adequate supply of foodstuffs and means of defense(zú shí zú bīng)

adequate supply of foodstuffs and means of defense

Food and soldiers, pronounced Z ú sh í Z ú B ī ng, is a Chinese idiom, which means sufficient food and military equipment. From Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius.

Analysis of Idioms

Food for all

The origin of Idioms

Yan Yuan, Analects of Confucius: "Zi Gong asked about politics. Confucius said: "enough food and enough soldiers, the people's trust."

Idiom usage

As a subject or object; of armaments.

Examples

In the biography of Jiang Wan in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that "when Liang Shu went out, Wan often provided food and soldiers." Yuan Zhen of Tang Dynasty wrote: "my country takes the place of the eleven saints to raise the population of hundreds of millions of people, and says that we can't eat enough, I'm very confused." Gong Zizhen in Qing Dynasty: how to settle the border with the border? He said: "usually, they don't pay salaries to the 17 provinces in the mainland, but they don't pay soldiers to the three provinces in the East.". How can it be done? They said, "enough food, enough soldiers." "Yu Shi Ming Yan. Vol.2-5. Yan pingzhong's two Taos killed three scholars:" the state of Chu has three rivers and five lakes. The place is thousands of miles, and the millet branch has been there for several years. It can serve as a country with enough food and soldiers. "In the draft of Geng Lu · Dai Tian Wan Qing's gratitude table written by Hu Fu of Song Dynasty," it's appropriate to think that holding the sword and holding the thunder is the thought of having enough soldiers and food; to herd horses and feed cattle is the policy of fighting and farming. " In Wang Kaiyun's book on military affairs with Zeng Shilang, it is said that "enough soldiers and enough food, strict punishment follows, and people will defend themselves."

Idioms and allusions

In the Analects of Confucius, Yan Yuan said, "Zi Gong asked about politics. Confucius said: enough food, enough soldiers, people's trust. Zi Gong said, "if you have to go, what's the first of the three? He said, "go to the army.". Zi Gong said: I have to go. What's the difference between them? He said, "go and eat.". Since ancient times, there has been death, and the people will not stand without faith. " Zi Gong asked Confucius how to govern the country. Confucius said that as long as there is sufficient food, sufficient combat readiness and people's trust. Zi Gong asked, if you have to remove one item, which one of the three items should be removed first? Confucius said: get rid of armaments. Zi Gong asked, if you have to remove one item, which one of the two items should be removed? Confucius said, get rid of grain. Since ancient times, people can not escape death, but without the trust of the people, nothing can be said.

Chinese PinYin : zú shí zú bīng