Hotel fierce dog idiom

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"Hotel Fierce Dog" comes from "Yan Zi Chun Qiu·Neipian Wen Shang", a work written in the late Spring and Autumn Period. The fable of the fierce dog in the hotel tells us: If you don't stay away from the "fierce dog", no matter how good the "wine" is, it will turn sour. A wise leader should pay attention to "choose left and right", stay close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains, in order to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Only by considering the overall situation can leaders understand people wisely.

Name of the work

Hotel Dog

Source of the work

"Yan Zi Chun Qiu·Nei Pian Wen Shang"

Literary Genres

Classical Chinese

Dynasties

Late Spring and Autumn Period

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Annotation and explanation

Original text?

If a person has strong wine (1), the vessel is very clean (2), and the table is very long (3), but the wine is sour and cannot be sold. Ask the people there why. ⑷. The local people said: "The male's dog is fierce, and the man comes in with his weapon ⑸, and drinks the male wine ⑹, and the dog eats it ⑺. This is why the wine is sour and not sold (12)."

There are also ferocious dogs in Husband’s country, and those who use them are also ⑻. There is a Taoist scholar who wants to be the master of ten thousand chariots, but the one who uses it meets him and runs away. This is also a fierce dog in the country.

——Excerpt from "Yanzi Chunqiu·Neipianwen"

Annotations?

1. Wine drinker: A person who sells wine. The word "酤" below means to buy.

2. Utensil: the wine vessel used. Jieqing: clean.

3. Table: sign, signboard or wine flag to attract guests.

4. People in the same residential area. In ancient times, there were twenty-five houses in one li. Therefore: reason

5. 戈: mention.

6. Bite: bite. And: will. It: refers to the person who buys wine

7. The person who uses things: refers to the ministers who control the power of the king.

8. Taoism: refers to the doctrines, ideas, methods and measures of governing the country.

9. Qian: Qian Ye, asking for an audience

10. The Lord of Ten Thousand Vehicles (shèng) {same as "Sheng"}: refers to the monarch of a big country. In ancient times, the number of military chariots (four horses and one chariot) was used to indicate the size of the country. "Ten thousand chariots" originally referred to the number of the emperor's military chariots.

11. 龁 (hé): bite

12. So: the reason for...

Explanation?

There is a wine seller The utensils used by the wine seller are very clean, and the signboard (the wine seller) is also very long (eye-catching), but the wine he sells becomes sour because it cannot be sold. Ask your neighbors why. The neighbor said: "Your dog is very fierce. If someone comes into (your hotel) with a wine container, when he buys your wine, the dog will come up and bite him. This means that your wine will not be sold and will become sour." The reason is. "

A family also has such fierce dogs. These authoritarian people are the fierce dogs of the family. Sages who have knowledge and methods of governance want to see you, but the powerful ministers around you come up to slander them. These people are fierce dogs. The fable of the fierce dog in the hotel tells us: "The fierce dog" will not be killed, no matter how good it is. "Wine" will turn sour. A wise leader should pay attention to "choose left and right", stay close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains, so as to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Only by starting from the overall situation can leaders discern people. For reference only