Dogbane

Dogbane

Gouxijiusuan is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is g ǒ u è Ji ǔ Su ā n, which means it refers to the dangerous environment and makes people stagnate. From Han Shi waizhuan.

The origin of Idioms

Volume 7 of Han Ying's Han Shi waizhuan: "people who have market wine and are very beautiful have a very long table, but the wine is sour and not sold. What's the reason? Li people said, "the male dog is very fierce, but if a man wants to go with a weapon, the dog will always meet him and bite him, because he will not sell wine and acid."

Idiom usage

Serial verb; attributive; derogatory

Idiom story

There is a wine seller in the state of song. The quantity is enough, the hospitality is respectful, and the wine is mellow. Moreover, there is a lot of wine hanging in front of the shop, but the wine can't be sold, and it turns sour. He felt very strange, so he asked old man Yang Qian, a neighbor who knew a lot about it. Yang Qian said: "the dog in your shop is very fierce, isn't it?" he asked puzzledly: "the dog is fierce, so why can't the wine be sold?" Yang Qian said: "people are afraid! Some people send their children, put money on them, take the pot and go to drink. But your dog bares its teeth and rushes out to bite people. Who dares to come to you to buy wine? That's why you can't sell your wine. " There are also such vicious dogs in the country. Talented people want to give them to the king with the skill of governing the country. Those ministers rush out to bite like vicious dogs. That's why the king seldom gets help, and those talented people can't get wisdom. This article tells the story of the vicious dog guarding the door, which makes it difficult to sell good wine. It tells the truth of governing the country: if the wicked are in charge, good ideas will be difficult to implement, and the wise will be hard to reuse. The author starts from the common life phenomenon and uses vivid metaphor to deduce the important truth, which is both profound and convincing.