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Repairing the situation

This story comes from the "Warring States Policy". During the Warring States Period, a minister of Chu State named Zhuang Xin said to King Xiang of Chu 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, Yanlingjun and Shouhejun are always looking at you. You and these four people specialize in luxury and pleasure, regardless of national affairs. p>

It must be dangerous!"

After hearing this, King Xiang was very dissatisfied and cursed: "Are you stupid? Are you deliberately saying these sinister words to confuse people?"< /p>

Zhuang Xin replied calmly: "I really feel that things must come to this point, and I dare not deliberately say anything about the misfortune of Chu State

If you always favor me This man, Chu State will definitely perish. Since you don’t believe me, please allow me to hide in Zhao State and see what happens.”

Zhuang Xin arrived. Zhao Guo only lived there for five months. Qin Guo sent troops to invade Chu, and King Xiang was forced to exile to Yangcheng (today's northwest of Xixian County, Henan Province). Only then did I feel that Zhuang Xin's words were good, so he quickly sent someone to find Zhuang Xin and asked him what he could do. Zhuang Xin said sincerely:

"I've heard that when you see rabbit teeth, you think of a hound. It's not too late; it's not too late to mend the sheepfold after the sheep run away..."

The frog at the bottom of the well

There was a frog living in an abandoned well. One day, the frog met a giant turtle from the sea by the well.

The frog boasted to the turtle:

"Look, how happy I am living here! Sometimes when I feel happy, I jump around the well railing for a while; when I feel tired, I go back In the well, sleep next to the brick hole for a while, or leave only the head and mouth and soak the whole body quietly in the water; or spread out in the soft mud. It's very comfortable to step back. Look at those shrimps and tadpoles, no one can compare to me. Moreover, I am the owner of this well. I am very free in this well. Why don't you come to the well often?"

After hearing what the frog said, the turtle really wanted to go in and have a look. But before its left foot was fully inserted, its right foot was already stuck. It quickly took two steps back and told the frog about the situation of the sea:

"Have you ever seen the sea? The sea is so vast that it cannot only be a thousand miles; the sea is as deep as a thousand feet. In ancient times, There are nine out of ten years, but the water in the sea does not rise much; later, seven out of eight years, the water in the sea does not get much shallower.

It can be seen that the sea is not affected by droughts and floods. Living in such a sea is really happy!”

The well frog was surprised when he heard what the turtle said. There, there was nothing more to say.

Tianya Haijiao

Han Yu, also known as Tuizhi, was a great writer in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

His father died when he was two years old, and his mother died soon after. When he was young, he relied on his brother Han Hui and his sister-in-law Mrs. Zheng to survive.

Han will have an heir (the son of his brother Yuci, heir to his eldest brother Hui) named Laocheng, who is ranked twelfth, so his nickname is Twelve Lang. Han Yu is a little younger at this age. Later, when Han Hui was forty-two years old, he was demoted to the governor of Shaozhou due to the incident of Prime Minister Yuan Zai. He died of illness in Shaozhou within a few months. At this time, Han Yu was only eleven years old and ten years old. Erlang is also very young. Although Han Yu had three older brothers (Hui,

Ben and Jie), they all passed away early. At this time, the only people who inherited the descendants of their ancestors were Han Yu and his nephew Twelve Lang. They were all alone and had not left for a day.

Han Yu traveled from Yicheng to the capital when he was nineteen years old. In the next ten years, he only met Twelve Lang three times. Just when he was planning to return to Xigui and live together forever with Twelve Lang, unfortunately Twelve Lang died at this moment. When Han Yu learned the news, he was so heartbroken that he wrote an article "Sacrifice to the Twelve Langs" and asked Jianzhong to prepare some current items and go to him from a long distance to offer sacrifices to him.

This memorial article is filled with tears every word, making it sad to read.

He was very talented and well-known among the princes. One day Yan Ying went out and sat in a carriage, driven by his charioteer (carriage driver). The charioteer's wife was very virtuous. When the charioteer was driving his car and passed by the door of his house, his wife peeped through the crack in the door and saw her husband. He waved his riding whip and looked proud.

When her husband came home that night, she scolded him: "Yan Ying was less than six feet tall. He became the prime minister of Qi and became famous all over the world.

