[Idiom]: Honest fear

Pinyin: chéng huáng chéng kǒng

[Explanation]: Sincerity: True, indeed; Panic: Fear; Fear: Fear. Very cautious to the point of fear and anxiety.

【Idiom Story】:

The idiom "sincere fear" comes from "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Du Poems".

Du Shizi Gongjun, a native of Ji County, Hanoi (now Ji County, Henan Province), had great ambitions and extraordinary talents when he was young. In the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 AD), Du Shiguan served the imperial officials. At that time, the general Xiao Guang indulged the soldiers and oppressed the people, and the people were panicked. Du Shi admonished him many times, but Xiao Guang just didn't change, so Du Shi killed Xiao Guang in a rage; and publicized his crimes to the public, to the outrage of the people. When Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu learned about it, he summoned Du Shi and gave him a halberd to express his appreciation. Later, he sent Du Shi to Hedong (now the western part of Shanxi Province along the Yellow River) to punish the rebellious Yang Yi and others.

After Du Shi arrived in Hedong, he burned the thief ship, beheaded Yang Yi, and in addition to the traitors, he made the county order of Chenggao (now Bishui County, Henan). Du Shi was an official for 3 years, governed well, and was promoted to Nanyang Taishou in the seventh year of Jianwu, he expanded farmland, cast farm tools, and repaired Pichi; At the same time, we will eliminate violence and calm the people, so that society will be stable and the people's lives will become more and more prosperous. The common people are all grateful to this Taishou. However, Du Shi thought that he was in vain, and wrote to Emperor Guangwu to ask for a post in Xiaojun. The book said: "I think about it myself, I am just a petty official, I have no great talent, and now I am just in time for Your Majesty to start a great cause, because of the great grace and become a Taishou." I have no success in my job, I have few governance, and I am really afraid to occupy a high position for such a long time. But Emperor Guangwu trusted him very much and insisted that he continue to be a taishou.

"Sincere fear" was originally a cliché in the feudal era to express the reverence of the subordinates for the majesty of the emperor, and later it was gradually used to describe caution. "Sincerity", the meaning of reality; "Panic", the meaning of fear; "Fear", the meaning of fear.

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