Have eyes but not know Mount Tai(yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān)

Have eyes but not know Mount Tai

It is a Chinese idiom with the pronunciation y à uy à Nb à sh í t à ISH à n. Although they have eyes, they don't know Mount Tai. The metaphor is too narrow to recognize people with high status or ability. From the second chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the Water Margin: "master is so strong, he must be a teacher. Children have eyes and don't know Mount Tai. "

interpretation

[note] although he has eyes, he doesn't know Mount Tai. The metaphor is too narrow to recognize people with high status or ability. It's a more respectful way of saying it, which can make others feel better about you. Taishan: the name of a person, the apprentice of the carpenter's grandmaster Lu Ban, and later the mountain Taishan. The second passage of Ming Shi Naian's outlaws of the Marsh: "the master is so strong, he must be a teacher, and the children have eyes but don't know Taishan." [example] in the 25th chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: "now you treat him as the owner of an antique shop. You really don't know Taishan!" The blind man visits his father-in-law; Lu Ban recruits his son-in-law. He has eyes but does not know Taishan. He is really a man of short experience. God didn't know Taishan, so he deliberately opposed Cai Mucheng. After releasing the mud, it didn't rain for a long time, so the members pumped the water from the cave to save it. But it didn't work. The corn seedlings withered and rolled up day by day.

Idiom story

As the saying goes, "you have eyes but you don't know Mount Tai", Mount Tai is not the one in Shandong. Here is a short story. the carpenter's grandmaster is Lu Ban. He is very skillful. It is said that he used to make birds out of wood, flying in the sky for three days and three nights. But even such an expert can sometimes get lost. Lu Ban recruited many apprentices. In order to maintain the reputation of the class, he regularly inspected and eliminated some of them. One of them, Taishan, looked stupid. After he came for a while, his skills didn't improve, so Lu Ban swept him out. A few years later, when Luban was wandering in the street, he suddenly found that many well-made furniture were very popular. Luban thought who this man was. He was so powerful that someone told him: "it's your apprentice Taishan." Lu Ban said with emotion: "I really have eyes and don't know Mount Tai!" The idiom "having eyes but not knowing Mount Tai" is similar to the idiom "having eyes but not having eyes". For example, to describe a person who is not smart, you can say: you are really stupid, which means that your brain is not very flexible; but if you are as stupid as a pig, then you are very stupid, and you are very angry. Another legend ignores Luban's reputation. The main idea is as follows: after ten years of marriage, Luban has been working outside and never met his son named Taishan. When Taishan grew up, he went to look for his father. One day, Luban put up beams for a large temple, and onlookers praised his superhuman skills. Suddenly, with an umbrella in one hand, the young passer-by with the burden on his back said, "it's good, but it's a little high." Lu Ban followed the sound and saw that the young man had a pretty face and an extraordinary bearing. He was surprised in his heart and thought that the young man would surpass himself. He was jealous. He picked up a wooden stick and threw it right at the head, and the young man died immediately. Soon after, Luban went home to visit his family and his wife got together. His wife asked him if he had seen his son Taishan? It doesn't matter. As soon as he mentioned it, Luban thought of the child who was killed by himself. So he told the story of the boy again. After they checked their features, Luban realized that the boy was his son Taishan. He could only sigh: "Alas! I have eyes and don't know Mount Tai! What's the use of being blind! " With that, he immediately removed his left eye. From then on, Lu Ban worked with one eye, and he was no longer jealous of conservatism. Later carpenters, in memory of him, always closed their eyes when checking the straightness of the wood, and it has been handed down to this day. later, due to the lofty status of Mount Tai in the mountains of China, people gradually equated Mount Tai in allusions with it, representing people with high ability or high status.

Chinese PinYin : yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān