The old woman asked Li Bai rhetorically, "A drop of water can pierce a stone, and a fool can move a mountain, so why can't an iron mortar and pestle be sharpened into an embroidery needle?" "But you are so old?" "As long as I put in more effort than others, there is nothing I cannot do." The old woman's words made Li Bai very ashamed, so he went back and never skipped school again. He studied especially hard every day and finally became a famous poet. Interpretation No matter what you do, as long as you have perseverance, you will surely succeed. But when he was a child, he was a naughty boy who didn't like to read. Into youth, he realized that his own knowledge of the poor, deep sense of not reading to serve the country, and then read up. He read books widely and studied history seriously, so he made an effort to read books. He read books widely and studied history seriously, from which he drew rich knowledge and made great progress in his studies. He had been in and out of Luoyang, the capital several times, and those who came in 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, he was recommended to become a government official, but he didn't agree to it, and continued to study tirelessly. Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend, Liu Kun, were appointed to be the head of the state of Si. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings, not only often lie in the same bed, sleep with the same quilt, but also have the **** the same lofty ideals: to build a career, revitalize the state of Jin, and become a pillar of the country. Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the rooster crowing in his sleep, he kicked Liu Kun woke up and said to him: "Others think that the middle of the night to hear the rooster is unlucky, I don't think so, let's simply hear the rooster crowing in the future to get up and practice sword how?" Liu Kun readily agreed. So they got up every day after the cock crowed to practice sword, sword light flying, sword sound clanging. Spring and winter, cold and hot, never stop. After a long period of hard study and training, they finally became all-rounders who could write and fight, and could lead soldiers to win battles. Zu Ti was appointed as the General of Zhenxi, realizing his wish to serve the country; Liu Kun became the governor of the three states of Jin, Ji and You, giving full play to his literary talent and military strategy. Interpretation The story is from "The Book of Jin - Zu Ti's Biography". The idiom of "Winking at the Cock and Starting to Dance" describes a person who is vigorous and energetic, and is also a metaphor for a person who has the will to revitalize himself in time. 3、、、、 Mending the Prison after Losing a Sheep Allusion This story is from "Strategies of the Warring States". During the Warring States period, there was a minister of the State of Chu named Zhuang Xin, who said to King Xiang of Chu one day: "When you are in the palace, you have the Marquis of Zhou on your left and the Marquis of Xia on your right; when you go out, the King of Yan Ling and the King of Shou He are always watching you. You and these four people specialize in luxury and pleasure, regardless of state affairs, Ying (the capital of Chu, in present-day Jiangling County, Hubei Province, north) must be in danger!" When King Xiang heard this, he was very unhappy and scolded angrily, "Are you senile? Are you deliberately saying these sinister words to confuse people?" Zhuang Xin replied unhurriedly, "I really feel that things must come to this point, and I dare not say anything unfortunate about the state of Chu on purpose; if you keep on favoring this person, the state of Chu will surely perish. Since you don't believe me, please allow me to go to Zhao to hide for a while and see how things will really be." After Zhuang Xin had lived in Zhao for five months, Qin really sent troops to invade Chu, and King Xiang was forced to go into exile in Yangcheng (northwest of present-day Xixian County, Henan Province). The king was forced to go into exile in Yangcheng (north of Xixian County, Henan Province). He thought Zhuang Xin's words were good, and hurriedly sent someone to find him and ask him what he could do; Zhuang Xin said sincerely, "I have heard that it is not too late to think of hounds when you see a rabbit's teeth, and that it is not too late to make up for the sheep pen when the sheep have run away. ......" Interpretation This is a very meaningful story, only know enjoyment, do not know how to do things, the result is bound to be a tragic failure undoubtedly. The idiom of "Mending the Firmament after Losing a Sheep" is based on the above two sentences, which means that it is not too late to make up for mistakes in handling things. For example, a businessman made a mistake in estimating the development of things and ventured rashly into a situation of failure. But he was not discouraged, but patiently thought things over again, learned from this mistake, and thought it was not too late to "mend the fold" and start from scratch!
