How to train children(xiá zhì xùn tóng)

How to train children

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xi á zh ì x ù NT ó ng, which means to praise people's achievements. Praise the official's achievements. It comes from the biography of Lu Gong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idioms and allusions

origin

Volume 25 of the book of the later Han Dynasty

In the seventh year of the founding of the people's Republic of China, the state of the prefecture suffered from the borer's injury to the crops, and the boundary of the dog's teeth did not enter Zhongmou. Henan Yin yuan an heard of it, suspected it was not true, so that Renshu Feifei went to Lianzhi personally. Gong accompanied the field, all sitting under the mulberry, pheasant, stop its side. There was a boy nearby, and he said, "why don't you catch him? "The pheasant's side will be young," he said. However, he got up and said to Gong Jue, "therefore, those who come here want to see your political achievements.". Today, insects do not invade the territory, which is different from each other; when animals and birds are involved, which is different from each other; when Lizi is benevolent, which is different from each other. If you stay for a long time, you will disturb the ears of the sages. "Return to the palace, with a state Bai an, is the year old, Jiahe Sheng Gong will sit in the court, an because of the written statement, the emperor is different.

Source translation

In the seventh year of the founding of the people's Republic of China (82), the county was plagued by borers, which hurt crops. The county boundary was crisscrossed, but the borers did not enter Zhongmou. When Yin Yuan'an of Henan heard that the suspicion was not true, he sent Renshu feiqin to inspect it. Lu Gong walked along the fields and sat under the mulberry tree. A pheasant flew by and stopped beside him. There happened to be a child next to him. Feiqin said to him, "why don't you catch the pheasant?" and he said, "this pheasant is hatching a pheasant." Feiqin was startled and said goodbye to Lu Gong: "I came here to investigate your political achievements. Today, it's a wonder that borers do not offend Zhongmou; Dehua does not offend birds and animals; even children have benevolence, it's a wonder. If I stay here for a long time, I can only disturb the sages. " He went back to the mansion and made a report to yuan Anru. This year, especially strong seedlings grew in the side room of Lugong's house. Yuan an wrote to explain the situation, which surprised the emperor.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used to praise an official's achievements

Examples

Luo Binwang of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem: "it's hard to be kind, but it's easy to be poor.". Xiangfu is still a walking horse, while pheasant is still a child

The poem mengqiu written by Li Han in the Five Dynasties: "Lu Gong tames pheasants, while Song Dynasty tames animals."

Ming chenjing's "a tale of two pearls, a punishment forced into a move" says, "cutting chickens, talking about self-examination, taming pheasants, believing in criticism."

The origin of Idioms

The Han and Lu Gong slaughtered Zhongmou and moralized the people. At that time, there were only female pheasants passing by the boy's side, but the boy was kind and didn't catch them. See the biography of Lu Gong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Chinese PinYin : xiá zhì xùn tóng