Bow to the dust(wàng chén ér bài)

Bow to the dust

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à ngch é n é RB à I, which means to meet the powerful people and bow down when they see the dust raised by the car. It describes a servile manner. It comes from the biography of Pan Yue in the book of Jin.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Pan Yue in the book of Jin, "when you talk with Shi Chong and other people about Jia MI, when you wait for him to come out, you will worship him."

Idiom usage

It's more formal; it's predicate and attribute; it's derogatory. At this time, the scholar looked at the dust and bowed down, fearing that he would not come forward. In Liu Xi Fu written by Zhang Xiaoxiang of Song Dynasty, "if you are not used to worshiping in front of the car, you dare to be restless." Zhao Yi's poem "those who are responsible for their carelessness should be ashamed of their ambition"

Idiom story

Story one

In the Western Jin Dynasty, Pan Yue's poems and Fu were well written with gorgeous diction. They were famous in the world, and were as famous as Lu Ji. Later generations called them "Pan Lu". At that time, Sima Zhong, Emperor Huidi of Jin Dynasty, was a dementia emperor, and the power was in the hands of empress Jia Nanfeng. Empress Jia Dashu is close to the party and appoints Jia MI, the grandson of her father Jia Chong and later the grandson of Jia Chong, as a general of the army. Therefore, Jia Mi becomes a powerful figure. Pan Yue took advantage of the situation and took refuge in Jia MI. He fawns on Jia MI with Shi Chong, a famous tycoon. Every time they see the dust raised by the vehicles on the road, they park their cars on the left side of the road and kowtow to the dust. Through empress Jia, Jia Mi appointed Pan Yue as the writer's son, the Minister of Sanqi, and finally the Minister of Huangmen. Pan Yue's mother had a lot of opinions on his son's behavior, and she scolded him several times and said, "you should be content to be a servant of Huangmen now. Why do you flatter the powerful and run away like this? "However, Pan Yue didn't listen to his mother's advice. He still worshipped Jia Mi's car. After ten years of empress Jia's dictatorship, "the rebellion of eight kings" took place in the Western Jin Dynasty. Both empress Jia and Jia MI were killed by King simalun of Zhao. Sun Xiu, Zhao WangLun's confidant and Zhongshu Ling, was once a scribe in Pan Yue's mansion and was whipped by Pan Yue. Seeing that Pan Yue had lost his support, sun Xiu took the opportunity to retaliate, falsely accused Pan Yue of being a disorderly party and sentenced him to death. Before his death, Pan Yue said goodbye to his mother and regretted that he had not listened to her mother's instruction.

Story 2

In 266 ad, Sima Yan, the grandson of Sima Yi, the Minister of the state of Wei, usurped the throne and changed the name of the state to "Jin". He established the capital of Luoyang, which is known as the Western Jin Dynasty in history. Pan Yue (247-300 A.D.) was born in Zhongmou County, Xingyang city (now Zhongmou County, Zhengzhou City). Born in an official family, he was well influenced by literature since childhood. At the age of eight or nine, he showed his literary talent and was called "strange boy" by the village. When he grew up, he was both talented and good-looking. He served successively as Sikong, Taiwei, Heyang County Magistrate, Huai county magistrate, Zhuolang, geishi Huangmen servant and so on. He was mainly an official in Luoyang and its surrounding areas. Pan Yue is a famous man of beauty in Chinese history. People often say that "talent is better than Zijian and looks like Pan an", "talent is better than Songyu and looks like Pan an", and "Pan an" refers to him. The reason why he is not called "Pan An Ren" but "Pan an" is mainly due to the customs and pronunciation habits of people in the Central Plains since ancient times. According to historical records such as Rongzhi, a new account of the world, Pan Yue was "beautiful and beautiful". When he was young, every time he took a bus outside Luoyang, a young girl surrounded his chariot and horses and followed him. It was hard to get close to him, so he threw fruit at him. As a result, Pan Yue often came back full of fruit. Pan Yue was also a famous litterateur in the Western Jin Dynasty. He was as famous as Lu Ji, the author of Wen Fu. He was also known as "Pan Lu" in history. Zuo Si, Liu Kun, Lu Ji and Lu Yun were all important figures in the literary group of "24 friends of Jingu" in the Western Jin Dynasty. He is good at Ci Fu, and his representative work is mourning poems. Zhang Pu of Ming Dynasty compiled a collection of Pan Huangmen. Pan Yue, who was proud of his talent, and Shi Chong were attached to Jia MI. Jia MI is the nephew of Jia Nanfeng, Empress of emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty. As the core figure of Jia clan, Jia MI is domineering, domineering and bribery. For the sake of their fame and wealth, Pan Yue and Shi Chong are very attentive to Jia MI. Whenever Jia Mi goes out, when he sees the smoke of cars and horses from afar, he bows to the ground. At that time, Yang Jun, his cousin, was in power and opposed to empress Jia. Because Sima Li, the crown prince, was not born to empress Jia, empress Jia wanted to abolish him for a long time. In 300 A.D., empress Jia slandered the crown prince for treason, and finally abolished it. The words that framed the crown prince were written by Pan Yue. After the incident, Sima Lun, king of Zhao, and Sima Fen, king of Qi, sent troops to Luoyang to take revenge on the prince and destroy Jia and his friends. Pan Yue and Shi Chong were killed in the east city of Luoyang at the same time.

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