Looking at the East Gate

Looking at the East Gate

Chou Mu Dong men, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju é m ù D ō NGM é n, which means that loyal officials are slandered and killed, the same as "Chou Mu Wu men". It comes from Wu Taibo family in historical records.

Notes on Idioms

Pick: pick out; eyes: eyes.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in the historical records of Wu Taibo family that "I set my eyes on the east gate of Wu, so as to observe Yue and destroy Wu."

Idiom usage

It means that loyal officials are slandered and killed. Example: loyal officials can withdraw more and more soldiers when they are on the east gate. The nostalgia of gusutai

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Wu official Wu (Zi Xu) advised Fu Chai, the king of Wu, to refuse Yue to seek peace. Fu Chai believed slander and gave Wu Zixu a sword to kill himself. When Wu Zixu was dying, he said, "dig out my eyes and put them on the east gate of the state of Wu. Let me see that the state of Yue will destroy the state of Wu in the future." Before long, Wu was destroyed by Yue.