sell offices and barter ranks

sell offices and barter ranks

The Chinese idiom, f à NGU à NY à Ju é in pinyin, means to sell officials and barons to collect property. It comes from the biography of Sima Rui in the book of Wei.

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym for selling official positions

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Sima Rui in the book of Wei, it is said that "the soldiers' food and capital are stored up for private accumulation; the merchants' officials and nobility are powerful and wanton."

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; used in officialdom. Examples: soldiers store food and money for private accumulation; peddlers of officials and barons dominate all cities. Wei Shu · biography of Sima Rui