Angry fist without laughing face

Angry fist without laughing face

Paraphrase: don't bully a person with a pleasant attitude.

In ancient times, there was a play with "angry fist and smiling face" in Jianghuai. Both sides wore masks to act like warriors of Hu people, one playing "angry fist" and the other playing "smiling face". (please refer to song Gaocheng's "the history of things: game and frolic") there is a saying in Zen that "angry fists don't make faces laugh." continued biography of lanterns, Quanzhou yuntaiyin Zen master: "monk asked: what is the family tradition of a monk? The teacher said, "don't laugh when you are angry." It is often used in later proverbs, which means that an angry person does not fight with a smiling face. For example, chapter 72 of Jin Ping Mei's Ci Hua: "if he has money, just let him say a few words. As the saying goes, "angry fists don't smile. Nowadays, he is still a flatterer. He does business with a large sum of money, and he is also very kind." It is also called "angry fist losing smiling face". For example, the 27th chapter of outlaws of the Marsh: "since ancient times, the angry fist lost the smiling face, and the etiquette always served the evil. Only because of the true man's courage, he subdued the fierce and stubborn mother yecha. " Since ancient times, he has never hurt you. If you have money, how can you just beat him? (Chapter 96 of Jin Ping Mei CI Hua by Xiaosheng, Lan Ling, Ming Dynasty)