4 、、、、 Blind men touching the elephant Blind men touching the elephant Blind men touching the elephant Blind men touching the elephant Allusion According to the ancient Indian scriptures, there was a small country in India in ancient times, and the king's name was King of Mirror. He believed in Shakyamuni's Buddhism and worshipped Buddha and recited scriptures every day with great devotion. However, at that time, there were many religions and witchcrafts in the country, and most of the subjects were confused by their teachings, which made people's hearts confused and right and wrong unclear, which was very unfavorable to the governance of the country. The Mirror King wanted his subjects to follow Buddhism, so he came up with an idea: to educate and entice them by using the example of the blind man feeling an elephant. The Mirror King instructed his ministers to say, "Find some blind men who are completely blind and come to the king's city." The messenger quickly gathered a group of blind men and led them to the palace. The messenger entered the palace and reported to the Mirror King, "Your Majesty, the blind men you ordered to be found have now been brought to the front of the palace." The Mirror King said, "You will lead the blind men to the Elephant Garden first thing tomorrow morning, so that each of them can touch only one part of the elephant's body, and then bring them immediately to the square in front of the palace." The next morning, the Mirror King called all the ministers and tens of thousands of commoners to gather in the square in front of the royal palace, boiling with people talking to each other, who did not know what important thing the king was about to announce. Soon after, the messenger led the blind men to the Mirror King's high seat, and the people in the square suddenly fell silent. The Mirror King asked the blind men, "Have you all touched the elephant?" The blind men answered in unison, "I touched the elephant!" The Mirror King added, "Each of you tell what an elephant looks like!" The blind man who had touched the elephant's legs was the first to come forward and say, "To the holy king, the elephant is like a large round barrel holding paint." The blind man who touched the elephant's tail said, "Your Majesty, an elephant should look like a broom." The blind man who touched the elephant's belly said, "Your Majesty, the elephant is indeed like a big drum." Then, the one who touched the elephant's head said that the elephant was like a big spoon, the one who touched the elephant's tusks said that the elephant was like a cow's horn, the one who touched the back of the elephant's tail said that the elephant was like a stick, and the one who touched the elephant's ears said that the elephant was like a dustpan. Finally, the blind man who touched the elephant's trunk said, "Sage king, the elephant is really like a thick rope." The group of blind men split up into several groups and quarreled and argued, all saying that they were right and the others were wrong. They went to the King of Mirrors again in droves and argued, "Great King! The elephant does look like what I say!" At this, all the subjects present laughed out loud at this, and the Mirror King looked meaningfully at the crowd and laughed.
5、、、、 guarding the rabbit guarding the rabbit guarding the rabbit guarding the rabbit guarding the rabbit guarding the rabbit Allusion According to legend, in the state of Song during the Warring States period, there was a farmer who worked from sunrise to sunset and rested from sunrise to sunset. In a good year, he was only just fed and clothed; in a disaster, he had to endure hunger. He wanted to improve his life, but he was too lazy, timid and small, doing everything is lazy and afraid, always want to come across the unexpected wealth at the door. A miracle finally happened. One day in the late fall, he was plowing in the field, around people hunting. The sound of yelling rose and fell in all directions, and the frightened beasts ran for their lives. Suddenly, a rabbit, without any doubt, crashed headlong into the roots of a tree at the edge of his field and died. He had a good meal that day. From then on, he stopped farming.
