act of one 's own free will

act of one 's own free will

In Chinese, Pinyin is g è Z ì w é izh è ng, which means to act according to one's own opinions and not cooperate with each other. The metaphor is that we do not consider the overall situation, but each has its own set. From the book of songs Xiaoya jienanshan.

Idiom usage

The subject predicate type is used as the predicate. The adjectives do not match with each other. All the generals are powerful to the outside, but they are not united. History of the Three Kingdoms Wu Zhi Hu Zong Zhuan

The origin of Idioms

"The book of songs · Xiaoya · jienanshan" says: "do not serve the government, and serve the common people." In the second year of Xuangong in Zuozhuan: "in the past, the sheep was the government, but in today's affairs, I am the government."

Analysis of Idioms

They work together and take the overall situation into consideration

Idioms and allusions

In 607 BC, the state of Zheng sent troops to attack the state of song. The song faction changed Hua Yuan as commander-in-chief and led the song army to fight. Before the battle between the two armies, Hua Yuan killed sheep and rewarded soldiers to boost morale. In the confusion, he forgot to give his groom Yang Zhen a share, and Yang Zhen hated it. Has the final say, "when you are in charge of the chariot, you has the final say," With that, he deliberately drove the chariot to Zheng's position. As a result, Hua Yuan, the commander-in-chief of the song army, was so easily captured by Zheng Jun. The song army lost the commander in chief and suffered a tragic defeat.