picking up something in passing(shùn shǒu qiān yáng)

picking up something in passing

It's a Chinese idiom,

Pinyin: SH ù NSH ǒ uqi ā NY á ng

Interpretation: refers to the easy to take other people's sheep. It is used to describe seizing an opponent or taking advantage of others. It's like taking someone else's things. In real life is also very commonly used to a plan.

Citation explanation

1. Take other people's sheep by hand. It is used to describe seizing an opponent or taking advantage of others. In the book of rites, Qu Li Shang: "those who follow the horse and the sheep will lead them to the right." Zheng Xuan notes: "with the right hand." Later generations have no difficulty in using the metaphor of "walking with one's hand". The second fold of Shang Zhongxian's "single whip seizing the sword" in Yuan Dynasty: "I didn't listen to him either. I took the horse with my right hand, tied his hair in his eye with my left hand, and led him back with my hand." Chapter 99 of Shi Naian's outlaws of the marsh in Ming Dynasty: "Ma Ling is flying in front of him, but he bumps into a big fat monk, grabs him face to face, knocks over a Zen stick of Ma Ling, leads the sheep, and catches Ma Ling early." The 16th chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen in Ming Dynasty, the monk of Guanyin academy conspires to steal the cassock from Heifeng mountain: if you can't teach him how to live, you can't help him! "I don't think it's easy to write a short article. As long as you have ideas and materials, you can come here easily. You can do it in your spare time." 2. This refers to taking other people's things by the way. The third chapter of "yellow Hydrangea ball" said: "I see a lot of people this day. Huang Tongli hesitates even more. He is afraid that more and more people will not be able to tolerate it. Moreover, it is inevitable that he will take advantage of the fire and take advantage of it." Ba Jin's talk: "it is said that it was at that time that he would give a" free hand "performance wherever he went." Self note: "in the past, we had a saying:" it's not stealing to lead a sheep with one's hand. "

example

It is said that the subordinate of Zuoshan carving has an old recipe. A pinch of hair may be trying to use this trick. (Qu Bo's the sea of woods and the snow 12)

The origin of Ji name

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The words of this plan come from the classic of thatched cottage, Youshi: "wait for the enemy's gap, and win by taking advantage of the gap." Later generations vividly compared the strategy of taking advantage of the enemy's small gap to develop to the enemy's weak points and create and capture the achievements. In Guan Hanqing's Yuan drama Yuchi Gong's single whip, the name of this plan appears. The 99th chapter of outlaws of the marsh wrote: "Ma Ling is flying in front of him, but he bumps into a big fat monk and snatches him face to face. He knocks over Ma Ling's Zen stick and leads the sheep to catch him early." But none of the above is war. In the history of war, there are many examples of "leading the sheep with ease". For example, in the spring and Autumn period, Duke Xian of Jin destroyed Guo State by way of Yu state. When he returned to Yu state, he took advantage of his surprise and destroyed Yu state. When Duke mu of Qin attacked Zheng State and arrived at Hua state, he knew that the people of Zheng were on guard. If there was no hope of destroying Zheng, he killed Hua state and then returned to Qin. Here, the "sheep" of "leading the way" refers to the areas with gaps and weak links in defense. On the premise of not affecting the main target of the attack and accomplishing the main task, we should use the opportunity to dispatch small groups of troops to launch an attack in order to obtain unexpected and unexpected results.

Notes

This plan is followed by such a note: where a large army moves, there are many gaps; taking advantage of the gap, there is no need to fight. Victory and defeat are available. When a large army moves, there must be many gaps and loopholes for our side to take advantage of. In this case, we must fight for them, and it is unnecessary to fight for them. We don't have to fight with them one-on-one. As long as we seize their opportunities, we can take advantage of them when we win, when we lose, including when we lose We can also take advantage of these opportunities.

