stratagem of " kill him through his way

stratagem of " kill him through his way

Jia Dao Mie Guo, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à D à OMI è Gu ó, which means to destroy the country in the name of borrowing road. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the second year of Duke Fu.

Notes on Idioms

False: borrow; Dao: road; Guo: feudal states in the spring and Autumn period, in today's Shanxi Pinglu and Henan Sanmenxia area.

The origin of Idioms

In Zuo Zhuan, the second year of Duke Fu, it is said that "in the Jin Dynasty, Xunzi should take advantage of Qu's production, and take advantage of Chuji's Bi, and make a false path to Yu to cut Guo."

Idiom usage

To destroy the country in the name of borrowing roads. You should pay attention to his tricks.

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Duke Xian of Jin wanted to borrow the road from the state of Yu to attack the state of Guo. At the same time, he sent BMW and valuable gifts to the state of Yu. The king of the state of Yu was greedy for money. Gong Zhiqi, a senior official, dissuaded him and said, "Guo State is a close neighbor of the state of Yu, and its demise will inevitably lead to the demise of the state of Yu." The monarch of the state of Yu did not listen to the advice and promised the Jin army to cross the border. As a result, the state of Jin destroyed the state of Guo and Yu immediately.