As a very special cultural form in traditional Chinese culture, colloquialism has a very far-reaching and significant influence on people's daily lives, is widely recognized by the masses, and directs people in all aspects of life. This is closely related to the source of the colloquialism, which is some of the wisdom tips that the working people observe and end in their lives, and has a strong educational significance.
In general, the colloquialism is mainly divided into two parts, one is to understand nature and summarize production experience, similar to "the wind is afraid of sunset, the long rain rises and the wind is sunny"; the other is a summary of the philosophy of life, which is the summary of the experience of the ancestors of the past dynasties and their predecessors in dealing with the world, which often becomes the standard for future generations to judge right and wrong, and can be called a very profound wisdom in the world, such as this sentence "not afraid of tigers and wolves sitting in front of their faces".
Tigers and wolves are very fierce and aggressive animals in people's minds, and when they appear as cultural symbols, they are often mostly negative images, such as "playing for tigers, wolf ambitions" and the like. In people's minds, tigers and wolves mean great danger, and when encountering tigers and wolves, the best choice is to avoid them far away, that is, to stay away from danger.
So why does this saying say, "Don't be afraid of tigers and wolves sitting in front of you"? The biggest reason is "face to face", although the other party is a very dangerous tiger wolf, has a high combat effectiveness, may hurt himself at any time, but as long as he is confronted head-on with himself, then there is not much to fear, even if he loses, it is just inferior to people, and he can lose convincingly.
Only after this saying, there is a half sentence "only afraid of the two sides of the knife in front of the person", this second half of the sentence is the real focus, telling the people who people should guard against in their daily lives, because they are most likely to bring danger to themselves, this kind of person is a set in front of the face, a set on the back, in front of people all kinds of laughter and giggles and good words, but once you turn around, you can mercilessly provoke right and wrong, and even directly fire all kinds of cold guns and dark arrows, so that people can not be defended, such as the famous prime minister Li Yifu in the Tang Dynasty.
When Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Li Zhi were still crown princes, li yifu catered to him in various ways, so he was able to gain a foothold in the court, but although Li Zhi promoted Li Yifu, he did not use it more, so Li Yifu turned to wu Zetian, and made great efforts in the process of Wu Zetian's struggle with the original empress wang, so he became Wu Zetian's confidant minister, and after Wu Zetian came to power, he became the prime minister.
According to the "Old Book of Tang And Biography of Li Yifu", Li Yifu looks very gentle and respectful, and when communicating with people, he will definitely show a smile full of spring breeze, whether it is for subordinates or colleagues, but in his heart he is very cruel and cruel, and when he comes to power, as long as it is those who violate his slightest ideas, they will be framed by him.
The most terrible thing is that when Li Yifu framed others, his face was still smiling and giggling very kindly, so people called him "the knife hidden in the smile", using the saying "not afraid of the tiger and wolf sitting in front of him, only afraid of the two knives in front of the person", people like Li Yifu are even more sinister and terrifying than the tiger and wolf, and we must pay attention to staying away from such people in our daily lives, otherwise we are afraid of being targeted for no reason.