man is a sentimental creature

man is a sentimental creature

People are not wood and stone, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R é NF ē im ù sh í, meaning that people are not wood and stone without thoughts and feelings, but have thoughts and feelings. From the book of Ren Shaoqing.

The origin of Idioms

In the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's "letter to Ren Shaoqing", it is said that "who can sue the emperor when he is not a man of wood and stone, but only in company with the legal officials and in deep prison?"

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: hard hearted

People are not plants

Idiom usage

It is often used with "who can be merciless"

Examples

He couldn't believe how the Japanese treated the captured people. Who can be merciless? He was finally moved to tears and asked to stay

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian, a famous historian, was forced to surrender because of the failure of Han Dynasty general Li Ling's attack on Xiongnu. He expressed his love for Li Ling, was punished in the palace, and was put in prison. Facing this great humiliation, he had to write to his friend Ren an to tell his misfortune: "he is not a man of wood and stone, he is alone with a legal official, and he is in a deep prison. Who can tell?"