A cup of wine and a snake's shadow
One day, Le Guang invited his friends to drink in the hall of his home. While the 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. After drinking it, I felt really uncomfortable and uneasy. He fell ill when he returned home.
A few days later, Le Guang heard the news that his friend was ill and learned the reason for his illness. Le Guang thought to himself: "There will never be a snake in the wine glass!" So he ran to the place where he drank that day to check. It turned out that there was a colorfully painted bow hanging on the wall of the hall. The shadow of the bow happened to fall on the place where the friend had left the wine glass. Le Guang ran to the friend and explained the matter to him. After the man understood the reason, he immediately recovered from his illness.
Later, people used the metaphor of "cup, bow, snake shadow" to describe being suspicious and disturbing each other.
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Bole Xiangma
It is said that the god who manages horses in the sky is called Bole. In the human world, people who are good at identifying the quality of horses are also called Bole.
The first person to be called Bole, whose real name was Sun Yang, was from the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his excellent research on horses, people forgot his original name and simply called him Bole, which he has done to this day.
Once, Bole was entrusted by the King of Chu to buy a horse that could travel thousands of miles a day. Bole explained to the King of Chu that a thousand-mile horse was rare and difficult to find. He had to travel to various places. He asked the King of Chu not to be anxious. He would try his best to get things done.
Bole traveled to several countries and carefully searched for the Yanzhao area, which is rich in famous horses. He worked hard, but he still couldn't find the good horse he liked. One day, Bole returned from Qi State. On the road, he saw a horse-drawn salt truck driving on a steep slope with great difficulty. Ma was panting from exhaustion, and every step was very difficult. Bole has always been close to horses, so he couldn't help but walk up to them. When the horse saw Bole approaching, he suddenly raised his head, widened his eyes, and neighed loudly, as if he wanted to tell Bole something. Bole immediately judged from the voice that this was a rare horse.
Bole said to the driver: "This horse is galloping on the battlefield, and no horse can compare with it; but when used to pull a cart, it is not as good as an ordinary horse. You should sell it to me." "
The driver thought that Bole was a big fool. He felt that the horse was too ordinary, had no strength to pull the cart, had eaten too much, and was skinny, so he agreed without hesitation. Bole took away the thousand-mile horse and went straight to the state of Chu. Bole led the horse to the Chu Palace, patted the horse's neck and said, "I have found a good master for you." The horse seemed to understand what Bole meant. Like a big bell rock, rising straight into the sky. King Chu heard the horse neighing and walked out of the palace. Bole pointed to the horse and said, "Your Majesty, I have brought you the thousand-mile horse. Please watch it carefully."
When King Chu saw that the horse led by Bole was so thin, he thought that Bole had fooled him, which was a bit embarrassing. He was very happy and said, "I believe you know how to look at horses, so I asked you to buy a horse. But what kind of horse did you buy? It is difficult for this horse to even walk. Can it go on the battlefield?"
Bole said : "This is indeed a thousand-mile horse, but it has been pulling a cart for a while and has not been fed carefully, so it looks very thin. As long as it is fed carefully, it will definitely regain its strength in less than half a month."
King of Chu Upon hearing this, he was a little doubtful, so he ordered the groom to feed the horse with all his heart. Sure enough, the horse became strong and vigorous. The king of Chu rode on horseback and whipped his whip, but he felt the wind blowing in his ears. In the time it took him to breathe, he had already run a hundred miles away.
Later the thousand-mile horse made a lot of contributions to the King of Chu's galloping on the battlefield. King Chu respected Bole even more.
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Rarely available
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a famous scholar Mi Heng with outstanding talent. At that time, Kong Rong, the Taizhong doctor, particularly appreciated him and recommended him to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. He wrote: "The emperor's royal residence must contain extraordinary treasures. Ruoheng and others are rare.
