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Ten sheep and nine shepherds
【Idioms】
【Pinyin】
shí yáng jiǔ blind
【Definition】
Nine of the ten sheep grazed. It is a metaphor for the people with fewer officials, and also for the many leaders, and the different government decrees, which make people confused.
【Source】
Tang Dynasty. Wei Zheng et al. Book of Sui. Yang Shangxi's biography: "Since Qin merged with the world, the marquis was dismissed, Han, Wei and Jin, and the state was repeatedly changed. See the current counties and counties, more than ancient, or no hundred miles, several counties juxtaposed, or households less than a thousand, two counties divided. With the multi-salary day more officials and pawns double rent to reduce the number of good talents, there is no need for tens of thousands of people how to find the so-called people and young officials more than ten sheep nine muqin has more Zhang Yiser no glue pillar reason."
Explanation: "From the unification of the world by the Qin Dynasty, the abolition of the setting of counties by the princes, from the Han Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, the national county settings have been changed many times. I see that the number of counties today is exponentially larger than in ancient times, and some places are less than a hundred miles, but (but) several counties are set up side by side (at the same time); in some places, the number of households is less than a thousand, and (however) it is administered separately by two counties.
There are too many staff members, the expenditure of assets and resources is increasing day by day, the number of pawns under the officials is doubled, and the tax adjustment is decreasing year by year. Honest and capable talents, there is no one in a hundred, and tens of thousands of people are needed at every turn, where to find them? It is said that the people are fewer and more officials, and nine people of ten sheep graze their cattle. It is the so-called piano can be changed and more open, and the drum should not be glued to the pillar. "
【Synonyms】
People are overwhelmed by things, monks are more porridge and less porridge
【Antonyms】
People do their best
【Usage】
Compound sentences; as a definite sentence, complement; with pejorative meaning.
【Idiom Story】
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Yang Shangxi held important positions in the three dynasties of Emperor Ming, Emperor Wu, and Emperor Xuan. After the Northern Zhou regime was controlled by Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Shangxi was also loyal to Emperor Wen of Sui.
Emperor Wen of Sui changed the rule of the Xianbei tribe and restored the Han system to suit the wishes of the Han people. At that time, the number of prefectures and counties established in the Sui Dynasty was twice as large as in the Qin and Han dynasties, and thousands of households were divided into two counties; there were several counties within a radius of 100 miles, which led to a lot more officials and officials, and the burden on the state was increasing.
Yang Shangxi was very worried about this, and he reported to Emperor Wen of Sui: "Our country now has so many states and counties, which is like ten sheep and nine pastures, which will bring the country to collapse, and the most important thing at present is to keep the states and counties that are really needed, and those that are not needed can be removed."
For the country, the population and area are still so large, the country's income will not decrease, but the expenditure will be greatly reduced. This can also send useful talents to the places where they are needed to play a role, which can improve the overall efficiency. ”
Emperor Wen of Sui removed many prefectures and counties according to Yang Shangxi's suggestion, and received good results in the governance of the country.
This is the story of the idiom "ten sheep and nine shepherds", ten sheep and nine pastors are metaphorical to the people and the officials, but also to the leaders, the government decrees are different, so that people are confused.
【Example of sentence construction】
There are more and more officials, fewer and fewer people, and the common people are more and more resistant to this way of ten sheep and nine shepherds.
All walks of life play a drum to separate families, postal telecommunications, national tax and local tax, power supply and power generation, etc., the institutions are getting larger and larger, what is the difference between them and the ten sheep and nine herds?
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