unpalatable but salutary advice

unpalatable but salutary advice

Yaoshizhiyan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à OSH í zh à y á n, which means a metaphor for persuading people to change their ways. From Zuo Zhuan, the 23rd year of Xianggong.

Idiom explanation

Medicine stone: medicine and Bian stone, generally referring to medicine.

The origin of Idioms

In Zuozhuan, the 23rd year of Xianggong, Zang Sun said, "Ji sun's love for me is a disease. Meng sun's evil is the medicine stone. A beautiful stone is better than an evil one. "

Idiom usage

It is a kind of good advice to persuade people to mend their ways. When Gao Jifu tried to admonish the gains and losses of the current political situation, Taizong specially gave Zhong a dose of day: "Jin ~, so he reported it with medicine and stone." In Song Dynasty, Kong pingzhong's "continuation of the world · direct admonition" and in Qing Dynasty, Yuan Yuling's "the story of the West Tower · Tingxu": "cough, I'll take my orders."