During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei occupied Shu and established Shu. After his death, his son Liu Chan succeeded him, also known as "Liu Adou". Liu Chan is incompetent. After the death of the sage, Shu was destroyed by Wei in 263 AD. After Liu Chan surrendered, Cao Mao of Wang Wei named him a "Happy Duke" with no real power and moved him to Xuchang, Weijingdu. Wang Wei himself has no real power, and Si Mazhao has the final say. At a banquet, Si Mazhao deliberately arranged to perform Sichuan songs and dances in front of Liu Chan. At the thought of the ruin of the old country, Liu Chan's followers were very sad, but they said to him, "Just have a good time here and don't think about Shu any more." He doesn't miss Shu at all. According to this story, people derive the idiom "being happy without thinking" to describe some people who are content with the status quo and forget their roots. It also describes some people who are happy and forget their roots.
Golden Millet Dream―sheer daydream
This idiom comes from the novel The Story of Conan's Taishou by Li Gongzuo, a writer in China in the Tang Dynasty. There is a man named Chunyuba who likes drinking at ordinary times. There is a big pagoda tree with deep roots and luxuriant leaves in his yard. On midsummer night, there are few stars in the moon, the evening breeze is blowing gently and the trees are swaying, which is a good place to enjoy the cool. On Chunyuba's birthday, relatives and friends came to celebrate his birthday. He was happy for a while and then drank a few glasses of wine. In the evening, relatives and friends all went back, and Chunyuba rested under the big locust tree with a little drunkenness and fell asleep unconsciously. In my dream, Chunyuba entered a tree hole at the invitation of two envoys. The sun shines in the cave, and there is another world, which is called Dahuai country. Just in time for Beijing to select officials, he also signed up. After three exams, the article was written very smoothly. When the exam results were announced, he ranked first. Then the emperor had an interview. Seeing that Chunyuba was handsome, talented and loved very much, the emperor personally named her the champion and betrothed the princess to him. The top scholar Lang became a husband, and the capital was once beautiful. The relationship between husband and wife is very happy after marriage. Soon, Chunyu Kun was sent by the emperor to the county as a magistrate. Chunyu is diligent and loves the people. He often goes to the territory to investigate and study and check the work of his subordinates. The local administration is very clean and effective, and the local people greatly appreciate him. Thirty years later, Chunyuba's achievements have become famous all over the country. He has five men, two women and seven children, and he lives proudly. The emperor tried several times to transfer Chunyuba back to Beijing for promotion. When the locals heard about it, they all poured into the streets, blocked the satrap's carriage and forced him to succeed in Conan. Chun Yuba was moved by the people's love and had to stay to explain the situation to the emperor. The emperor appreciated his achievements and gave him many treasures as a reward. One year, Luo sent troops to invade Dahuai, and the generals of Dahuai were ordered to meet the enemy, only to be defeated by enemy soldiers several times. The news of the defeat reached the capital, and the emperor was shocked, and hurriedly called the officials of the civil and military forces to discuss countermeasures. Ministers heard that the front-line troops were repeatedly defeated, and the enemy troops were approaching the capital, which was extremely fierce. One by one is scared to death. You look at me, I look at you, and they are helpless. When the emperor saw the minister's appearance, he was very angry and said, "You usually pamper yourself and enjoy all the splendor. Once something happens to the country, it becomes a gourd without a mouth. You are timid. What's the use of asking you? " At this time, the prime minister remembered Conan's outstanding achievements and recommended them to the emperor. The emperor immediately ordered Chun Yu to command the country's elite troops to fight against the enemy. Chunyu Kun received orders from the emperor and immediately led his troops to war. However, he knows nothing about the art of war. No sooner had he fought the enemy than he was defeated and his military strength suffered heavy losses. He almost became a prisoner himself. The emperor was very disappointed when he learned the news. He ordered Chun Yuba to be removed from all his posts, demoted to a civilian and sent back to his hometown. Ba thought that his reputation had been ruined once, and he was ashamed and resentful. He let out a cry and woke up from his dream. He searched for the country of locust tree according to his dream. It turned out to be an ant hole under locust tree, where a group of ants lived. "A dream of Conan" sometimes means that life is a dream and wealth and power are illusory.
