a hanger-on of glory(xiàng huǒ qǐ ér)

a hanger-on of glory

Beggars on fire, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à nghu à Q à é R, which means beggars near the fire. It's a metaphor for a person who is in favor of others. It's from the legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao.

Analysis of Idioms

A dog is a man

The origin of Idioms

Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties wrote "the legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao · begging for fire": "the civil and military officials of the dynasty attached themselves to Yang Guozhong, striving for wealth Jiuling often talked with intellectuals and said, "today's Chaoyan are all begging for help from the fire. Once the fire turns cold, where is the heating? When the corpse is frozen and split, and the bones are abandoned in the ravines, the disaster will not be far away. "Sure enough, because of the Lushan Rebellion, all the people who suffered from the burning were guilty and their families were destroyed. Nine years old's foresight, the belief husband spirit Boda also. Xiang Huo, Yan Fu Yan. "

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it refers to a person who is in favor of others. examples one after another, they begged for help from the fire, and the only thing they could do was choose the milk goose. Song Xianwan's "sending charcoal to huiran teacher of Xiangshan hall"

Idioms and allusions

During the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guozhong, a treacherous minister, was in power. Many civil and military officials acted according to his face. Zhang Jiuling, the prime minister, was disgusted by this and never had any contact with Yang Guozhong. Yang Guozhong hated him in his heart. Some ministers worried about him for fear that he would be framed by Yang Guozhong. However, Zhang Jiuling said: "today, the court is like this. Those who are in favor of others are all beggars for fire. Although they are all in a daze now, they think they have gained any benefits, but in fact they have gained nothing. When the fire goes out, there are only ashes left. When the wind blows, the ashes will be scattered everywhere. What kind of heating is there? Once this happens, the burning beggars will freeze to death in the wilderness due to lack of warmth, leaving only some bones, which will be thrown into the ditch. They seem to be very powerful now, totally unaware of the impending disaster. " In that year, an Lushan, a governor stationed in the frontier, launched a rebellion. Tang Xuanzong took Yang Guifei to flee in a hurry. The soldiers who were loyal to protecting the emperor in maweipo insisted on getting rid of Yang Guifei, Yang Guozhong's backer who was harmful to the country and the people. In order to protect the country and the people, Xuanzong had to let Yang Guifei hang herself. Yang Guozhong was also sentenced to death. At that time, those who flattered Yang Guozhong were punished one by one, and some were even killed.

Chinese PinYin : xiàng huǒ qǐ ér