outmaneuver the enemy over glasses of wine(zhé chōng zūn zǔ)

outmaneuver the enemy over glasses of wine

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh é ch ō ngz ū NZ ǔ, which means to defeat the enemy in the banquet negotiation without force. It comes from "the Warring States strategy · the five strategies of Qi".

The origin of Idioms

In the fifth chapter of Qi CE in the Warring States period, it is said that "this minister's so-called comparison hall, the bird general's house, the city between the zunzu, and the person on the table."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: Zhechong, zunzu, Zhechong

Idiom usage

Used as predicate, object, attribute; used in writing. Example seven of Miscellaneous Poems by Zhang Xie of Jin Dynasty: "why fight? There are strange soldiers in the hall. The victory lies in the two couplets." Li Han of Tang Dynasty wrote in the wall record of Sima ting in Huainan Jiedu March: "he was good at fighting without fighting, but when the army was chatting and laughing, he was at leisure. It's a time in modern and ancient times." Song Dynasty Zhao Shixia's "water melody song head (Ding has been Changsha Shouwang sushi)": the spring melts the flowers and willows, and the pot Cup. Two generations of Lin Fu Yujie, nine county grace wind Huiyu, benevolent longevity. The Phoenix imperial edict came to danque and embroidered the dragon to worship Mingguang. Chapter 6 of "the flowers of the evil sea": "finally, there is no other compensation for cutting the land, which has been his great achievement. The Chinese should remember it!"

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Jin, a powerful country in the Central Plains, planned to attack Qi. In order to explore the situation of Qi, fan Zhao, a senior official of Jin pinggong, sent an envoy to Qi. The grand banquet of qijinggong entertains fan Zhao. During the dinner, when everyone was drunk, fan Zhao said to Qi Jinggong: "king, please give me a drink." Qi Jinggong said to the people around him, "pour the wine into my glass and take it." Fan Zhao took it and drank it down. When Yan Ying saw it, he sternly ordered his courtiers to say, "throw away this wine glass and give the king another one." According to the etiquette at that time, at the banquet, the king and the minister used their own wine cups. Fan Zhao's deliberate violation of etiquette is to test the reaction of the monarchs and ministers of Qi, but Yan Ying finds out. Fan Zhao reported to the Duke of Jin Ping after he returned home: "now is not the best time to attack the state of Qi. I tested the reaction of the monarchs and ministers of Qi, and Yan Ying found out." Fan Zhao thinks that Qi has such a good official, so to fight like this, there is absolutely no certainty of victory. This is the origin of the allusion to compromise. Confucius praised Yan Ying's diplomacy and said, "you can't get out of the bottle and go thousands of miles away."

Chinese PinYin : zhé chōng zūn zǔ