See also: <span class="searchmatch">杯</span><span class="searchmatch">酒</span><span class="searchmatch">释</span><span class="searchmatch">兵权</span> Wikipedia has an article on: <span class="searchmatch">杯</span><span class="searchmatch">酒</span>釋兵權 From an incident that took place in the Song Dynasty. Mandarin (Pinyin): bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán (Zhuyin):...
them to retire. This happened in 961 and gave rise to another idiom, <span class="searchmatch">杯</span><span class="searchmatch">酒</span>釋兵權／<span class="searchmatch">杯</span><span class="searchmatch">酒</span><span class="searchmatch">释</span><span class="searchmatch">兵权</span> (bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán). 諸校露刃列於庭，曰：「諸軍無主，願策太尉為天子。」未及對，有以黃衣加太祖身，眾皆羅拜，呼萬歲，即掖太祖乘馬。...