baseless slanders(wú fēng qǐ làng)

baseless slanders

The Chinese idiom w ú f ē ngq ǐ L à ng means there is no wind but there is a wave. It is a metaphor for generating right and wrong without any reason. Deliberately create trouble out of thin air. It comes from the record of Wanling, the Zen master of Huangbo duanji.

Analysis of Idioms

Make trouble without reason

The origin of Idioms

According to the records of Huang Bo duanji Zen master Wan Ling written by Xiyun in Tang Dynasty, "when Dharma came, there was no wind and waves; when the Buddha picked flowers, there was a failure."

Idiom usage

It refers to deliberately making trouble out of thin air. Example song Shidao's original "Jingde Zhuandeng Lu" Volume 26: "Yang Lan Zuo Li, no wind and waves rise." there's no reason to draw water. It's plain. In Ming Dynasty, Hu Wenhuan's selections of qunyin, Qingqiang and guizhixiang. The tenth volume of Ling Mengchu's the second moment of surprise: "in the city, there are no waves and no holes to dig crabs. It's a pity that they recognized them immediately at that time. These people even fired empty arrows, but they didn't stop, so they have today's report." Yang rousheng, Ming Dynasty, wrote in the first five chapters of the story of the jade ring: "how to listen to the words of a rich boy who is used to making waves without wind. 」

Chinese PinYin : wú fēng qǐ làng