Banzhu fanniu

Banzhu fanniu

Banzhu fanniu is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is B ǎ nzh ù f à NNI ú, which means that later it was regarded as the code of the humble family background of the virtuous officials.

Idiom explanation

Plate building, build walls; rice cattle, feed cattle. Later, he regarded it as a code of virtue and humble birth.

Idioms and allusions

It is said in Shuo Shuo Ming Shang that Fu Shuo, the sage of Shang Dynasty, was built in Fu Yan, and Wu Ding used it as Xiang. "Lu's spring and Autumn Annals · Ju Nan" records: in the spring and Autumn period, the sage of the state of Wei Ning Qi sang under the ox cart and buckled the horn of the ox, but the Duke of Huan was different and worshipped as the prime minister. When we look at each other from ancient times to modern times, we can see that the setting is like riding on the stars, which is different from that of my husband. Liu Yuxi, Tang Dynasty

Idiom story

Wuding of the Yin Dynasty suffered from successive years of famine after he came to power. Inspired by his dream, he found Fu Shuo, who built the wall by Fu Yan, and appointed him as the Prime Minister of the state. From then on, the state of Yin was ruled. In the spring and Autumn period, Duke Huan of Qi met Ning Qi who was feeding cattle at the gate of the city in order to meet the envoys sent by the emperor of Zhou. He thought he had a genius, so he worshipped him as prime minister. Banzhu fanniu was mentioned in Mencius' farewell to Mencius and Huainan's Zi Dao Ying Xun, which later called his humble birth. According to the biography of the Lord's father of Marquis Pingjin in the historical records, "Bu Shi tried to be a ruminant, Hongyang was promoted to Jia Li, Wei Qing was a slave, RIYUAN was a descendant, and Si was also a friend of banjianniu in the past.