travel through all the kingdoms(zhōu yuó liè guó)

travel through all the kingdoms

Travel around the world, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ō uy ó Uli è Gu ó, originally refers to Kong Qiu with his students to travel around many countries at that time, hoping to be reused in order to promote Confucian political ideas; later refers to everywhere. From the annals of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Notes on Idioms

Travel around: all over the world. Column: each (vassal state).

The origin of Idioms

In Cao Yuzhang's "up and down five thousand years: Confucius travels around the world", the students of Confucius said: "if you don't do business, let's go!" After that, Confucius left the state of Lu and took a group of students to travel around the world, hoping to find a chance to implement his political ideas. "

Idiom usage

As a predicate or object; of travel. example Bian que goes deep into the folk, travels around the world, and changes according to the customs to relieve the suffering of people's diseases. Tao Zhu's lofty ideal chapter 78 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty and Cai Yuanfang of Qing Dynasty. When he travels around the world, his disciples are all over the world. The monarch admires his name, which is taboo by the powerful and the dignitaries, but he can't use it.

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period, Confucius led his students to study in various vassal states. Because Confucius's ideas were difficult to practice in troubled times, they were ignored in all countries. Once Confucius and his disciples separated, Confucius stayed at the East Gate in a daze. Zigong asked Zheng people where Confucius was. Zheng Guoren said that there was an old man beside the East Gate who was in a daze like a lost dog. in the second year of Duke AI of Lu (Confucius was 59 years old), Confucius left the state of Wei, passed through Cao, song and Zheng, and lived in the state of Chen for three years. Wu attacked Chen and the war was in chaos. Confucius left with his disciples. People in the state of Chu heard that Confucius had arrived at the junction of Chen and CAI and sent people to meet him. The officials of the states of Chen and Cai knew that Confucius had an opinion on what they had done, and they were afraid that Confucius would be reused in the state of Chu, which would be harmful to them. So they sent laborers to surround Confucius' teachers and disciples in the middle of the road. They did not rely on the village in front of them, and they did not rely on the shop in the back. They ate up all the food they had brought, and they were deprived of food for seven days. Finally, Zigong found the people of Chu, and Chu sent soldiers to welcome Confucius, so Confucius' teachers and disciples could not die. Confucius returned to the state of Wei at the age of 64. At the age of 68, with the efforts of his disciple ran Qiu, he was welcomed back to the state of Lu, but he was still respected. Confucius traveled from the state of Lu to the states of Wei, Cao, song, Qi, Zheng, Jin, Chen, CAI and Chu. Now the general route is Qufu - Heze - Changyuan - Shangqiu - Xiayi - Huaiyang - Zhoukou - Shangcai - Luoshan, and then return the same way. From 55 to 68 years old, Confucius took some of his close disciples and spent more than ten years traveling around the state of Lu. According to the road map marked in the book "Confucius historical atlas", Confucius traveled to Wei, Cao, song, Zheng, Chen, CAI and Chu. It's not rare to say, but most of them are small countries in the spring and Autumn period. Chu is a big country, but Confucius only reached the border of Chu. Confucius also planned to go west to the state of Jin, but because of the bad situation, he just sighed on the edge of the Yellow River, "beautiful! The water is so great that if the hills are not good enough, they will die! " In the end, not even the Yellow River.

Chinese PinYin : zhōu yuó liè guó