Everyone knows him and respects him. I think his attitude is still very humble, and he has no intention of being complacent at all. You are eight feet tall and much more majestic in appearance, but you only serve as his driver. You are so proud and arrogant, so you will not be prosperous and can only do menial duties. I feel really embarrassed for you!"

After listening to his wife's words, the emperor's attitude gradually changed, and he appeared to be humble and kind. Yan Ying saw that the emperor suddenly became humble

and felt very strange. He asked him the reason; What his wife said was told to Yan Ying honestly. Yan Ying recommended him to be a doctor because he could immediately change his ways after hearing advice and was a person worthy of promotion.

Fire trees and silver flowers?

Ruizhong was the most hedonistic emperor among the Tang Dynasty monarchs. Although he only served as emperor for three years, no matter what the festival was, he always p>He always spends a lot of material and manpower to make extravagance for his entertainment. Every year on the Lantern Festival night of the first lunar month, he would set up a 20-foot-tall lantern tree and light more than 50,000 lanterns, which was called the Fire Tree. Later, the poet Su Weiwei took this as the title and wrote a poem describing its situation. His poem on New Year's Eve said: "Fire trees and silver flowers are closing, the iron locks of star bridges are open, the dark dust is gone with the horses, and the bright moon is chasing people.

It's the season for wandering prostitutes, and the plum blossoms are falling when they sing, and King Wu can't help but stay at night, "The jade leaks don't rush each other." This poem describes the lively situation at that time without any concealment, and seems to be active in front of our readers.

Buy caskets and return pearls

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a businessman in Chu State who specialized in selling jewelry. Once he went to Qi State to sell jewelry for business

Well, in order to make the jewelry sell well, we specially use precious wood to make many small boxes, carve and decorate the boxes very delicately and beautifully

so that the boxes will emit a fragrance, and then put the jewelry inside the boxes. .

There was a Zhengguo man who saw that the box containing the pearls was exquisite and beautiful. After asking about the price, he bought one, opened the box

and took out the treasure inside. Return to jeweler.

If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get its cubs

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Chao followed Dou Gu (official name), the captain of Fengche, to fight against the Xiongnu and made great contributions. Later he was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions

(today's the entire province of Xinjiang, the border of Gansu, and part of Central Asia west of Congling). He first went to Zheng Shanguo. The king had known Ban Chao for a long time and respected him very much, but after a while, he suddenly became negligent. Ban Chao summoned about thirty-six people who came with him and said: "Zheng Shanguo has been very cold to us recently. It must be the Huns from the north who also sent someone to win over him, making him hesitate and not know which side to obey. Cong< /p>

Mingren had to discover it before it even started, let alone the fact that it is already obvious."

After asking around, it turned out to be the case. So Ban Chao made an appointment with everyone again: "We are in a very dangerous situation now. The Huns envoy has only been here for a few days, and King Zheng Shan has been so cold to us. If it takes some time, King Zheng Shan may Tie us up and send them to the Huns. What should we do?" At that time, everyone firmly expressed their willingness to listen to his ideas. The envoy continued: "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get its cubs. The only way now is to attack the Xiongnu envoys with fire tonight and kill them quickly

. Only in this way will King Zheng Shan sincerely submit to the Han Dynasty."

That night, Ban Chao and his thirty-six companions rushed into the Huns' residence and fought to the death with only a few manpower.

Victory against most of the Huns and achieved the desired goal.

Commonplace

During the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Liu Yuxi who was excellent at reciting poems and writing articles. After he won the Jinshi, he lived in Beijing

< p>Served as a supervisory censor; because of his reputation as a bohemian character, he was ostracized in Beijing and demoted to be the governor of Suzhou. When he was the governor of Suzhou, there was a local man named Li Shen who had served as a Sikong official. Because he admired Liu Yuxi's reputation, he invited him to drink.

And invited him Several singing girls came to accompany him at the banquet. In the drinking room, Liu Yuxi became inspired by poetry, so he wrote a poem like this:

"The high bun has a new look on the temples, the spring breeze sings Du Weiniang, it is commonplace to see messy things, and it cuts off the heart of Suzhou's governor. ""Commonplace"

This idiom comes from Liu Yuxi's poem. The word Sikong used in this poem is the name of an official position in the Tang Dynasty, which is equivalent to Shangshu in the Qing Dynasty. Judging from Liu Yuxi's poem, the meaning of the entire idiom is that Li Sikong is used to such things and does not find it strange anymore.

