spread like wild fire

spread like wild fire

Ruhuoliaoyuan is a Chinese idiom with the pronunciation R ú Hu ǒ Li á oyu á n, which means that it is difficult to suppress the powerful metaphor.

explain

Liao: burn; Yuan: field. Like fire burning in the field. Metaphor is very powerful and difficult to restrain.

source

"Shangshu · pangengshang" said: "if the fire in the prairie, not to you." [example]: they can't be "exterminated" at the end of the time. On the contrary, some of them, as feudal officials, are demoted or demoted, or imprisoned or beheaded. (Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.2, chapter 36)

usage

As predicate and attributive, it refers to great momentum.

Idiom story

Shangtang was once the monarch of Shang state, which belonged to Xia Dynasty. Xia Jie, the last monarch of the Xia Dynasty, was dizzy, cruel and immoral. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Shang Tang, with the help of Yi Yin, a good minister, defeated Xia Dynasty. After the establishment of Shang Dynasty, the capital of Shang Tang was set in Bo. In the next three hundred years, the Shang Dynasty moved its capital five times because of the frequent internal strife for the throne among the royal families and the frequent floods in the lower Yellow River. From Shang Tang, the throne passed to pan Geng for 20 generations. Pan Geng was a talented monarch. In order to change the internal chaos and social instability of the royal family, he decided to move the capital once. However, his idea was not supported by the nobles of the Shang Dynasty. Most of the nobles were greedy for comfort and unwilling to move the capital, hoping to change pan Geng's idea. Some powerful nobles even incited the common people to oppose, causing panic. In the face of strong opposition, pan Geng did not waver in his determination to move the capital. He called the nobles who were against moving the capital and said to them, "I want you to move in order to stabilize our country. Instead of understanding my pains, you are obstructing me everywhere. Evil is easy to grow, just like a big fire. When it burns, it is impossible to connect with each other. How can it be put out? If this is the case, you are to blame, not me Pan Geng's insistence finally frustrated the resistance of the opposition. He took the civilians and slaves across the Yellow River and moved the capital to Yin. There, pan Geng made great efforts to rectify the government, the declining Shang Dynasty revived, and people's life gradually became prosperous. In the next 200 years, the Shang Dynasty never moved its capital again, so later generations also called the Shang Dynasty Yin Dynasty or Yin Shang Dynasty.

Related information

After more than three thousand years, the capital of Shang Dynasty has already become ruins. In modern times, people occasionally talk about the excavation of a large number of ancient relics in the area of Xiaotun village in Anyang. After repeated research, it is proved that it was the site of the capital of Shang Dynasty, so it is called "Yin Ruins". Among the relics excavated in the Yin Ruins, a large number of bronze utensils and weapons were also found, with a wide variety and exquisite workmanship. At the same time, a Dafang Ding named "Simuwu" was found. It weighed 875 kg and was more than 130 cm high. The top and bottom of the Ding were decorated with exquisite patterns. the excavation of such large bronzes shows that in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, metallurgical skills reached a very high level. After pan Geng moved to Yin, the society was stable, and the productivity of Shang Dynasty was greatly developed. People could focus on social production, so they could make such exquisite ritual vessels.