[Idiom]: Cunmu Cen Building

Pinyin: cùn mù cén lóu

[Explanation]: The ratio of an inch of timber to a spire. The original meaning is that the starting point is different, and the metaphor must be the same standard for comparison. The latter is also a metaphor with a huge gap.

【Idiom Story】:

The idiom of "Cun Mu Cen Lou" is changed from "the wood of the square inch can be higher than Cen Lou", which comes from "Mencius: Confession".

A man from Ren Guo asked Mencius's student Wu Luzi about which is more important, etiquette or food, and Wu Luzi casually replied, "Etiquette is important." Ren Ren asked again: "Which is more important, marrying a wife or courtesy?" The house lady replied, "It's still important to be polite." ”

Then the man said solemnly: "If you look for food according to those etiquette, I am afraid that you will starve, even starve to death; If you don't follow those etiquettes to find something to eat, there may be something to eat. In such a situation, is it necessary to act according to etiquette? Again, if you follow the courtesy, you will not get a wife; If you don't do a kiss ceremony, you can get a wife, do you have to do a kiss ceremony? ”

This question was not answered. The next day, he went to Zou and told his teacher Mencius.

When Mencius heard this, he said, "What is the difficulty in answering this question? If you don't guess whether the height of the base is consistent, then a small one-inch long log may be taller than the tall building at the top. It is said that gold is heavier than feathers, but how can it be said that gold weighing three pennies is heavier than a cart of feathers? Compared with the details of the ceremony, why not stop at the importance of eating? Compare the importance of marrying a wife with the details of the ceremony, how much more important than marrying? Answer him this way: 'You have broken your brother's arm and taken away his food, and you have something to eat; If he doesn't twist, he won't get food, so will he twist? He went over the wall to the east and hugged the woman of the house, and he got his wife; If he doesn't hug him, he won't get his wife, so will he hug him? ”

Later generations used the idiom of "Cun Mu Cen Lou" to metaphorize the huge gap.

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