forget honour at the prospect of profits

forget honour at the prospect of profits

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Ji à NL à w à ngy à. It comes from the biography of Fan Li, tengguan, Fu Jin and Zhou in Hanshu.

Citation explanation

When you see a profit, you ignore morality. In the book of Han Dynasty, Fan Li, Teng Guan, Fu Jin and Zhou Zhuan: "a man who sells friends is a man who forgets his righteousness when he sees profit." In the book of Jin, the queen of civilization, the empress of the imperial concubines said: "the meeting (Zhonghui) forgets righteousness when it comes to profit. It is good for trouble. If it is spoiled, it will be chaotic. It is not a big responsibility." Wang Bo of the Tang Dynasty's preface to sending Jie to Taixue: if you don't express your feelings, if you don't do anything extraordinary, if you don't move lightly, if you forget what you're doing, even if you go up one step and do half a step, how can you rely on it! The third chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: a man who lives in the same hometown with Lu Bu knows that he is brave and willess and forgets his righteousness for profit. Some with three inch eloquence, said Lu Bu bow hand to fall. Shao can of Ming Dynasty: he was born with heroism. He was born with the family background of Zanying In his whole life, he only relies on the official to support the situation. He should be aware that he is not benevolent for the sake of wealth and will forget his righteousness for the sake of profit.

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, object and attribute

Idioms and allusions

At the end of Qin Dynasty, Li Shang set up his army in Gaoyang and surrendered to Liu Bang. He handed over his 4000 troops to Liu Bang, and made a lot of contributions. After Liu Bang became the emperor, he became the right prime minister, which was highly valued by the imperial court. Later, he retired at home. After Liu Bang died, the power fell to empress Lu. She made her nephews LV Guang and LV Lu king, intending to turn the world of the Liu family into that of the LV family. After empress Lu died, the people of the Lu family were ready to move. Seeing a coup was about to take place, all the ministers of the Han Dynasty were sweating. Chen Ping, the prime minister, and Zhou Bo, the Taiwei, held urgent consultations to discuss countermeasures, and finally decided that in order to quell the disaster, the Lu family must be exterminated. However, the military power at that time was in the hands of Lu Lu, who was in charge of the northern army. Although Zhou Bo was the highest general in name, he could not dispatch troops if he could not get the talisman. Zhou Bo and Chen Ping thought for a long time, and they wanted to take advantage of Li Ji, Li Shang's son, who was a good friend with Lu Lu to get rid of Lu Lu. Zhou Bo first hijacked Li Shang and threatened Li Ji to lead LV Lu to seize the talisman. LV Lu obeyed Li Ji's advice and went out hunting to distract him. Zhou Bo seized the talisman and seized the opportunity to control the northern army. Then he killed all the LV family. Li Shang died shortly after the incident of killing Lu. Li Ji succeeded his father's title because of his great achievements. Later, the history book commented on Li Ji, saying that he betrayed his friends when he saw that it was profitable. He was a man without morality and justice.