained to them, "when Liu Bei first came, he was in high spirits. We couldn't win easily. Now, they have been here for so many days, and they have been unable to take advantage of it. The soldiers are very tired. It's time for us to win. " That night, Lu Xun ordered each of the soldiers to take a bunch of thatch and fire, and lay an ambush in the dense forest on the south bank. At the third watch, the four generals of the eastern Wu Dynasty led tens of thousands of soldiers to rush into the Shu camp, light a torch with thatch, and set fire to the wooden fence of the Shu camp. That night, the wind was so strong that the barracks of the Shu army were all connected. When a battalion was lit, the nearby barracks were also burned. Liu Bei's more than 40 battalions were smashed in one fell swoop. when Liu Bei found the fire, he could not resist it. Under the protection of Shu soldiers, Liu Bei finally ran out of the net of fire and escaped to Ma'anshan. In this war, Liu Bei's soldiers suffered countless casualties. Fighting until the night, Liu Bei broke through the encirclement and fled with the defeated general, and finally fled to Baidi city (on Baidi mountain in Fengjie County, Sichuan Province). in this war, almost all the Shu army was destroyed, and all the ships, equipment and military supplies were seized by the Wu army. In history, this war was called "the battle of Yiting" or "the battle of Yiling".

Chinese PinYin : rěn rǔ fù zhòng