Historical allusions

It is a strategy to see the enemy's loopholes in the movement, seize the weak points and take advantage of the weakness to gain victory. The ancients said: "those who are good at fighting do not lose their profits when they meet the time." It means to capture fighters and take advantage of the gap. Of course, whether a small profit should be won or not depends on the overall situation. As long as there is no "small loss", the chance of small victory should not be missed. Before 383 A.D., the former Qin Dynasty unified the Yellow River Basin and had great influence. Fu Jian, the former king of Qin Dynasty, was stationed in Xiangcheng and mobilized 900000 troops to annihilate the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He sent his younger brother Fu Rong as the vanguard to capture Shouyang and won the first battle. Fu Rong judged that there were not many troops in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and there was a serious shortage of food, and suggested that Fu Jian attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty quickly. When Fu Jian heard of the news, without waiting for the army to gather, he immediately led 50000 elite soldiers to cross luojian and killed Liang Cheng, the former guard General of the Qin Dynasty. Liu Jianzhi took advantage of the victory to attack the former Qin army. Xie Shi led his division across luojian, up the Huaihe River, to Feishui line, stationed at the edge of Bagong mountain, facing off the former Qin army stationed in Shouyang. Fu Jian saw that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in a tight position, and immediately ordered him to stick to the river bank and wait for the follow-up troops. Xie Shi saw that we were outnumbered, so he had to make a quick decision. Therefore, he decided to use the method to irritate the arrogant Fu Jian. He sent a letter to him, saying, "I'll fight you. If you don't dare to fight, you'd better surrender as soon as possible.". If you have the courage to fight with me, you can take a shot and let me cross the river to compete with you. In a rage, Fu Jian decided to retreat and wait for the troops of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to cross into the middle of the river. Then he returned to attack the soldiers and annihilated them in the water. He did not expect that the morale of the Qin army was low at this time, and there was a sudden chaos under the order of withdrawal. The Qin army rushed to the front, people and horses collided with each other, and there were all kinds of complaints. At this time, the command had failed and several times ordered to stop the retreat, but the men and horses retreating like a tide had become a rout. At this time, Xie Shi commanded the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to cross the river quickly and take advantage of the enemy's chaos to pursue and kill them. Fu Rong, the former pioneer of the Qin Dynasty, was killed by the Eastern Jin army in the chaos. Fu Jian was injured by an arrow and fled back to Luoyang in a hurry. The former Qin Dynasty was defeated. In the battle of Feishui, the Eastern Jin army seized the opportunity and took advantage of the opportunity. It was a famous example in the ancient war history that the weak prevailed over the weak

Appreciation and comments

It is a metaphor to get something cheap by accident or something that usually takes a lot of effort to get easily. it's a common phenomenon to lead a sheep by hand. In addition to unexpected discoveries and inventions in science and technology, in most cases, leading a sheep by hand is suspected of being greedy for small and cheap things, and it's not so decent. As a kind of stratagem, it is often not to wait for the "sheep" to come to the door automatically, but to look for the enemy's loopholes, or to induce the enemy to make further use of the loopholes, so as to make it "easy" to lead the sheep. When the king of Chu went out to hunt, he took Xi GUI, the beautiful "sheep", home and became his wife. It was true to lead the sheep, but it was only superficial. Sima Yi marched for thousands of miles, and when the fortification of Mengda was not fixed, he put down the rebellion and killed Mengda. Because he seized the opportunity and took advantage of Mengda's loopholes, he could be regarded as a successful one. in all kinds of fights, opportunity is very important, and the enemy's negligence is often our opportunity. No one who is good at fighting does not understand this truth. in the modern business activities of making money, this plan is often adopted in the market advertising competition. In order to highlight the advantages of the enterprise's products, the operators often take advantage of the advantages of the enterprise's products and compare them with the competitive products to indirectly degrade the other party and improve themselves. This kind of comparative advertising appears frequently on TV and newspapers in China and even in the world, which is a practical and good way to achieve their own business goals. the core of this plan is to "take advantage of the weakness", that is to say, if one's own side has no "weakness", the other side will have no chance to take advantage of it. When the decoration workers enthusiastically provide familiar businesses, we must be more careful, don't immediately finalize, go a few more, understand the market, in order to prevent the other party "hand in hand".

Thirty six strategies

original text

A small gap is what one must take; a small profit is what one must get. Shaoyin, Shaoyang. [note] 1. Micro gap must be multiplied: micro gap refers to some loopholes and negligence of the enemy. (2) Shao Yin, Shao Yang: Shao Yin, which refers to the enemy's minor omissions, Shao Yang, which refers to our minor gains. This sentence means that we should be good at seizing the opportunity, making trouble in time, and turning the enemy's small omissions into our small profits. [note] where the army moves, there are many gaps. It is not necessary to win by taking advantage of the gap. Victory and defeat are available.

analysis

It is a metaphor to get something cheap by accident or something that usually takes a lot of effort to get easily. there must be many loopholes in the movement of a large army. For example, the soldiers are eager to move forward, the movement speed of each department is different, the supplies may cause difficulties, the coordination may not be effective, and the longer the front is drawn, the more opportunities they can take. If we see the enemy's gap and seize the opportunity to strike, we may not win completely as long as it is favorable. This method can be used by the winner, the loser, the strong party and the weak party. In the history of war, one side often used small groups of guerrillas to get into the heart of the enemy, haunt the enemy, attack the enemy, attack the enemy's weak points, and gain advantage. There are so many examples of this way. it's a common phenomenon to lead a sheep by hand. In addition to unexpected discoveries and inventions in science and technology, in most cases, leading a sheep by hand is suspected of being greedy for small and cheap things, and it's not so decent. as a kind of stratagem, it is often not to wait for the sheep to come to the door automatically, but to find the enemy's loopholes, or to induce the enemy to make further use of the loopholes, so as to make it easy for them to lead the sheep. When the king of Chu went out hunting, he took Xi GUI, the beautiful sheep, home,

Chinese PinYin : shùn shǒu qiān yáng