Allusion Once upon a time, there was a farmer in the country of Song, who thought that the seedlings in his field were growing too slowly, so he was worried all day long. One day, he went down to the field again with his hoe, and he felt that the rice seedlings didn't seem to grow at all, so he thought hard about what could be done to make the rice grow a little bit taller. Suddenly, he was struck by an idea, and without hesitation, he rolled up his pants and jumped into the paddy field and began to pull each seedling a little higher. In the evening, the farmer managed to finish his masterpiece, which he thought was clever, and ran home proudly, and couldn't wait to tell his wife, "I'll tell you something marvelous, I came up with a good idea today, and made the rice seedlings in our field grow a lot taller." The farmer's wife was half-convinced, so she asked her son to go to the field to see what was going on. The son was so excited to hear that the family's rice had grown taller that he flew to the field to see what was going on. In order to sell a good price, he will think of the pearl to be well packaged, he felt that the noble packaging, then the pearl's "identity" will naturally be high up. This Chu people to find the valuable wood orchids, and invited the skilled craftsmen, pearl made a box (i.e., casket), with cinnamon pepper spices to the box smoked aroma. Then, the outside of the box carved a lot of good-looking pattern, but also set on the beautiful metal lace, looks, shiny, is really a delicate and beautiful crafts. In this way, the Chu people will carefully put the pearls into the box, to the market to sell. Soon after arriving at the market, many people gathered around to admire the box of the Chu people. A Zheng man held the box in his hands for half a day, loved it, and finally paid a high price to buy the Chu box. After paying the money, the Zheng man took the box and walked back. But he didn't walk a few steps and came back again. Chu thought that Zheng Ren regretted to return the box, not waiting for Chu to finish his thought, Zheng Ren had already walked to Chu. He took the pearl out of the open box and gave it to the Chu man, saying, "Sir, you forgot to put a pearl in the box, and I came back to return the pearl." So the Zheng man handed the pearl to the Chu man and then walked back with his head down while admiring the wooden box. The Chu man stood there very awkwardly with the returned pearls. He originally thought that others would appreciate his pearls, but he did not expect that the exquisite packaging exceeded the value of the box, so that the "guest of honor", making the Chu man laugh and cry
8、、、、 indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate indiscriminate Allusion According to Han Fei Zi, King Xuan of Qi loved to listen to the blowing of the yu, but also good to talk about the ceremony. According to Han Fei Zi, King Xuan of Qi loved to play yu, and was a great showman. According to Han Fei Zi, King Xuan of Qi loved to play yu. He often asked them to play yu for him, but there was a Mr. Nanguo who did not know how to play yu. There was a Mr. Nanguo who did not know how to play yu at all. When he saw this opportunity, he went to King Xuan of Qi and asked to join this team. King Xuan of Qi put him in the team and gave him a very high salary. This Mr. Nanguo, who did not know how to play yu at all, mixed with the team whenever he played yu, and pretended to play with yu. This way, he got by day by day without being found out. When King Xuan of Qi died, King Mian of Qi took over the throne. Unlike King Xuan of Qi, he did not like to listen to everyone playing yu together, but preferred to ask the yu players to come one by one to play for him. When Mr. Nanguo heard this, he had to run away and did not dare to pretend to be an yu player any more.
9、、、、按图索骥按图索骥按图索骥按图索骥 Allusion Sun Yang, a native of the state of Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period, was rumored to be the most famous horse-reading expert in ancient China, who could tell at a glance whether a horse was good or bad. Because of the legend that Bole was the god in charge of horses in the sky, people called Sun Yang Bole. It was said that Bole had written a book called "The Book of Horse-reading", in which he wrote the characteristics of various kinds of horses and drew a lot of illustrations for people's reference of horse-reading. Bole had a son who was very poor in intelligence. He read his father's book and wanted to go out to look for a thousand-horse. He saw the "horse-reading scripture" said: "the main characteristics of a thousand-mile horse is, high brain, big eyes, hooves like stacked up wine currant block", so he took to read the book, and walked outside, want to try his eyesight. Walked not far, he saw a big toad, busy catch back to tell his father, "I found a good horse, and your book 'horse-reading scripture' on the said almost, only the hooves are not like stacked up wine currant block!" Bole looked at the big toad in his son's hand, couldn't help but feel funny and angry, humorously said: "This 'horse' loves to jump, no way to ride ah
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