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Panic about the shadow of the bow in the cup-fear of the shadow

One day, Le Guang invited his friends to drink in the hall at home. When that friend was drinking, he suddenly saw the shadow of a small snake shaking in his glass. He was disgusted, but he drank the wine anyway. I feel uncomfortable and uneasy after drinking it. I got sick when I got home.

A few days later, Le Guang heard the news that his friend was ill and knew the reason why he was ill. Le Guang thought, "There will never be a snake in the glass!" So he ran to the place where he was drinking that day. It turns out that there is a colorful bow on the wall of the hall. The shadow of the bow happened to fall where his friend put down his glass, so Yue Guang ran to his friend and explained the reason. After the man understood the reason, he immediately recovered.

Later, people used the metaphor of "a cup bow and a snake shadow" to be suspicious and ask for trouble.

Bole comments on horses-praising people who are good at discovering talents

Legend has it that the fairy who manages horses in the sky is called Bole. In the world, people call people who are good at distinguishing the good from the bad horses Bole.

The first person is Bole, whose real name is Sun Yang, and he was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his excellent research on horses, people forgot his original name and have simply called him Bole until now.

On one occasion, Bole was entrusted by the King of Chu to buy a good horse that could walk thousands of miles every day. Bole explained to the king of Chu that swift horses are rare and hard to find. He needs to travel around the country. Please rest assured that the king of Chu will try his best to get things done.

Bole traveled to several countries and carefully inspected Zhao Yan, which is rich in famous horses. It's hard, but I still haven't found a good horse I like. One day, Bole came back from Qi. On the way, he saw a horse pulling a salt cart and struggling on a steep slope. This horse is tired and it is difficult to take every step. Bole has always been very close to horses and can't help walking up to him. When the horse saw Bole approaching, it suddenly raised its head, widened its eyes and screamed loudly, as if to tell Bole something. Bole immediately judged from his voice that this was a rare good horse.

Bole said to the driver: "This horse gallops on the battlefield, and no horse can match it;" But it is not as good as ordinary horses for pulling carts. You'd better sell it to me. "

The driver thinks Bole is a big fool. He thought the horse was ordinary, had no strength to pull the cart, ate too much and was skinny, so he agreed without hesitation. Bole took a swift horse and went straight to Chu. Bole led the horse to the Chu Palace, patted the horse on the neck and said, "I found a good master for you." Like a swift horse, he understood the meaning of Bole, raised his front hoof and giggled, making his neck long, hissing and loud, like a stone pot of a big clock, reaching the sky. The king of Chu heard the neighing of horses and walked out of the palace. Bole pointed to the horse and said, "Your Majesty, I brought you a swift horse. Please watch carefully. "

When the king of Chu saw that the horse led by Bole was so thin, he thought Bole had fooled him and was a little unhappy. He said, "I believe you can look at the horse before buying it, but what kind of horse did you buy?" This horse is difficult to walk. Can it go to war? "

Bole said: "this is indeed a swift horse, but it looks very thin after being dragged for a long time and not carefully fed." As long as it is carefully fed, it will definitely restore physical strength within half a month. "

The king of Chu was a little skeptical and ordered the groom to try his best to feed the horse. Sure enough, the horse became thin and handsome. The king of Chu whipped his horse, only to feel that the wind was blowing around his ears and the time for breathing had already run out of a hundred miles away.

Later, a swift horse made great contributions to the battle of the king of Chu. The king of Chu has more respect for Bole.

Desperate

There was a nobleman named KATTO in the Zhou Dynasty. KATTO is not only talented in poetry, but also good at managing state affairs. Later, he was by Zhou Liwang's side to help handle state affairs. However, Zhou Liwang is arrogant and misinterprets the law. Treacherous court officials try their best to please. KATTO bluntly advised him and listed the disadvantages of state affairs, but the treacherous court official spoke ill of him in Zhou Liwang's ear. Zhou Liwang is very tired of KATTO. Since then, treacherous court officials have gone in and out, ignoring KATTO. KATTO was very angry and wrote a poem, which was later included in The Book of Songs. In the poem, he attacked the traitor and said, "There is no cure for evil!"

"incorrigible": terminally ill, medicine can't save it. The latter metaphor is that things are hopelessly bad.

Ignorance and incompetence

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, General Huo Guang was an important official of the imperial court and won the trust of Emperor Wu. On his deathbed, Emperor Wu entrusted his youngest son, Liu Fuling (Emperor Zhao), to Huo Guang for assistance. After the death of Emperor Zhao, Huo Guangli made Liu Xun Emperor (Xuan Di). Huo Guang was in power for more than forty years, which made great contributions to the Western Han Dynasty.

After Liu Xun succeeded to the throne, she made Xu Fei queen. Huo Guang's wife Huo Xian is a greedy woman. She wanted to marry her little daughter Cheng Jun to be a queen, so she took advantage of Xu Niangniang's illness to bribe a female doctor to poison Xu Niangniang. The poisonous trick was exposed and the female doctor was jailed. Huo Guang knew nothing about this beforehand, but when it came out, Huo told him. Huo Guang was very scared and accused his wife of not doing such a thing. He also wanted to report it, but he couldn't bear to have his wife convicted. After careful consideration, he concealed this heinous thing. After Huo Guang's death, someone reported the case to Xuan Di, and Xuan Di sent someone to investigate and deal with it. Huo Guang's wife heard about it, discussed countermeasures with her family and cronies, and decided to gather people to plan a rebellion. She didn't want to reveal the secret, so Xuan Di sent troops to surround her family.

Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, commented on Huo Guang's merits and demerits in The Biography of Han Huo Guang, saying that he was "ignorant and dark in Dali", which meant that Huo Guang didn't study and had no knowledge, so he didn't know the truth of the overall situation. The idiom "no learning and no skill" means no learning and no skill.

Be endowed with great/extraordinary talents

Xie Lingyun in the Southern Dynasties was a writer who wrote a lot of landscape poems. He is smart and studious, has read many books, and has been deeply loved by his grandfather Xie Xuan since he was a child.

He was born into a noble family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the world called him "Xie" because he attacked the title of Gong. As a duke, he had no real power and was sent to Yongjia as a satrap. Xie Lingyun lamented his lack of talent, often leaving his official duties to go sightseeing. Later, he resigned and moved to Huiji, often drinking and having fun with friends. The local satrap sent someone to persuade him to restrain himself, but he scolded him. However, the landscape poems written by Xie Lingyun are deeply loved by people. Every time he wrote a new poem, he was immediately copied and spread quickly.

After Song Wendi ascended the throne, he was recalled to Beijing as an official and praised his poetry and calligraphy as "two treasures". Xie Lingyun is even more proud. He said, "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets. I have to fight, and the world is divided into one battle. "

This idiom comes from this, which describes people's extraordinary literary talent.

Every bush and every tree seems to be enemies-in a state of extreme panic.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian, king of Qin, took control of northern China. In 383 AD, Fu Jian led 900,000 infantry and cavalry to attack the rulers in the south of the Yangtze River. Jin generals Xie Shi and Xie Xuan led eighty thousand troops to resist. Fu Jian learned that 8 jin j strength is insufficient, just want to seize the opportunity, quick attack.

Unexpectedly, 250,000 vanguard troops in Fu Jian were unexpectedly defeated by 8 Jin Army in Shouchun, and suffered heavy losses. The general was killed and more than ten thousand soldiers were killed or injured. Qin Jun's spirit fell sharply, his morale was shaken, and the soldiers fled in panic. At this point, Fu Jian saw the 8 jin j in Shouchun city, and his fighting spirit was high. Then he looked at Bagong Mountain in the north, and saw that every grass and tree on the mountain looked like nomads from the army. Fu Jian turned to his younger brother and said, "What a powerful enemy this is! How can we say that the 8 Jin Army is insufficient? " He regretted underestimating his enemy.

The bad start cast an ominous shadow on Fu Jian's mind, and he made his troops deploy on the north bank of Feishui in an attempt to turn the tide by virtue of geographical advantages. At this time, Xie Xuan, the general of the Jin army, told Qin Jun to step back a little and make way for a river. Fu Jian did Sarah laugh. The general of the Jin army didn't know the common sense of fighting. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Jin army was busy crossing the river and it was difficult to fight, so he gave it a surprise attack, so he readily accepted the request of the Jin army.

Who knows, when the military order to retreat came out, it fled like a flood, while the Jin army tried to cross the river in pursuit, abandoned its helmet and abandoned its armor, and the bodies were everywhere. Fu Jian fled with an arrow.

The story comes from the Book of Jin; Fu Jian Lu. The idiom "all plants are soldiers" describes nervous and paranoid panic psychology.

riding the winds and breaking the waves

In the ancient Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general named Zong Qiming in Song State. He was brave and ambitious since he was a child. One day, Zong Yi's uncle asked him what his ambition was, and Zong Yi replied, "I would like to ride the wind and waves." I must break through all obstacles, go forward bravely and make a difference. After studying hard and working hard, Zong Yi finally became a general who can be good at fighting.

Later, people used "braving the wind and waves" to describe the spirit of facing difficulties.

Use more and use less-use less and use less talents.

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the State of Jin invaded south continuously. Xin Qiji joined the anti-Jin rebellion. Later, he served as an envoy to Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan and Jian 'an in the Southern Song Dynasty.

He is not only a patriotic hero, but also wrote many poems full of fighting passion. Due to the attack of the pacifists, he spent 18 years in retirement near Shangrao Lake. 1203, the court appointed him as an Anfu ambassador in eastern Zhejiang and a magistrate in Shaoxing. He often talks about state affairs with Lu You, a patriotic poet who lives near Jianhu Lake in Shaoxing. The following spring, Song Ningzong invited him to Peking to ask for his opinions on Xu Jin's Northern Expedition. Before he left, Lu You gave him a long poem, "I have a heart and a hall to write about the DPRK". The poem says: Xin Qiji is a first-class figure among Guan Zhong and Xiao He, and he is overqualified as a messenger of peace in eastern Zhejiang.

When Xin Qiji arrived in Beijing, the emperor only arranged for him to be the magistrate of Zhenjiang Prefecture. Soon, the patriotic hero died of grief and anger.

Later, people used "overqualified" as an idiom, which means that high talents and low positions can't play a role.

Imitate clumsily

In ancient times, there were two women in the state of Yue. One is very beautiful, and the other is ugly, called Dong Shi. Dong Shi admired Shi's beauty and always imitated Shi's every move. One day, Shi had a heart attack and walked in the street, covering his chest with his hand and frowning. When Dong Shi saw it, she thought it was beautiful. She walked up and down the street just like her, but the pedestrians in the street were too scared to see her. Later, people used the phrase "it is effective to learn from the East" to mean to imitate others without knowing what their strengths and weaknesses are. In which "effect" means "imitation" and "frown" means "frown".

High mountains and Running water

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Yu Boya, who was proficient in temperament and superb in piano skills. He was a famous pianist at that time. When Yu Boya was young, he was smart and eager to learn. He used to learn from others, but he always felt that he could not express his feelings about all kinds of things in a superb way. Boya's teacher knew his idea and took him to Penglai Island in the East China Sea by boat, so that he could enjoy the natural scenery and listen to the waves of the sea. Boya looked up and saw the waves surging and splashing; Seabirds are roaring and singing; The lush trees in the forest are like entering a fairyland. A wonderful feeling arises spontaneously, as if the harmonious and beautiful music of nature is ringing in the ear. He couldn't help playing the piano, his voice turned at will, and the beauty of nature was integrated into the sound of the piano. Boya experienced an unprecedented realm.

One night boating in Boya. Facing the cool breeze and bright moon, he was full of thoughts, so he played the piano again, and the sound of the piano was melodious and getting better. Suddenly I heard someone screaming on the shore. When Boya heard the sound, he got out of the boat and saw a woodcutter standing on the shore. Knowing that the man was a bosom friend, he immediately invited the woodcutter aboard and played for him with great interest. Boya played a tune praising the mountains, and the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Majestic and solemn, such as Mount Tai towering into the clouds! " When he played the surging waves, the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Vast and boundless, it seems to see rolling water and boundless sea! " Boya was very excited and said excitedly, "bosom friend!" You are really my bosom friend. "This woodcutter is Zhong Ziqi. Since then, the two have become very good friends.

This story comes from Liezi Tang Wen. The idiom "high mountains and flowing water" is a metaphor for bosom friends and wonderful music.

Someone who tries not to offend anyone.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Si Mahui, who was very good at identifying talents. But because the political struggle at that time was very sharp and complicated, he pretended to be confused. No matter what others tell him, good or bad, he always answers "good".

One day, he met an acquaintance on the road. The man asked him how he was, how he always was. He replied, "Good".

Another day, an old friend came to his house and talked sadly about his son's death. Who knows that Si Mahui also replied: "Good!" After that friend left, Si Mahui's wife scolded him and said, "People think you are a moral person, so they believe you and tell you what you are thinking. But when you heard that his son died, you said yes. What is this? " Si Mahui said slowly, "good! Your handwriting is so good! " His wife was angry and annoyed, in distress situation.

Later, people often use "Mr. Nice guy" to describe those who don't know right from wrong, dare not offend others, and just want to be stable.

do one's utmost/best

The idiom "Do your best" was originally found in the Biography of Wei Zhi Jia Kui, and Pei Songzhi quoted Wei Lue: "Do your best to publicize the laws of science."

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Yang Pei named Kong Qu, who was our envoy in Xinzheng. When Cao Cao passed Xinzheng, the troops were short of food. Yang Pei helped Cao Cao, so he was deeply loved by Cao Cao. With the assistance of Cao Cao, Yang Pei was promoted to long-term social order. He is not afraid of strongmen, no matter who breaks the law, he must be punished according to law and won the praise of Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao went to war, he heard that the public security in Yecheng was too chaotic, so he wrote a letter to choose a Yecheng order, and the selection standard was to have the courage and level of Yang Pei. Choose to choose, there is no suitable, so it was named Yecheng Order (then called Jing). Before Yang Pei took office, Cao Cao summoned him and asked him how to manage his power. Yang Pei replied: "I will do my best to publicize the law and discipline, so that everyone can abide by the law." Cao Cao was very happy after hearing this and said to the people around him, "Did you hear that? This is a respectable person. " Before Yang Pei officially took office, some powerful landlords and members of the royal family heard that Yang Pei was coming to Yecheng, and they all warned their children to behave.

The idiom "do your best" is often used to mean to do your best.

Ten eyes and one line

"Reading ten lines at a glance" is an idiom to describe reading speed. It is said that Jian Wendi in the Liang Dynasty read in ten lines. In the Qing Dynasty, Ruan Yuan was in favor of "ten eyes and one line". Ruan Yuan has compiled many books and often asks a man named Yan Jie to help him proofread them. Ruan Yuan wrote a poem for him: "Yan Zi is the best proofreader, and our school has the longest day. The proofreading works are selected, starting from ten lines." Proofreading is proofreading; "Pavilion" means to stay. At that time, Yan Jie lived in Ruan Yuan's house. The most important thing in proofreading is carefulness. If you try to be quick and one-sided, some typos will be easily overlooked.

Just across a narrow water body.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the north and the State of Chen in the south were bounded by the Yangtze River.

Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, Prime Minister of Northern Zhou Dynasty, abolished Emperor Jingdi of Zhou Dynasty, established Sui Dynasty on his own.

Determined to destroy the State of Chen, he once said, "I am the parents of the whole country. Is it because there is a Yangtze River as narrow as a belt that I watch the people in the south suffer and don't save them? "

Later, people used "only a strip of water" to describe that the two places are very close, with only a narrow water area.

(of an unknown person) achieved amazing results at the first attempt.

During the Warring States Period, Qi Weiwang succeeded to the throne for three years, but he drank and had fun all day and was indifferent to state affairs.

Minister Chunyu Kun came up with a way to motivate Qi Weiwang. He said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a big bird in the State of Qi, which has not flown or barked for three years ..." He deliberately paused and tentatively asked, "Does your Majesty know what kind of bird this is?" When Qi Weiwang knew that Chunyu Kun was alluding to himself, he couldn't help laughing. After laughing for a while, he said, "This bird can fly without flying, and it will soar in the sky;" If you don't sing, it will be a blockbuster! "

Since then, Qi Weiwang has visited many places. When you see a competent doctor, you will be rewarded; For a doctor who sabotaged production, he was thrown into the oil pan and executed. Then, he strictly reorganized the army and defeated the invading Wei Jun.

Qi Weiwang's "blockbuster" shocked monarchs all over the world.

The idiom "blockbuster" means to be unknown at ordinary times and suddenly make an amazing move.