Nanshan Iron Case

Nanshan Iron Case

Nanshan Iron case, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á NSH à NTI à n, which means a determined and unchangeable case. It comes from the biography of Li Yuanzhen in the new book of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Li Yuanzhen in the new book of the Tang Dynasty, "Yuanzhen was an official of Yongzhou and joined the army. At that time, Princess Taiping was powerful all over the world. Bai Si looked at the wind and tried to compete with the people to return the Yuan Dynasty to the people. Dou huaizhen, a long historian, was shocked and changed his interest. After the verdict, he said, "the south mountain can be moved, and the verdict can't be shaken."

Idiom usage

As an object, subject, attribute; used in cases. What has been decided before is worthy of the Nanshan Iron case. If you can punish it, you will die without complaint. Xue Fucheng's notes on Yong'an, anecdotes, the same but different rules of Chen Yu in Qing Dynasty

Idiom story

During the reign of emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanzhen served as the commander of Yongzhou and joined the army. When Princess Taiping came to a temple in Yongzhou to offer incense, she forced people to remove the big stone mill from the temple. After Li Yuanzhen understood the reason, he immediately returned the stone mill to the temple. When Dou huaizhen learned about it, he asked Li Yuanzhen to change the verdict. But Li Yuanzhen wrote: "the south mountain can be moved, and the sentence can not be shaken." Nanshan is Zhongnanshan, which means: the tall Zhongnanshan can still be moved, but my judgment cannot be changed. Later, the "Nanshan Iron Case" was said to be a determined and unchangeable case.