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Dog teeth crisscross, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qu ǎ NY á Ji ā ocuॸ, which means that the boundary of metaphor is very tortuous, like dog teeth. It also means that the situation is complicated and there are many factors on both sides. It comes from the book of Han, biography of King Jing of Zhongshan, written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of King Jing of Zhongshan in the book of Han Dynasty, "since the princes and kings were close relatives, the former emperors granted the city a wide range of titles, and those who had different opinions were pan shizongye."

Idiom usage

In order to achieve the goal of once and for all, the Miao people have to merge their power with the neighboring provinces. (Tusi I, a draft of the history of the Qing Dynasty)

Idiom story

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang granted meritorious officials to various places as kings. But because these princes had strong power in the local area, and even wanted to rebel, the emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty eliminated them one by one. in order to consolidate the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty made great efforts to confer on the people of the same race. Because of the increase in the number of vassal states with the same surname, during the reign of emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the rebellion of seven states led by King Wu broke out. Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty sent his Taiwei Zhou Yafu to fight against the rebellion, but the existence of the same surnamed princes still threatened the Han Dynasty. By the time of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, in order to consolidate the centralization of power, he carried out the policy of "territory reduction", that is to weaken the influence of the princes and Marquis, and wanted to take further action. This action caused panic among the princes, so they said to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "we are closely related to the royal family. The former Emperor arranged the fiefdoms like fangs so that we can protect the Hanshi together. I hope Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty can show mercy." Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later issued a decree of benediction to enfeoffment the territory of the vassals to their children, which virtually weakened the power of the vassals and consolidated the centralization of power. In order to consolidate the political power, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, first abolished the harsh political system of the Qin Dynasty and stabilized the lives of the common people. Secondly, he eliminated the princes and kings with different surnames and re granted many children of the surname Liu as kings from generation to generation. He thought that in this way, he could protect the Liu family forever. Who knows, just after it was spread to the third generation of emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, the influence of these Liu surnamed kings has begun to grow. Relying on their own strength, they fought against the central dynasty and pretended to deal with or ignored the emperor's instructions. Some even secretly plot to seize the throne and become addicted to being emperor. When Chao CuO saw that the situation was not right, he immediately told the emperor to take measures to weaken the power of these princes and gradually take back the fiefdoms given to them to consolidate the central government of the Han Dynasty. Those princes and kings originally wanted to usurp the throne, but now they heard that the emperor wanted to take measures, so they immediately communicated with each other. Among them, seven princes and kings united to "kill Chao Cuo, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.". There was an armed rebellion. Thanks to Emperor Jingdi's timely mobilization of troops, the rebellion was put down. But emperor Jing didn't learn a lesson, so he granted the territory to his 13 sons, each king. In this way, after Emperor Hanwu, the son of emperor Jing, ascended the throne, the power of these princes and kings gradually became stronger. In view of the historical lessons of the seven kings' rebellion, Emperor Wu decided to limit the power of these princes. When the princes got the news, they were very nervous. They went to beg Emperor Wu and said, "emperor, we are close relatives to you. The vast area of land granted to us by the former king crisscrossed up and down like a dog's teeth, and embedded into each other, so that we can support each other and control each other, and make our country as solid as a rock! If you want to take back our land, it's not a failure After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could not speak for a moment. He comforted them face to face and secretly used means to order the princes to give the fiefdoms to their children. In this way, the original ten big vassal states were divided into many small vassal states, which weakened the separatist forces and consolidated the centralization.