There was a man who sold spears and shields. He said the shield was the strongest, and he said the spear was the sharpest. A man asked him what would happen if he poked the shield with the spear. He could not answer, and the ancients called it self-contradiction.
2. Happy not to think of Shu
During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei occupied the land of Shu and founded the state of Shu. After his death, his son Liu Zen succeeded him. After the death of those talented ministers, the state of Shu was destroyed by Wei. After Liu Zen surrendered, the king of Wei, Cao Feng (máo), conferred on him the title of "Duke of An Le", a title he received as a salary but no real power, and moved him to Xuchang, the capital of Wei, where he lived. At a banquet, Sima Zhao deliberately arranged to perform the songs and dances of Shu in front of Liu Zen. Liu Zen's attendants were very sad when they thought of the destroyed country, but Liu Zen said to Sima Zhao, "I don't think of Shu in this world." He did not miss Shu at all.
3, lying down to taste the gall
That is to say, the state of Wu fought with the state of Yue, the king of Wu Fuchai was defeated, and then he slept on dry wood every day, and ate bitter gall every day, and ultimately defeated the king of Yue Goujian, this is the famous lying down to taste the gall
4, the cake to fill the hunger
Cao Cao in the conquest of Zhang Xiu when the army was hungry and thirsty, and at this time Cao Cao climbed the high mountains to look around claiming that there is a plum forest in front of him, crossing the army mutiny, the plum forest, the plum forest. Meilin, through the crisis of the mutiny of the army, later people called this thing for the cake to fill the hunger
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When the chicken dance
Jin Dynasty Zu Ti heard the rooster's crow in his sleep, he kicked Liu Kun woke up and said to him: "Others think that in the middle of the night to hear the rooster is not good luck, I don't think so, we can simply after the rooster heard on the I don't think so. Why don't we just get up when we hear the rooster's call and practice our swords?" Liu Kun gladly agreed. So they got up every day after the cock crowed to practice sword, sword light flying, sword sound clanging. They practiced every day after the rooster crowed, and the sound of the sword was resounding. Spring and winter, summer and winter, never interrupted. 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, fulfilling his desire to serve the country; Liu Kun became the governor, and also managed the military of the three states, Hebei and You, and also gave full play to his literary talent and military strategy.
6, a word of caution
When the Warring States period, Qin's army surrounded the Zhao capital of Handan, Zhao's king, King Xiaocheng, sent Prince Ping Yuan to Chu to ask for help. Ping Yuan planned to lead 20 men to accomplish this task, and had already picked 19, but one was still missing. At this point, Mao Sui volunteered to go.
When Prince Ping Yuan arrived in Chu, he immediately talked to the king of Chu about the matter of "aid to Zhao", but after half a day's talk, he was unable to achieve any result. At this time, Mao Sui said to the king of Chu: "We came to ask you to send reinforcements today, you did not say a word, but you do not forget, despite the large number of soldiers in Chu, but even the country lost a series of defeats, even the country capital has been lost, according to my view, Chu than the State of Zhao need to be united to fight against the Qin ah! Mao Sui's words convinced the king of Chu, who immediately allowed troops to be sent to aid Zhao.
The king of Ping Yuan returned to Zhao and exclaimed, "Mr. Mao went to Chu, and made Chu heavier than the nine tripods."
7. Battle of tongues
The situation was extremely unfavorable for Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Liu Biao passed away and Liu Qiong surrendered to Cao Cao. Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang with Lu Su to the Eastern Wu to convince Sun Quan to unite against Cao Cao. Zhuge Liang was in front of Sun Quan's palace and successively refuted the capitulationism of Zhang Zhao, Yu翻, Buzhi, and Lu Jie to the core, and Sun Quan finally agreed to unite with Liu to fight against Cao Cao
8、Chiseling the wall and borrowing the light
Kuang Heng was a diligent student, but there was no candle at home to light the lamps and candles in the neighboring house, but there were candles and lamps in the neighboring house, but the light was bright. Neighboring houses have lamps and candles, but the light can not shine on his house, Kuang Heng cut a hole in the wall to draw the neighbor's light, so that the light shines on the book to read. There was a big family named Wen Tizhi in his hometown, who was a rich man and had a lot of books at home. Kuang Heng went to his house to work as a hired laborer without pay. The master thought it strange and asked him why he did so, but he said, "I wish I could get your books and read them through." The master was so impressed that he lent him his books. So Kuangheng became a great scholar.