Endure hardships to achieve some ambition.
In 496 BC, a war broke out in wuyue in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River because of trivial grievances! Gou Jian, the young king of Yue, took Fan Li as his strategist, which made Wu Jun utterly defeated, and the old king of Wu also died of injury! Young Fu Cha ascended the throne. He vowed to wipe out Yue State. Three years later, Fu Cha led the army to attack Vietnam. After the war between the two sides, the more Wu Sheng was defeated, the more Wu troops attacked. Wen Zi bribed the Minister of Wu and Fu Cha, and tried his best to solve this matter. At last, Fu Cha was moved with kindness and stopped destroying Yue. The state of Yue was preserved. Gou Jian led the queen and became a slave in the state of Wu. After three years as a slave, Fu Cha fell ill. Fan Li seized the opportunity to let Gou Jian find the source of the disease and let Fu Cha taste the dung, which thoroughly influenced Fu Cha and let Gou Jian go. Back in Gou Jian, Yue, I slept on straw with a rope hanging from the beam. Pig bile is tied to one end of the rope. Wake up every day, the first thing is to taste bitterness! For twenty years, he can't get rid of it, every day. In 473 BC, Gou Jian secretly selected 30,000 soldiers hiding among the people and besieged Gusu City in one fell swoop. At this time, there were 50 thousand soldiers and horses in Fucha, but they dared not go out of the city for World War I because of difficulties in food and grass. Gou Jian created a miracle in the history of human kings! He worked hard to inspire and strengthen the country, and created the human myth of beating the big with small, defeating the strong with weak, and hitting the stone with eggs! The allusions of eating one's bread and drinking one's courage can be called the classics in China's thousands of years of civilization history, and Gou Jian's superhuman will may have more humanistic significance!
Quench thirst by thinking of plum-masturbating with illusory hope
One summer, Cao Cao led his army to crusade against Zhang Xiu. The weather is unusually hot, the sun is like fire, and there is not a cloud in the sky. The troops walked on the winding mountain road, and the dense trees and rocks scorched by the sun on both sides made people breathless. By noon, the soldiers' clothes were soaked, the marching speed slowed down, and several weak soldiers fainted on the side of the road. Cao Cao was worried that the marching speed was getting slower and slower, and that the fighter plane would be delayed. However, at present, tens of thousands of people can't even drink water. How can we speed up? He immediately called the guide and asked him quietly, "Is there a water source near here?" The guide shook his head and said, "The spring is on the other side of the valley. It's a long detour. " Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "No, it's too late." He looked at the forest in front of him, thought for a moment, and said to the guide, "Don't say anything, I'll think of something." He knew that even if he ordered the troops to speed up at the moment, it would not help. A brainwave, the solution came. He grabbed the horse by the stomach and quickly rushed to the front of the team. Pointing at the front with a whip, he said, "Soldiers, I know there is a large area of Merlin in front, where the plums are big and delicious. Let's hurry around this hill and get to Meilin! " Hearing this, the soldiers seemed to eat it in their mouths, and their spirits were greatly boosted, and their pace could not help but accelerate a lot. The story comes from a false prophecy in Shi Shuo Xin Yu. The idiom "looking at plum to quench thirst" refers to comforting yourself or others with fantasy.
This land is full of wailing geese-this land is full of refugees/wailing victims.
Explanation: metaphorically speaking, there are victims of moaning and screaming everywhere. Ai Hong: A whining wild goose. There is a poem named Hongyan in The Book of Songs Xiaoya. Two of them are: "Wild geese come and they are crying." It means: Hongyan can't find a place to live, flying aimlessly and crying sadly. Describe the tragic scene of displaced refugees moaning for help. Because of these two poems, people later called the refugees who could not live in peace "love red"; There are so many people suffering that they are almost everywhere that they are called "everywhere is sad" or "everywhere is sad". The word "wow" in the original poem is often used to describe the noisy voice of crying and hunger, such as "crying for something to eat".
