tragic story of ancients driven by hunger " to eat the flesh of each other 's son(yì zǐ ér shí)

tragic story of ancients driven by hunger " to eat the flesh of each other 's son

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì Z ǐ é RSH í, which describes the extremely miserable life of the victims. It comes from the biography of Gongyang, the 15th year of Xuangong.

Examples

Some report the serious situation of famine, which is full of shocking words such as "thousands of miles away", "no more people" and "changing sons to eat". Chapter 22, Volume 2 of Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin

The origin of Idioms

In the 15th year of Xuangong, the biography of Gongyang, it is said that "you can change your son and eat it; you can analyze the remains and cook it."

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, King Zhuang of Chu attacked the state of song because the state of song killed Shen Zhou, a transit envoy of the state of Chu. He besieged the capital of the state of song for half a year and was ready to besiege it for a long time. The people of the state of song were afraid. The ruling Huayuan of the king of song only sneaked into the bedroom of Marshal Zifan of the state of Chu, holding Zifan, saying that the people of the state of song would not surrender even if they changed their sons and cooked from their bones.

Chinese PinYin : yì zǐ ér shí