The fox fakes the tiger's power

During the Warring States Period, when the Chu State was at its most powerful, King Xuan of Chu once feared his general Zhao

Xi for the sake of the northern countries at that time. shirt, and felt strange. So he asked the ministers of the DPRK why this was happening.

At that time, a minister named Jiang Yi narrated the following story to him:

“Once upon a time, there was a tiger in a cave, because he was hungry. , he ran outside to look for food. When he walked into a dense forest, he suddenly saw a fox walking in front of him. He thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Yes, he jumped forward and captured him effortlessly.

But when it opened its mouth and was about to eat the fox, it was cunning. The fox suddenly spoke:

'Hmph! Don't dare to devour me just because you think you are the king of beasts; you must know that heaven and earth have ordered me to be the king of kings

"Whoever eats me will be severely punished by heaven and earth." The tiger was dubious after hearing what the fox said.

However, when he turned his head, he saw the fox's arrogance and calmness. He was shocked. The original arrogance and domineering attitude had disappeared. Even so, he was still thinking: Because I am a hundred<. /p>

The king of beasts, so any beast in the world will be afraid of me. And he is ordered by the Emperor of Heaven to rule us!

At this time, the fox hesitated when he saw the tiger. He didn't dare to eat it, knowing that he already believed some of what he said, so he puffed up his chest even more proudly, pointed at the tiger's nose and said, "Why?" , don’t you believe what I say?

Then come with me now, walk behind me, and see if all the beasts are scared out of their wits when they see me, hug

The tiger scurried away. The tiger thought this was a good idea, so he followed it.

So the fox boldly opened the way, while the tiger followed them cautiously.

After a while, they could vaguely see the depths of the forest, where many small animals were vying for food. However, when they found the tiger walking behind the fox, they couldn't help but wonder. The fox was so frightened that he ran away.

At this time, the fox turned around proudly and looked at the tiger. The tiger couldn't help but feel frightened when he saw this situation.

But he didn't know it. The beasts were afraid of themselves, but they thought they were really afraid of the fox!

The cunning fox's plan succeeded, but his power was entirely due to the fact that he used the tiger to counteract a temporarily favorable situation

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Threatening the pack of beasts, the poor tiger was fooled, and he didn’t even know it!

Therefore, the reason why the people in the north were afraid of Zhao Xixie was entirely because of the king’s military strength. It is in his hands, that is to say

What they fear is actually the power of the king!"

The name fell to Sunshan

In the Song Dynasty of our country! , there was a talented man named Sun Shan. He was not only humorous, but also good at telling jokes, so people nearby gave him the nickname "Funny Talented Man".

Once, he and the son of a fellow villager went to the capital to take the examination.

When the list was released, although Sun Shan's name was listed at the bottom of the list, he was still on the list, and the person who went with him

The son of that fellow countryman failed to pass the exam.

Soon after Sun Shan returned home, his fellow villagers came to ask if his son had passed the exam. Morishan was embarrassed to speak directly, and it was inconvenient

to conceal it, so he casually read out two lines of poetry:

"The end of the world is Sun Shan, a wise man." Even more outside Sun Shan. "

Jie Yuan is the first person in the imperial examination system in our country. The so-called "Jie Yuan" in Sun Shan's poem generally refers to the general examination of candidates. The whole meaning of his poem is:

"The last person on the list of candidates is me, Sun Shan, but my son's name is still behind me."

From then on, people used this story to describe someone who failed to get admitted to a school or took various exams as "losing one's reputation".

Unfounded worries

Once upon a time in the country of Qi, there was a very timid and a bit neurotic person. He often thought of some strange problems, which made people confused.

I feel baffled.

One day, after dinner, he took a big cattail leaf fan, sat in front of the door, measured it, and said to himself:

"If one day, If the sky falls, what should we do? We have no way to escape and will be crushed to death. Isn’t this too unfair? ”

From then on, he worried about this problem almost every day. When his friends saw that he was in a trance and looked haggard all day long, they were very worried for him. However, when everyone knew the reason, they all came to persuade him. :

"Brother! Why do you have to worry about this matter? How could the sky collapse? Even if it does collapse, you are not the only one.