9. Carving a Boat for a Sword
There was a man in Chu who crossed the river (also known as the man who passed through the river) and dropped the sword he was wearing into the river. He hastily carved a mark on the edge of the boat, saying, "Here is where my sword fell." When the boat docked, the man followed the mark on the edge of the boat and went into the water to look for the sword, but after searching for half a day he could not find it. The boat had traveled (行驶) a long way, and the sword was still where it had been.
10、Ye Gong is fond of dragons
Once upon a time there was a man named Ye Gong who was very fond of dragons. In his house, dragons were painted on the walls, dragons were carved on the pillars, and dragons were embroidered on the tops of the covers he wore. The real dragon in the sky heard that Ye Gong liked dragons, so he came to Ye Gong's house to visit him, his long tail stretched out in the hall, poked his head into the window to watch. When the Duke of Ye saw the real dragon in the sky, he was scared out of his wits, his face changed color, and he hid himself in a hurry. Originally, Ye Gong's preference was not for real dragons, but for those painted, embroidered and engraved fake dragons.
11. Zheng Ren Buying Shoes
There was a man in Zheng Ren who wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He first measured his feet, and then put the measured size on his seat. He went to the market in such a hurry that he forgot to bring the size. He had gotten the shoes, but said, "I forgot to bring the size." He went back home to get it. By the time he got back, the market had already closed, and he hadn't gotten his shoes.
Someone asked him, "Why don't you try the shoes on your own feet?" He replied, "I'd rather try them on. He replied, "I would rather trust the size than my own feet!"
12. Self-contradiction
There was a man in Chu who sold both shields and spears. (He) sang the praises of his own (shield), saying, "The firmness of this shield of mine is such that nothing can cause it to be pierced." （And he sang of his spear, saying, "This spear of mine is so sharp that nothing can be pierced by it." Someone said, "What will happen to your spear, when you use it to pierce your shield?" This man who was selling something could not respond. That a shield that cannot be pierced and no spear that cannot be pierced cannot probably exist at the same time.
13. Keeping watch
There was a farmer in the country of Song who farmed several acres of land. One day, he was working in the field, suddenly saw a rabbit arrow as usual sped over, hit in a big tree stomping legs and died. The farmer ran over to pick up the rabbit, and said happily: "This is really no effort, picked up a big bargain, go back to eat a meal." He went home with the rabbit, and the next day, he went to the field, and did not work, but only guarded the tree, waiting for the rabbit to crash over. As a result, he waited all day for nothing. He was reluctant to do so, and from then on, he sat under the tree every day and waited for the rabbit to come and kill him. He waited and waited and waited until the weeds in the ground grew taller than the crops, and even the shadow of a rabbit did not see
14, hanging beams to prick the bones
Sun Jing word Wenbao, very fond of learning, morning and evening more than not resting, and so on the evening sleepy time, with a rope to tie the hair on the beam. He later became a great scholar of the world.
15, Chengmen Lixue
Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a man named Wei Zhao, when he was still in childhood to study, see Guo Linzong, thinking that this is a rare good teacher, they said to the people, "Teach the reading of the scriptures of the teacher is very simple to hire, but to hire a person who can teach people to become a teacher, it is not simple to find. " So he took Guo Lin Zong as his teacher and sent his servants to support him. But Guo Lin Zong was weak and sickly, and once he asked Wei Zhao to cook porridge for him personally. When Wei Zhao came in with the porridge, Guo Lin Zong scolded him for not cooking it well, and Wei Zhao cooked it again. In this way, three times in a row, to the fourth time, when Wei Zhao again served porridge and no bad face, Guo Linzong said with a smile, "I used to see only your appearance, today I finally see your true heart! He was so happy that he taught Wei Zhao everything he had learned in his life, and Wei Zhao finally became a great man.
16, pulling mountains and lifting tripods
Xiang Yu did not like reading and writing when he was a teenager, and changed to fencing, but he refused to learn properly. Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Liang was very angry, Xiang Yu said: "Learning to write as long as you can remember the name is enough. Fencing is to deal with a few people, it is not worth learning, I want to learn the skills to fight against ten thousand people." Xiang Liang then taught him the book of war, and he was very happy, but he only wanted to know a little bit about it and refused to study it seriously. I heard that when Xiang Yu was twenty-two or twenty-three years old, he was physically strong and robust, and was able to lift a tripod weighing several hundred pounds.
