Xuan Jian Duo

Xuan Jian Duo

Xuanlong Jianduo, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu á NT á Oji à NDU ó, which means to listen to the opinions of the subjects. From Huainanzi · pan Lun Xun.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: xuankai sheduo

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate, attribute, or object; used in writing

The origin of Idioms

It is said in "Huainanzi · pan Lun Xun" that "when Yu was in power, he used five tones to listen to the rule, hung bells and drums to chime out the duo, and set up the gong to wait for the scholars from all directions. It said, "if you teach me Tao, I will beat the drum; if I teach you justice, I will beat the bell; if I tell you something, I will beat the bell; if I tell you something, I will shake the bell; if I tell you something, I will knock the chime; if I have a lawsuit, I will shake the bell."

Idiom story

During the reign of Dayu, he set up five kinds of musical instruments, namely, bell, drum, chime, duo and Pei, near his residence, and stipulated how to use them by the sages in all directions: preachers beat drums, those who preach justice ring the bell, those who tell stories ring the duo, those who talk about worries ring the chime, and those who have wronged prison ring the PEI. So Dayu dealt with these five voices.