One meal and three vomit(yī fàn sān tǔ bǔ)

One meal and three vomit

One meal three spit feeding refers to a meal, many times to stop eating, in order to receive guests. It is a metaphor for seeking talents.

Examples

[idiom list] Gan Wang's kindness is high and wide. He doesn't feel guilty for his first acquaintance, and doesn't feel guilty for committing a crime. Although he and Zhou Zhidan have a meal, they spit and feed three times, and a bath, they hold their hair three times. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: Hong Rengan's the return of Heroes

source

[source] "one bath three hold hair, one meal three spit feeding", from Volume 3 of Han Shi waizhuan: "King Cheng granted boar to Lu, Zhou Gong admonished:" go! Ziqi has no pride in Lu. The son of King Wen, the younger brother of King Wu, and the uncle of King Cheng are also friends with the world. I'm not light in the world. However, I'm afraid of losing the world's scholars by bathing three times and feeding three times. " It is also recorded in Shiji · Lu Zhougong aristocratic family: "however, when I bathe three times, I catch my hair, and when I eat three times, I spit my food, and I wait for the scholars, I'm still afraid of losing the sages in the world." Later, he used the metaphor of "clenching one's hair and spitting out one's nourishment" to describe the incumbent as a courteous corporal who was eager to seek talent.

story

[idiom story] Duke of Zhou, surnamed Ji Mingdan, is the fourth son of King Wen of Zhou and the younger brother of King Wu. He was a famous statesman in ancient China. He helped King Wu of Zhou to attack King Zhou twice and made rites and music, which made the world a great power. Because its fief was in Zhou Dynasty, it was called Duke of Zhou. When he was King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, he was filial and benevolent. He helped King Wu to overthrow Zhou and grant him the title of Lu. The Duke of Zhou did not go to the feudal state. Instead, he stayed in the dynasty to assist King Wu and establish a stable society and system for Zhou. When King Wu died, he became Regent. According to the records of Qufu county annals, "in the 13th year of King Wu's reign, he was granted the title of Duke in Qufu, the ruins of SHAOHAO. If the Duke was not granted the title, he left his prime minister to be King Wu. When he became king, he ordered his son Bo Qin to be granted the title of Duke in Lu.". The newly established Zhou Dynasty was faced with serious difficulties. The old nobles of the Shang Dynasty were ready to restore, while the Duke of Zhou assisted the government, which was contrary to the principle that the father died and the son succeeded in the hereditary system of the throne, and caused contradictions within the Zhou clan. As a result, the remnant forces colluded with the rebel forces in the Zhou Dynasty, represented by Wu Geng, Prince of Zhou, Guan Shu and Cai Shu, the "three supervisors". As a result, the Duke of Zhou conquered the three uncles, destroyed the fifty countries, established the southeast, and returned to make rites and music. For fear of losing the sages in the world, Duke Zhou once held his unriped hair many times when he washed his head. When he ate a meal, he vomited out his food several times and couldn't wait to receive the sages. This is the allusion of the idiom "clenching one's hair and spitting one's nourishment". The Duke of Zhou took great care of the young Chengwang. Once, Chengwang was very ill. He was very anxious, so he cut his nails and sank into the river. He prayed to the God of the river: "Chengwang is not sensible now. I am responsible for all the mistakes. If you want to die, let me die. "King Cheng is really well. Seven years after the Regent of Duke Zhou, King Cheng had grown up, so Duke Zhou returned to the post of minister. Later, someone slandered in the presence of King Cheng. Duke Zhou was afraid and fled to Chu. Soon after, King Cheng looked through the documents collected in the Treasury and found that when he was ill, he was moved to tears by the prayer of Duke Zhou. He immediately sent someone to welcome him back. After returning to the Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou was still loyal to the dynasty. The Duke of Zhou assisted King Wu and King Cheng and made great contributions to the establishment and consolidation of the Zhou Dynasty. Especially after he was wronged by King Cheng, he was still loyal and devoted to the development of the Zhou Dynasty until his death. On his deathbed, the Duke of Zhou asked that he be buried in Chengzhou to show his intention of not leaving Chengwang. King Cheng was modest and buried him in Biyi, next to King Wen's tomb, to show his great respect for Duke Zhou. Duke Zhou is a model for later generations. The Confucian School of Confucius regarded his personality model as the highest model. The highest political ideal was the benevolent government in the early Zhou Dynasty. Confucius advocated the rites and music system of the Duke of Zhou all his life.

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