lose at sunrise and gain at sunset(shī zhī dōng yú，shōu zhī sāng yú)

lose at sunrise and gain at sunset

Lost in the East, received in the Sangyu is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ī zh ī D ō ngy ú, sh ō UZH ī s ā ngy ú, originally refers to the first loss in one place, the last gain in another. The metaphor begins to fail on one side and ends up winning on the other.

The research shows that Zhengzhou is in the East and Kaifeng is in Sangyu. East corner also refers to morning, Sangyu also refers to dusk.

Idiom explanation

(1) east corner: the east corner, the house, refers to the source of the east sun, refers to the morning, refers to the beginning. ② Mulberry and elm: refers to mulberry and elm, corresponding to the East, and refers to the woods in the west, which means dusk. [frequency of use]: more use [synonym]: a blessing in disguise, what you know is not a blessing in disguise [English]: losetsunrise and gainatsunset [usage]: complex sentence type; participle; commendatory meaning [philosophical implication]: the universal principle of contradiction

The origin of Idioms

Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote the seventh biography of Feng Yizhuan in Volume 17 of the book of the later Han Dynasty: "in the book of the seal, Lao Yi said:" the red eyebrows are broken and the officials are hard-working. Although they hang their wings back to the stream at the beginning, they can finally stride in the pool. It can be said that "the lost is the east corner, and the harvest is the mulberry elm.". In response to the great merit, Fang said Li Xian of Tang Dynasty notes: "Huainanzi" says, "as for Hengyang, it is called Yuzhong." In the former book, Gu Ziyun said, "Taibai came out of the West 60 days ago, and the law should be towering; now it has expired, and it is still idle in Sangyu." Sangyu is called late. Note: in the east corner, the place where the sun first rises refers to the East, also refers to the beginning of things; in Sangyu, the place where the sun sets at dusk, also refers to the final result of things. Huixi is at the junction of Qin, Jin and Henan, which is the east gate of Shaanxi. Mianchi is in Henan, which is located to the east of Huixi. Obviously, it does not mean "failure in the west, and victory in the East". Therefore, Liu Xiu's imperial edict Feng Yi's words should mean "failure at first, and victory at last".

