How to kill the cobra for the snake(wéi huǐ fú cuī，wéi shé ruò hé)

How to kill the cobra for the snake

It's from Cai Dongfan's the first chapter of the romance of northern and southern history.

Idiom information

[idiom] how to kill an Cobra for a snake

Cobra: snake; Fu: No; Cui: destroy. If you don't kill a small snake, it's hard to deal with a big one. It means that if you do not take advantage of the victory to annihilate the enemy, there will be future trouble.

Complex sentence

Ancient times

To destroy the enemy

[Tongyun CI] Xianfan road separation, vainglory, xuanxuande, repeat the same path, greasy tongue deception, firm tongue, loanwords to shirk responsibility, peace of mind, a meal of virtue, self satisfaction

Analysis of Idioms

It was also written by Su Xun of Song Dynasty (Quan Shu · Ji CE · judge the enemy), "the ancients said," what can I do to destroy the cobra and the Buddha? The power of Xiongnu is growing day by day. "

It is also written by Feng weine of the Ming Dynasty: "the sun does not shine in the middle of the sun, it is a lost time.". If you don't cut, you will lose. If you don't cut with an axe, the thief will come. If a trickle is not blocked, it will become a river. If Yingying doesn't save her, what can she do? If you don't go, you'll use Vake. If you destroy an cobra, you will be a snake. "

He also wrote the poem "destroying for the cobra and the Buddha" (Yao Guang's sad poem), "destroying for the cobra and the Buddha will eventually lead to grief. I don't want to discuss it again?"

It was also written as "raising an cobra to become a snake" (Sima Guang's Zi Zhi Tong Jian, vol.153, Liang Ji Jiu of Song Dynasty), "Gao Daomu said:" today I am wandering in the sky, and I am worried about my duty. The king has millions of people to assist the emperor and order the princes. If he divides his troops to build rafts, he can control the scattered ferry. However, he can return to the north to make Hao reunite and enlist all over the world! It's too late to repent of the so-called "raising an cobra to become a snake."

Idiom story

In 494 BC, Fu Chai, king of Wu, led his army to defeat Gou Jian, king of Yue in Fu Jiao, and broke the capital of Yue. King Gou Jian of Yue sent his official Wen Zhong to ask for peace with Wu, and the king of Wu was ready to agree. Wu Zixu thought that he could not be allowed to say "what will happen to the cobra and the Buddha?" The king of Wu didn't listen to his advice, but he didn't get rid of evil completely, and was eliminated by Gou Jian 20 years later.

Details:

In 494 BC, Fu Chai, the king of Wu, defeated the Yue army in order to avenge his father. In a short time, the king of Wu revived his troops and attacked Yue. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, sent all Jiying envoys to Wu to seek peace with thick coins and low words. Fu Chai said to all the officials, "I'm going to attack Qi to repay my ambition. I'll make peace with Yue. I hope all the officials will not go against my will. The more I know how to repent, what can I ask for? If he is stubborn, he will be punished by the Fuxing master when he returns. " Wu Zixu admonished and said, "peace cannot be negotiated. Yue was not convinced by Wu He, nor was he afraid of the strength of our country. His literati had both wisdom and courage, and he would play Wu on the stock market at will to get what he wanted. He knew that the monarch respected power and was eager to win, so he was modest, euphemistic and reserved. With his extravagant and licentious King's heart, he was proud of the Central Plains, but at the expense of his own country. My morale is not strong, my troops are decaying, and my people are in exile. They are becoming more and more haggard and distressed. Then I will take advantage of them and clean up the mess. However, the king of Yue said that he would believe and love the people. All the people in the four directions were attached to him. The grain harvest was abundant year by year, and the country was growing stronger and stronger. Today, I can still fight to destroy it. If I don't get rid of the small snake, how will I subdue it when I grow into a big one? " Fu Chai said, "why does the doctor have the ambition to destroy his country? Is it a great trouble for Wu? If there is no Yue State, where will the military parade in the spring and Autumn Period dazzle Wu's military strength? " It's Xu Yanhe. Compared with the oath of alliance, the king of Yue sent zhujiying to Wu and said, "is the oath beneficial? The oath of the previous time was not dry enough to win the trust. Is the oath useless? If a king can abandon the power of martial arts, humiliate and enslave our country, how can he value ghosts and gods and despise his own power? " The husband asked him not to be a blood ally.

Examples of Idioms

Xu Dongwei's the twelfth chapter of badingzun: "the snow in the border town howls fiercely. It's just for the cobra and the Buddha, what about the snake? In ancient times, there was a swordsman named Wu Gou who killed one person in ten steps. Every time he moved one step, nearly ten people lost their lives in the madness of matchlessness. "

Chinese PinYin : wéi huǐ fú cuī，wéi shé ruò hé