One way and nine ways

One way and nine ways

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī Ku ā ngji ǔ h é, which means Guan Zhong assisted Duke Huan of Qi in the spring and Autumn period to establish hegemony. Later, it also refers to the important events of founding a country. It comes from the biography of Zheng Wan in the old book of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Guan Zhong has made great contributions to the peace and stability of the outside world. Xia Jingqu's exposure of the old man in Qing Dynasty volume 72

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Zheng Yao in the old book of Tang Dynasty, "when I first became an official in the army, I took care of him. I gave him the precepts of repeated orders and made a plan of nine combinations."