What are the idiom stories about history?

1. A leaf blinds one's eyes

There was a man in Chu, whose family was poor and destitute. He read "Huainanzi" and saw this record in the book: When the mantis is catching cicadas, it uses leaves to cover its body, so that other small insects cannot see it. (If someone can get the leaf), it can be used It hides its body.

He was very happy, so he ran under a tree and looked up, hoping to find the leaf that the praying mantis used to cover himself when hunting cicadas. I discovered it by chance and reached out to pick it off. Unexpectedly, the leaf fell to the ground. There were originally fallen leaves under the tree, but they were no longer identifiable (mixed together).

So, he simply swept up all the fallen leaves and took several buckets home. After taking them home, he took turns to cover his eyes with leaves one by one, and asked his wife: "Can you still see me?" At first, his wife kept saying: "Yes." Later, he struggled all day long. , his wife was tired and impatient, so she lied to him and said: "I can't see it!"

When the man heard this, he was secretly happy, and hurriedly put the selected leaves in his arms and ran to the street. Go up. When he arrived at the downtown area, he held up leaves and took other people's things in front of them as if no one was watching.

As a result, he was caught on the spot by government officials and escorted to the county government. When the county magistrate interrogated him, he honestly recounted the whole story. The county magistrate couldn't help laughing after hearing this. Knowing that he was a nerd, he released him after reprimanding him without punishing him.

2. Hear the Rooster and Dance

Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty was a man with an open mind and lofty ambitions. But when he was a child, he was a naughty child who didn't like reading. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve the country without studying, so he started reading hard. He read extensively and studied history seriously, so he started reading hard.

He read extensively and studied history carefully, from which he learned a wealth of knowledge and made great progress in his knowledge. He had been in and out of Luoyang, the capital, several times. People who had come into contact with him said that Zu Ti was a talented person who could assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, someone recommended him to go to court, but he refused and continued to study hard.

Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kun Yizhi served as the chief registrar of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun had a deep relationship. Not only did they often sleep in the same bed and quilt, they also had the same lofty ideals: to make contributions, revive the Jin Dynasty, and become the pillars of the country.

Once, Zu Ti heard the crow of a rooster in his sleep in the middle of the night. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him: "Other people think it is unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night, but I don't." Thinking about it this way, how about we just get up and practice swordplay when the rooster crows?"

Liu Kun readily agreed. So they got up after the rooster crows every day to practice their swords. The light of the swords danced and the sound of the swords clanged. Spring goes to winter, cold comes and heat comes, never stopping. Hard work paid off, and after long-term hard study and training, they finally became all-round talents capable of writing good articles and leading troops to win battles.

Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country; Liu Kun became the governor, taking charge of the military affairs of the three states of Bing, Hebei and You, and also gave full play to his literary and military talents. slightly.

3. Repairing the situation after a desperate situation

This story comes from the "Warring States Policy". During the Warring States Period, a minister of the Chu State named Zhuang Xin said to King Chu Xiang one day: "When you are in the palace, the Marquis of Zhou is on your left and the Marquis of Xia is on your right; when you go out, Lord Yanling and Lord Shouhe are always together. It’s up to you. You and these four people specialize in extravagance and sexual pleasure, regardless of national affairs, and Ying (the capital of Chu, in the north of Jiangling County, Hubei Province) must be in danger.”

King Xiang heard this! , was very unhappy and cursed angrily: "Are you confused? Are you deliberately saying these sinister words to confuse people's hearts?"

Zhuang Xin replied calmly: "I really feel that things must be done. If you have reached this point, you don’t dare to deliberately say that Chu is in trouble.

If you continue to favor this person, Chu will definitely perish. If you don’t believe me, please allow me to hide in Zhao. "Hide and see what happens."?

