Zuo jianwaiyi

Zuo jianwaiyi

Zuo jianwaiyi, a Chinese idiom, means to establish authority and change laws by improper means. It comes from the biography of Shangjun in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Shangjun in historical records, "today, you have left jianwaiyi, which is not why you teach." Sima Zhen Suoyin: "Zuojian means to establish authority with the left way; waiyi means to change the emperor's life in waige." Wang Boxiang notes: "the left means wrong, and the outside means wrong. The common sense of the story is" Zuo Dao ", which is also called" WaiDao ".

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing