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The poles are in the opposite direction

The poles are in the opposite directions

The poles of the idiom "the poles are in the north" are the tracks of the car; the tracks are the marks left by the wheels on the road. The shaft turns south and turns north, which means that the action is contrary to the goal, and the result is getting further and further away from the goal.

This idiom comes from "Warring States Policy. Wei Ce IV". Now the minister came and saw someone in Taihang. He faced the north and held his chariot. He told the minister: "I want Chu." The minister said : "Your Majesty, Chu, will Xi face the north?" He said, "My horse is good." The minister said, "Although the horse is good, this is not the way of Chu." He said, "I use a lot." The minister said, "Although the horse is good, it is not the road of Chu." "This is not the way of Chu." He said: "My ruler is good." The better the number, the farther away from Chu.

In the late Warring States period, the national power of Wei, which once dominated the world, gradually declined, but the king Wei Anli still wanted to send troops to attack Zhao. The counselor Ji Liang had been ordered to go on an envoy to a neighboring country. When he heard the news, he immediately turned back halfway and came to see King Anli to dissuade him from attacking Zhao. Ji Liang said to King Anli: "Today I was on Taihang Road and met a man traveling north in a car, but he told me to go to Chu State. Chu State is in the south. I asked him why he went north instead of south? The man said: "It doesn't matter, my horse is good, it can run fast." I reminded him that it is useless if the horse is good, and the north is not the direction to go to Chu State. The man pointed to the big bag in the car and said: "It doesn't matter, I have a lot of travel expenses." I pointed out to him that it would not be helpful to have a lot of travel expenses, and he still said, "It doesn't matter, my horseman is the best at driving." This man is really stupid. He is going in the wrong direction. Even if the horse runs very fast, he has to pay a lot for traveling, and the driver is very good at driving, the better these conditions are, the farther he will go from his destination." At this point, Ji Liang started talking. This question: "Today, if the king wants to achieve hegemony, he must win the trust of the world for every move he makes, in order to establish authority and be popular among the people. If he relies on his own country's large country and strong military strength to attack others at every turn, he will not be able to establish prestige. Just like that fortress Those who go south will just go north, and will only get further and further away from the goal of achieving hegemony!"

After hearing these words, King Wei Anli felt that Ji Liang had pointed out important truths for him! , so he decided to stop attacking Zhao.

The above historical events formed the idiom "North pole is suitable for Chu". Later, in the process of spreading, people used to say "North pole", and derived another idiom "North pole", which has the same meaning as "South pole" .