Death and posterity(zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng)

Death and posterity

To die is a Chinese idiom, pronounced in Pinyin as "zh ì zh ī s ǐ D ì é RH ò ush ē ng". It originally refers to that when the army is placed in a situation where it is impossible to retreat and only when it is dead, the soldiers will march forward bravely and kill the enemy to win. It later refers to that they can make up their mind and succeed by cutting off the retreat in advance. It's from nine places of Sun Tzu.

interpretation

Taoism, military philosophy. It used to mean that when an army was placed in a situation where it could not retreat and only died in battle, the soldiers would advance bravely and kill the enemy to win. The latter metaphor is that if you cut off the retreat in advance, you can make up your mind and achieve success.

The origin of Idioms

If you throw in the dead place, you will survive; if you sink in the dead place, you will live. "Nine places of Sun Tzu" Sun Tzu Yun: death and posterity. If the Wei soldiers had no way to draw water, would the Shu soldiers not fight to death? One can be a hundred. The ninety fifth chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty

Idiom story

During the period of Chu and Han Dynasties, Liu Bang sent generals Han Xin and Zhang Er to attack Zhao state, and Zhao Wang Xie and General Chen Yu led 200000 troops to fight in jingxingkou. Chen Yu didn't listen to Li zuoche's advice and fought hard with Han Xin. Han Xin deliberately killed him and later formed an array by the river. The soldiers fought against each other and fought bravely. Then they sent troops to capture Zhao's camp, kill Chen Yu and capture Zhao Wang Xie alive.

Examples of Idioms

If I don't strike first, I will be made by others. I will die later. I'll wait for my ears to die. Sun Yat Sen's speech on training revolutionary soldiers

Making sentences with idioms

Ancient China, a sleeping nation, was trampled to the ground by the enemy's iron hooves. Instead of breaking it, it woke it up. Instead of subduing it, it infuriated it. When it was in danger, numb people fell, shameful people braved, "sick man of East Asia".

Chinese PinYin : zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng