be weightier than mount tai(zhòng yú tài shān)

be weightier than mount tai

It's more important than Mount Tai. It's a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is zh ò ngy ú t à ISH ā n, which has great figurative function and value. From the book of Ren Shaoqing.

Analysis of Idioms

The synonym has been popular for thousands of years and the antonym is lighter than a feather

Idiom usage

The value of death or other examples is more important than Mount Tai. The 65th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

According to Sima Qian's report to Ren Shaoqing in the Han Dynasty, "a man's inherent death is heavier or lighter than Mount Tai."

Idiom story

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, a great historian of our country was born. He was Sima Qian. When he was young, Sima Qian was influenced by his father and read ancient books. At the age of 20, he traveled everywhere and collected a lot of information about ancient celebrities. Later, he was appointed as a doctor and could often travel with the emperor. In 110 years before the first year (the first year of Yuanfeng in the Western Han Dynasty), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty granted Mount Tai Zen for the first time. As a historian, Sima Qian's father should have come to Mount Tai to participate in the ceremony, but he stayed in Luoyang for some reason. He took part in Fengchan as an important event in his political life. Unable to travel eastward to attend the ceremony, he was extremely sorry and disappointed, and finally became ill and bedridden. At this time, it happened that Sima Qian came back from his travels to meet his father, so he held Sima Qian's hand and said with tears, "our ancestors were officials of the Zhou Dynasty, and our distant ancestors made great achievements in the Xia Dynasty, which was the strength of a hundred officials. Later generations gradually weakened. Is heaven going to be extinct to me? If you can succeed the official position of Taishi, you can inherit your ancestors. Now the emperor of the Han Dynasty has inherited the great rule of Fengchan in Mount Tai for thousands of years. Fengchan was granted in Mount Tai, but I can't go with it. It's predestined! After my death, you will certainly take over the official post of Taishi. As a Taishi, don't forget my desire to write books. " Shortly after his father's death, Sima Qian took over his post as a supreme historian. After making the Taishi order, Sima Qian read a lot of books and took a lot of notes. In 104 BC, he began to write historical records. And then, unfortunately, something happened. In this year, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guangli, general of the second division, to attack Xiongnu with 30000 troops. He lost a big battle and almost lost all the troops. Li Guangli fled back. Li Ling, Li Guang's grandson, served as a cavalry commander at that time and took 5000 infantry to fight against Xiongnu. Finally, Li Ling was captured by the Huns and surrendered. The news of Li Ling's surrender to Xiongnu shocked the court. Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty put Li Ling's mother, wife and children in prison, and summoned ministers to discuss Li Ling's crime. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked Sima Qian to listen to his opinions. Sima Qian said: "the infantry Li Ling took were less than 5000. He went deep into the enemy's hinterland and hit tens of thousands of enemies. Although he had lost the battle, he had killed so many enemies that he could account to all the people in the world. Li Ling didn't want to die at once. He must have an idea. He must also want to repay the emperor with atonement. " On hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that Sima Qian was defending Li Ling in this way. He was very angry and said, "don't you mean to oppose the imperial court by arguing for those who surrender to the enemy?" With a cry, he removed Sima from the prison and handed him over to Tingwei for interrogation. After interrogation, Sima Qian was convicted and should be punished with corruption (a kind of corporal punishment). Sima Qian couldn't pay for it, so he had to be punished and locked up in prison. Sima Qian thought that it was a shame to be punished by corruption, so he thought of suicide. But he also thought: Once upon a time, King Wen of Zhou was imprisoned in Guanli and wrote a Book of changes; Confucius was trapped in Chen CAI on his way around the world and later compiled a spring and Autumn annals; Qu Yuan was exiled and wrote Lisao; Zuo Qiuming was blind and wrote Guoyu; Sun Bin was gouged out of his knees and wrote Guoyu He wrote the art of war. There are also 300 pieces in the book of songs, most of which were written by the ancients in the mood of sadness and indignation. These famous works were written when the author was depressed or his ideal was not workable. Why don't I use this time to write this history book well? In this way, in order to complete the task of historical works, Sima Qian endured pain and wrote indignantly. Later, he was released from prison. After he was released from prison, he expressed his painful feelings after being punished in the book of reporting Ren an to his good friend Ren an, and mentioned his intention and determination to write historical records. It is in this famous letter that Sima Qian said: death is more important than Mount Tai or less than a feather. I can't die easily. The reason why I live with humiliation is to complete my own historical works. Sima Qian, relying on his strong willpower, wrote indignantly. After 13 years of hard work, he finally wrote the earliest general history of our country historical records. From the time of the Yellow Emperor in legend to the second year of Taishi (95 BC) of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, historical records has been compiled into 130 articles and 520000 words, covering politics, economy, culture, military and other aspects. Historical records is not only a great historical work, but also an outstanding literary work. He and his work historical records enjoy a high position in the history of history and literature of our country. Mr. Lu Xun called it "the masterpiece of historians, the Lisao without rhyme". Biography of Sima Qian Zuo Fengyi was born in Xiayang (now Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province). He lived in the era of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. Before and after that, he worked as a doctor, Taishiling, zhongshuling, etc. Later, Sima Qian was sentenced to corruption because he defended the surrender of Li Ling, a general who fought against the Huns, to the Huns. He was considered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to be deliberately belittling Li Guangli (Li Guangli was the brother of Emperor Wu's favorite concubine). In prison, he began to write a total of 130 historical records and 520000 words of historical records, including five parts of "Benji", "Shijia", "liezhuan", "Shu" and "Biao". In the record, he began to write Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and then went through Tang, Yu, Xia, Shang, Zhou and Qin Dynasties, and down to the Taichu period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.

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