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Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty did not dare to make the decision, so he gave Kong Rong's recommendation form to Cao Cao. Cao Cao loved talents, so he summoned Ni Heng. Unexpectedly, Ni Heng despised Cao Cao and was very rude to him. Cao Cao sent Ni Heng was the drummer and ordered him to play the drums to entertain the guests at the banquet. Unexpectedly, Ni Heng cursed Cao Cao while playing the drums, which made Cao Cao very embarrassed. Cao Cao sent Ni Heng to Jingzhou to persuade Liu Biao to surrender, hoping to use Liu Biao's help. Kill him. Unexpectedly, Liu Biao treated Ni Heng as a distinguished guest, and Ni Heng had to express his position every time he discussed matters or issued proclamations. Later, Ni Heng was disrespectful to Liu Biao and sent him to serve as secretary to the general Huang Zu. He was arrogant and arrogant because of his talent, and was eventually killed by Huang Zu.
This is where the idiom "rare to come from" comes from, describing very rare and rare people. < /p>
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Incorrigible
In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a minister named Fan Bo. He was not only talented in poetry, but also good at managing state affairs. Later, he assisted King Zhou Li in government affairs. Fan Bo persuaded him frankly and listed the shortcomings of the government, but the treacherous officials said bad things about him in the ears of King Zhou Li. King Zhou Li was very tired of Fan Bo. From then on, the treacherous officials came in and out of the palace and ignored Fan Bo. Fan Bo was very angry and wrote a poem, which was later included in the Book of Songs. In the poem, he criticized the treacherous ministers and said: "He has done many evil things and is incurable!" ”
“Incurable”: The disease is so serious that it cannot be saved with medicine. Later, it is a metaphor for things that are so bad that they cannot be saved.
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Neither learning nor skills
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in power, General Huo Guang was a very important figure in the court. He was a minister who won the trust of Emperor Wu. Before Emperor Wu's death, he entrusted his youngest son Liu Fuling (Emperor Zhao) to Huo Guang's assistant. After Emperor Zhao's death, Huo Guang established Liu Xun as emperor (Emperor Xuan) and held power for more than 40 years. The Western Han Dynasty made great achievements.
After Liu Xun succeeded to the throne, he made Concubine Xu the queen. When she became Liu Xun's queen, she took advantage of the fact that Empress Xu was ill and bribed the female doctor to poison her. The plot was exposed and the female doctor was imprisoned. Huo Guang didn't know anything about it in advance, but Huo Xiancai told him when it came out. He was frightened and accused his wife of not doing such a thing. He also wanted to report it, but he couldn't bear his wife being punished. After thinking about it, he concealed this outrageous thing. After Huo Guang's death, someone reported it to Emperor Xuan. Emperor Xuan sent people to investigate and deal with the case. When Huo Guang's wife heard about it, she discussed countermeasures with her family and cronies, and decided to summon the clan members to plan a rebellion. Not wanting the news to leak out, Emperor Xuan sent troops to surround the Huo family and kill everyone.
Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, commented on Huo Guang's merits and demerits in "The Biography of Huo Guang in the Book of Han", saying that he was "ignorant and inferior to Dali", which meant that Huo Guang did not study and had no knowledge, so he did not understand the truth about the overall situation. The idiom "without learning and skills" means having no knowledge or skills.
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Great talent
Xie Lingyun of the Southern Dynasty was a writer who wrote a lot of landscape poems. He was smart and studious, read many books, and was influenced by his grandfather Xie Xuan since he was a child. Love.
He was born into a noble family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because he inherited the title of Duke Kangle, the world called him "Xie Kangle". As a prince, he had no real power and was sent to Yongjia as the prefect. Xie Lingyun lamented that he had no talent and often left his official duties to go sightseeing. Later, he resigned and moved to Kuaiji, where he often drank and had fun with his friends. However, Xie Lingyun's landscape poems were deeply loved by people. Every time he wrote a new poem, it was immediately copied and spread quickly.
After Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty took over, , recalled him to the capital as an official, and praised his poetry and calligraphy as "two treasures".
Xie Lingyun became even more proud. He said: "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets. I have one bucket, and all the people in the world have one bucket."
This is where the idiom "Eight buckets of talent is high" comes from. Come, to describe a person's literary talent.
