Dr. thin sheep(shòu yáng bó shì)

Dr. thin sheep

Dr. thin sheep, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ò uy á NGB ó sh ì, which means people who can restrain themselves and let others. It comes from the biography of Zhen Yu in the later Han Dynasty and the East View of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhen Yu in the later Han Dynasty, "in Jianwu, he worked for the state and paid homage to his doctor." Li Xian quoted dongguanhanji: "in Jianwu, every wax, the imperial edict granted a sheep to the doctor. Sheep are fat and thin. When Dr. Shi offered wine, he wanted to kill sheep and share meat Because Yu chose the thinnest first, there will be no more disputes. "

Idiom story

Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, started to establish Taixue in the fifth year of Jianwu when he built a large-scale construction project outside Kaiyang gate in the south of Luoyang City. The teachers in Taixue were called doctors. In addition to the methods of worship and recommendation, they had to pass the examination in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Only those scholars with profound knowledge could be selected. Zhen Yu is such a doctor. He was engaged in this official position in Jianwu at the beginning of his term, and was later recruited as a doctor of imperial learning. At that time, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu attached great importance to and cherished the doctors of Taixue. Every December 30, he issued a special edict to reward each doctor with a sheep to celebrate the festival happily. On the 30th of December one year, Emperor Guangwu rewarded the sheep again. However, when he led us to share the sacrifice wine, he encountered a difficult problem: the sheep were fat and thin, and the size varied. How could they be divided fairly and reasonably? Doctors are full of gossip. Some people suggest killing the sheep and sharing the mutton equally. Others suggest using the method of drawing lots to divide the sheep. Zhen Yu was ashamed of the fussy way of dividing sheep, so he went to the sheep, picked out the smallest and thinnest sheep, and led them away by himself. When other doctors saw his behavior, their faces turned red and they didn't argue any more. If you're modest, we'll soon finish dividing the sheep. When this incident spread, people in Luoyang were all impressed by Zhen Yu's integrity and praised him so much that even Emperor Guangwu knew about it. Once, Emperor Guangwu visited Taixue and wanted to summon Zhen Yu to ask him where "Dr. thin sheep" was. From then on, people in Luoyang, the capital, called Zhen Yu "doctor thin sheep".

Chinese PinYin : shòu yáng bó shì