Zhuang Xin had only lived in Zhao for five months. As expected, Qin sent troops to invade Chu, and King Xiang was forced to go into exile in Yangcheng (now northwest of Xixian County, Henan). Only then did Zhuang Xin feel that what he said was good, and he quickly sent someone to find Zhuang Xin and asked him what he could do. Zhuang Xin said sincerely: "I've heard that it's not too late to think of a hound when you see a rabbit's teeth; when a sheep runs away, It’s not too late to mend the sheepfold after it falls.

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4. The blind man touches the elephant

According to the ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures, there was a small country in India in ancient times, and the king was named the Mirror King. He believed in the Buddhism of Sakyamuni and worshiped the Buddha every day. Chanting scriptures is very pious. However, there were many divine religions and witchcraft popular in the country at that time. Most of the subjects were confused by their preaching, and their hearts were confused and unclear about right and wrong, which was not conducive to the governance of the country.

The Mirror King wanted to do this. In order to make his subjects convert to Buddhism, he came up with an idea: to educate and induce them by showing the blind man touching the elephant. "The messenger quickly gathered a group of blind men and led them to the palace.

The messenger walked into the palace and reported to the Mirror King: "Your Majesty, the blind man you asked to find has been brought to the palace. "The Mirror King said: "You will lead the blind people to the elephant garden tomorrow morning, so that each of them can only touch one part of the elephant's body, and then take them to the square in front of the palace immediately. ”

The next morning, the Mirror King summoned all the ministers and tens of thousands of civilians to gather in the square in front of the palace. People were whispering to each other. No one knew what important things the king was going to announce. Different At the meeting, the messenger led the blind people to the high seat of the Mirror King, and the people in the square suddenly became quiet.

The Mirror King asked the blind people: "Have you touched the elephant?" The blind people replied in unison: "I touched the elephant!" "The Mirror King said again: "Each of you, tell us what an elephant looks like! The blind man who touched the elephant's leg was the first to stand up and said, "Tell the wise king that the elephant is like a big barrel filled with paint." ”

The blind man who touched the elephant’s tail said: “Your Majesty, the elephant should be like a broom.” The blind man who touched the belly of the elephant said, "Your Majesty, the elephant is indeed like a drum." "Then, those who touched the elephant's head said the elephant was like a big spoon, those who touched the big tusks said the elephant was like a horn, those who touched the back of the tail said the elephant was like a stick, and those who touched the ears said the elephant was like a stick. Said that the elephant is like a dustpan.

Finally, the blind man who touched the trunk of the elephant said: "Sage King, the elephant is really like a thick rope. "

A group of blind men divided into several groups. They were noisy and arguing. They all said that they were right and what others said was wrong. They all went to the Mirror King to argue: "Your Majesty! The elephant does look like what I said! "At this time, all the subjects present laughed when they saw this, and the Mirror King also looked at everyone meaningfully and laughed.

5. Covering one's ears and stealing the bell

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin family Zhao family killed Fan family. Someone took the opportunity to go to Fan family's house to steal something. He was very happy when he saw a big bell hanging in the yard. It was made of fine bronze. He wanted to carry this beautiful clock back to his home, but the clock was so big and heavy that he couldn't move it.

He thought about it, and there was only one way, and that was to ring the clock. Break it into pieces, and then move it home separately.

The thief found a big hammer and smashed it at the clock with all his strength. A loud bang made him jump, thinking about this. It's raining badly. Doesn't the sound of the bell tell people that I am stealing the bell?

He felt anxious and threw himself on the clock. He opened his arms to cover the sound of the bell, but the bell couldn't be heard. How could he cover up the sound! The sound of the bell was still heard in the distance. The more he listened, the more frightened he became. He couldn't help but pull back his hands and cover his ears hard. "Hey, the sound of the bell has become smaller and can't be heard anymore!" "

The thief became happy and said, "Great! If you cover your ears, you won't be able to hear the bell! "He immediately found two cloth balls and plugged his ears, thinking that no one could hear the bell now. So he let go and hit the bell. Every time, the bell sounded loudly far away. People heard the bell and swarmed to catch the thief.