People can solve their problems by worrying, so think about it!"

However, no matter what others say, he doesn't believe it and still often worries about this unnecessary problem.

Later people based on the above story, extended it into the idiom "unfounded worries", its main meaning is to wake people up

Don't worry about unrealistic things . It has roughly the same meaning as "meaning to bother oneself."

A single tree cannot support itself

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties (Liu Dynasty), when Emperor Shun of the Song Dynasty, Xiao Daocheng took control of the political power, killed Zhongliang, ran rampant and wanted to usurp the royal family

Attempt. At that time, ministers Yuan Can and Liu Dong secretly discussed killing Xiao Daocheng. However, the matter was not kept secret. Xiao Daocheng's associate Chu Yuan found out and told Xiao Daocheng the secret. Xiao Daocheng was very angry and immediately sent his general Dai Sengjing to lead many troops to attack Yuan Can and surrounded the city. At this time, Yuan Yao said to his son Yuan Zui: "I know that a wooden pillar cannot support the collapse of a building, but for the sake of honor and justice, I have to stick to it."

Later, Dai Sengjing led his men over the wall and rushed into the city. Under the enemy's sword and gun, Yuan most bravely

used his body to cover his father. At this time, Yuan Can faced His son Yuan Zui said:

"I am a loyal minister, you are a filial son, and we will die with a clear conscience."

As a result, both father and son died for justice.

Later generations extended the words of Yuan Can at that time, "I know that a wooden pillar cannot support the collapse of a building."

It is difficult to support a single wooden pillar. "This idiom is used to describe that when things are in a difficult and critical situation, it cannot be saved by the power of one person or a few people.

Catch them all

The princes of Jin, Yiwu and Chonger, are two brothers. With the help of Qin and Qi, Yiwu ascended to the throne and became Duke Hui of Jin.

However, Hui Gong's ministers were divided into two groups. The group supporting Hui Gong was headed by Quemao and Lu Sheng. The faction secretly supporting Chong'er was headed by Rick and Pi Zheng. But this group of people were personally meritorious to Duke Hui of Jin. When Pizheng went to Qin for business, Duke Hui killed Rick on the pretext. After Pi Zheng came back, he was very frightened, fearing that he would also be killed by Duke Hui. But nothing was going against him, so he felt at ease.

Of course, he hated Duke Hui very much in his heart, so he secretly summoned his colleagues to discuss driving away Yi Wu and welcoming Prince Chong'er to the throne. One day, Tu Anyi came to see Pi Zheng. He waited from noon until late at night before seeing Pi Zheng. Pi Zheng asked him what happened. Tu Anyi told him that Duke Hui wanted to kill him, so he asked Pi Zheng to save him.

Pi Zheng said: "Go and ask Province Lu to save you!" Tu Anyi said: "Province Lu is not a good person, I am about to drink their blood and eat their guts

"Yeah!" Pi Zheng didn't believe it. Tu Anyi also suggested how to overthrow Duke Hui. After hearing this, Pi Zheng shouted loudly: "Who taught you to say it!" Tu Anyi saw that he didn't believe him, so he bit his finger and with blood flowing out, he swore to the sky:

< p>"For God's sake, if I am half-hearted, my whole family will die." In this way, Pi Zheng believed it and followed Pi Zheng

and his group of people conspired. They wrote a letter to Chong'er asking him to prepare to come back. Ten ministers including Pi Zheng, Zheng Hua, and Tu Anyi all signed.

Tu Anyi took the letter close to his chest and took it away. The next day, when they went to court, Hui Gong asked Pizheng: "Why do you want to welcome Mr. Chong'er?" Pizheng and his group were all taken aback, knowing that something was wrong, and they all gave up. The binding was removed and the head softened. All nine ministers who opposed Yiwu were wiped out in one fell swoop.

Into my nest

倀, the phonetic structure, originally means to open a bow, but here it is borrowed to mean a cage, a trap and to submit, "entering into my nest" means

It means entering my circle. For example, a person who catches sparrows puts a rice net under a snare to lure the sparrows. When the sparrows fly down and peck at the rice straw, the person pulls out the snare and catches the sparrows. Said: This sparrow "got into my nest". Another example is a person who wants to win over a certain person. Using various means to make Person A like him and praise him, until Person A is determined to use him,

He can then say: Person A has "come into my trap"!

