What do you mean, take precautions?

Taking precautions is to repair the doors and windows of the house before it rains. Be prepared in advance to prevent accidents.

Taking precautions is what many people often say. Many people who like to write calligraphy will write "Take precautions" and hang it at home. So what does this mean? Let's talk about what it means to plan ahead first.

Details 0 1 Note: Tight binding and extended repair. It means to repair the doors and windows of the house before it rains. Be prepared in advance to prevent accidents.

02 idiom source

Zhu Bailu's motto in the Ming Dynasty: "You should plan ahead and dig wells when you are thirsty."

The Book of Songs: "If it doesn't rain in the sky, it will rain."

Zhu Zi's Family Instructions: Take precautions and dig wells without thirst.

Idioms and allusions

BC 1046, Zhou Wuwang destroyed the Shang Dynasty. In order to appease the adherents of Shang Dynasty, he made Zhou Wang's son Wu Geng a vassal of Chao Ge, and at the same time sealed his three younger brothers Guan Shu, Cai Shu and Huo Shu in the east, west and north of Wu Geng, so as to monitor him.

Duke Zhou, Taigong and Zhao Gong, the younger brothers of King Wu, made great contributions to help King Wu destroy the merchants, so they stayed in Beijing to assist the court, and Duke Zhou was the most trusted.

Two years later, King Wu was seriously ill and the ministers were very anxious. Duke Zhou specially paid homage to the ancestors of the Zhou Dynasty and expressed his willingness to die on behalf of his brother. Please ask the king to bless King Wu's recovery. After the memorial service, the Duke of Zhou put the congratulatory envelope in the stone room, strictly forbidding historians to reveal it.

Coincidentally, the day after Duke Zhou prayed, King Wu's illness began to improve, and Duke Zhou and other ministers were very happy. But soon, the prince of Wu broke down from overwork and eventually died. The young prince Song Ji was crowned king, known as Zhou Chengwang in history, and Duke Zhou was appointed Regent by King Wu.

Duke Zhou's regency aroused the dissatisfaction of Guan Shu and others. They rumoured that the Duke of Zhou was regent to usurp the throne, which aroused the suspicion of becoming a king. Duke Zhou left Kyoto.

Wu Geng, who didn't want to die in Shang Dynasty, saw the contradiction between Zhou brothers, so he sent someone to contact others to provoke their relationship with Duke Zhou, and at the same time actively prepared for rebellion.

After two years' investigation, the Duke of Zhou finally found out the source of the rumor and learned that Wu Geng was preparing to rebel. He was very anxious, so he wrote a poem called Owl to Wang Cheng. The main idea of the poem is: owl, owl, you took my child, don't destroy my nest again! While it's not raining, I'm going to peel mulberry roots and repair doors and windows. My hands are numb, my mouth is worn out, and my feathers are falling off, but my nest is still swaying in the wind and rain!

This poem, in the tone of mother bird, reflects the deep anxiety of the Duke of Zhou about state affairs, but the young King Cheng failed to understand the pains of the Duke of Zhou and was indifferent to it. Later, Cheng Wang came across Duke Zhou's message in the stone room and was deeply moved by it. He immediately sent someone to invite Duke Zhou back to Haojiang.

After the Duke of Zhou returned to Beijing, King Cheng sent troops to pacify his uncle and Wu Geng. Duke Zhou was resourceful and quickly put down the rebellion, and the rule of the Zhou Dynasty was consolidated.

Later, people used the idiom "prepare for a rainy day" to mean to be prepared in advance.