Love me, love my dog
Explanation: It is a metaphor for loving a person and caring about people or things related to him. According to legend, Shang Zhouwang, the last emperor of Shang Dynasty, was a luxurious, cruel and heartless bad king. Jichang, the Xibe nationality, later Zhou Wenwang, tried every means to escape from prison because he opposed the imprisonment of Zhou Wang. At that time, the capital of Zhou was Qishan (now Qishan County, Shaanxi Province). After returning to Qishan, Zhou Wenwang was determined to overthrow the rule of Shang Dynasty. First, he hired Jiang Shang (Jiang Taigong), a military strategist, to actively train and prepare for war, and then he annexed several small vassal states around him, and his power gradually became stronger. Then, the capital moved to Fengyi (now near Huxian County, Shaanxi Province) and prepared to move eastward. However, Zhou Wenwang died shortly after moving the capital. Zhou Wenwang's son Ji Fa succeeded to the throne, namely Zhou Wuwang. Jiang Taigong continues to be a strategist. Half-brother (Duke Zhou) and half-brother Ji? #93; (3) Zhao Gong is the two right-hand men of King Wu. At the same time, King Wu won the support of several other governors. So, it was officially announced that it would send troops to attack Zhou. The army crossed the Yellow River in Jin Meng (now the South Yellow River Ferry in Mengxian County, Henan Province), pushed northeast, and approached Song Chao in Shang Dynasty (now the northeast of Qixian County, Henan Province). Because Shang Zhouwang had lost all his heart, and the army didn't want to die for him, so he ran away and fell down, and the uprising was soon conquered. Zhou Wang committed suicide, and the Shang Dynasty was over. In the next 800 years, it became the world of Zhou Dynasty, known as the Zhou Dynasty in history. At the beginning of Zhou Wuwang's conquest of Chao Ge, King Wu was worried about how to deal with the nobles and officials left over from Shang Dynasty and whether he could stabilize the situation. To this end, he held consultations with Jiang Taigong and others. There is a written record in the "Shuo Yuan Gui Fa" compiled by Liu Xiang, a man of Han Dynasty: "Yin Ke, the king of Wu, called Taigong and asked,' What will happen to a man who is a weapon?' Taigong said to him:' I love people who love them, and I love black houses; People who hate others hate others. What if Xian Liu defeated the enemy and made it more than enough? Zhou Wuwang defeated the Shang Dynasty, summoned Jiang Taigong and asked, "What should we do with their personnel?" Taigong replied: "I heard that you love that person and will love his crow;" If you hate that man, get rid of his servants and servants. What do you think of killing all the enemies and leaving none? " Because of this legend, the idiom "love me, love my dog" came into being. China has had a superstitious custom since ancient times, thinking that crows are "ominous birds", and whoever lands on its house will suffer misfortune. In the Xiaoya section of The Book of Songs, the oldest collection of poems in China, there is a poem entitled The First Month, which contains "Whose home is this?" It can be seen that the ancients hated crows, but few people loved them. The so-called "love me, love my dog" is because I love that person, and even his crows don't think it's ominous and annoying. This idiom has always been used as a metaphor for pushing love. Because you love a person deeply, you love his relatives, friends and other people or other things. This is called "love me, love my dog" or "love me, love my dog".
Stroll by, instead of sitting in a carriage, and enjoy yourself.
