【Idiom】River fish stomach disease
【拼音】hé yú fù jí
River fish: a hidden name for abdominal disease, because the decay of the fish starts from the belly. Therefore, it refers to diarrhea.
【Source】Spring and Autumn. Rash. Zuo Qiu Ming's "Left Biography. The Twelfth Year of Xuangong": There is no social knowledge of the uncle's exhibition, so it is called by Mao. He said, "Is there wheat koji? He said, "Nothing." "Yamamari is poor?" He said, "None." "The river fish has a stomach disease, what can I do?" He said, "Look at the well and save it." ”
【Explanation】There is a doctor named Wu She in Xiaoyi and Dr. Shen Shuzhan of Chu are friends with him, and he begged Shen Shuzhan to save him. Shen Shuzhan asked him, "Do you have wheat koji?" Answer: "No." Then he asked, "Do you have a mountain bow to be poor?" And he replied, "No." Shen Shuzhan said roundaboutly: "Without these medicines, what if I get sick in my stomach like a river fish?" He said, "I'll come and save them when the fish swim to the dry well." ”
[synonyms] river fish disease
Antonyms: none
[Usage] is more formal; as a predicate; Refers to diarrhea.
【Example of sentence formation】
He was unusually late for work today, and when he asked him why, he said helplessly: "It's not because of the stomach disease of the river fish." ”
Although he was a tireless lover of medicine, due to his lack of practice as a fledgling, he could only treat minor diseases such as 'river fish abdominal disease'.
【Idiom Story】
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu prepared to attack Xiaoyi of the Song state. Song knew that his country was weak and poor, and he could not fight against the powerful Chu State, but in order to force Chu to withdraw his troops, Song State also tried his best. It just so happened that the son of Chu and some ministers were hostages in Xiaoyi of the Song State.
So the ministers of the Song State suggested to the monarch of the Song State that they detain the princes of the Chu State and other ministers and coerce the Chu State to withdraw their troops. Song Guojun knew that this was not a very righteous thing, but there was no other better way, so he had no choice but to arrest the prince of Chu and put him in prison, and threatened Chu to withdraw his troops immediately.
When the king of Chu saw that Song had detained his son and many ministers, he had no choice but to withdraw his troops for their safety. In this way, the siege of Xiaoyi in the Song Kingdom was relieved. But after the Chu army retreated, the people of Xiaoyi were very angry, thinking that the Chu State was a bully and did not take the Song State in their eyes, and wanted to give the Chu people some color to see. So he ordered to kill all the ministers except Gongzi C.
Seeing that Song Guo did not believe in his words, the king of Chu actually dared to execute his minister, he was so angry that he immediately sent troops to surround Xiao Yi of Song State, and it was only natural to capture Xiao Yi. There was chaos in Xiaoyi City for a while.
There is a doctor in Xiaoyi City called Wu She, he and Shen Shuzhan, the doctor of Chu State, are good friends, he immediately asked Shen Shuzhan for help, begging Shen Shuzhan to find a way to save him as soon as possible. Shen Shuzhan asked him, "Do you have barley koji (an herb)?" There was no reply: "No." Shen Shuzhan asked again: "Do you have a mountain bow poor (also a kind of herb)?" He replied, "No." Shen Shuzhan said roundaboutly: "Without these medicines, what if I get sick in my stomach like a river fish?" Shen Shuzhan wanted him to escape by water, but before he could understand that Shen Shuzhan was hinting at him to escape, he said cryptically: "Wait until the fish swim to the dry well and then come to save them." Shen Shuzhan hinted again: "You have to make a mark of thatch and cry to the well." "The next day, Xiaoyi was captured. There was no society and escaped by hiding in a dry well.
Therefore, later generations summed up the idiom "river fish stomach disease" based on this story, because the rot of the fish starts from the belly. Now borrowed to refer to diarrhea.