there cannot be two kings in a country(tiān wú èr rì)

there cannot be two kings in a country

The Chinese idiom Ti ā NW ú è RR ì means there are no two suns in the sky. It used to mean that a country could not have two monarchs at the same time; today it means that everything should be unified in one, and two monarchs cannot coexist.. From the book of rites Zeng Ziwen.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, Zeng Ziwen said, "there is no two days in the sky, no two kings in the earth, no two masters in the family, no two superiors."

Idiom usage

Grammar: subject predicate; object. "I heard that there were emperors in the East. Heaven has no two days. Can the people have two evil kings? " In the fourth chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, the doctor offered his foot and remonstrated: "No. Heaven has no two days, and the people have no two kings. In the capital, there are hundreds of pheasants, which are equal to Xingyang. Kuang Gongshu, the wife's beloved son, is the second emperor if he is granted the title of Dayi. Relying on his inner favor, he is afraid of future trouble. " The 23rd chapter of Chen Chen's "Water Margin" in the Qing Dynasty: Heaven has no two days, how can I have two masters!

Idiom story

In the early Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang still respected his father after he became emperor. Every time he visited his father, he would kneel down. The accompanying official secretly said to his father: "there is no two days in the sky and no two kings in the earth. He is the emperor. You are a minister. You can't disobey the rules." Liu Bang's father thought it was reasonable to cancel the ceremony. When Liu Bang learned about it, he granted his father the title of emperor and continued to kneel down.

Discrimination of words

There is no two days in heaven and no two masters in the people

Chinese PinYin : tiān wú èr rì