The source "Qi Ce IV of the Warring States Policy" said: "Shu wants to return, night food is meat, safety is a car, innocence is precious, and quietness is at your own risk." The explanation is to walk slowly, as if by car. Story: During the Warring States Period, there was a scholar named Yan Shu in the State of Qi. Qi Xuanwang longed for his name and called him to the palace. Yan Shu casually walked into the palace and came to the front steps of the temple. Seeing Wang Xuan waiting for him to visit, he stopped and stopped. When King Xuan saw it, he called, "Yan Shu, come!" Unexpectedly, Yan Shu remained motionless and stopped Xuan Wang and said, "Your Majesty, come quickly!" King Xuan was very unhappy. Seeing Yan Shu's arrogant words, the ministers around him said, "Your Majesty is the monarch and you are a subject. Your majesty can call you here, or you can call your majesty here. How can you do this? " Yan Shu said: "If I go to see the king, it means that I envy his power;" If the king comes, it shows that he is a respectable corporal. Instead of making me envy the power of the king, I might as well let corporal Dayu be virtuous. Qi Xuanwang asked angrily, "Is the king noble or the scholar noble?" ? Yan Shu said without thinking: "Of course, scholars are nobles, but kings are not!" " King Xuan said, "Is there any basis for you to say this?" Yan Shu smiled and said, "Of course. Once upon a time, when the State of Qin attacked the State of Qi, the King of Qin once gave an order: Anyone who dares to cut wood within fifty paces of the high tomb will be killed! He also ordered: Whoever can cut off the head of the King of Qi will be named Wan Huhou and rewarded for his work. From this perspective, the head of a living monarch is worse than the grave of a dead scholar. " Qi Xuanwang was speechless and unhappy. Ministers quickly cleared the way: "Yan Shu, come here! Yan Shu, come here! Our king has a country with thousands of chariots (1000 gauntlets). Who dares to disobey? The king has everything he wants, and all people are obedient. You gentlemen are so mean! " Yan Shu retorted, "What you said is wrong! In the era of Dayu, there were as many princes as there were nationalities. Why is this? Because he respects scholars. To Shang Tang, governors as many as three thousand. Today, only 24 people are lonely. From this perspective, paying attention to scholars is the key to gain and loss. Since ancient times, no one can be famous all over the world because he is not pragmatic. Therefore, your father should be ashamed of not consulting people often and not learning from people with low status. When King Xuan heard this, he felt that he was wrong and said, "I'm asking for trouble. I didn't know the villain's behavior until I heard your comments. I hope you will accept me as your student and you will stay with me in the future. I promise you have meat to eat and a car to go out. Your wife and children will be beautifully dressed. " Yan Shu declined politely. "Jade was originally produced in the mountains. If it is processed by craftsmen, it will be broken. "Although it is still very precious, it has lost its original appearance after all. Scholars are born in the backcountry, and if they are selected, they will enjoy the benefits; It's not that he can't be noble, but that his foreign style and inner world will be destroyed. Therefore, I would rather hope that the king would let me go back, eat late every day, walk steadily and slowly enough to be a bus; A peaceful day is no worse than a strong day. Quiet, pure, self-controlled, never tired of it. It was your king who ordered me to speak, and it was my uncle Yan who declared it truthfully. " Yan Shu said, "I made two obeisances to Xuan Wang and went out to the DPRK.
live and work in peace and contentment
Source "Laozi": Eat sweet, dress beautifully, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and enjoy its customs. Interpretation: refers to a happy and stable life. Story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous philosopher and thinker. His surname is Li, and his first name is Yong. It is said that when he was born, his hair was already white. A little old man with a white beard; So people call him "Lao Zi"; He also said that he was born under a plum tree, so his surname is Li; Because his ears are big, they are called "ears". In fact, Lao Tzu is a respectful name for him. Laozi was dissatisfied with the reality at that time, opposed the wave of social innovation at that time and wanted to go back. He misses the ancient primitive society and thinks that material progress and cultural development have destroyed people's simplicity and brought people pain, so he longs for an ideal society of "small country and few people". He always describes his "small country with few people" society like this: the country is small and the population is sparse. Even if there are many appliances, don't use them. Don't let people risk their lives and don't move far away. Even if there is a car and a boat, no one rides it. Even with weapons and equipment, there is no place to use it. It is necessary for people to re-use the ancient knotting method to record, eat sweetly, dress comfortably and live comfortably, and be satisfied with the original customs. Neighboring countries can see each other. Crows and dogs can hear each other, but people will not communicate with each other until they die of old age.
