This idiom tells that after Zhou Liwang ascended the throne, the exploitation and oppression of people and slaves became more serious. He was greedy for money, monopolized mountains and rivers, forbade people to hunt, cut wood and fish, and sent people to monitor their words and deeds. He killed everyone who talked about him. The people couldn't bear it, and they rose up and rebelled everywhere, making the rule of the Zhou Dynasty more and more unstable.
Ministers who care about the country are very sad to see the Zhou regime crumbling. KATTO, a loyal veteran, tried his best to persuade Zhou Liwang to change autocratic politics, cultivate good governance and save the country. But Zhou Liwang wouldn't listen. Some powerful ministers laughed at KATTO, saying he was incompetent and ignorant. KATTO was so angry that he wrote a long poem to express his anxiety.
The content of this poem is to persuade Zhou Liwang and his sages not to treat anxiety as a joke, but to try their best to stop it before it comes. If worry accumulates, it will be as incurable as a serious illness. As KATTO expected, in 842 BC, riots broke out in China, and civilians and slaves took up arms and rushed into the palace. Zhou Liwang fled hastily and never returned to Beijing.
Since then, the Western Zhou Dynasty has gradually declined, and there has been a situation of disintegration. Later, Zhou Pingwang had to move the capital to Luoyi and establish the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The kings of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty have been unable to control the situation in the whole country, and various governors have been fighting for their own interests, and the world has become a battlefield.
The meaning of an incurable idiom:
During Zhou Liwang's reign, he used his henchmen many times, ignored the advice of sages such as Duke Zhou, Zhao Gong and KATTO, and enslaved the people with a cruel patent policy. As a result, the national strength of the Zhou Dynasty further declined and political affairs became more corrupt. The people complained bitterly, and the people were miserable, so they rose up and attacked them and rushed into the palace to kill Li Wang. Historically, people in China made trouble, and Zhou Liwang came to a tragic end, which was entirely self-inflicted.
Some bad guys are trapped in a sinful world, completely ignoring justice, kindness and beauty, and their evil and destructive behavior has reached an irreparable level. The incorrigible is an extreme, irreversible and unchangeable phenomenon. No matter who or what goes to an extreme, it will be very dangerous. Extreme is the space at the top of the cliff. The development space is too narrow, and the end point is not far.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-incorrigible