Master of the North Road

Master of the North Road

Beidao host, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ě ID à ozh ǔ R é n, which means the host who receives passers-by on Beidao. It comes from the biography of Deng Chen in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Deng Chen in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "the northern capital of Luoyang was changed, and Chen was the prefect of Changshan. Wang Lang will be against, Guangwu from Jizou letter, morning also between the line will be in Julu, from please from hit Handan. Guangwu said: "Wei Qing (Deng Chen) is better to take a county as my master than to follow me."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; of the host. In Song Hongmai's essay on Rong Zhai, master of Beidao, Wei Qing said, "it's better to take a county as master of Beidao."