safe and sound
Explanation: Nothing happened, no damage or accident. Disease, disease, disaster. In 266 BC, Zhao Huiwen, the monarch of the State of Zhao, died, and his son Taizi Dan was succeeded by Zhao Chengxiao. Being young, his mother Zhao is in charge of handling state affairs. Zhao is a wise and knowledgeable middle-aged woman. When she was just in charge of state affairs, Qin stepped up her attack on Zhao. Zhao was in danger and asked Qi for help. Qi asked Zhao to send her youngest son to Qi as a hostage before sending troops. Zhao was reluctant to leave his youngest son, but after listening to the minister's advice, he often sent to Qi. On one occasion, the King of Qi sent messengers to Zhao with letters to greet Zhao. Wei Hou asked the messenger before opening the letter. "Qi's harvest is not bad, is it? Are people safe? Is the King of Qi healthy? " The envoy of the State of Qi was very unhappy and said, "I was sent by the King of Qi to greet you. Now, don't ask the king of Qi, ask the harvest and the people first. Can you put the humble in front and the noble in the back? " Wei Hou smiled and said, "No.. If there is no harvest, how can anyone? If there is no people, how can there be a monarch? Can you give up the basics and just ask the questions on the side when you say hello? " Hearing this, the emissary of Qi was speechless for a moment. This allusion to "innocence" later evolved into the idiom "innocence".
As strong as Mount Tai-as strong as a rock.
Description: As steady as Mount Tai. The description is very stable and unshakable. This idiom comes from Mei Cheng's "Writing to the King of Wu" in the Western Han Dynasty, and the words of loyal ministers will be pleasing to the eye. Do whatever you want, it is dangerous to accumulate eggs and it is difficult to get through; Follow one's inclinations, easily flip one's hands, and be content with Mount Tai. Mei Cheng, Zi Shu, a native of Huaiyin (now Jiangsu) in the Western Han Dynasty, was a famous writer in the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty was Emperor Jing, he worked as a doctor in Liu Bi's mansion. Guo Guan was a big country among the governors at that time, and Liu Bi, the prince of Wu, was ambitious, held a grudge against the central government and secretly planned a rebellion. Han Jing appointed Chao Cuo, a brilliant politician, as an ancient counselor, while Chao Cuo advocated reducing the territory of vassal states, strengthening the power and prestige of the central authorities and consolidating national unity. Seeing some vassals cede territory, Liu Bi knew that she was inevitable, so she contacted the vassals of Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi, Jiaodong and other countries to plot rebellion. Mei Cheng clearly saw the evil of Liu Bi's conspiracy to rebel and wrote a letter to the king of Wu to remonstrate with Liu Bi. In "exhortation", he said: "If we can listen to the words of loyal ministers, all disasters can be avoided. If you must do what you want to do, it is more dangerous than folding eggs and more difficult than heaven; However, if you can change your original idea as soon as possible, it will be much easier than tumbling, and it will also make your position as stable as Mount Tai. " However, Liu Bi was stubborn and stepped up her conspiracy activities. Therefore, Mei Cheng had to leave the State of Wu and visit Liuwufu in Liang Xiaowang. In BC 154, Liu Bi contacted the governors of Chu, Zhao, Jiaoxi and Jiaodong and rebelled in the name of "killing Chao Cuo on the side of Qing Dynasty". Historically, it was called "the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms with Wu and Chu". Han Jing listened to the slanderers, killed Chao Cuo and apologized to the vassals. At this time, Mei Cheng wrote a letter to the king of Wu, urging Liu Bi to stop fighting. Liu Bi still refused to look back. Soon, Zhou Yafu, a general of the Han Dynasty, led the army to defeat the rebels in Wu Chu. Liu E, the king of Chu, committed suicide, and Liu Bi, the king of Wu, fled to East Vietnam and was killed. Five other kings also committed suicide or were killed. The rebellion was a complete failure in only three months. After the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was pacified, Mei Cheng became famous for his foresight in Letter to the King of Wu. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne and sent someone to recruit him to be an official in Beijing. Unfortunately, he died on the road before he got to Beijing.
