said of a loyal counsellor who gives admonition to the emperor in person

said of a loyal counsellor who gives admonition to the emperor in person

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is mi à nzh é t í ngzhi à ng, which means to speak out and argue in court. It comes from the history of Empress Dowager Lu. Face to face: blame the fault face to face. It is also called "face to face". We need to argue with each other and exhort them.

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's historical records of Empress Dowager Lu, it is said that "in today's face-to-face struggle, the minister is inferior to the monarch; in the case of the whole country, the monarch is inferior to the minister."

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, empress Lu's dictatorship wanted her brothers and nephews to be king. She consulted the right Prime Minister Wang Ling. Wang Ling argued with each other and resolutely disagreed. However, Chen Ping, the left prime minister, and Zhou Bo, the Taiwei, agreed with empress Lu's opinion after a long deliberation. The mausoleum was dismissed. When empress Lu died, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo killed Lu Chan and Lu Lu who wanted to seize power.

Analysis of Idioms

Face to face argument

Idiom usage

Liu Anshi is an admonishment official: he is tired of years in office, upright in color, and supports justice. When the emperor was angry, he held on to a simple but upright position, waited for his anger to be relieved, and resisted. (history of the Song Dynasty, volume 345, biography of Liu An): after years of work, he set up the court with a positive attitude and supported justice. When the emperor was angry, he held on to his simple but upright position, waited for his anger to resolve, and resisted. The waiters, watching from a distance, were sweating and looking at the tiger in the hall. They were not awed for a moment.