[Idiom]: Take advantage of people's danger

Pinyin: chéng rén zhī wēi

[Explanation]: Take advantage of the danger of others to threaten damage.

【Idiom Story】:

The idiom "taking advantage of the danger of others" means to take advantage of the danger of others to threaten or attack.

This idiom comes from the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Gai Xun Biography", plotting to kill good, not loyal; Taking advantage of people's danger is not benevolent.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Gai Xun was promoted to filial piety because of his integrity and talent, and became the main subordinate official of the county Taishou - Changshi. Gai Xun's county is under the jurisdiction of Liang Hu, the assassin of Liangzhou, and Liang Hu is Gai Xun's friend. At that time, Wuwei Taishou, who was under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou Thorn History, was rampant and domineering, and did all kinds of bad things, and the people hated him to the core, and they dared not speak out. However, Liang Hu's subordinate official Su Zhenghe was not afraid of the bully, dared to face the tough, and investigated and prosecuted the crimes of Wuwei Taishou in accordance with the law. Unexpectedly, Liang Ge was afraid that the investigation of Wu Wei Taishou's crime would involve high-level magnates, and he was anxious about himself. He even wanted to kill Su Zhenghe and Kill Mouth, but he wasn't sure if it was appropriate to do so, so he planned to discuss what to do with his friend Gai Xun.

It also happens that Gai Xun and Su Zhenghe are a pair of enemies. Someone revealed to him that the assassin was going to discuss with him how to deal with Su Zhenghe, and suggested that he take this opportunity to persuade the assassin to kill Su Zhenghe and have a personal vendetta. Hearing this, Gai Xun flatly refused, saying: "It is disloyal to kill a good minister for his own private affairs; It is unkind to harm others when they are in danger. ”

After that, Liang Hu really came to discuss with him about dealing with Su Zhenghe. Gai Xun made an analogy and advised Liang Hu: "Feed the eagle kite, make it fierce, so that you can catch the prey for you." Now it's ferocious, and you want to kill it. In that case, what's the use of raising it? ”

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