Yue Zu Dai Pao (Abandoning the Sacrificial Vessels for the Saucepans)
A Dagger Hidden in a Fish
San Ren Cheng Hu (Repeat a Lie Enough Times and It Will Be Believed)
Farewell My Concubine |
This allusion comes from a fable attributed to Zhuang Zi. The fable goes that in the time of Emperor Yao, there was a hermit named Xu You. The emperor heard that he was very virtuous, so he offered him the throne. Xu You said to the emperor, "You had governed well, so why should I replace you? Even when the cook does not cook, the priest should not abandon the sacrificial vessels to meddle instead with the saucepans." Later, the phrase came to be used to mean exceeding one's function and interfering in another's affairs, or usurping somebody else's function. |
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