17, the cup bow snake shadow
Qin king Fu Jian after defeat to escape, in the process of escaping, feel a grass and trees are more pursuers, suspicious, and ultimately hit by an arrow and fled.
18, according to the map
There was a man named Sun Yang in the state of Qin, who was good at horse-reading. Sun Yang had a son who read his father's book "The Book of Horse Sensing" and thought it was easy to find a good horse, so he took the book and went around looking for a good horse. But he would only look according to the book and ended up with nothing.
19, willow camp test horse
Western Han Dynasty, due to the power of the vassals, the central authority can not be useful to hold the vassals, Chao Qiu's policy of cutting off the vassal formally triggered the "Seven Kings Rebellion", the Han Jingdi ordered Zhou Yafu to send an army to save the Liang. Zhou Yafu willow camp test horse, cut off the rebel army back road, cut off its food and grass to provide, so that the rebel army without a battle since the collapse, Zhou Yafu sent troops to catch up
20, heard the chicken dance
Jin Dynasty Zu Ti is a frank and open-minded, with a lofty ideal of the people. But he was a naughty boy who didn't like to read. Into youth, he realized the lack of his own knowledge, deep sense of not reading in order to serve the country, so he read up. He read books widely and studied history seriously, so he was motivated to read books. He read books widely and studied history seriously, from which he drew abundant knowledge and made great progress in his studies. He had been in and out of Luoyang, the capital city, many times, and those who came in contact with him said that Zu Ti was a talented person who could help the emperor manage the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was once recommended to become a government official, but he did not allow it and still worked tirelessly on his studies.
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There is no silver here:
Folktale: Someone buried silver in the ground, and left the words written on it, "There is no silver here." Neighbor Wang Er stole the silver, also left words written: "next door Wang Er never steal".
Dong Shi's Knitting Knife:
Xishi Shi had a pain in her heart, and walked down the street with a frown on her face. An ugly woman from the same village saw Xi Shi in this state and thought she was beautiful, and when she went back, she also covered her chest, frowned and frowned, and walked through the street. When the rich people in the village saw her like this, they all closed their doors and did not want to come out; when the poor people saw her, they took their wives and children and avoided her from afar.
This ugly woman saw that Xishi's frowning look was beautiful, but did not understand why her frowning look was beautiful.
Killing a chicken for its eggs:
Once upon a time, a man had an old hen at home, which was very good at laying eggs, but for some time the chicken did not lay any eggs, and it was sick. The man thought that the chicken does not lay eggs to stay is not much use, so he killed the chicken, broke open the chicken stomach and found that the chicken was sick because of the original cause of gallstones. The gallstones were as big and small as eggs. Kill the chicken when coincidentally the neighbor's fast-talking woman Xianglin sister-in-law over to visit. The first time I saw it, I was talking about it, saying that the man had killed the chicken, that he had killed the good old hen that could only lay eggs.
The story goes:
After the death of Emperor Sima Yan, his son Sima Zi succeeded to the throne, and he knew nothing about the government.
Sima Lun, in an attempt to enlist his courtiers and expand his sphere of influence, granted a large number of civil and military officials. When everything was ready, he abolished Emperor Hui of Jin and proclaimed himself emperor. At that time, it was stipulated that all princes and ministers should wear hats decorated with sable tails. As Sima Lun made a great deal of appointments and promoted the officials, the sable tails were not enough for a while, so he had to use the dog's tails to replace them, and the people made up two ballads based on this: "The sable is not enough, the dog's tails are renewed." Used to satirize the court.
Eating his words:
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a minister of the State of Lu named Meng Wubo, whose greatest fault was that he did not count on his words. One day, Duke Ai of Lu held a banquet to entertain his ministers, and Meng Wubo attended. At the banquet, Meng Wu Bo did not like another minister Zheng Zhong, so he deliberately asked him: "Mr. how to get fatter and fatter?" Hearing this, Gong said, "Individuals often eat their promises, of course they will get fat!"
