It was originally a dirty word, "You can't carve rotten wood, and you can't carve the wall of dirt!" What is the reason why it can be circulated for thousands of years?

As for "rotten wood cannot be carved, nor can dung walls be carved." This sentence, we will also use this word in our daily life, but the latter one is not commonly used.

The reason why this sentence will be circulated for thousands of years is because the truth of this sentence can always be used in the present. It is intended to warn future generations and always remind ourselves that we can't do things like this.

The general idea of this sentence is that rotten wood can't be carved, and the wall of dirt can't be wiped. You can't carve rotten wood, and you can't carve the wall of dirt. In fact, there is another sentence behind this sentence: what is the punishment? What this sentence means is that there is nothing to blame for killing such a person.

This also leads to a story. Zaiyu is a disciple of Confucius. At first, Zaiyu was a decent speaker and used beautiful words. Confucius liked this disciple very much at first, and thought it was promising to be slaughtered in the future.

But the good times didn't last long, and his reputation revealed his laziness. One day, Confucius came to give a lecture to his disciples and left him to sleep alone in his room. From this. Confucius had the feeling that "rotten wood cannot be carved".

Now this idiom is often used to describe a person who can't be reformed with the help of external forces, or whose quality has reached the extreme and is hopeless. In addition, it is also used to describe things or situations. Failure is a foregone conclusion and there is no room for redemption.

Therefore, this sentence can also be called "dead wood can't be carved" or "dead wood can't be carved." On this basis, it can also be called "rotten wood dung", which shows that this person has become incorrigible.