Why are people used to saying that robbing Peter to pay Paul instead of robbing Peter to pay Paul?

Proverbs are handed down from people's long-term social production, which are both philosophical and scientific, and the most important thing is the summary of experience. Of course, some proverbs were formed in a specific historical environment, which may not be correct with the development of society, but most of them have profound philosophies and have been circulating. So similar? Rob Peter to pay Paul? Where did this proverb come from? Why not say it's robbing Peter to pay Paul? What's the point?

On the one hand, China people pay attention to the pattern of geomantic omen. In ancient times, family houses with a little social status basically faced south. At the same time, in order to match the feng shui pattern, a wall was built inside and outside the door, called? Shadow tablet? . This kind of wall is often beautiful and magnificent.

Relief and other decorations reflect the identity and culture of the owner, and different screen walls represent different classes, which is insurmountable. Moreover, this wall has the functions of preventing being disturbed, cold and prying, which has practical significance.

And then what? Shadow tablet? In feudal society, the so-called south wall was regarded as a monster, which was equivalent to the geomantic omen of the house. It is very important, so it will not be destroyed by the south wall, and the south wall and the north wall are asymmetrical, so there is no way to complement each other. Even if the north wall is torn down, there is no way to mend it. And the north wall is the main part of the house, so it can't be demolished.

On the other hand, as can be seen from the above, the east wall and the west wall are on both sides, which is an equal relationship. Demolition and mending will not affect the big feng shui pattern, and it is obviously easier to describe taking care of one thing and losing another. In other words, if this happens in feudal families, they will try their best to make up for the losses at the lowest cost. No matter what the result is, they will use the method of robbing Peter to pay Paul, but it is impossible to rob Peter to pay Paul or rob Peter to pay Paul.

So? Rob Peter to pay Paul? This proverb is based on the houses in ancient feudal society. This is very reasonable, scientific and wise. Even in times of difficulty and crisis, losses will be recovered at the least cost.