Lice in the middle(shī chǔ kūn zhōng)

Lice in the middle

"Louchuchuizhong" is a metaphor used in the biography of great man written by Ruan Ji after he returned to Sumen mountain. He used the louse in his crotch to describe the so-called gentlemen who "only practice the Dharma" and "only conquer the propriety", which shows that these gentlemen who pursue fame live in the world, just like the louse in his crotch. Later, it is often used to describe people's shortsightedness and mediocrity. They are also called "louchuli" and "louchuli". For example, the Jin and Yuan Dynasties asked Li Yishan's Elegy: "the law of the world restrains the louchuli, and suddenly the Dragon jumps at the jiulongmen gate." Yuan Baipu's shuidiaogtou: "you can laugh at the well frog, but if you don't know how much you can live, your liver and lungs will hate each other."

Shi ī ch ǔ K ūō n ɡ source: biography of Ruan Ji in the book of Jin: "in the place where you can't see a group of lice, you think it's lucky to escape from the deep seam and hide in the bad wadding; when you don't dare to leave the seam, you don't dare to move out of the crotch, you think you've got rope ink. However, the fire flow in Yanqiu, the city of Jiaoyi, and the group of lice are in the pit and can't get out. A gentleman's place is in the realm. What's different from a man's place? "

Chinese PinYin : shī chǔ kūn zhōng