Take the lead in explaining

"Take the lead" is an idiom, which comes from the cuneiform of Tan Mi written by Yuan Anonymous: "In front of the temple, I put forward a peace policy, and I took the lead."

It means "Aotou": the relief of Aoyu on the steps in front of the palace, where the champion stood to greet the imperial examination awards, and the emperor summoned the champion, runner-up and others in front of the palace. Wang Ding knelt in front of him, which happened to be the relief head of the giant ao. Originally refers to the examination champion in the imperial examination era. Now generally refers to the first place or the first place.

Idioms and their stories

In the Song Dynasty, Bao Gong invited Song Renzong to give Cohen a try. Fan Zhongyan, from Nan 'an Village, Jiangxia County, Wuchang District, Huguang, secretly sighed after learning the news. The villagers all knew that his talent would definitely be the top scholar, and he used 100 silver and a black donkey to fund him to go to Beijing. Fan Zhongyan really won the first prize.

The origin of words

The Biography of the Golden Temple in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was usually held two days after palace examination. On this day, the emperor summoned the new Jinshi in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The Jinshi were all dressed in brand-new uniforms, wearing three branches and nine leaf crowns, and stood behind the civil and military officials in two classes and gathered under Dan Yong of the Golden Palace.