Idioms and allusions

In the autumn of 25 A.D., Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty established the regime of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Then, Liu Xiu pointed to the red eyebrow uprising. In the spring of 26 A.D., when Chang'an was short of grain, the hundreds of thousands of red eyebrow troops led by fan Chong had to turn westward to attack the city. However, they were blocked by kaihuo, who occupied Tianshui County, and had to return to Chang'an. By this time, Chang'an had been occupied by Liu Xiu and Deng Yu. After a fierce battle, the red eyebrow army defeated Deng Yu and occupied Chang'an again in September. In the winter of this year, the food supply of the red eyebrow army was still extremely difficult, so they had to lead troops eastward in December. On the one hand, Liu Xiu sent General Feng Yi to lead his troops westward to stop the red eyebrow army in Huayin (southeast of Huayin, Shaanxi); on the other hand, he stationed heavy troops in Xin'an (east of Mianchi, Henan) and Yiyang (West of Yiyang, Henan), cutting off the road of the red eyebrow army returning to the East. Feng Yi led the West Route Army and spent more than 60 days with the red eyebrow army in Huayin and Huxian. Deng Yu, who had been defeated many times by the red eyebrow army, led his troops to Hu county to join Feng Yi's troops. Deng Yu wanted to win, so he sent Deng Hong to attack the red eyebrow army first, and was beaten by the red eyebrow army. Deng Yu and Feng Yi led the main rescue force, and were defeated by the red eyebrow army in Huixi (northwest of Yiyang, Henan). Deng Yu fled back to Yiyang with only 24 horses, while Feng Yi abandoned his horses and only took a few people to walk back to Xiban and fled back to the camp. In the first month of 27 A.D., the red eyebrow army was defeated by Feng Yi in GuDi (Lizhuang village, Mianchi County, Henan Province) and suffered heavy losses. The rest of the rebels turned southeast, only to be surrounded by Liu Xiu in Yiyang. After hard fighting, the red eyebrow army was unable to break through. Fan Chong and others surrendered to Liu Xiu when they tried their best to run out of grain. After the end of the battle, Liu Xiu issued an imperial edict called "Lao Feng Yi Zhao". Among them, there are a few sentences like this: "at first I suffered setbacks in Huixi, and finally I won in Mianchi. This is the so-called defeat in the east of sunrise and victory in the west of sunset. " (the original text is: "although the beginning of the hanging wings back to the stream, eventually can wing Mianchi.". It can be said that if we lose, we will gain. " Later, people quoted the idiom "lost in the East, reaped in the Sangyu" to describe the failure here and the victory there. In the golden inscription of Li Zhen, the king of Wu was in charge of business, and he was only able to accept the song of Zhou Dynasty. He has always been a businessman. Xin Wei, Wang CAI (in the East Yu), Yi (in the West) and Yi (in the West) were the masters of Yi, and they were the masters of Yi. In Jinwen Shangshu jinteng, Zhou Gong lived in the East for two years, and the sinner was si de. After that, Gong was a poet to Yiwang, named "Owl". The king did not dare to mock him. In the ancient book of history, the life of Weizi, the king ordered Tang Shu to return to Duke Zhou in the East and write Guihe. In Yishu Zuoluo, the king of Wu Ke Yin established his son Lu Fu to keep the business worship. He built uncle Guan in the East and uncle CAI in Yin to supervise the officials of Yin. "Dong" may be Dongyu's Yi Shu Da Kuang, but there are three sacrificial rites. Wang is in charge, Guan Shu is the supervisor of Yin, Hou Xian of Dongyu is granted to Wang, and Wang nailu is the governor of Dongyu. According to laofeng Yizhao written by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu, "although you hang your wings to return to the stream at the beginning, you can finally rise to the Mianchi lake. It can be said that the loss is the east corner and the gain is the mulberry elm. " Huixi is in Tongguan, Mianchi is in Luoyang, that is, Huixi is in the west, Mianchi is in the East, that is, the east corner is in the west, and Sangyu is in the East. Liu Xiu was born in Jiyang County, Chenliu county. He must have heard many local legends when he was a child. Kongsang is a small village, only 3 kilometers away from Chenliu Town, 35 kilometers southeast of Kaifeng. Historically, it belonged to Chenliu for thousands of years. Now it is under the jurisdiction of Gegang Town, Qixian County, 13 kilometers west of Qixian County. According to historical records, Jiang Yuwang, the last leader of Emperor Yan's Shennong regime, was born here. That is to say, Zhengzhou is in the East and Kaifeng is in Sangyu. "Dongyu" may be Dongbo, which is different from Yanshi in Xibo. Zheng Xuan said: "the people of Tang's old capital who served Wen Wang were divided into three cities. He lived in danger for a long time, so he was named Sakyamuni. It covers Chenggao (Zhengzhou) in the East, Fuyuan (Dengfeng) in the South and Jianggu (Yanshi) in the West Zheng Xuan's explanation is right. Wang Bo's preface to Tengwang Pavilion: "the eastern corner is gone, but Sangyu is not late". Quote this quotation.

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as object and clause; used to admonish people

Examples of Idioms

Example 1

(cold eye view Chapter 20 by Wang Junqing of the Qing Dynasty): "who knows that old lady Qi is still a thief. She wants to 'lose the east corner and get the mulberry and elm'. She dares to go to a big shop in Xiaogan county and still do it. This time, he is full of evil and reveals himself. "

Example 2

The change of Gucheng, I still refuse to treat his crime, still hope him "~". (Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.2, Chapter 19)

Example 3

Although Beihai is on credit, it is not too late for Sangyu. (preface to Tengwang Pavilion by Wang Bo)

Chinese PinYin : shī zhī dōng yú，shōu zhī sāng yú