harm others to benefit oneself(sǔn rén lì jǐ)

harm others to benefit oneself

In Chinese, Pinyin is s ǔ NR é NL ì J ǐ, which means to harm others and benefit yourself. It comes from the biography of Lu Xiang in the old book of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the old book of the Tang Dynasty, the biography of Lu Xiang said, "it's OK to be a political man. Why should we impose severe punishment to build up prestige. I'm afraid it's not the way of benevolence to do harm to others and benefit myself. "

Analysis of Idioms

Selfishness and selfishness

Altruism and self sacrifice

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Examples

The result is not good for anyone who has the heart of. Mao Zedong's new democratic constitutionalism

"Don't harm others but benefit yourself, don't be envious of the virtuous but envious of the ability," said Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty

In Chen Zhou Tan Mi written by Wu Mingshi in Yuan Dynasty: "it's not right to do it at the expense of others and self-interest, which makes people hate."

Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his ancient and modern novels: Pei Jin's just restoration: "this is something lost by others. How can I do harm to others and benefit myself and break my mind."

The 16th chapter of journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: the monk of Guanyin academy conspires to steal the cassock from Heifeng mountain: the wisdom and wisdom of Guangzhi is very useful, and it's useless to benefit oneself at the expense of others.

Idiom story

In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Xiangxian was a young man with high ambition and outstanding talent. He was appreciated by Ji Xu, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs at that time. He was rated as "talented and elegant" and was recommended as Luoyang captain. Lu Xiang was an honest and upright official. He didn't like to go after others and benefit himself at the expense of others. He was highly valued by the emperor and made outstanding contributions.

Chinese PinYin : sǔn rén lì jǐ