Sheep touch the fence

Sheep touch the fence

Sheep touch the fence, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á ngch ù f ā NL í, which means that the horn of a sheep is hung on the fence, and it can neither enter nor retreat. From the romance of Fengshen.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 31 of the romance of Fengshen written by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty: "there is no way to go before, there is no way to go back, the sheep is in a dilemma."

Idiom usage

It is a dilemma.

Examples

Book of changes Volume 4 Da Zhuang: 93, villain use Zhuang, gentleman use Wang, Zhen Li, Yao Yang touch fan, win its horn In the last six years, when a sheep is in a vassal state, he can't retreat, he can't succeed, and he has no interest.

Selected works of Zhaoming, Volume 21, seven poems about immortals by Guo Jingchun (PU) in Jin Dynasty, part one: "if you advance, you will see the dragon, but if you retreat, you will become a vassal.". Li Shan of Tang Dynasty noted that "to retreat means to be vulgar.". 」

Song Mei Yaochen's poem "it's been a long time since I came back late to hear Li Diancheng's visit to other places" says: "I'm tired of foreign service, and I'm tired of entering and leaving the vassal class."

In Ji Xian, a story of the golden Finch, Ming Wu Xinzi said, "if you want to send a floating life, you don't need to rush about. If you want to kill the mortals, you can touch the sheep."

Tang Meng Haoran's poem "to Zhao Zhengzi" said: "high birds can choose wood, and sheep can touch the vassal."

"The second moment of surprise" volume two four: "from the real walk a impatient, is the so-called: the sheep touch the vassal, in a dilemma."

In "the rhyme of the second Shaoling Mausoleum of Baimao temple in autumn" written by Wang Jian of the Qing Dynasty, "fighting is like touching a vassal, like a bottle falling into a well."

Dong Zhongshu of the Han Dynasty wrote in the Fu of Shi Bu Yu: "if you try to touch the vassal, you will destroy the horn."

Luo Binwang of the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem "going out to the fortress in early autumn to send to the master of Dongtai Xizheng": "hanging on the shadow, Lianru, floating life, tired of touching the vassal."

He Dafu's "Jin Zhou Fu" in the Ming Dynasty said: "being stupid will lead to touching the vassal, and being wise will lead to carving the boat."

The second chapter of Qing Qihong's yanzhixuetanci: "the head of Fu often worries about the lack of official posts, and he is afraid of disaster and misfortune when he touches the vassal."

One of the poems about immortals written by Guo Pu of Jin Dynasty: "if you enter, you will be able to see the dragon, and if you retreat, you will be able to touch the vassal."

Cognate idioms

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