Inviting the king to enter the jar:
During the period when Wu Zetian was in power, some people accused Zhou Xing, the right minister of Wenchang, and Qiu Shenji of colluding to conspire against the state, and Wu Zetian ordered Lai Junchen, a coolie, to examine the case. Lai Junchen is and Zhou Xing to handle the case together with dinner, he asked Zhou Xing said: "prisoners more than refused to confess, should take what approach? "Zhou Xing said: "This is too easy! Carry a large urn, with charcoal fire on all sides of the grill, and then ask the prisoners to enter the inside, there is what can not confess! "Lai Junchen sent to find a large urn, according to Zhou Xing's idea of the fire around the roast, and then stood up and said to him:" Someone accused you of treason, the Empress Dowager asked me to examine you, please man himself into the urn it! "Zhou Xing was very frightened, kowtowed and confessed to the crime.
Mao Sui: Mao Sui this person is a literary youth, often write some small articles published online, but the moderators and netizens do not like him to write articles, because the article is written too bad. Mixed in the BBS for a year or two, wrote the article not a few back, the moderator does not give a "recommended" word, make Mao Sui very upset. So later in the BBS when the article, Mao Sui will have to add a "recommended" word behind the title of the article itself. For example, "with pleasure you do not shout" "recommended". I'm a great clown" was "recommended". Writers and moderators cried and laughed at his practice of self-deception, and then described this practice as "grossly recommended".
Three Gu Gu: In the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei wanted to ask Zhuge Liang to come out to assist him in fighting the world, so he went to Longzhong to ask him. Liu Bei's boss, Liu Biao, has always been dissatisfied with Liu Bei, and the meals prepared for him on weekdays were all scraps of food. On this day, Liu Bei ate, to Zhuge Liang sat there not a while, the stomach began to hurt, a moment of work on the toilet three times, Zhuge Liang thought, the old Liu today is not good health, diarrhea also hard work to come to me to see me, very touched, and then went out of the mountain. Toilet in the countryside is also called thatched room, thatched toilet, thatched hut. So the descendants described this allusion as "Three Gu Gu".
Looking for plums to quench their thirst: Cao Cao once marched to war, and the soldiers were all very tired, no spirit and no fighting spirit. Cao Cao lied to them and said: "There is a plum village in front of me, there is a plum lady in the plum village, looks heavenly, beautiful, who is the first to arrive at the battlefield, I'll betroth the plum lady to him as a wife." When the soldiers heard this, they were all energized, and one by one, their mouths were watering. They finally reached Guandu at the stipulated time and defeated Yuan Shao. Later people called this allusion "quenching thirst by looking at plums".
Yugong move mountains
Legend has it that in ancient times, there were two big mountains living between a 90-year-old Yugong, every time he went out due to the mountains blocked, to go around a big bend, he called the whole family together, and asked them to use their life's energy to move Taihang, Wangya two mountains, so that it is convenient for them to go in and out of the house. They acted positively, and the family kept digging every day. Their spirit moved the Jade Emperor
No Shame
Confucius, a great educator in ancient times, was so learned that he could learn from others with an open mind. He went to the Imperial Temple to worship his ancestors and asked others about this and that. When others asked Confucius in puzzlement, Confucius said, "For what you don't understand you have to ask for clarification; this is not to be ashamed to ask questions and to be diligent in learning."
Waterfall:
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi, a famous literary scholar, was bold and liberal in nature, and very learned and literate. Unwilling to submit to the powerful and wealthy, he was relegated to Huangzhou, where he twice traveled to the Red Cliffs outside the city and wrote two Red Cliff Fugues. He took the opportunity of his drinking pleasure to depict the Red Cliff in the Post Red Cliff Fugue as follows: the river has a sound, the bank is broken for a thousand feet, the mountain is high and the moon is small, and the water is falling out of the stone.
Bamboo in the chest
Song Dynasty literati painters Su Shi and Wen Tong are good at painting bamboo, Su Shi used to paint ink bamboo, that painting bamboo must first become bamboo in the chest. Wen Tong planted a lot of bamboos in front of his house, and observed the growth of bamboos every day, so the bamboos he painted had different forms and were very vivid. Painter Chao Jianzhi praised Wentong's bamboo paintings as "bamboo in the chest"
The donkey was at its wits' end
Once upon a time when there were no donkeys in the Guizhou area, a donkey was transported from the north and put to the foot of the mountain to graze, and a tiger on the mountain found the monster, and at first it only looked from afar, and then slowly approached the donkey and was startled by the donkey's screams.
Legend has it that an animal called a worm, in the water, contains sand and sprays people's shadows, making them sick. It is a metaphor for attacking or framing people secretly.