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Every tree and grass are soldiers
< p>During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, King Fu Jian of Qin controlled northern China. In 383 AD, Fu Jian led 900,000 infantry and cavalry to attack the Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. Jin generals Xie Shi and Xie Xuan led 80,000 troops to resist. Fu Jian learned that the Jin army was short of troops, so he wanted to defeat the smaller ones with more numbers, seize the opportunity, and attack quickly.Unexpectedly, Fu Jian's vanguard force of 250,000 was unexpectedly defeated by the Jin army in the Shouchun area, and suffered heavy losses. The general was killed and more than 10,000 soldiers were killed or injured. The Qin army's morale was greatly weakened and its morale was shaken. The soldiers were frightened and fled one after another. At this time, Fu Jian saw the Jin army's orderly ranks and high morale on Shouchun City. Looking north at Bagong Mountain, he saw that every plant and tree on the mountain looked like Jin soldiers. Fu Jian turned around and said to his younger brother: "What a powerful enemy this is! How can you say that the Jin army is insufficient in strength?" He regretted that he had underestimated the enemy too much.
The unlucky start cast an ominous shadow on Fu Jian's mind. He ordered his troops to deploy on the north bank of the Fei River in an attempt to use their geographical advantages to reverse the situation. At this time, Xie Xuan, the general of the Jin army, made a request for the Qin army to retreat slightly and make room for the battle across the river. Fu Jian secretly laughed at the Jin army's generals who did not understand common sense in combat, and wanted to take advantage of the Jin army's busy crossing the river and difficulty in fighting to launch a surprise attack, so he readily accepted the Jin army's request.
Unexpectedly, after the military order to retreat, the Qin army collapsed like a tide, while the Jin army took advantage of the situation and crossed the river to pursue it, killing the Qin army until they abandoned their helmets and armor, leaving corpses scattered all over the ground. Fu Jian was hit by an arrow and fled.
The story comes from "Book of Jin; Records of Fu Jian". The idiom "every tree and grass is a soldier" describes a nervous, suspicious and frightened mentality.
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Riding the wind and waves
< p>In the ancient Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general in the Song Dynasty whose surname was Zong Mingji. He was brave and ambitious since he was a child. One day, Zongci's uncle asked him what his ambition was. Zongci replied: "I would like to ride the long wind and break thousands of miles of waves." It means: I must break through all obstacles, move forward bravely, and do something great. After studying hard and working hard, Zong Tie finally became a general who was good at fighting.Later, people used "riding the wind and waves" to describe the spirit of not being afraid of difficulties and moving forward bravely
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Overkill
At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom continued to invade the south. Xin Qiji joined the anti-Jin rebel army. Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty court, he successively served as the pacifier of Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, and Jian.
He was not only a patriotic hero, but also wrote many words full of fighting passion. Due to the attack of the Lord Peace Sect, he spent 18 years in retirement beside Dai Lake in Shangrao. In 1203, the imperial court appointed him as the pacifier of eastern Zhejiang and the prefect of Shaoxing. He often discussed national affairs with the patriotic poet Lu You who lived next to Jianhu Lake in Shaoxing. In the spring of the next year, Song Ningzong asked him to go to the capital to consult his opinion on the Northern Expedition to the Kingdom of Jin. Before leaving, Lu You gave him a long poem "Send Xin You'an Palace to Compose the Dynasty". The poem says: Xin Qiji was a first-class figure like Guan Zhong and Xiao He, but he was overqualified to be the pacifier of eastern Zhejiang.
When Xin Qiji arrived in the capital, the emperor only arranged for him to be the prefect of Zhenjiang Prefecture. Soon, this patriotic hero died of illness in sorrow and anger.
Later, people used "overqualified for their abilities" as an idiom to describe people with high talents but low positions who could not give full play to their functions.
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Selfless
< p> During the Spring and Autumn Period, one day, Duke Ping of Jin asked Qi Huangyang: "There is a vacancy in Nanyang County officials. Who do you think is the most suitable person to send?" Qi Huangyang thought for a while and said: "It is most suitable to send Jiehu!" Duke Ping of Jin He felt very strange: "Isn't Jiehu your enemy? Why did you recommend him?" Qi Huangyang replied: "You only asked me who is the most suitable person for this position, but you didn't ask me whether Jiehu is my enemy. !"Ping Gong of Jin adopted Qi Huangyang's advice and sent Xie Hu to take office in Nanyang County. Sure enough, Jie Hu was very accomplished and did a lot of good things for the local people, and was praised by people.
