Listen to the Scriptures

Listen to the Scriptures

The Chinese idiom is "Mu Shao Ting Jing". The Pinyin is "m ù sh ǐ t ī NGJ ī ng", which means that one side of the pig, one side of the lecture; it refers to studying hard. It comes from the biography of Chenggong in the book of the later Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Chenggong in the book of the later Han Dynasty, "shaogu, eight years old, is a herdsman. In the village, Xu Zisheng taught hundreds of students in the spring and Autumn Annals. He passed the palace and enjoyed his career. Because he listened to the annals, he asked them to stay in the family and collect salary for the students. "

Idiom usage

He is diligent in reading.

Idiom story

During the Han Dynasty, Chenggong became an orphan at a very young age and lived by herding pigs and sheep for others. The village teacher Xu Zisheng explained the spring and autumn classics to hundreds of students. The 8-year-old Chenggong secretly hid outside the classroom, playing pigs while listening to the teacher's explanation. He was very fascinated, so he tried to ask the teacher to let him into the classroom in exchange for collecting firewood for the teachers and students.