Zheng Zhaosong deaf(zhèng zhāo sòng lóng)

Zheng Zhaosong deaf

Zheng zhaosongling, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh è ngzh ā OS ò NGL ó ng, which means different metaphors. From Zuo Zhuan, the 14th year of Xuangong.

The origin of Idioms

In the fourteenth year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan, the emperor of Chu appointed Shen Zhou to Qi, saying, "there is no false way in Song Dynasty." He also made his son Feng work in Jin Dynasty, not in Zheng Dynasty. Shen Zhou attacked the Song Dynasty with the battle of Mencius and Zhu Zhu, saying: "Zheng Zhao and song are deaf, Jin envoys will not hurt, and I will die." Wang said, "if you kill a girl, I'll kill her." See the rhinoceros. And Song Dynasty, Song people stop it It's killing. "

Idiom usage

Zheng Zhaosong is deaf, one is to avoid suffering, the other is to call for disaster. Kang Youwei's the fifth book of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

Original allusion

The son of Chu appointed Shen Zhou to Qi and said, "there is no false way in Song Dynasty." He also made his son Feng work in Jin Dynasty, not in Zheng Dynasty. Shen Zhou attacked the Song Dynasty with the battle of Meng Zhu, saying: "Zheng Zhao and song are deaf, Jin envoys will not harm, and I will die." The king said, "kill the girl, I will cut it." See the rhinoceros. When it comes to the Song Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty stop it and kill it. Zuo Zhuan, the 14th year of Xuangong

Translation of allusions

King Chuzhuang sent Shenzhou to visit the state of Qi, saying, "don't borrow the road from the state of song." At the same time, King Zhuang of Chu and his son Feng visited the state of Jin and refused to borrow the road from the state of Zheng. Because Shen Zhou offended the song state when he was hunting in Meng Zhu, he said to King Zhuang of Chu, "the state of Zheng is clear, the state of song is confused; the envoys going to Jin will not be hurt, but I will be killed." The king of Chu said, "if I kill you, I will attack the state of song." Shen Zhou entrusted his son Shen Xi to the king of Chu and set out. When Shenzhou arrived in the state of song, the state of song detained him. Hua Yuan said: "to pass through our country without borrowing roads from us is to regard our territory as the border town of Chu. If we regard our country as the border town of Chu, we will be subjugated. If you kill the envoys of the state of Chu, the state of Chu will attack us. Attacking us is also a subjugation. Anyway, it's the same subjugation. " So he killed Shenzhou. In the summer of 595 B.C., the state of Zheng was dissatisfied with the state of Jin for helping Chu in the battle of Yingdi (zhengdi in the spring and Autumn period, located in the north of Xingyang in today's city). He also informed the vassal states that they would go abroad to hold a large-scale military parade and then return home. This is a conspiracy, the purpose is to put pressure on Zheng, forcing Zheng to submit. When Zheng Xianggong heard the news, he was very afraid and wanted Chu's help. In addition to sending hostages to Chu, Zheng Xianggong personally went to Chu to discuss how to deal with Jin's invasion. Because the troops had to go through the state of song, the state of Chu had some doubts, so in order to test the loyalty of Zheng and song, King Zhuang of Chu sent two envoys to visit Zheng and song respectively. He sent his son Feng as an envoy to the state of Jin, because he wanted to go through the state of Zheng, and Shen Zhou as an envoy to the state of Qi, because he wanted to go through the state of song. At the same time, the king of Zhuang explained that no matter whether he had passed the Song Dynasty or Zheng Dynasty, he should not borrow from them, just pass by. However, Shen Zhou, a senior official, was uneasy because he had offended the state of song in the battle of Meng Zhu (in the spring and Autumn period and Song Dynasty, in the northeast of Shangqiu). He said to King Zhuang, "Zheng people are wise, Song people are confused. Prince Feng will be safe, but I will surely die! " King Zhuang replied, "if I kill you, I will send troops to attack immediately." As Shen Zhou expected, Feng, the son of Zheng, passed through Zheng smoothly, but he became a ghost of another country. It turned out that Shen Zhou knew that his trip was difficult, so he entrusted his son to King Zhuang and went to the state of Qi. When passing by the state of song, the motorcade was intercepted by the song army. Hua Yuan, an important Minister of the state of song, was very angry because he didn't communicate with the state of song and crossed the border without permission. He said, "if you pass by the state of song, you don't ask to borrow the road. It's clear that you regard the state of song as the county of the state of Chu. It's no different from the subjugation of the state. If you kill Shenzhou, the state of Chu will attack the state of song. Anyway, it's all subjugation! " So he killed Shen Zhou. It was this wrong decision that brought an avoidable war to the state of song. due to "Zheng Zhaosong deaf", the two countries have different treatment methods, resulting in two different results. One messenger is safe, while the other is dead. Even the sage Confucius said that the state of Zheng was a model of communication with great powers. Of course, "Zheng Zhaosong deaf" is also recorded in history as an idiom story. According to the dictionary, "Zhao is bright; deaf is dark." So "Zheng Zhaosong deaf" means that Zheng people are intelligent and understand reason, while Song people are not. In this way, the reason why the state of Zheng, as a small vassal state in the spring and Autumn period, was able to thrive and be superior to others was obviously inseparable from the tradition of Zheng people's wisdom and diplomacy.

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