Yongmenzhishou

Yongmenzhishou

Yongmenjieshou is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is y ō NGM é NW ě NSH ǒ u, which means that it is later used as a code of loyalty to the emperor. From Shuo yuan · Li Jie.

The origin of Idioms

It is said that when the Yue army arrived in Qi, the martyr, yongmenzi Di, cut his neck and died. The Yue army knew it and said, "the king of Qi had a minister Jun who was like the emperor Di of yongmenzi. He planned to make the Yue State not eat with blood." So he led the army back. The ceremony of the king of Qi burying the ministers above yongmen. See Liu Xiang's Shuoyuan · Lijie in Han Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing.

Idiom story

During the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, the Yue army went to the border of Qi. When the martyr yongmenzi Di heard about it, he cut his neck and died in front of the Yue army camp. When he saw it, the Yue army felt that it was not easy to defeat such loyal soldiers in Qi, so he led the army back. The king of Qi received and buried the emperor of yongmen.