The dragon has nine sons, each with his own unique temperament ―― brothers and sisters may be different in many ways.
According to legend, Liu Bowen was a god before the Jade Emperor. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, there was chaos, war and famine. The Jade Emperor made Liu Bowen reincarnate to assist Ming Jun, so as to rule the world and benefit the whole people, and gave him a sword to cut it, and ordered the Dragon King of the Four Seas. But the Dragon King was old and weak, and had many affairs, so he sent his nine sons. Nine dragons are all powerful. They followed Liu Bowen for many years, laid a good foundation for Zhu Yuanzhang and helped Judy win the throne. When they successfully prepared to return to heaven, Judy, an ambitious Ming emperor, wanted them to stay with him forever and bring peace and stability to the country that ruled the world. So in the name of building the Forbidden City, he took Liu Bowen's sword and set nine sons on fire. But Jiuzi was still a god beast, and suddenly it rained heavily and he was furious. When Judy saw that the fairy sword could not shake Jiuzi, he decided to use a trick. He said to Jiuzi's eldest brother, "You are so strong that you can carry 10,000 kilograms. If you can carry this sacred monument to your ancestors, I will let you go. " At first glance, it turned out to be a small stone tablet. I carried it on my back without hesitation, but I couldn't move it after all my efforts. It turns out that the tablet of divine power is used to record the merits (good deeds) of the "real dragon emperor" before his death, and it has two generations of emperor seals, which can town ghosts and gods in all directions. Seeing that the boss was crushed under the monument, Ba Zi couldn't bear to leave and decided to stay on earth together, but vowed never to be himself. Although Judy raised nine sons, all she got was nine statue-like beasts. When Liu Bowen learned about this, he also abandoned Judy and returned to heaven from the body. Judy regretted it. In order to warn future generations not to repeat the same mistakes, he asked the nine sons to perform their duties and spread them through the ages.
An old cow is licking her newborn calf ―― doting parents.
The old cow licked the calf. Metaphor parents love their children. In the Three Kingdoms, there was a counselor named Yang Xiu under Cao Cao. On one occasion, Yang Xiu went out with Cao Cao, so he couldn't attack the city, so he camped on the spot. At this moment, Yang Xiu suddenly heard Cao Cao say, "Chicken ribs, chicken ribs! He immediately understood that Cao Cao meant withdrawing troops, so he said to the soldiers, "The Prime Minister is withdrawing troops." In this way, the whole battalion packed up and prepared to retreat. When Cao Cao visited the camp, he was very surprised to see this situation. He asked the soldiers why, only knowing that Yang Xiu had discovered his own ideas. He secretly envied Min Hui of Yang Xiu and Yang Xiu's cleverness. So Yang Xiu was killed on the pretext of disturbing the morale of the army. After Yang Xiu's death, Yang Biao, Yang Xiu's father, was very sad. He became more and more haggard because he missed his son. Cao Cao asked him, "Why is Yang Gong so thin?" Yang Biao sighed and said, "I'm ashamed. I don't have the foresight like Jin Ridi. Now I still have the heart to love my son like an old cow licking his own child!" Upon hearing this, Cao Cao said. Very touched, but also can not help but feel guilty.
Make an example of others-make an example of others.
Kill chickens for monkeys. Metaphor is to make an example of others. A monkey charmer bought a newly trained monkey. This monkey is very clever. He jumped at the sound of drums and rolled at the sound of gongs, but he didn't listen to his new master. The monkey juggled the gongs and drums, but the monkey blinked and didn't move, just didn't hear it. The monkey charmer thought of a way. He caught a rooster and beat gongs and drums at it. How can a rooster act? Hearing the sound of gongs and drums, he was too scared to move on the ground. The monkey charmer picked up a knife and killed the rooster with one knife. This frightened the monkey. As soon as the drum is played in the monkey show, he immediately dances. As soon as the gong is struck, he immediately jumps over the barrel, and he dare not be vague at all. "To set an example to others" comes from this story. Punishing an irrelevant person to threaten another person can be said to be "setting an example for others".
