stop over wherever there is a house(wàng mén tóu zhǐ)

stop over wherever there is a house

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à NGM é NT ó UZH ǐ, which means that when you run away or run away, you go to sleep with someone else to seek temporary survival. After the general refers to the situation in a hurry, too late to choose where to live. It comes from the biography of Zhang Jian in the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Zhang Jian in the book of the later Han Dynasty, it is said that "thrifty leads to desperation, and is forced to run away. If you want to stop at the door, you should pay attention to its name and conduct, and break the family together."

Idiom usage

In Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio, I. the corpse changes: "there are several rickshaw pullers who come and go to sell goods and often live in their homes. At dusk one day, when the four of them come together and stop looking at the door, the Weng family's residence is full. " Tan Sitong of the Qing Dynasty, in his "five big swords to King in prison", said: "when you stop at the door, you think about Zhang Jian, and you wait for Dugen for a moment. I smile to the sky from the horizontal knife, and leave my liver and gall in Kunlun. " your brother is away, hiding in anonymity, or looking for a place to hide, or wandering around, looking for the door. (Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.2, chapter 40)

Celebrity allusion

After the failure of reform, Tan Sitong, one of the Six Gentlemen in 1898, wrote the famous heroic poem "wall inscription in prison". As the poem goes: "I think about Zhang Jian and wait for Dugen for a moment. I smile to the sky from the horizontal knife, leaving the liver and gallbladder. Tan Sitong was in prison. Looking back, he contrasted his experience with Zhang Jian and Du Gen of Han Dynasty. He skillfully used allusions to express his feelings. Zhang Jian was wanted because he was reprimanded for exposing the powerful people in the imperial court. He fled and stayed at the gate. People admired his reputation and integrity and accepted him one after another. Du Gen was ordered to fall to death because he demanded that the "Empress Dowager Deng" who was "listening to the government from behind the curtain" return to the emperor. Tan Sitong admired their noble qualities of upholding justice and fearing no violence, and led them into the same path.

Idiom story

Zhang Jian ran away from home in distress. Whenever he saw someone else's door, he went to ask for shelter. All the masters respected his reputation and virtue and preferred to take him in at the risk of his family's ruin. Later, he fled to Donglai county and lived in Li Du's family. Mao Qin, the magistrate of waihuang County, came to Li Du's home armed with weapons. Li Du took Mao Qin to his seat and said, "Zhang Jian is a fugitive with a felony. How can I hide him! If he is really with me, this man is a famous person. Do you have to arrest him? " So Mao Qin stood up, stroked Li Du's shoulder and said, "juan Boyu is ashamed of being a gentleman alone. Why do you get benevolence and righteousness alone?" Li Du replied, "now I want to share it with you. You've got half of it." So maoqin left with a sigh. Li Du led Zhang Jian to enter Yuyang county and escape from the Great Wall. Since Zhang Jian fled, more than ten people have been killed by the government for harboring and accepting him. Almost all over the country have been arrested and interrogated, and their relatives have been exterminated at the same time, even some counties and counties have been devastated. Zhang Jian and Manman Bao are old friends of the state of Lu. When he went to Bao, he happened to encounter that Kong Bao was not at home. Kong Rong, the younger brother of Kong Bao, was only 16 years old and decided to hide Zhang Jian at home. Later, it was revealed that although Zhang Jian was able to escape, the Prime Minister of the state of Lu arrested Kong Bao and Kong Rong and sent them to prison. He did not know who should be sentenced to imprisonment? Kong Rong said: "I, Kong Rong, accept Zhang Jian and hide him at home. I should be punished." Kong Bao said: "Zhang Jian came to me, not my brother's fault." The official in charge of the trial asked for their mother's advice. Her mother said, "the parents are responsible for the family's affairs, and the crime lies in me." A mother and son three people, competing to die, county officials doubt can not rule, report to the court. Emperor Ling issued an edict to punish Kong Bao. After the ban was lifted, Zhang Jian returned to his hometown. Later, he was appointed as a guard by the imperial court. When he died, he was 84 years old. At the beginning, Xia Fu heard the news of Zhang Jian's escape and sighed: "he should bear the responsibility for his own sin, but he implicated the good people out of thin air. One man flees for his life and brings disaster to all families. Why should he live? " So he shaved off his beard and changed his appearance. He fled to the mountain of Linwu and became a servant of the metal smelting family. He dug up the charcoal himself and was haggard for two or three years. No one knew who he was. Xia Jing, Xia Fu's younger brother, is chasing after him with silk. Xia Fu refused to accept it and said to Xia Jing, "why do you bring disaster to me?" He died before the ban was lifted.

Chinese PinYin : wàng mén tóu zhǐ