请君入瓮②

【发 音】

　　qǐng jūn rù wèng

【解 释】

　　瓮：口小腹大的大坛子，一种陶制的盛器。用某人整治别人的办法来整治他自己。复，再次。假，借。表：外围。馆：暂住。车，牙床。亡：消失。启：开先例

【出 处】

　　①唐·《·周兴》：“即索大瓮，以火围之，起谓兴曰：‘有内状勘老兄，请兄入此瓮。’”
　　②《·唐纪·则天皇后天授二年》：“兴曰：‘此甚易尔！取大瓮，令囚入中，何事不承！’俊臣乃索大瓮，火围如兴法，因起谓兴曰：‘有内状推兄，请兄入此瓮。’兴惶恐叩头伏罪。”

【典 故】

　　唐朝的武则天,是中国历史上惟一的一位女皇帝。她为了维持自己的统治，采用严刑峻法，消除异己。因此，她手下的一些酷吏，便借机想方设法诬陷自己的政敌，并绞尽脑汁制造酷刑逼供。朝廷上下，笼罩着高压的恐怖气氛。
　　武则天的两名大臣周兴和来俊臣，是当时有名的酷吏，有成千上万的人冤死在他们手下。有一次，周兴被人密告伙同丘神绩谋反。武则天便派来俊臣去审理这宗案件，并且定下期限审出结果。来俊臣和周兴平时关系不错，感到很棘手。他苦思冥想，生出一计。
　　一天，来俊臣故意请来周兴，两人饮酒聊天。来俊臣装出满脸愁容，对周兴说：“唉！最近审问犯人老是没有结果，请教老兄，不知可有什么新绝招？”周兴一向对刑具很有研究，便很得意地说：“我最近才发明一种新方法，不怕犯人不招。用一个大瓮，四周堆满烧红的炭火，再把犯人放进去。再顽固不化的人，也受不了这个滋味。”
　　来俊臣听了，便吩咐手下人抬来一个大瓮，照着刚才周兴所说的方法，用炭火把大瓮烧得通红。来俊臣突然站起来，把脸一沉，对周兴说：“有人告你谋反，太后命我来审问你，如果你不老老实实供认的话，那我只好请你进这个大瓮了！”
　　周兴听了惊恐失色，知道自己在劫难逃，只好俯首认罪。
　　
　　【用 法】
　　兼语式；作谓语、定语；用于书面语。

【示 例】

　　①《·论费厄泼赖》：“我可以立刻回答：当然是要的，然而尚早。这就是‘～’法。”
　　② 清·《·席方平》：“掬西江之水，为尔洗肠，即烧东壁之床，～。 ”

【近义词】

　　、。

【歇后语】

　　来俊臣的高招

【原 文】

　　或告文昌右丞周兴与丘神绩通谋，太后命来俊臣鞠之。
　　俊臣与兴方推事对食，谓兴曰：“囚多不承，当为何法？”兴曰：“此甚易耳！取大瓮，与炭四周炙之，令囚入中，何事不承？”俊臣乃索大瓮，火围如兴法，来起谓兴曰：“有内状推兄，请兄入此瓮。”兴惶恐叩头伏罪。

【译 文】

　　唐朝女皇武则天，为了镇压反对她的人，任用了一批酷吏。其中两个最为狠毒，一个叫周兴，一个叫 来俊臣。他们利用诬陷、控告和惨无人道的刑法，杀害了许多 正直的文武官吏和平民百姓。 有一回，一封告密信送到武则 天手里，内容竟是告发周兴与人联络谋反。武则天大怒，责令 来俊臣严查此事。来俊臣，心里直犯嘀咕，他想，周兴是个狡 猾奸诈之徒，仅凭一封告密信，是无法让他说实话的；可万一 查不出结果，太后怪罪下来，我来俊臣也担待不起呀。这可怎 么办呢？苦苦思索半天，终于想出一条妙计。他了一桌丰盛的，把周兴请到自己家里。两个人你 劝我喝，边喝边聊。酒过三巡，来俊臣叹口气说：“兄弟我平日办案，常遇到一些犯人死不认罪，不知老 兄有何办法？”周兴得意地说：“这还不好办！”说着端起酒杯抿了一口。来俊臣立刻装出很恳切的样子 说：“哦，请快快指教。”周兴阴笑着说：“你找一个大瓮，四周用炭火烤热，再让犯人进到瓮里，你 想想，还有什么犯人不招供呢？”来俊臣连连点头称是，随即命人抬来一口大瓮，按周兴说的那样，在四 周点上炭火，然后回头对周兴说：“宫里有人密告你谋反，上边命我严查。对不起，现在就请老兄自己钻 进瓮里吧。”周兴一听，手里的酒杯啪哒掉在地上，跟着又扑通一声跪倒在地，连连磕头说：“我有罪， 我有罪，我招供。”

【英文版】

　　Kindly Step into the Vat--Try What You Have Devised against Others In order to suppress those who were against her, Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), appointed a few merciless persons to be judges. Two of them were extremely brutal; one was called Zhou Xing and the other was called Lai Junchen. They killed many upright civil and military officials as well as ordinary people by framing up cases against them and by administering inhuman corporal punishment to them. Once, Wu Zetian received a letter which informed against Zhou Xing. The letter aside that Zhou Xing was plotting a rebellion in collaboration with others. Wu Zetian was furiously angry when she read the letter, and immediately ordered Lai Junchen to deal with the case severely. Hearing the order, Lai Junchen had misgivings about it. He knew that Zhou Xing could not be forced to tell the truth merely by using a letter informing against him because he was very sly and crafty. Lai Junchen also knew that he would not be for given if he should fail in dealing with the case, because the empress would certainly blame him and punish him. How could he solve the problem then? He turned the problem over and over in his mind, and finally thought out a 'brilliant scheme'. Lai Junchen had a sumptuous feast prepared, and invited Zhou Xing to his home. The two of them urged each other to drink, and they talked while drinking. After the wine had gone round three times, Lai Junchen pretended to sigh, 'When Ihandle cases in ordinary times, I often com across prisoners who stubbournly refuse to admit they are guilty. I wonder if you have any effetive measures.' Hearing this, he took a sip of the wine. Lai Junchen immediately pretended to be very earnest, saying, 'Oh, please do tell me at once.' Smiling insidiously, Zhou Xing said, 'Get a big vat, scorch it hot with charcoal fire all around, and then let the prisoner come into the vat. Will the prisoner fail to make a confession of his crime?' Hearing this. LaiJunchen nodded his head in approval repeatedly. He then ordered his subordinates to bring a big vat, and had a charcoal fire lit all around it as Zhou Xing had said. He then turned to Zhou Xing and said, 'Someone in the imperial court has informed against you, saying that you are plotting a rebellion. The empress has ordered me to deal with the case severely. So I beg your pardon, but would you kindly step into the 'Someone in the imperial court has informed against you, saying that you are plotting a rebellion. The empress has ordered me to deal with the case severely. So I beg your pardon, but would you kindly step into the vat?' Hearing this, Zhou Xing dropped his wine cup to the ground and the cup broke with a crash. Then he knelt down with a flop, nodded repeatedly and said, 'I am guilty. I confess I am guilty.' This story appears in A General History as a Mirror of Past Events by Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty. From this story, people have derived the set phrase 'kindly step into the vat -- try what you have devised against others'.