take on a risky , difficult job again(zài zuò féng fù)

take on a risky , difficult job again

Zaizao Fengfu is a Chinese word, Pinyin is Z à Izu à f é NGF à, which means to refer to the old industry. It's from Mencius's "heart to heart chapters and sentences".

Idiom explanation

Feng Fu: names of people. It's like doing the old business again.

Idioms and allusions

Mencius heart down: "Jin people have Feng Fu, who is good at fighting tiger, and die as a good scholar; then in the wild, there are many people chasing tiger, the tiger bears Yu, and Mo dares to fight; when they see Feng Fu, they rush to meet her, and Feng Fu rushes her arms to get out of the car, and everyone is happy, and those who are scholars laugh."

Original works

All hunger. Chen Zhen said: "the people of our country regard the master's return as Fatang (1), which is almost impossible."

Mencius said, "it's for Feng Fu. In Jin Dynasty, there was a woman named Feng who was good at fighting tigers and died as a good scholar. There are many tigers in the wild. Tiger negative Yu (3), Mo dare (4). When you see Feng Fu, you will meet her. Feng Fu got out of the car. Everyone is happy with it, and those who are scholars laugh at it. "

Notes on works

(1) Fu Wei FA Tang: he urged the king of Qi to open the granary of Tang to relieve the victims. Sweat, sweat. Tang, a place name, is located in the south of Jimo, Shandong Province. In the past, Mencius had advised the granary of kaitangdi in the state of Qi to provide relief to the victims of famine, so he said so.

(2) Feng Fu: name, surname Feng.

(3) Yu: the mountain is winding and dangerous.

(4) (Ying): approaching.

Original translation

When the state of Qi suffered from famine, Chen Zhen told Mencius, "people in China think that the teacher will persuade the king of Qi to open the granary of Tangdi again to relieve the victims. Maybe they can't do it any more."

Mencius said, "if you do this again, you will become Feng Fu. There was a man named Feng Fu in the state of Jin who was good at fighting tigers. Later he became a good man and stopped fighting tigers. Once he went to the wild and saw a lot of people chasing a tiger. The tiger's back is close to the dangerous mountain. No one dares to approach it. Everyone saw Feng Fu coming from a distance and ran to meet him. Feng Fu walked out of the car arm in arm. Everyone was very happy, but the scholars laughed at him

Appreciative Remarks

What did the scholars laugh at him for?

He ridiculed him for returning to his old career, starting to fight tigers again, and giving up his pursuit of being a good man. Therefore, as a related idiom, "be a Fengfu again" means that people should be aware of their own opportunities and keep righteousness, and should not easily give up their pursuit and principles because of the environment. In short, we should not "be a woman again".

But we feel from the tone of Mencius' words that he did not completely deny Feng Fu's actions, because "to be Feng Fu again" was actually supported by the public, but only ridiculed by the scholars. Could Mencius have stopped persuading the king of Qi to open a storehouse to save the people for fear of the scholars' ridicule?

On this issue, Zhu Xi has an explanation. He thinks that the main reason is that when Mencius said this, the king of Qi was unwilling to use him and listen to him. Mencius himself knew this situation and was ready to leave the state of Qi, so he had this explanation.

It can be seen that when Mencius said this, he was in a contradictory state of mind. Just as Feng Fu once again attacked the tiger and "became Feng Fu again", if he didn't fight the tiger again, everyone was in danger and needed himself. Go to fight tiger again, and give up their own pursuit and proposition, and for scholars ridicule. Mencius is the same, do not persuade the king of Qi, the victims really need relief. Go to persuade the king of Qi again, knowing that he will not listen, and that he is preparing to leave the state of Qi, do you not give up your intention to leave the state of Qi? What's more, if I still want to persuade the king of Qi, I will be ridiculed by a group of people around him. As a result of the trade-off, we are still not ready to "be a woman again". In fact, student Chen Zhen understands the teacher's situation and mood. So after putting forward everyone's wish to the teacher, he immediately said, "it's impossible to recover."

In any case, one thing is certain. The reason why Mencius said the allusion of being a Fengfu again is to show his grasp of his own behavior and to judge the situation. This is just like Zhao Qizhu's Mencius: "if you can do it, you will follow it; if you can't do it, you will be fierce.". If you are good at seeing and using words, you will find the right time is not the right time, just like Feng Fu. If you have no choice, you will be harmful. " This can be said to be a profound revelation of Mencius' mentality.

So, what inspiration does this have for us? It should be considered that it is not absolute whether to be a woman again. The key is to judge the situation and grasp ourselves. If "can do", if "see use" and "get the time", it's not too bad to be Feng Fu again. If you "can't", if you "don't point to it at the right time", you can't "be a woman again", so as not to "be a violent tiger, it will be harmful", and you will be ridiculed by people of insight.

Source of works

Zaizuo Fengfu comes from Mencius's "heart to heart chapters and sentences".

Mencius is a collection of Mencius' opinions, which is compiled by Mencius and his disciples. It records Mencius' language, political views (benevolent government, the distinction between the king and the overlord, people-oriented, the difference between the king's heart and the people's respect and contempt) and political actions. Mencius once imitated Confucius and led his disciples around the world. But it was not accepted by other countries at that time. He retired and wrote books with his disciples. Mencius has seven chapters handed down from generation to generation: King Hui of Liang, Gongsun Chou, Teng Wengong, Lilou, wanzhang, Gaozi and Jinxin. The starting point of his theory is the theory of good nature, which puts forward "benevolent government" and "kingly way", and advocates the rule of virtue. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi combined Mencius with the Analects of Confucius, the great learning, and the doctrine of the mean, and called them "four books". Mencius was the largest and heaviest of the four books, with more than 35000 words. From then on until the end of the Qing Dynasty, "four books" had always been the compulsory content of the imperial examination.

About the author

Mencius (372-289 BC) was named Ke and was named Ziyu. During the Warring States period, people from the state of Lu were descended from the father of Lu Guoqing. He is a famous thinker and educator in ancient China and a representative of Confucianism in the Warring States period. He is the author of Mencius. Mencius inherited and carried forward Confucius' thoughts, and became a generation of Confucian masters next only to Confucius, known as "Yasheng", and together with Confucius as "Confucius and Mencius". Mencius' essays are eloquent, energetic, eloquent, logical, sharp and witty, representing the peak of traditional prose writing. Mencius put forward the theory of good nature on the issue of human nature, that is, "human nature is good at the beginning."

Discrimination of words

Return to the old business

Antonym: wash hands in a golden basin

Idiom usage

Grammar: verb object; predicate; derogatory

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Chinese PinYin : zài zuò féng fù