Green, fat, red and thin
The green leaves are lush and the flowers are fading. Refers to the twilight of spring. It also describes the scene of the waning of spring.
It is impossible to increase
It is impossible to increase.
Waiting for a rabbit
A farmer in Song during the Warring States period saw a rabbit crash into a tree root and die, so he put down his hoe and waited by the root in the hope of getting the crashed rabbit again.
Once upon a time there was a farmer in the State of Song who was working in the field, when suddenly a rabbit came running from afar; it was so flustered that it accidentally crashed into a tree stump and died. The farmer was so happy that he picked up the dead rabbit and went home to have a good meal. He thought it would be nice to have such a good thing every day, so he put down his farming tools and stayed under the tree all day long, and found nothing
Meeting with tigers for their skins
Legend has it that some people in the Zhou Dynasty were especially fond of wearing leather and eating fine food, and he "wanted to be furred for thousands of gold and met with foxes to seek their skins", and the foxes fled to the mountains with the alarm; "Want to have a little jail of precious and with the sheep to seek its shame", the sheep call companions to hide together in the dense forest. As a result, he did not make a single leather robe and did not organize a sacrificial feast of mutton
Glue the pillar and drum the qin
Playing the qin after gluing the pillar with glue, the pillar could not be moved, so the strings could not be tuned.
Breaking the kettle and sinking the boat
The end of the Qin dynasty, the king of Qin sent general Zhang Han with 200,000 troops to attack the vassal state of Zhao, the king of Zhao sent people to the king of Chu to ask for help, the king of Chu asked Song Yi to be commander-in-chief, assisted by Xiang Yu to lead the army to rescue him, Song Yi intentionally delayed the time, Xiang Yu killed Song Yi and led the army across the Zhangshan water to aid Zhao, they smashed the pots, sinking the boat at the bottom of the river, to make the duel to the death, and finally beat the Qin army
The Qin army was defeated by the Qin army
The Qin army was defeated by the Qin army.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian, the king of the former Qin Dynasty, attempted to annihilate the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Xie An, the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, sent Xie Shi to be the conquering governor, and split his army into three directions to attack the Qin army. Fu Jian ascended to Shouyang Castle, and was somewhat intimidated when he saw that the Jin army was well organized. When the Jin army attacked Fu Jian's Qin army, they were defeated, and when they heard the sound of the wind or cranes, they thought they were pursuers
To quench their thirst for plums
One summer, Cao Cao led his troops to crush Zhang Xiu. The weather was surprisingly hot, with a blazing sun and not a cloud in the sky, and the troops were walking on a winding mountain road, with dense trees on both sides and sunburnt rocks. It made people breathless. By noon, the soldiers' clothes were soaked through, the marching speed slowed down, and a few frail soldiers even fainted on the side of the road.
Cao Cao was anxious to see how the march was slowing down and was worried about missing the opportunity to fight. But how can he speed up when tens of thousands of men can't even drink water? He immediately called his guide and quietly asked him, "Is there any water source nearby?" The guide shook his head and said, "The spring is on the other side of the valley, and it's a long way around." Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "No, there's not enough time." He looked ahead at the woods, pondered for a moment, and said to his guide, "Don't say anything, I'll figure it out." He knew that at this moment even if he gave the order to ask the troops to speed up, it would not help. Brain turn, the way came, he a clip horse stomach, quickly rushed to the front of the team, with a horse whip pointing ahead, said: "soldiers, I know that there is a large plum forest in front, where the plums are big and delicious, let's hurry up the road, around this hill will be to the plum forest!" When the soldiers heard this, as if they had already eaten it in their mouths, their spirits were greatly lifted, and their pace could not help but speed up a lot.
Returning the wall to Zhao
During the Warring States period, the king of Zhao inadvertently obtained a piece of precious jade, the Heshi Bi. When King Zhao Xiang of Qin heard about it, he wanted very much to keep it for himself, and therefore sent a man to the state of Zhao, telling the king of Zhao that Qin was willing to exchange fifteen cities for the jade with the state of Zhao. The king of Zhao was very reluctant to give up the jade, but because Zhao was a very weak state, he did not dare to offend the king of Qin, for fear that if the king was not pleased, he would send his troops to attack Zhao. The king of Zhao was very upset over this matter.
