No one knows a son better than his father.(zhī zǐ mò ruò fù)

No one knows a son better than his father.

In the spring and Autumn period, the second son of Fan Li, the Prime Minister of the state of Yue, killed a man in the state of Chu. He was sentenced to death by the state of Chu and decided to be executed after autumn. After hearing the news, Fan Li quickly prepared a thousand taels of gold and a letter asking his youngest son to come to the state of Chu to ask his brother, the Prime Minister of Chu, to help him.

The eldest son was very angry after hearing this, so he asked his father why he was not allowed to go for such an important thing. Fan Li said to him, "if you are sent, there is no doubt that your second younger brother will die. Only when you go can you save your second younger brother. "The eldest son was even more unconvinced:" with gifts and letters, why can't I do it? "Fan Li couldn't resist him, so he had to let him go and told him not to bring back the gift, no matter whether it could be done or not.

No one knows a son better than his father.

Mo: No. If: like. from Guan Zi Da Kuang: "know son more than father, know minister more than King." The Father knows his son best idiom structure idiom ancient idiom common idiom emotional neutral idiom

allusion

When Fan Li's eldest son arrived in the state of Chu, he quickly met the prime minister and presented gifts and letters. The next day, the prime minister, on the pretext that there would be natural disasters in the state of Chu, played a song that the king of Chu released the prisoners in custody to avoid the disaster. After hearing this, the king of Chu ordered a general amnesty. When Fan Li's eldest son heard that his younger brother had been released, he thought, "why do you lose this thousand taels of gold in vain?" so he went back to the prime minister to get it back. The Prime Minister of the state of Chu was very angry, so he said to the king of Chu, "Your Majesty granted amnesty to the whole world. It was meant to relieve the disaster. Unexpectedly, someone said that I was bribed by Fan Li and proposed amnesty for Fan Li's son. If we let him go, the people's anger will not be appeased. "When the king of Chu heard this, he ordered that Fan Li's son be beheaded. When his head fell to the ground, Fan Li's youngest son's coffin just arrived. Why can Fan Li predict things like God? It turned out that his eldest son was born in poverty. Having experienced hardships since childhood, he knows that money is not easy to get, but his youngest son was born after he developed. He has always been a spendthrift, and he doesn't care about a thousand taels of gold at all. So he knew that his eldest son would not be able to do it. You'd better ask his father about him!

Chinese PinYin : zhī zǐ mò ruò fù