When the two sides meet on rugged terrain, only courage can win.
Metaphorically speaking, the opposing sides meet in a dangerous and narrow place, and only those who go forward can win. Or it can be used to describe an emergency situation in which the warring parties can only fight to the death except that there is no room for manoeuvre in a narrow space. The story originated from the siege of Xie Kui and Heshun County in Zhao She during the Warring States Period. In the twenty-ninth year of Zhao Huiwen (270 BC), Qin sent people to attack South Korea, the western neighbor of Zhao, and this military action of Qin also surrounded the territory of Zhao. When Zhao Haoqi Huiwen asked the ministers, Lian Po and Le Cheng both said that "the road is long and Xiu Yuan is awkward, and it is too narrow to save." However, Zhao She said, "The road is dangerous and narrow. For example, there are two mice fighting in the hole, and the brave one wins. " This is the story of "two mice make a hole".
Sit on the top of the mountain and watch tigers fight-watch safely when others fight.
Sit quietly and watch the tigers fight. Metaphor is to take a stand-by attitude towards the struggle between the two sides, wait until both sides are hurt, and then profit from it. One year, South Korea and Wei fought for a long time, regardless of the outcome. King Hui of Qin intends to send troops to help. He wants to hear the opinions of the ministers. Chen Yi said, "Once upon a time there was a man named Bian Zhuangzi who saw two tigers and wanted to kill them with his sword. The people next to him advised him: "You don't have to worry. You see, two tigers are eating cows. After eating all the cows, they are bound to compete, and the struggle will lead to the struggle. As a result, the big tiger was injured and the little tiger died. Won't you kill two birds with one stone when you assassinate the injured tiger again? " "Oh," King Hui of Qin suddenly realized, "You mean, let South Korea and Wei fight for a while, wait for one to be defeated, wait for the other to be damaged, and then I will send troops to crusade, so that we can defeat both of them at once, just like that Bian Zhuangzi who stabbed the tiger, right?" Chen lightly nodded and said, "exactly! King Hui of Qin adopted Qiu Chen's opinion and won.
Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers
Metaphor young people worry less and dare to do it. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei seized Hanzhong from Cao Cao, proclaimed himself king, and ordered Guan Yu to take Xiangyang and invade Fancheng. Guan Yu led Liao Hua and Guan Ping to attack Xiangyang, while Cao Cao led Coss to resist. As a result, he was defeated and retreated to Fancheng. Cao Cao sent general Yu Jin as the general to levy south, with the brave general Pound as the pioneer, and led the troops to Fancheng for rescue. Pound led the vanguard troops to Fancheng, and let the soldiers walk in front of the team carrying coffins to fight Guan Yu to the death. Pound bullied others and asked Guan Yu to beat him by name. Guan Yu went to war, and the two men fought for more than 100 rounds, regardless of the outcome, and the two armies each sounded their golden bells to retreat. When Guan Yu returned to the camp, he said to Guan Ping, "Pound is a brave general in Cao Ying because of his skillful knife cutting." Guan Ping said: "As the saying goes, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." You can't despise him! The idiom "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers" here means that the brave general Pound has just been born and is unstoppable. Never underestimate your enemy. Guan Yu felt that it was difficult to defeat Pound by force for a while, so he came up with a plan. At that time, the autumn rain continued, the Hanshui River soared, and Wei Jun Camp was stuck in a low-lying place. Guan Yu dug the Hanshui levee, flooded the seven armies, and escaped to the Forbidden City and Pound. When Yu Jin surrendered, Pound refused to give in until he knelt down. Guan Yu advised him to surrender, but Pound cursed instead. So Guan Yu ordered Pound to be killed. This is the meaning and origin of newborn calves being afraid of tigers. In fact, in the story, we can see that this sentence has existed for a long time, otherwise it is impossible for Guan Ping to say "common cloud", but it is impossible to verify who said it before. Guan Ping is the first person with historical data, so this sentence is considered to be the source of this idiom.