Lin Xiangru, a minister of Qin, knew about this, so he volunteered to take the Heshi Bi to Qin, knowing in his heart that although the king of Qin liked the jade, he in fact did not want to exchange it for fifteen cities. When he arrived at Qin, Lin Xiangru held the jade in his arms and said loudly to the king, "If you, my lord, do not care about your honor and try to rob me of this piece of jade, I will smash my head against the pillars in the palace, and I believe that the jade will be shattered! Although the king of Qin was very angry, he was afraid that he would smash the jade by hitting the pillar, so he didn't dare to do anything rashly. Later, Lin Xiangru even took advantage of the king's inattention and sent someone to send back the Heshi Bi overnight. Although the king of Qin was annoyed, he had to release Lin Xiangru because he knew that he had not acted honorably enough and was afraid that he would become a laughingstock if word got out.
Talking about war on paper
During the Warring States period, Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, a famous general of the Zhao state, read a lot of books on military affairs when he was young, and often talked about war and military affairs in front of people, and even his father, Zhao She, couldn't make it difficult for him. Many people thought he was very talented, but his father thought he was too boastful to take on heavy responsibilities.
On one occasion, Qin attacked Zhao. Lian Po, a great general of Zhao, adopted the method of building barriers and holding out. Later, the king of Zhao listened to the rumors spread by Qin and thought that Lian Po was too old and cowardly to keep down the enemy army, so he sent Zhao Kuo to replace Lian Po. When Zhao Kuo arrived at the front line, he followed the dogma in the military books and completely changed Lian Po's plan of enduring resistance to the war. Hearing this news, the Qin general Bai Qi was very happy, so he used a plan to cut off the Zhao army's back road of grain transportation and then surrounded the Zhao army. When the Zhao army ran out of food, Zhao Kuo attempted to break through, but was killed by a Qin arrow, and the 400,000-strong Zhao army was wiped out in one fell swoop.
CHENG MEN LIXUE
The brothers Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi were the great masters of science in the Song Dynasty. In order to enrich their own learning, Yang Shi, a scholar, gave up his high official position and fortune and went to Yingchang in Henan Province to worship Cheng Hao as his teacher, and asked for advice with an open mind. Later, when Cheng Hao died, he ran to Luoyang to worship Cheng Yi, Cheng Hao's younger brother, as his teacher.
One day, he and his friend, You Yu, went to Cheng's house to pay their respects to Cheng Yi, but they met Mr. Cheng with his eyes closed, when it began to snow outside. The two men were eager to learn from each other, so they respectfully stood by and refused to leave. When Cheng Yi opened his eyes, the snow outside the door was already more than a foot thick, and the two men were still standing there.
Wei Zhi San Jie
Confucius, in his old age, liked to read the Zhou Yi.
There was no paper in the Spring and Autumn period, and the words were written on pieces of bamboo slips, and a book had to use many bamboo slips, which had to be braided together with a rope of ripe cowhide (wei) in order to be read. Usually rolled up and put, look at the time to open. Zhouyi" text is difficult, the content of the obscure, Confucius will turn over and over again to read, so read clip read to go, the braiding of the bamboo slips of the cowhide rope broken many times (wei wei sanjie).
Even after reading to such an extent, Confucius was still dissatisfied, saying, "If I could live a few more years, I could understand more of the words and contents of the Zhouyi."
Suspecting a Neighbor of Stealing an Axe
Once upon a time there was a countryman who lost an axe. He thought that his neighbor's son had stolen it, so he paid attention to the man's every word and action everywhere, and the more he looked, the more he thought that the man looked like a thief who had stolen the axe. Later, the man who lost the axe found the axe, it turned out to be a few days ago when he went up the mountain to cut wood, a moment of negligence lost in the valley. After he found the axe, he ran into his neighbor's son, and then took a good look at him, and he didn't look like a thief.
Pulling up seedlings to help them grow
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a farmer in the state of Song who always thought that the crops in his fields were growing too slowly, and when he went to take a look at them today, and then tomorrow, he felt that the seedlings seemed to be always not growing taller. He thought to himself, "What can I do to make them grow taller and faster?
