Chen zhier(zài chén zhī è)

Chen zhier

In Chen zhier, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z à ICH é nzh à è, meaning hunger and poverty. From the Analects of Confucius notes · Wei linggong.

The origin of Idioms

"The Analects of Confucius · Wei linggong": "(Confucius) in Chen Jue food, from the disease, Mo Nengxing. Zi Lu was angry and said, "is a gentleman poor?" Confucius said, "a gentleman is poor, and a villain is poor."

Idiom usage

Fortunately, the queen has returned the suitcase. If she doesn't, I'm afraid there's something else! The fifty first chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

origin

In notes to the Analects of Confucius, Wei linggong asked Chen Yu Confucius. Confucius said to him, "if it's about zudou, you can taste it; if it's about military affairs, you can't learn it." Tomorrow. In Chen Jue Liang, the follower is ill, and Mo Nengxing. Zilu sullen see said: "gentleman also have poor?" Confucius said, "a gentleman is poor, and a villain is poor." Confucius was poor between Chen and CAI. He didn't eat on fire for seven days, and he didn't eat quinoa soup with grits. He was very tired of color, but he sang in the room. When Yan Hui chose vegetables, Zi Lu and Zi Gong said to each other, "the master was once again driven to Lu, cutting traces in Wei, cutting trees in song, being poor in Shang and Zhou dynasties, and encircling Chencai. Those who killed his husband and son were innocent, while those who borrowed from him were not forbidden. Is it true that a gentleman is shameless? " Yan Hui, unable to respond, entered Confucius. Confucius pushed the lute and sighed, "if you give it to me, I will give it to you.". Call! I want to talk about it Zi Lu, Zi Gong Ru. Zi Lu said, "such a person is poor." Confucius said, "what is it! If a gentleman is good at Tao, he is good at it; if he is poor, he is poor. Today, Qiu holds the principle of benevolence and righteousness, so as to suffer from the trouble of troubled times, what can he do? Therefore, introspection and not poverty in the road, in the face of adversity and not lose their virtue, cold days, frost and dew both fall, I know pine and cypress Mao also. Chen and CAI Zhiai are very lucky in Qiu! " Confucius moved to Cai three years old, Wu defeated Chen. Chu saves Chen, the army in the city father. When he heard that Confucius was idle in Chen and CAI, Chu sent people to hire him. When Confucius was going to pay homage to the emperor, Doctor Chen and Cai said, "Confucius, the sage, all his criticisms are the diseases of the princes. Today, I have been staying in Chen Cai's leisure for a long time, and the actions set by the doctors are not what Zhong Ni meant. Now Chu, a big country, has come to hire Confucius. When Confucius was used in Chu, it was dangerous for Chen and CAI to serve as officials. " So he and his disciples surrounded Confucius in the wild. No, no food. From the disease, Mo Nengxing. Confucius never fails to recite string songs. Zilu sullen see said: "gentleman also have poor?" Confucius said: "the gentleman is poor, the villain is poor, and there are too many."

interpretation

Confucius cut off food in the state of Chen, and all the people who followed him were hungry and sick, so they could not get up. Later, he referred to the plight of hunger and poverty as "in Chen's distress". It is also called "Zai Chen".

Analysis of Idioms

Chen Cai's misfortune

Chinese PinYin : zài chén zhī è