Stop wrong ideas from the beginning.
When bad ideas, bad things or mistakes just appear, we should prevent, put an end to and prevent development. This idiom comes from Ding Hongchuan in the later Han Dynasty. If the government is responsible for bowing, Du gradually prevents sprouting, exterminates the fierce demon and eliminates the harm. After the Eastern Han Dynasty and Emperor acceded to the throne, Dou Taihou came to power. Her brother, Dou Xianguan, is a general. He appointed Dou's brother as a civil and military official and held the military and political power of the country. Seeing this phenomenon, many ministers are very anxious, and they are all worried about the Korean family. Minister Ding Hong is one of them. Ding Hong is very learned, and he has a lot of research on classic works. He was very angry with Dou Taihou's authoritarian power and determined to get rid of this scourge for his country. A few years later, there was a solar eclipse in the sky. Ding Hong wrote to the emperor with this ominous sign at that time, pointing out the harm of Dou Jiaquan to the country and suggesting that this phenomenon should be changed quickly. And the emperor had this plan for a long time, so he quickly dismissed Dou Xian's office, and Dou Xian and his brothers committed suicide. In his last book to the emperor He, he said that if the emperor personally cleans up politics, he should pay attention to preventing accidents from happening when they begin to sprout, so as to eliminate hidden dangers and enable the country to maintain long-term stability.
Imitate others and lose your personality.
It is a metaphor for imitating people who don't go home and forgetting what they once knew. Legend has it that two thousand years ago, there was a teenager in Shouling, Yan State. If you don't know his last name, just call him Shouling Youth! This young Shouling is not worried about food and clothing, and he is a medium-sized talent in appearance, but he lacks self-confidence. He often feels that he is nothing like others for no reason-good clothes, delicious food and elegant standing and sitting. He learns what he sees and loses what he learns. Although he has a new look, he still can't do one thing well. He doesn't know what he should look like. His family advised him to change this problem, which he thought was because his family cared too much. Relatives and neighbors said he was a bear breaking a stick, but he didn't listen at all. Over time, he doubted whether he should walk like this, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his walking posture was too stupid and ugly. One day, he met several people talking and laughing on the road, only to hear someone say that the walking posture of Handan people is beautiful. As soon as he heard this, he had a heart attack and hurried forward to find out. Unexpectedly, the men saw him and walked away with a smile. How beautiful is the walking posture of Handan people? He can't imagine. This has become his heart disease. Finally, one day, he went to Handan, a distant place, to learn to walk without telling his family. When I arrived in Handan, I felt fresh and dazzling everywhere. Seeing children walking, he feels lively, beautiful and academic; Seeing the old man walking, he felt steady and learned; Watch women walk, sway and learn. In this way, after only half a month, he couldn't even walk, and his travel expenses were spent, so he had to climb back.
to gild the lily
It is not icing on the cake, but self-defeating. There was a nobleman in the state of Chu. After offering sacrifices to his ancestors, he gave a pot of offering wine to the guests who came to help. The guests discussed with each other and said, "This pot of wine is not enough for everyone to drink. A person who drinks it will have a surplus. Let's each draw a snake on the ground. Whoever smokes first will drink this pot of wine. " One person drew the snake first. He picked up the hip flask and was about to drink it, but proudly held it in his left hand and continued to draw a snake in his right hand, saying, "I can add more feet to it!" " But before he finished drawing his feet, another man had drawn a snake. The man grabbed the hip flask and said, "Snakes have no feet. How can you add feet to it? " Then he drank the wine in the pot. The gild the lily didn't drink at last.