One day he went out into the field and pulled the seedlings up one by one. It took a lot of effort to pull up the seedlings one by one, and when he finished pulling them up, he was already exhausted, but he was very happy in his heart. When he returned home, he boasted, "Today I am exhausted, and I have helped the seedlings grow several inches taller!" When his son heard this, he rushed to the field and found that all the seedlings in the field had died
Irredeemable
There was a minister in the Zhou Dynasty named Fan Bo. Van Bo was not only talented in poetry, but also good at ruling the country. Later, he worked for King Li of Zhou to assist in the government. However, King Li of Zhou was a domineering person and he was not able to fulfill his duty to the Emperor. He was also a good advisor to the king's ministers, who tried to please him. While Fan Bo advised the king of the Zhou Dynasty to list out the shortcomings of the government, the treacherous officials whispered bad things about him in the ear of the king. King Li of Zhou became very tired of Fan Bo, and from then on, the treacherous ministers came in and out of the court, not taking Fan Bo into account. Fan Bo was so indignant that he wrote a poem which was later included in the Book of Songs. In the poem, he attacked the treacherous officials, saying, "Doing evil is irredeemable!"
Riding the Wind and the Waves
In ancient times, during the North and South Dynasties, there was a general in the state of Song whose surname was Zongcourt, and who was brave and ambitious from a young age. One day, Zongcourt's uncle asked him what his ambition was, and Zongcourt replied, "I wish to ride the long wind and break ten thousand miles of waves." He replied, "I wish to ride the long wind and break ten thousand miles of waves." Meaning: I must break through all obstacles and go forward to do something. Zongcourt, through diligent study and hard work, finally became a capable general.
A word teacher
The teacher who corrects a very crucial word in an article.
The phrase comes from Tao Yue's Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties in the Song Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty was a very prosperous period in the development of China's feudal society, and literature and art were also very developed, of which poetry was the most representative. At that time, not only were there many poets and many poems created, but they were also very high in art and in the level of content.
Among the many poets at that time, there was a poet named Qi already. One winter, he was in the wilderness after a heavy snowfall, saw the plum blossoms opening proudly in the snow, and was so inspired by the poem that he composed a poem called "Early Plum Blossoms", which recited the plum blossoms that bloomed early in the winter. Two lines of the poem read: "In the deep snow of the village before me, a few branches bloomed last night". After writing it, he felt very satisfied.
A man named Zheng Gu, after seeing the poem written by Qi, thought that the meaning of the poem had not been exhausted. So, after much thought and scrutiny, he changed the two lines of the poem to read: In the deep snow of the former village, a branch bloomed last night. Because he thought that since several branches of plum blossoms had bloomed, they could not be considered early plums.
This change by Zheng Gu, although only changing the number to one word, only one word change, made "Early Plum Blossoms" more relevant to the title, and the mood of the poem was also more perfect. Qi was so impressed by this change that he called Zheng Gu his one-word master.
Concentration
Once upon a time, there was a chess player named Qiu, who was very good at chess.
Autumn had two pupils who studied chess with him, and one of them was very concentrated on learning from his teacher. The other one was not like that, he thought it was easy to learn how to play chess, so he didn't need to be serious. While the teacher was explaining the game, he sat there with his eyes looking at the pieces, but in his mind he was thinking, "How nice it would be if I could go out into the field now and shoot down a wild goose and have a nice meal." Because he was always distracted by his thoughts, he didn't listen to the teacher's explanation at all.
As a result, although the two students were taught by the same famous teacher, one of them progressed very quickly and became a famous chess player, while the other did not learn a thing.
Following the Graph
Sun Yang had a son who read his father's book "The Book of Horse Sutra" and thought it was easy to find a good horse, so he took the book and went around looking for a good horse. He followed the graphics drawn in the book and found nothing. Then he looked for the characteristics written in the book, and finally found a toad which resembled the characteristics of a thousand-mile horse written in the book, so he happily brought the toad home and said to his father, "Father, I have found a thousand-mile horse, only its hooves are a little bit worse." The father looked at it, cried and laughed, not expecting his son to be so foolish, so he said humorously, "It's a pity that this horse likes jumping too much to be used for pulling a cart." Then he exclaimed, "So-called by the book."
Banmen's Axe
There is a heap of earth by the quarrying river, Li Bai's name is high for ages;
There is a poem, Lu Ban's axe is made in front of his door.
This is a poet in the Ming Dynasty, titled Li Bai's Tomb. Li Bai was a world-famous great poet of the Tang Dynasty, and his fame spread through the ages after his death. How many literati pass by Li Bai's tomb, all want to stay for a moment, reciting poetry to express their inner feelings. And their behavior can only be attached to the elegant, "Lu Ban door in front of the door to show off the axe", too unselfconscious.
