The Story of the Cook Ding Jie Niu: Zhuang Zhou, a Taoist representative during the Warring States Period, told a story: There was a chef who slaughtered a cow for King Hui of Liang. He was very skilled in slaughtering the cow. The knife moved flexibly between the bones of the cow without any obstacles and was very powerful.

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King Liang Hui was dumbfounded and kept praising him for his superb skills.

The chef said that he has been working with cattle for 19 years and has a complete understanding of the structure of cattle.

In the idiom "popular", "荍" means finely chopped meat; "zhi" means roasted meat.

Popular, originally refers to the delicacies that everyone loves to eat, and is often used to describe things that everyone praises and poems that are recited.

This idiom comes from "Mencius. Try Your Heart". Zeng Zhe was fond of goat dates, but Zeng Zi couldn't bear to eat goat dates.

Gongsun Chou asked: "Which one is more beautiful, water chestnut or lamb jujube?" Mencius said: "Wangzizhi is the best!" Gongsun Chou asked: "Then why did Zengzi eat water chestnut and not sheep jujube?" He said, "Both zhi zhi and lamb jujube are the same."

Yes, Yangzao is unique. The name is not concealed, the surname is the same, and the name is unique. "In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were two people, a father and a son, who were both disciples of Confucius.

His father, Zeng Zhe, loved eating jujubes (a wild fruit commonly known as milk persimmon); his son Zeng Shen was a filial son, but after his father died, he couldn't bear to eat jujubes.

This incident was widely praised by Confucian disciples at that time.

During the Warring States Period, Gongsun Chou, a disciple of Mencius, could not understand this matter, so he went to ask his teacher Mencius for advice.

Gongsun Chou asked: "Teacher, which one is more delicious, water chestnuts or lamb dates?" "Of course water chestnuts are delicious. Who doesn't like to eat water chestnuts?" Gongsun Chou asked again: "Since water chestnuts are delicious, then what?

Zeng Shen and his father also like to eat steamed vegetables, so why doesn’t Zeng Shen stop eating steamed vegetables?” Mencius replied, “Everyone likes braised vegetables.

It's not as good as braised pork belly, but it is Zeng Zhe's favorite food, so Zeng Shen only abstains from eating goat dates. It's like he is taboo about calling his elders by their first names, but not by their surnames. Those with the same surname are his own.

Yes." Mencius' words made Gongsun Chou understand the truth.

Later, people derived the idiom "popular among the people" from what Mencius said: "It is popular among people."

Used to describe things that everyone praises and poems that are passed down.