serve people heart and soul(shì mín rú zǐ)

serve people heart and soul

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì m í NR ú Z ǐ, which means that emperors and officials love the people. From Zuo Zhuan, the third year of Zhaogong.

The origin of Idioms

In the third year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan: "Wu Guangxin won the country, but he was close to his people and treated them as if they were sons. He worked hard with them and would use them."

Idiom usage

It is used to praise officials with benevolence, righteousness and morality,

Examples

Tang Zhang said that "the tablet of shendaobei, the governor of Shanzhou, the Deputy Ambassador of Hexi Festival", said: "he fell in love with the corporal in Junzhou, treated the people as if they were sons, attached to them without engagement, and organized without words."

Analysis of Idioms

Love people as children and treat people as children

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Prince Liao became the king of Wu, and the eldest son had resentment. He gave a banquet to Zhuanzhu to kill the king of Wu disguised as a cook, and became king Helu himself. He appointed Wu Zixu as prime minister and Sun Wu as general. He paid special attention to his every move. He lived a simple life and treated the people like children. A few years later, Wu became a powerful country.

Chinese PinYin : shì mín rú zǐ