As the old saying goes, don t act for the tiger, but what kind of ghost does Ling refer to?

From the pre-Qin to the Ming and Qing dynasties, many historical classics or stories of a hundred schools of thought were summarized by later generations into commonly used phrases, and these phrases are idioms. Although the vast majority of idioms are four-word, they can also be three-, five-, or more. For example, the three-word "unnecessary."

"One-word division", "empty city plan", five-character "Pangu opens the world", "two peaches kill three soldiers", "dog bites Lu Dongbin" and so on.

Because many idioms have appeared for a long time and are widely spread, their meanings will change or even be mistransmitted. Such as "hot", "no learning, no skill", "eat alive" and so on. Of course, there are also some idioms, individual words that are difficult to understand, such as the word "伥" for the tiger.

Tang Muzong. During the Changqing period, legend has it that there is a priest Ma Zheng, and I heard that Hengshan Zhurong Peak.

There was an Elder Fuhu living in the people. He took a child servant and went up the mountain to visit the elder.

He climbed Zhurong Peak and saw a Buddhist temple, and sure enough, there was an old monk with white hair. The old monk was very enthusiastic and had to leave Ma Zheng to eat, but the oil and salt in the kitchen happened to run out. Ma Zheng asked the boy servant to go down the mountain to buy oil and salt.

The old monk escorted him out of the temple gate. Ma Zheng stood alone by the temple and watched the mountain scenery. At this time, another hermit named Ma Nua came from the bottom of the mountain.

After the two exchanged names, Ma Nua said that he saw a tiger eating people ...... halfway up the mountainMa Zheng asked the man's age, appearance, and clothing, and exclaimed, "That's my child servant!" And he said:

The strange thing is that after the tiger ate people, he suddenly turned into an old monk with a white beard. ”

After a while, the old monk came back, and Ma Nuan whispered to Ma Zheng: "It's this monk." "It was late, and the old monk wanted to invite them to live in the monk's room, but the two liked to live in the hall. They bolted the door tightly and watched the movement outside.

In the middle of the night, a tiger came to bang on the door several times, and the two of them resisted it hard, so that the door was not knocked open. Determined to get rid of the man-eating tiger, the two finally come up with a good solution.

Early the next morning, the two said that a strange sound came from a well in the backyard and tricked the old monk to the well. When the old monk came to the mouth of the well to look, Ma Nua pushed him down the well with force. As soon as the monk fell into the water, he immediately turned into a tiger. The two brought in a large rock and smashed it to death.

This ghost who helps the tiger harm people is called a ghost.

According to this legend, later generations called helping bad people to do things that hurt nature and reason, "acting as a tiger". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the ghosts seemed to have evolved and could become like immortals. Ji Yun of the Qing Dynasty in "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang".

This kind of ghost is recorded in the country, and they also use the excuse of making people immortals to coax ordinary people, and the purpose is to give these people to the tiger for food.

Being a tiger is generally used to describe helping bad people and doing evil for bad people.

Originally, the word 伥 had the meaning of rampant, and later it also referred to ghosts. It refers specifically to the ghosts of people who have been bitten to death by tigers.

It refers to ghosts, who can become Taoist priests or immortals, and then coax the common people, with the purpose of sending these people to the tiger's mouth to make food.

The so-called oni are the ghosts of people who have been eaten by tigers. They will trick others into being eaten by tigers.

伥 in ancient Chinese is "伥鬼", that is, the ** of the tiger, which will help the tiger eat people. We all know that in modern times, we often use the two idioms of "acting for the tiger" or "helping the abuse" to describe those who do the best for the bad guys. We understand the allusion of "aiding and abusive", which is the famous tyrant of the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin; And the "Ling" in "Acting for the Tiger" often makes us puzzled.

What exactly does "伥" mean? Why did the ancient people hate "Ling" so much?

In ancient Chinese, 伥 means "伥ghost". This word has actually undergone a long period of evolution, if we open some of the classics of the former Han Dynasty, such as "Shuowen Jie Zi", the meaning recorded in this book is "crazy", "crazy for the tiger", which is not the mouth of the donkey at all. We open the "Kangxi Dictionary" of the Qing Dynasty to find the true meaning of "伥":

Ghosts. The tiger bites people, people die, the soul does not dare to adapt to him, and he is subordinate to the tiger, and his name is Ling. ”We all know that the ancients did not have modern scientific instruments and science and technology to effectively observe the world, so they often used a "strange force" perspective to explain some things in the world and the natural world.

