Deceiving the king and the country

Deceiving the king and the country

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Q ī J ū NW ù Gu ó, which means deceiving the monarch and harming the country. It comes from the story of the Pearl, treacherous plot by Lu Cai of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Lu Cai of Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of the Pearl: Liu Zhen is a strong man. The day before yesterday, he played me to deceive the king and the country. He wanted to show the leader to the public

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. The third chapter of Feng Menglong's Chronicles of Eastern Zhou states in Ming Dynasty: "Duke Wu of Wei once again wrote:" Bao Si's mother and son spoiled incest, Guo Shi's father and Yin Qiu deceived the monarch and the country. Although they died, they should be punished. " Pingwang will play one by one. " In the third chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, "when the Marquis Shen saw Shi Fu out of the city, he pointed out that he was the Lord of the army and said," this thief who deceived the king and the country must not leave. " the 70th chapter of the complete biography of Shuoyue written by Qian Cai in Qing Dynasty: deceiving the monarch and the country, and assuming the power, the evil is now reaching the heaven. Lin Mengchu, Ming Dynasty (Volume 8): if there are first-class officials who have wronged the country, bullied the monarch and plundered the common people, though they are high-ranking officials, are they not thieves.