It is said that when Ding Wei was in Song Zhenzong in the Song Dynasty, he held leading positions in the supervision and finance departments of the central government. He colluded with Taoism in Wang Qinruo camp and went to auspicious places many times to cater to the emperor's wishes. He was soon promoted to participate in politics, that is, deputy prime minister.

At that time, the prime minister was Kou Zhun, who was respectfully treated by Ding Wei in the Song Dynasty and only listened to Kou Zhun. One day, the central government held an office meeting, and the prime minister and the deputy prime minister had dinner together. Kou Zhun's beard was accidentally stained with a grain of rice. Ding Wei in Song Dynasty saw that he was busy, so he carefully slid down from Kou Zhun's beard and combed the teacher's beard neatly.

Kou Zhun said with a smile: "Why do you want to brush the beard for the chief executive when you participate in politics?" Ding Wei in the Song Dynasty was ashamed and annoyed, and he held a grudge against Kou Zhun. This is the origin of "Liu Xu".

The word "flattery" comes from the nomadic areas where horses are raised in northern China.

Mongolia is a nation that won the world at once, so most of the officials in the Yuan Dynasty were military commanders. A subordinate's best compliment to his superior is to praise his horse. On the one hand, Mongolians love horses, on the other hand, horses are also symbols of his power, status and position, so praising his horses is tantamount to praising him.

When a subordinate meets his boss, he often praises his horse and pats it on the back, praising it with the most beautiful words in the world, such as "fat", "long hair and bright hair" and "walking through the snow without trace" ... In short, he wants to praise his horse as a BMW pony. Later, people called flattery to superiors "flattery". This is because compliments are different, but flattery is the same.

Flattery is a metaphor for flattery.

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1, flatter

Description: Qu follows flattery and tries his best to cater to others. Compliment others and say something nice to please them.

Pronunciation: yufèng chéng.

Quotations: The eighth episode of the ancient Drunken Wake-up Stone on the East Road in the Ming Dynasty: "Besides, he is a villain and can only flatter others."

Ex.: Since ancient times, villains and gentlemen have used flattery to please and cater to others.

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Explanation: Flattery and attachment to powerful people.

Pronunciation: QYán füshì.

Quote: At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, I majored in "The Biography of Song History and Li Chui": "Seeing that I am unfair, I often want to fold my face. How can it be hot and hot, so anxious to meet people that it is shirking? "

I've seen some ministers do things unfairly and often accuse them to their faces. How can they go to the gate of power to deal with those powerful people now?

Quotations: The fifteenth time in Huang Xiaopei's Twenty Years' Dream in the Qing Dynasty: "All friends and those who agree with the situation, men and women, all look forward to the Zhou government."

Example: During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, some traitors took refuge in the Japanese invaders, followed suit and oppressed their compatriots, which was deeply hated by the general public.

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