have neither learning nor skill

have neither learning nor skill

No learning, no skill, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù Xu é w ú sh ù, which means that there is no knowledge, so there is no way, now refers to no knowledge, no ability. It comes from the biography of Huo Guang in the history of Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] illiterate and ignorant; antonym] erudite and versatile

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's biography of Huo guangzhuan in the book of Han in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "however, the light does not learn the technique of death, but the dark is in Dali." There is no dead sound. Learning is the study of five classics. Shuyin Shuo, the ancient books are mostly false, Shu is Shuo, which means Huo Guang doesn't have the power of officialdom. Nowadays, most people regard the technique of ignorance as a method, which means they don't know the ancient prose but look up to the meaning of the text.

Idiom usage

They all say that his person is a good one, but it's a pity that he has made the mistake of "～". The 56th chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom

Idioms and allusions

Allusion 1

In the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, general Huo Guang was an important minister in the imperial court, which was deeply trusted by Emperor Wu. Before his death, Emperor Wu entrusted his young son Liu Fuling (emperor Zhao) to Huo Guang. After the death of emperor Zhao, Huo Guang made Liu Xun Emperor (Emperor Xuan). Huo Guang had been in power for more than 40 years and made great contributions to the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty. After Liu Shen succeeded to the throne, he made Princess Xu queen. Huo Xian, Huo Guang's wife, is a woman who is greedy for wealth. She wants to marry her little daughter Chengjun to Liu Xun as Queen. She takes the opportunity of empress Xu's illness to bribe a female doctor to poison empress Xu. The poison plot was exposed and the woman doctor was sent to prison. Huo Guang didn't know about it. When it came out, Huo Xiancai told him. Huo Guang was very frightened and accused his wife of not doing such things. He also wanted to denounce, but he couldn't bear to see his wife punished. After thinking about it, he concealed this outrageous thing. After Huo Guang died, someone reported the case to Emperor Xuan, who sent someone to investigate and deal with it. When Huo Guang's wife heard about it, she discussed with her family and confidants about the countermeasures and decided to call on the clansmen to plot a rebellion. But she didn't want to let the wind out. Emperor Xuan sent troops to surround the Huo family and cut off all the family members. Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, commented on Huo Guang's merits and demerits in his biography of Huo Guang. He said that he was "ignorant and inexperienced, which is better than Dali", which means that Huo Guang didn't study and had no knowledge, so he didn't know the truth about the overall situation.

Allusion 2

At the beginning of his life, Zhang Yong was in Chengdu, where he heard about the minister, and said to his staff, "Kou Gong is very talented, but I'm sorry for his lack of scholarship." It is of great significance to be able to go out of Shaanxi, to chant from Chengdu, and to be strict in paying accounts. Chant will go, quasi send suburbs, asked: "how to teach accurate?" Chanting Xu said: "the biography of Huo Guang can't be ignored." He said with a smile, "this Duke Zhang is me." At first, when Zhang Yong was in Chengdu, he heard that Kou Zhun was the prime minister. He said to his subordinates, "Kou Gong is a genius, but he is not good at learning and power." When Kouzhun was sent to shaanzhou, Zhang Yong just returned from Chengdu. Kouzhun respectfully provided tents and hospitality. When Zhang Yong was about to leave, Kou Zhun sent him to the suburbs and asked him, "what did you teach me?" Zhang Yong said slowly: "the biography of Huo Guang must be read." Kou didn't understand what he meant. He came back to get the book and read it. When he read "no learning and no skill", he said with a smile, "that's what Zhang Gong said about me."