govern the country without law

govern the country without law

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji é sh é ng é RZH ì, which originally means that there were no words in ancient times, and the world was governed by the method of tying a rope to record events. Later, it also refers to the utopian idea that the society is peaceful and there is no need to rule the country by law. It comes from the book of changes.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of changes, Xici Part 2: "in ancient times, the rule was made by tying a rope, and later sages changed it by writing a contract."

Idiom usage

In the Southern Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Liu Yiqing's "new sayings of the world · pinzao", it is said that "although Cao buo and Li Zhi are here, they are tired of people like Jiuquan, and all people are like this, then they can ~"

Idioms and allusions

original text

Mr. Guizhuang of Kunshan is also a maniac. When the family was very poor, the door was broken to the point where it could not be closed, and the chair was broken to the point where it could not be sat down, they were all tied up by Wei Xiao (2), so they wrote the plaque (3), which said "rule by tying a rope" (4). However, he often drank with his wife and wrote poems. On New Year's Eve, he said, "one shot out of the poor, two hooks into the rich." They are called "Gui Chi" cloud. (selected from Wang Yingkui's essays on Liunan in Qing Dynasty)

translation

There is a man named Guizhuang in Kunshan. He has many unconventional words and deeds. His family was very poor. The door of his house was too broken to close, and the chairs were too rotten to sit on. They had to be tied up firmly with wormwood ropes. Therefore, the four characters of "rule by tying a rope" were written on his plaque. Another new year's Eve, he wrote a couplet on his door: "one shot out of the poor, two hooks into the rich.". Because he has a lot of such unnatural words and deeds, so everyone calls him "Gui Chi".