Pinyin: wá wá ng gü zu ǒò ué r yá n tā

Allusion: refers to leaving the topic and avoiding difficult questions.

Source: Mencius Hui Liang Wang Xia

The king looked around.

Mencius (Monk, a representative of Confucianism in the mid-Warring States Period) once said to Qi Xuanwang: "There is a man who entrusted his wife and children to his friends because he was going to Chu, so please take care of him. When he came back, he realized that his wife and children had been suffering from cold and hunger, and this friend had not done his duty of care at all. What do you think this should do? "

Qi Xuanwang replied: "Break up with him!"

Mencius added: "There is an official who enforces law and discipline and is in charge of punishment, even his own subordinates can't control it. What do you think this should do? "

Qi Xuanwang said, "Take him away!"

Finally, Mencius said: "The world is in chaos, and people can't live and work in peace and contentment. What do you think this should do? "

Wang Gu left and right, he-Qi Xuanwang looked at the attendants standing on both sides, deliberately opened the words.

The above dialogue, "Mencius Liang Wang Hui", the original text is:

Mencius said to Qi Xuanwang, "Wang Zhichen, if he had a friend who trusted his wife, he would be ashamed of her. Then what? "

The king said, "Abandon it."

He said, "What if a judge can't rule a judge?"

Yue: "It's done."

He said, "What if we don't cure it within four borders?"

Wang Gu talked about him.

Avoid answering other people's questions face to face, pretend not to hear them, look away and pull the topic away. To describe this situation, the phrase "Wang Gu talks about him from left to right" or "he talks about him from left to right" is often quoted later.