One day, Duke Ping of Jin asked Qi Huangyang again: "There is a lack of a judge in the court now. Who do you think is qualified?" Qi Huangyang replied: "Qi Wu is the most qualified!" Duke Ping of Jin said "Qi Wu is your son. Aren't you afraid that people will talk about you when you recommend your son?" Qi Huangyang said, "You only asked me who is qualified to be a judge, but you didn't ask me whether Qi Wu is my son!" ”
After Qi Wu became a judge, he was very competent and deeply loved by the people.
Confucius praised Qi Huangyang very much, saying that he was a fair and strict man, who could be called "selfless".
The idiom "selfless" describes being dedicated to the public and having no selfish motives. It also means dealing with things fairly and without favoring any party.
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Kill one's relatives for justice
< p>During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhou Xu of Wei State killed his brother Wei Huan Gong and established himself as king.Zhouxu drove the people to fight, which aroused people's dissatisfaction. He was worried that his throne would be unstable, so he discussed a solution with his confidant Shi Hou.
Shi Hou asked his father, Shi Que, the minister of Wei, how to consolidate Zhouxu's dominance. Shi Jue said to his son: "When the princes ascend the throne, they should obtain the permission of the Emperor of Zhou, and his position will be consolidated." Shi Hou said: "Zhouxu killed his brother to seek the throne. What if the Emperor of Zhou does not give permission?" Shi Que said: "Chen Huangong is trusted by the Emperor of Zhou, and Chen Wei is a friendly neighbor." Before his father could finish his words, Shi Hou rushed to say, "You mean to ask Chen Huangong for help?" Shi Que nodded repeatedly. .
Zhou Xu and Shi Hou prepared many gifts, but they were detained by Chen Huangong. It turned out that this was Shi Que's arrangement.
The state of Wei sent people to the state of Chen to execute Zhouxu. The ministers of Wei thought that Shi Hou was Shi Que's son and should be treated leniently. Shi Jue sent his retainers to the state of Chen to kill Shi Hou. The historian believed that Shi Que killed his son as a "righteous act to destroy relatives".
The idiom "killing relatives for justice" now refers to not showing favoritism to relatives who have committed crimes in order to safeguard the interests of the country and the people.
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Don't apply the same methods as others
< p>In ancient times, there were two women in the country of Yue, one was very beautiful, named Xi Shi, and the other was very ugly, named Dong Shi. Dong Shi envied Xi Shi's beauty and imitated every move she made. One day, Xi Shi suffered from heartache. She was walking on the street, covering her chest with her hands and frowning. When Dong Shi saw her, he thought Xi Shi was beautiful like this, so he imitated her appearance and walked up and down the street. However, when passers-by saw her like this, they were so frightened that they hid here and there and did not dare to look at her. Later, people used the metaphor of "imitating others' strengths and imitating others" to refer to imitating others without knowing their strengths and weaknesses. Among them, "effect" means "to imitate" and "馦" means "to frown".--------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------
Birds startle snakes
Shi Yalou was a monk in the Tang Dynasty. He stayed in temples for a long time, burning incense and chanting sutras.
Other monks secretly played chess and slept in their spare time, but Shi Yalou bought inkstone, pen and paper to practice calligraphy. Sometimes in the middle of the night, he is still practicing hard. As each year passed, he became more and more proficient in writing. Many people who burned incense and worshiped Buddha also came to ask him to write. He agreed one by one. His cursive writing is particularly elegant and unrestrained. Someone asked him: "How to calculate cursive script?" Shi Yalou wrote eight characters: "Birds come out of the forest, startle snakes into the grass!"
"Flying birds startle snakes" describes the font as elegant as a bird flying. , the strokes are so powerful that even snakes are frightened.
