man is a sentimental creature

man is a sentimental creature

Body is not a stone, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē NF ē im ù sh í, meaning that they are not without feelings. From the book of Ren Shaoqing.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] people are not plants, people are not wood and stone [antonym] fickle

Idiom usage

He is not a man of wood and stone, and is associated with prison officials, so the young minister looks up to heaven and beats his heart, weeps to the end, and then comes blood. The book of King Jianping in prison by Liang Jiangyan in the Southern Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty wrote in the book of reporting to Ren Shaoqing: "I'm not a man of wood and stone. I'm alone with the legal officials. I'm deep in prison. Who can tell me."

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?"