This idiom originally came from "Tang Zhayan" written by Wang Dingbao in the Five Dynasties. This is a book describing the tribute system and miscellaneous matters in the Tang Dynasty.

The description is detailed and generally It is beyond the reach of historical records. According to records in the book, once. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (Li Shimin, the second son of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty) went privately to inspect the Yushi Mansion (the place where Jinshi examinations take place), and saw many newly outsmarted Jinshis filing out. , and said proudly: "All the heroes in the world have fallen into my trap!"

This sentence means: "All the promising young people in the world have fallen into my trap!"< /p>

Li Shimin was the founding father of the Tang Dynasty, with outstanding literary and military talents. After he took over the throne, he achieved a great unification in Chinese history

His prestige. As far as the outside world, he is not only talented and strategic, but also good at using power

as a person. Otherwise, he would not have accidentally said the words "come into my trap".

When this idiom is used, it is usually used to describe things that are not very grand, and people use networking methods to set various traps. When the goal is achieved, it can be said to be "into my head", "into his head" or "into his head".

A drop in a bucket

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (Liu Che) heard that Li Ling led his troops deep into the Xiongnu territory, his morale was high and he felt very happy. At this time, many ministers congratulated the emperor for being wise and good at employing people. Later, Li Ling was defeated and surrendered, and Emperor Wu was very angry. The ministers who congratulated him in turn scolded Li Ling for his uselessness and disloyalty. At this time, Sima Qian stood aside and said nothing. Emperor Wu asked him for his opinion on the matter. Sima Qian said frankly that Li Ling only had 5,000 infantry, but he was surrounded by 80,000 Xiongnu cavalry, but he still fought continuously. After more than ten days of fighting, he killed more than 10,000 enemies. He was truly an extraordinary general. In the end, because the food and arrows were exhausted and the return route was cut off, the fighting was stopped. Li Ling did not really surrender, but was waiting for an opportunity to serve his country. His merits can still make up for his failures. Emperor Wu listened to his defense of Li Ling and satirized Li Guangli, a close relative of the emperor, for his ineffective attack on the Huns' vulgarity. He angrily moved Sima to prison. The following year, it was also misreported that Li Ling was training troops for the Huns. Emperor Wu did not clarify the matter, so he killed Li Ling's mother and wife.

In order to cater to the emperor, Wei Duzhou of Ting Dynasty falsely accused Sima Qian of framing the emperor, and actually gave Sima Qian the most cruel and humiliating "corruption punishment". Sima Qian suffered such torture, and when he was in pain, he wanted to commit suicide; but then he thought about it, the death of a person with a low status like him

In the eyes of many rich and powerful people, the death is just like "Nine Not only will you not get sympathy, but it will also arouse people's ridicule.

So he determined to endure the humiliation and use his own life and time to arduously and tenaciously complete the writing of the great "Historical Records"

. The ancients said that only those who have great courage have great wisdom, and Sima Qian is such a person. He knew that in his era, the death of a person with no status or fame like him was worse than the death of a dog, so he lived bravely and finally completed the movie< /p>

The unprecedentedly great historical work - "Historical Records".

Sima Qian told his good friend Ren Shaoqing about his conversion of thoughts to promiscuity, and later people relied on what he said in his letter

"Nine oxen perish and a dime" The word is extended to the idiom "nine oxen and a hair", which is used to describe that something or a certain talent is only a part of a very large number, just like a hair on the nine oxen.

Three Lives of Fortune

There was a monk in the Tang Dynasty, named Guoze, who had profound attainments in Buddhism and was very close to his friend Li Yuanshan. One day,

< p>The two of them were traveling together. When they passed by a place, they saw a woman fetching water by the river. The woman had a big belly and was pregnant. Yuanze pointed at the woman and said to Li Yuanshan: "This woman has been pregnant for three years. She is waiting for me to be reincarnated as her son. However, I have been avoiding her. Now that I see her, there is nothing I can do. Avoid it again. After three days, this woman has given birth. At that time, please go to her house and see her. If the baby smiles at you, it will be me. As a proof! Wait until the thirteenth year, on the moonlit night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will wait for you at Tianzhu Temple in Hangzhou, and we will meet again then." They parted.