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Mountains and flowing water
< p>In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Yu Boya who was proficient in music and had superb piano skills. He was a famous piano player at that time. When Yu Boya was young, he was smart and studious, and he once worshiped masters as his teachers. However, he always felt that he could not express his feelings about various things superbly. After Boya's teacher knew his thoughts, he took him by boat to Penglai Island in the East China Sea, allowing him to appreciate the scenery of nature and listen to the sound of the waves of the sea. Boya raised his eyes and looked up, and saw turbulent waves and splashing waves; seabirds flying and singing in his ears; mountains and forests, lush and green, as if they were in a fairyland. A wonderful feeling arises spontaneously, and the harmonious and beautiful music of nature seems to ring in my ears. He couldn't help but pick up the piano and play it, turning the notes at will, blending the beauty of nature into the sound of the piano. Boya experienced an unprecedented realm.One night boat trip to Boya. Facing the breeze and the bright moon, he had a lot of thoughts, so he played the piano again. The sound of the piano was melodious and gradually became better. Suddenly I heard someone on the shore shouting. When Boya heard the sound and walked out of the boat, he saw a woodcutter standing on the shore. Knowing that this man was a close friend, he immediately asked the woodcutter to come on board and play for him enthusiastically. Boya played a melody praising the mountains, and the woodcutter said: "It's so good! It's majestic and solemn, like Mount Tai soaring into the clouds!" When he played to express the surging waves, the woodcutter said again: "It's so good! It's so vast and vast, it's like seeing rolling water and the boundless sea!" Boya was very excited and said excitedly: "My friend! You are really my friend." This woodcutter is Zhong Ziqi. From then on the two became very good friends.
The story comes from "Liezi·Tang Wen". The idiom "high mountains and flowing water" is a metaphor for a close friend or close friend, as well as a metaphor for beautiful music.
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Handan toddlers
< p>According to legend, two thousand years ago, there lived a young man in the Shouling area of ??the Yan State. He had no worries about food and clothing, and he was considered to be of average talent in terms of appearance. However, he lacked self-confidence and often felt inferior and inferior to others for no reason. ——The clothes are good, the food is delicious, and the way you stand and sit is also elegant. He learns everything he sees, and throws away the same things he learns. Although he tries new tricks, he still can't do one thing well, and he doesn't know what he should look like.The family members advised him to correct this problem. He believed that the family members were too involved. Relatives and neighbors said that he was a bitch and a stick, but he didn't listen at all. As time went by, he actually doubted whether he should walk like this. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that his walking posture was too stupid and ugly.
One day, he met a few people chatting and laughing on the road, and he only heard someone say that the Handan people have beautiful walking postures. When he heard this, he hurried forward and wanted to find out. Unexpectedly, when those people saw him, they laughed and walked away.
How beautiful is the walking posture of Handan people? He couldn't imagine it, and it became a problem for him. Finally one day, without telling his family, he went to distant Handan to learn to walk.
As soon as he arrived in Handan, he felt that everything was fresh and dazzling. When he sees a child walking, he feels lively and beautiful, and he learns from it; when he sees an old man walking, he feels steady, and he learns from it; when he sees a woman walking, swaying in various ways, he learns from it. Just like that, after only half a month, he couldn't even walk anymore, and all his travel expenses were spent, so he had to crawl back.
The story comes from "Zhuangzi's Autumn Waters". The idiom "Learning in Handan" refers to imitating others mechanically. Not only will you fail to learn from others' strengths, but you will also lose your own strengths and abilities.
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Good sir
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Sima Hui 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 people told him, no matter whether it was good or bad, he would always answer "yes."
One day, he met an acquaintance on the road. The man asked him how he was and was he always well? He replied: "Okay".
Another day, an old friend came to his home and talked very sadly about the death of his son. Unexpectedly, Sima Hui also replied: "Okay!" After the friend left, Sima Hui's wife scolded him and said: "People think you are a moral person, so they believe you and tell you what is in your heart. But you listen His son is dead, but he said yes, what does this mean? "Sima Hui said calmly: "Okay! What you said is great!" His wife was very angry and annoyed, and she couldn't laugh or cry.
Later, people often used the term "nice gentleman" to describe those who do not distinguish between right and wrong, do not dare to offend others, and just want to be safe.
