The idiom story of the previous car, the idiom allusion of the previous car

Pinyin】qián chē zhī jiàn

Idiom story] During the Western Han Dynasty, Jia Yi, a native of Luoyang, had the reputation of a genius child since he was a child, and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty heard that he was very talented, so he invited him to Beijing as a doctor, and asked him his views on governing the country. Jia Yi advocated that the fall of the Qin Dynasty should be used as a mirror, always reminding himself to implement benevolent governance, let the people recuperate, and attach importance to agricultural production to make the country strong.

Allusion] The car in front has been overturned, and the future is not known! "Xunzi Chengxiang" covers the front car and rings the rear car. Han Liu Xiang "Saying Yuan, Good Talking".

Interpretation] Jian: mirror, for the lesson. The lesson of the car in front of it overturned. A metaphor for previous failures can be used as a lesson for the future.

Usage] as the subject, object; Used to advise people.

the car in front; Jian: Mirrors. The lesson of the car in front of it turned over. The metaphor comes from the failures of those who came before them.

Source: "The Biography of Han Poems, Volume 5", etc.

Meaning: It refers to not accepting the lessons of previous failures and still following the wrong path, so that they fail again. Repeat:

It's the overturned car, the wrong path that the overturned car has taken. It is also known as "repeating the mistakes of the past", "repeating the mistakes of the past", "the overturn of the previous car, the lessons of the rear car", "the lessons of the previous car" or "the ring of the overturned car". Reading notes.

In the Han Poetry Biography, Volume 5, it says: "Yin can be in view of Xia, and Zhou can be in view of Yin." Meaning:

King Xia Yu created the world of Xia, which was passed to King Xia Wei, and was destroyed by King Shangtang; King Shang Tang established Yin Shang, which was passed to King Shang and was destroyed by King Wu of Zhou. The demise of Xia should have made Yin Shang a lesson, and the demise of Yin Shang could also make Zhou learn a lesson. However, since ancient times, the kings of many dynasties have often not learned from the failures of previous dynasties.

He also said, "The car before it is overturned and the car behind is not admonished, but the car after is overturned." "—I saw that the car in front of me had overturned, and the car behind me was not alert, so the car behind also overturned.

Liu Xiang's "Hanshu, Jia Yi's Biography, Public Security Policy" also said: Jia Yi wrote to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, which has "the front car is covered, and the rear car is admonished..."&Hellip, motivational speech; The reason why the Qin world is desperate is that its traces can be seen. However, if you don't avoid it, it will be overturned. ”

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wang Shengqian's "Book of Precepts" also quoted: "I regret that I have nothing to do now, and I want to take the precepts in the past and the future." All of them here have the meaning of "the front car is covered, and the rear car is seen (or 'commandment')".

Later, phrases with similar meanings, such as "lessons from the past", were handed down as an idiom.