< p>Later, on this day and night, Yuan Tan died as expected, and at the same time, the pregnant woman also gave birth to a boy. On the third day, Li Yuanshan took care of Yuanze's words and went to the woman's house to visit. As expected, the baby smiled at the ground. On the moonlit night of the Mid-Autumn Festival after the thirteenth year,

Li Yuanshan arrived at Tianzhu Temple for a visit as scheduled;

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the temple, he saw a shepherd boy sitting on the back of a cow, watching and singing. Said: "The soul of old love is on the stone of three lives, watching the moon and singing in the wind is irrelevant. I am ashamed that my lover visits me from afar. Although the opposite sex is always present in this body."

Nowadays, most people usually use metaphors with special meanings fate. Or if friends meet by chance or in special circumstances, become close friends, and can help themselves, they will be praised as "lucky for three lives".

Broken his arm three times

During the Jin Dynasty, there were people from two groups, the Fan family and the Zhonghang family, who were preparing to raise troops to attack Jin Dinggong; at that time, some people pointed out that the war was successful

The key to success and failure depends on whether the people support it. If it cannot gain the trust and support of the people, it will undoubtedly fail. The Fan family

The rise of troops by the Fan family and the Zhonghang family to attack Jin Dinggong is an act of rebellion, and the people will not support them. What's more, Jin Dinggong himself once failed to conquer the king and ended up living in a foreign country. It can be said that he has experienced failure. Just like a person who has broken his arm three times

Although he has recovered after medical treatment, he has already tasted the feeling of broken arm; after several times of broken arm and treatment experience

< p>, he has learned about the cause of broken arm, as well as the process and method of treatment. In other words, he is already a veteran in this. Therefore

The meaning of the idiom "three folds of its arms" is quite profound.

No matter who he is, as long as he has achieved success through many setbacks and hard work, we can all say that he has struggled with

difficulties. "People. The great people in the world are not born. He must have experienced

a lot of setbacks, but still continued to struggle and finally succeeded. Failure is the mother of success. We can use the words of great people to encourage others and ourselves.

Three men become tigers

During the Warring States Period, when people attacked each other, in order to ensure that everyone could truly abide by their promises, countries usually handed over their princes to each other

< p>As a hostage. "Warring States Policy": "Wei Policy" has this record:

Pang Cong, the minister of the Wei State, was about to accompany the Prince of Wei to the State of Zhao as a hostage. Before leaving, he said to the King of Wei:

"Now there is a man who says that there is a tiger in the market. Can the king believe it?"

The king of Wei said: "I don't believe it."

Pang Cong said: " If a second person says that there is a tiger in the market, will the king believe it?"

The king of Wei said: "I am a little doubtful."

Pang Cong added: "If there is a tiger. The third person said that there was a tiger in the market. Do you believe it?"

The king of Wei said, "Of course I will."

Pang Cong said, "There is no such thing in the market." Tiger, this is an obvious thing, but after three people talked about it, it seems that there really is a tiger. Handan, the capital of Zhao State, is far away from Daliang, the capital of Wei State, much farther than the market here. There are more than three people talking about me. I hope the king will be more careful."

I know everything myself," said Pang Cong. When the prince returned home, King Wei really didn't summon him again.

A city is a place where the population is concentrated, so of course there will be no tigers. Saying that there is a tiger in the market is obviously a rumor and deception, but many people say this and tend to believe it if they don't look at the truth of things.

This story was originally a satire on King Hui of Wei's ignorance, but later generations extended this story into the idiom "three people become tigers", which is a metaphor for how sometimes rumors can It means to cover up the truth. For example: To judge the authenticity of something, you must carefully examine it

and think about it, and not just hearsay. Otherwise, "three people make a tiger" and sometimes they mistake rumors for truth.

Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out and the world was in chaos. Cao Cao took control of the court, Sun Quan supported Soochow, and Liu Bei, the Han clan’s Yuzhou pastor, listened to Xu Shu

(A native of Zhouzhoushe during the Three Kingdoms period, he was a famous counselor) and Sima Hui (a native of Yangdi, Zhouzhou during the Three Kingdoms period, and a famous counselor) said that Zhuge Liang was very knowledgeable and talented, so he and Guan Yu , Zhang Fei took gifts to Wollongong, Longzhong (now Xiangyang County, Hubei Province) to ask Zhuge Liang to come out to help him work for the country. It happened that Zhuge Liang went out that day, and Liu Bei had to turn back disappointed. Soon, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei braved the storm and snow to invite him for the second time. Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang went out for a leisurely trip again. Zhang Fei didn't want to come back.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was not at home, he urged him to go back. Liu Bei had no choice but to leave a letter expressing his admiration for Zhuge Liang and asking him to come out to help him save the country's dangerous situation.

After some time, Liu Bei went on a vegetarian diet for three days and prepared to invite Zhuge Liang again. Guan Yu said that Zhuge Liang may have a false name, but may not have real talent and learning, so there is no need to go. Zhang Fei, on the other hand, insisted that he call him alone. If he didn't come, he would be tied up with a rope. Liu Bei scolded Zhang Fei and visited Zhuge Liang for the third time. At that time, Zhuge Liang was sleeping. Liu Bei did not dare to disturb him. He stood there until Zhuge Liang woke up and then sat down to talk to each other.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Bei was determined to do things for the country and sincerely asked for his help, so he came out to help Liu Bei establish the Shu Han dynasty

.

"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" refers to Liu Bei's three personal invitations to Zhuge Liang as "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage".

In Zhuge Liang's famous "Execution of the Master", there is also a sentence: "The late emperor did not regard his ministers as despicable, but he was arrogant and wronged himself, and he paid close attention to his ministers in the grass hut

." So when later generations saw someone personally going to that person's home several times in order to ask someone he admired to come out to help him, they quoted this sentence to describe the desire and sincerity of the invitation. mood. That is to say, it means not being ashamed to ask questions and seeking talents with an open mind.

Three Orders and Five Applications

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous military scientist named Sun Wu. He brought his "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to see the king of Wu in his house.

After reading it, King Wu said: "I have read all of your thirteen art of war. Do you want to try it on my army?" Sun Wu said yes.

Yes. King Wu asked again: "Is it okay to use women to test it?" Sun Wu also said it was okay. So King Wu summoned one hundred and eighty beauties in the palace and asked Sun Wu to train them.

Sun Wu divided them into two teams, using the two palace concubines favored by King Wu as captains, and asked each of them to hold a halberd. After the team stood up, Sun Wu asked: "Do you know how to turn forward, backward, left and right?" The female soldiers said, "You know." Sun Wu said again: "If you look forward, look at my chest; if you look left, look at my left hand; if you look right, look at my right hand; if you look backward, look at my back." The female soldiers said, "I understand." ." So Sun Wu ordered to bring out the iron ax (a torture instrument used for killing people in ancient times) and warned them again and again.

After saying this, he beat the drum to give the command to turn right. Unexpectedly, the female soldiers not only failed to act according to the order, but actually laughed.

Sun Wu saw this and said: "The unclear explanation and unclear explanation should be the fault of the generals." So he explained what he had just said to them in detail

. Then beat the drum to give the command to turn left. The female soldiers still just laughed.

Sun Wu then said: "It is the general's fault that the explanation is unclear and the explanation is unclear. Since the explanation is clear and the order is not obeyed, it is the fault of the captain

and the soldiers." After his death, his followers pushed the two captains out and beheaded them. When the King of Wu saw that Sun Wu wanted to kill his beloved concubine, he hurriedly sent someone to intercede with Sun Wu, but Sun Wu said: "Since I have been ordered to be a general, I will be in the army, but I will not accept your order!" Left and right

Beheaded the two female captains and appointed the two leaders as captains. From then on, the female soldiers practiced complex movements such as forward and backward, left and right, and even kneeling and standing up, and no longer dared to play with it.

This story originally came from the "Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qi" in "Historical Records". Later, people extended Sun's repeated explanations to the female soldiers as "three orders and five warnings", which means warning people repeatedly. For example, a local government has repeatedly warned food stores that food must be clean and hygienic to avoid harming the health of customers. We can say: The government has "three requirements" for food stores to ensure cleanliness and hygiene. "Ling Wu Shen": Everyone already knows.