not to wake the fowls or dogs

not to wake the fowls or dogs

Even the chickens and dogs were not disturbed or were safe.

Peng guinian of Song Dynasty wrote ten poems of Zhang Jingyin in Zhitang collection on 18th birthday: "Weng is happy when he sees a smile, but he is not frightened by chickens and dogs. He has a lot of benevolence."

interpretation

It means that the march was well disciplined, even the chickens and dogs were not disturbed, and it also means that it was safe.

source

Peng guinian of Song Dynasty wrote ten poems of Zhang Jingyin in Zhitang collection on 18th birthday: "Weng is happy when he sees a smile, but he is not frightened by chickens and dogs. He has a lot of benevolence." Xu Zhonglin's the romance of the gods in Ming Dynasty: "King Wen and Ziya set out to fight. All the way, the father and the old met each other, and the chickens and dogs were not frightened. " Biography of sun CE in the annals of the Three Kingdoms: when sun CE crossed the river to fight, he was defeated in all directions. He did not dare to take the lead. However, the army ordered the purge, which was cherished by the people. Notes and quotations from the biography of Jiang Biao: in the end, the soldiers were ordered not to invade the army, but the chickens, the dogs and the vegetables did nothing. The people were very happy and competed to serve the army with cattle and wine.

example sentence

The people's Liberation Army has strict discipline and has never committed any crime wherever it goes.