In the eyes of the ancients, the reason why there has always been the phenomenon of "hungry tigers devouring people" is not only because the tigers themselves are vicious and cruel, but also because those who once died in the tiger's mouth have become "ghosts", that is, "tigers bite people, people die, and the soul does not dare to adapt to others". These people died at the mouth of the tiger, but they were willing to be enslaved by the tiger and became the ** of the tiger devouring others, that is, "ghosts". Therefore, "acting for the tiger" also means "doing ** for the wicked", which has always been disgusted and hated by the people.

Although its original meaning is ridiculous and a standard "nonsense", its modern semantics are still very applicable.

To sum up, the "ghost" in the tiger is also the tiger's ** "ghost", which is very hated.

We often refer to those who help the wicked to do bad things as "acting for the tiger", we all know that the tiger is a very vicious and cruel animal, so what is this "tiger"? What does it have to do with tigers?

It is a ghost who helps the tiger eat people, and this kind of sneakiness will help the tiger devour passers-by, so everyone hates it very much. Of course, the essence does not exist.

為虎作伥 wèi hǔ zuò chāng means:

Ghost: Ghost. In the old superstition, it was believed that the ghost of a person who was bitten to death by a tiger helped the tiger to hurt people, and was called a ghost. The metaphor is to help the wicked do evil and help the bad to do bad,**.

Idiom allusion

Source] "Taiping Guangji" Volume 430 quotes Tang Pei Quan: "This is a ghost, and the person who is eaten by the tiger is also the ear of the tiger." ”

Word discrimination

Usage] is more formal; as a predicate, a definite; Derogatory.

synonyms ] to add wings to the tiger, to help the abuse.

Antonyms] to eliminate harm for the people, eliminate violence and peace.

Example Zou Taofen's "Our Lighthouse": "But at the same time, don't forget the remnants of feudalism. ”

Sun Yat-sen's "The Origin of the Revolution": "There is a royalist party, which is a tiger, and it opposes the revolution and the republic. ”

The relevance of playing for the tigerLegends

According to legend, the tiger eats people to death, and the deceased does not dare to adapt to him, so he is subordinate to the tiger. It's called a ghost. He is the leader of the tiger, and when he encounters a dark machine ambush on the way, he moves to. When people meet tigers, they are all self-extricating. The tiger eats the man, and then eats it.

Idiom sentence formation :

1.Huang Shiren's dog-legged son Mu Renzhi acted as a tiger and was finally liquidated by the people.

2.Traitors and dogs who fight for tigers are rampant, and the atmosphere of terror fills the urban and rural areas.

3.The doglegs of the local tyrants and inferior gentry play for the tiger and oppress the people.

4.As a beginner, when you donate to the church, you are helping the tiger to abuse, and you are promoting the enslavement of fellow human beings.

5.What is hateful is those minions who act for the tiger, and the bullying of the good people by the fox and the fake tiger.

6.To go into the tiger's den in order to get the tiger's son is not to go into the tiger's den to fight for the tiger.

7.They are clumsy character actors, who are only worthy of being colonies of a big country and playing for the tiger.

8.Those who do this are generally using compromised accounts, and no one will be interested in helping the thieves.

9.This indicates that Saddam Hussein and all those who work for the tiger and kill innocents indiscriminately under his name have reached a dead end.

10.Nor is the question of whether market forces are acting for the devil or for the tiger.

1. Interpretation of the tiger: ancient superstition, legend has it that people who are eaten by tigers become ghosts, and they specialize in leading the way for tigers to eat others. It is used as a metaphor for being a wicked person. Nearly aiding and abetting abuse.

2. Pinyin: [wèi hǔ zuò chāng].

3. Source: Song Su Shi's "Gossip on Fisherman": "The hunter said: This ghost is also; The man who used to be a tiger eater; It's already ghostly; Then it was the battle of the tiger. ”

Summary. To act for the tiger means to help the bad people do bad things.

To act for the tiger means to help the bad people do bad things.

In the old superstitious legends, people who were bitten to death by tigers became ghosts, and then led tigers to eat people, and this kind of ghost was called Ling. The parable acts as the minions of the wicked, helping to do bad things.