The evil of being king

The evil of being king

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f é NGJ ū nzh ī è, which means catering to the fatuous ruler and leading him to do bad things. It comes from Mencius · Gaozi Xia written by Mencius Ke in pre Qin Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius · Gaozi Xia, written by Mencius Ke in the pre Qin period, said: "the evil of a long monarch is small, and the evil of a good monarch is big."

Idiom usage

Song Sushi's forty six poems on History: to create the evil of the Southwest Barbarians, to suffer from their parents' country, is to restore the beauty of their cars and clothes. "Niannujiao · Shuchuan Three Gorges" by Cao Guan of Song Dynasty: women are shamed to seek media, and Kuang Shen is clear and upright. How can they lightly frame up? Song Yu's Ci Fu is despicable! The twenty second volume of Feng Menglong's "ancient and modern novels" in Ming Dynasty: "at that time, there was a sycophant minister who wanted to be the king's evil. He advised him to be extravagant and lustful and to punish loyal ministers."