Lu Ban was a native of Lu in the Warring States period. He is a good at making exquisite utensils, people call him "clever people", folk traditionally regarded him as the originator of carpentry. Who dares to show off the use of axe technology in front of Lu Ban, that is to say, want to show their own skills in front of the big connoisseurs, this kind of ridiculous behavior is not too modest, it is called "Lu Ban's door to make a big axe", referred to as "Banmen to make an axe". This and the proverbial "Guan Gong in front of a big sword" mean about the same thing.
In fact, the idiom "Banmen juggling" had its beginnings as early as the Tang Dynasty. Literary scholar Liu Zongyuan in a preface to an essay has this sentence: "Manipulating the axe in the door of the class Ying, Si Yan ear!" It means that it is too thick-skinned to show one's skill with an axe at the door of Lu Ban and Ying (who is also an axe manipulator).
Cup and Bow
One day, Le Guang invited his friend to drink in the hall of his house. While that friend was drinking, he suddenly saw the shadow of a small snake swaying in his wine cup, he was disgusted in his heart, but he still drank the wine. After drinking, he was not comfortable and relieved in the end. He returned home and became ill.
After a few days, Le Guang heard the news of his friend's illness and learned the reason for his illness. Le Guang thought to himself, "There would never be a snake in a wine cup!" So he ran to the place where he had been drinking that day to inspect it. It turned out that on the wall of the hall, there was a bow painted with colors. The shadow of the bow happened to fall on the place where his friend had put the wine cup, so Le Guang went to his friend and explained this to him. When the man understood the reason, he was cured immediately.
Later, people used the expression "a bow and a snake's shadow" to describe a person who is suspicious of something, and who is afraid of his own self.
Bele's Horses
The legend says that the god who manages horses in heaven is called Bele. On earth, people also call those who are good at identifying the merits of horses as Bole.
The first person who was called Bole, whose real name was Sun Yang, was from the Spring and Autumn Period. Because he was so good at studying horses, people forgot his original name and simply called him Bole, which has remained true to the present day.
On one occasion, Bole was commissioned by the king of Chu to buy a steed that could travel thousands of miles in a day. Bole explained to the king of Chu that thousands of miles of horses were rare and it was not easy to find them, and he needed to visit everywhere, so he asked the king of Chu not to be in a hurry, and he tried his best to get the job done.
Bole traveled to several countries and carefully searched the area of Yan and Zhao, where the famous horses were abundant, and worked hard, but he still couldn't find a good horse that he liked. One day, Bole returned from Qi, and on the way, he saw a horse pulling a salt cart, struggling to move up a steep slope. The horse was so tired that he was panting, and every step he took was very difficult. Bole was always close to the horse and could not help but walk up to it. When the horse saw Bole approaching, it suddenly raised its head and widened its eyes, neighing loudly as if it wanted to tell Bole something. Bole immediately judged from the sound that this was a rare stallion.
The rare horse
Toward the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a famous scholar named You Heng, who had outstanding talent. At that time, Kong Rong, the Great Counselor of Taizhong, was especially appreciative of him and recommended him to Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. He wrote: "The emperor's room, the royal residence, must be stored in the very treasure. If Heng and other generation, can not be obtained."
The Emperor Xian did not dare to make a decision, and gave Kong Rong's recommendation to Cao Cao. Cao Cao loved talent, so he summoned You Heng. But Thy Heng scorned Cao Cao and treated him rudely. Cao Cao sent Thieu Heng to be a drummer, and ordered him to play the drums during a banquet for the guests. When he was asked to play the drum for the guests at a banquet, he was told to play the drum for the guests, but he was embarrassed and cursed Cao Cao while he played the drum. Cao Cao sent Thieu Heng to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao to kill him. Cao Cao sent Thieu Heng to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao to kill him, but Liu Biao treated Thieu Heng as his guest of honor, and Thieu Heng was required to state his position every time he held a meeting or issued an announcement. Later, he was disrespectful to Liu Biao. Liu Biao sent him to his general Huang Zu as a secretary. He was so arrogant that he was finally killed by Huang Zu.
The idiom of "not to be found in abundance" is derived from this idiom, which describes that it is very rare and hard to find. It is often used to praise a talented person
The idiom of "Unavailable" is derived from it.