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Come from behind
< p>Ji An was from the era of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. He was respected for his uprightness, justice and dare to tell the truth. As a person and as an official, he was informal and focused on practical results. Although he was not so vigorous on the surface, he was able to manage a county in an orderly manner. Therefore, the imperial court transferred him from the prefect of Donghai to the imperial court as the Lord Commander - an official position in charge of the appointment and removal of local officials. Once, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said that he would implement the Confucian policy of benevolence and righteousness and do good things for the people. Before the emperor could finish his words, Ji An said: "Your Majesty is so greedy and lustful in his heart, but on the surface he pretends to practice benevolent government. Why bother?" This sentence choked the emperor back. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immediately changed his face and announced that he would stop the court. All civil and military officials in the court were worried about Ji An, fearing that he would cause disaster. After Emperor Wu returned to the palace, he told the people around him that Ji An was too thick and straight. From then on, Ji An's official position was never promoted. When he was the captain of the lord, Gongsun Hong and Zhang Tang were both humble officials. Later, they continued to rise, Gongsun Hong became the prime minister, and Zhang Tang became the imperial censor. Still squatting in place without moving. One day, Ji An said to Emperor Wu that His Majesty's use of ministers is like chopping firewood, "the latecomers take over"! Of course Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could hear this as a complaint. So, he turned to his ministers and said, "People really have to learn! What you heard from Ji An is getting more and more outrageous!"The story comes from "Historical Records of Ji Zheng". The idiom "come from behind" often means that those who come after can outperform those who came before, which is quite different from Ji An's original meaning.
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Palate the porridge and cut the pieces
p>Fan Zhongyan was an outstanding politician and writer in the early Northern Song Dynasty. He not only made outstanding contributions in politics, but also showed extraordinary talents in literature and military affairs. The famous "Yueyang Tower" was written by him. The famous line in the article "Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness" is deeply loved by future generations and is widely recited.
While serving as the pacifier of Shaanxi West Road, he commanded many battles and successfully resisted foreign invasions, stabilizing the lives of the local people. The officers of Xixia warned each other: "Little Fan (referring to Fan Zhongyan) has tens of thousands of soldiers in his chest." The words were full of awe for Fan Zhongyan, which was rare in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The reason why Fan Zhongyan has such outstanding talents has an inevitable causal relationship with his hard work in his youth. The hard work in the early years has paid off with abundant fruits in the future.
Fan Zhongyan’s ancestral home was originally Yingzhou, Shaanxi, and he moved to Wuxian, Jiangsu later. When he was less than 3 years old, his father died of illness. He remarried to the Zhu family with his mother.
When he was a teenager, Fan Zhongyan learned about his life experience, so he bid farewell to his mother and came to Yingtianfu Academy alone, where he became a disciple of the famous scholar Gan Tongwen at the time, learned the knowledge of economics and governance, and determined to serve the country and the people. During his stay at Yingtianfu Academy, the living conditions were very difficult. He divided the porridge into several pieces and chopped the pickles into fine pieces (dividing the porridge and cutting into pieces) as his daily meal.
One day, Fan Zhongyan was eating. His classmates and friends came to visit him and found that his food was very bad. He couldn't bear it, so he took out the money and asked Fan Zhongyan to improve the food. Fan Zhongyan was very tactful but very determined. He declined. His friend had no choice but to send him many delicacies the next day, and Fan Zhongyan accepted it this time.
A few days later, his friend came to visit Fan Zhongyan again. He was surprised to find that the chicken, fish and other delicacies he sent last time were spoiled and moldy, and Fan Zhongyan didn't even move a chopstick. His friend said unhappily: "Brother Xiwen (Fan Zhongyan's name, the ancients called him a name instead of a name to show respect), you are too aloof. You refuse to accept any food. Why don't you let your friends So sad!"
Fan Zhongyan smiled and said, "I misunderstood. It's not that I don't want to eat it, but I'm worried that I won't be able to swallow the porridge and pickles. I appreciate your kindness, please don't be angry." After hearing Fan Zhongyan's words, my friend admired his noble character even more.
Once, someone asked Fan Zhongyan about his ambition. Fan Zhongyan said: "Either to be a good doctor, or to be a good prime minister. A good doctor treats people, and a good prime minister governs the country." This kind of promotion is not for individuals. His great ambition to get rich while studying makes people around him admire him very much. Later, Fan Zhongyan became a political advisor and proposed many measures to benefit the people and enrich the country. He realized his ambition and became a celebrity of his generation.
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Fire Trees and Silver Flowers
< p>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 used a lot of material and manpower to lavish extravagance for his entertainment. Every year on the Lantern Festival night of the first lunar month, he would set up a twenty-foot-high 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 wrote: "Fire trees and silver flowers are blooming, the iron locks of star bridges are open, the dark dust goes away with the horses, and the bright moon chases people. The wandering prostitutes are all four seasons, and the plum blossoms fall when they sing. The golden king cannot help the night, and the jade leaks do not 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.This idiom describes a place with bright lights, which looks like blazing trees and silver flowers. So now, this sentence can be used to describe any prosperous city or a grand gathering held at night with bright lights.
