The peach and the plum become the same(táo lǐ chéng qī)

The peach and the plum become the same

Taoli Chengxi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á ol ǐ ch é ngq ī, which originally means that the peach tree does not attract people, but because it has flowers and fruits, people walk up and down it and become a path. It means that people can move others as long as they are sincere and faithful. From historical records.

Idiom story

Taishigong said: "in the Analects of Confucius," if people in the upper position behave properly, they can do things without giving orders; if they behave improperly, they will not be obeyed when they give orders. " That's General Li! The General Li I saw was honest and kind-hearted, like a countryman. He was not good at speaking. But on the day of his death, people all over the world, whether they knew him or not, mourned for him. His loyal character is really trusted by the soldiers! As the saying goes, "the peach tree and the plum tree can't speak, but they are naturally trampled out of a path under the tree." Although this is a small thing, it can be used as a metaphor for the big truth.

Idiom usage

In Southern Dynasty, Qi Xie Tiao's poem with Xu ducao out of the new pavilion: "peach and plum become a new path, mulberry and Yuyin go to the Zhou Dynasty." In Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian's poem "the second rhyme answers Yang Zi's gift from hearing and seeing" says: "make friends with the virtuous and the virtuous, many Du mausoleums, Taoli Chengxi lies in the UK." Yuan Haowen's "nanxiangzi" CI: "the wind is gentle in the late days, the peach and plum become fresh, and the green gradually thickens."

The origin of Idioms

The biography of General Li in Shiji volume 109 ~ 2878 ~ Taishigong said, "it is said that" if you are upright, you will not obey orders; if you are not upright, you will not obey orders. ". What is the name of General Li? I see that General Li is as good as I am, and I can't say anything. And the day of death, the world know and do not know, are all sad. Is he loyal to the literati? As the saying goes, "peaches and plums speak for themselves, but there is a way to go.". Although this is a small statement, it can be said to a large one. According to Sima Zhen of the Tang Dynasty, in the collection of historical records, Yao said: "peach and plum are not words, but they are feelings of things with Chinese reality. Therefore, people are not expecting to go, and they have their own way. Although Yu Guang can't make a speech, he can feel something, but he is loyal to the object. 』」

Chinese PinYin : táo lǐ chéng qī