Doctor of Subjugation

Doctor of Subjugation

The Chinese idiom, w á nggu ó D à f à, refers to the disloyal and unwise officials of the former dynasty. From the book of rites, Sheyi.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, Sheyi: "the generals of Ben army, the officials of the conquered country and the people are not the latter, the rest are all." Kong yingdashu said: "a doctor who has lost his country is a country that has lost its monarch. His words are disloyal and unwise." Later, he used the term "doctor of subjugation" to refer to the disloyal and unwise officials of the former dynasty.

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used in writing

Examples

Zou Taofen's from the bottom of his heart: "this spirit and the servility of '～' stand at opposite extremes."