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Jia people crossing the river
To modern people, there is no big difference in the semantic meaning of "Shang" and "Jia", both of which mean trade; but in ancient times, "Shang" and "Jia" had different business methods. Selling less is called "Shang" and selling less is called "Jia". Buying from one place and selling to another. People who do business in this way are called Jia people.
Once upon a time, there was a Jia man who organized a batch of goods in Henan and sold them to other places through water vendors. The boat was sailing along the river with the wind when suddenly thick clouds gathered, strong winds arose, heavy rain poured down, and the river swelled sharply. Jia Ren walked out of the ship's warehouse to check the cargo. A big wave hit the bow of the ship and knocked Jia Ren into the water. Jia Ren struggled in the water and shouted: "Help!"
A fisherman heard the cry and hurriedly rocked the boat over to save him. Seeing the fisherman, Jia Ren shouted: "Come and save me, I will give you one hundred taels of silver."
The fisherman rescued Jia Ren and sent him to the ship's warehouse. Jia Ren changed his clothes. , took out ten taels of silver and gave it to the fisherman, saying: "Take it, these ten taels of silver are enough for you to work hard for half a year."
The fisherman did not accept the money, looked at Jia Ren and said, "You were here just now. The promise in the water was to give one hundred taels of silver, not ten taels.
Jiaren said with an unhappy face: "You are too dissatisfied. How much money can you make from fishing in a day?" Now I have made ten taels of silver at once, which is quite a lot.
The fisherman said: "This is the case, but the reason is not this." If you didn't promise to give me one hundred taels of silver just now, I would save your life. But since you promised to give me one hundred taels of silver, I hope you won't break your promise. ”
Jia Ren shook his head, walked into the cabin, and ignored the fisherman. The fisherman sighed and returned to the fishing boat.
A year later, Jia Ren shipped another batch of goods. , happened to meet the fisherman in the river. Both of them remembered the unpleasant breakup last year. Jia Ren said: "I gave you ten taels of silver, why don't you use it as capital to start a small business? Why bother in the wind and rain?" Earn this hard-earned money? "
The fisherman had no time to reply. Jia Ren's boat hit a rock, water entered the cabin, and the boat gradually sank. Jia Ren was so anxious that he turned around and said loudly to the fisherman: "Come and save me, this time I will I'll give you three hundred taels of silver, and I promise not to break my promise. "
The fisherman rowed past Jia Ren, turned around and said slowly: "Call someone who can trust you to come and help me. I don't want your money, but I won't save such a useless person like you. Believe in the fate of the righteous. ”
Soon, the Jia people disappeared with the sunken ship in the surging river.
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Do your best
The original idiom "do your best" can be found in "Three Kingdoms·Wei Zhi·Jia Kui Biography" quoted by Pei Songzhi "Wei Lue": "I will do my best to follow Xuan Ke Dharma. "
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a man named Yang Pei, named Kongqu, who served as the commander of Xinzheng. When Cao Cao passed by Xinzheng, the army was short of food. Yang Pei helped Cao Cao, so he was deeply loved by Cao Cao. After Cao Cao assisted the government, Yang Pei was promoted to the chief minister. He was not afraid of powerful people and punished anyone who broke the law according to law.
At that time, Cao Cao was away on an expedition and heard that the capital Yecheng was in good order. It was too chaotic, so he issued an edict to select a Yecheng magistrate. The selection criteria was that he must have Yang Pei's courage and level. After many selections, there was no suitable one, so Yang Pei was promoted to Yecheng magistrate (then called Jingzhao Yin). ). Before Yang Pei took office, Cao Cao summoned him and asked him how to govern Ye. Yang Pei replied: "I will do my best to vigorously promote the law and make everyone abide by the law. Cao Cao was very happy after hearing this and said to the people around him: "Have you heard? This is the person who is admired by others." "Yang Pei hasn't officially taken office yet. Some powerful landowners and relatives of the emperor heard that Yang Pei was coming to Yecheng, and they all warned their children to be more careful.