live on rents and taxes

live on rents and taxes

Food and clothing tax, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í Z ū y ì Shu ì, which means to live on the tax paid by the people. It comes from historical records · pingzhunshu.

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in historical records pingzhunshu: "it's just that county officials should pay taxes on food and clothing. Today, Hongyang orders officials to sit in the market and sell goods for profit. When you cook Hongyang, it's rain. " Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote in Hanshu Shihuo zhixia: "it's just food, rent and clothing tax for county officials."

Idiom usage

Examples

The constant Fu of the king. Preface to sending Li Yuanwai to the court