Don’t think about Shu. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei occupied the land of Shu and established the Kingdom of Shu. After his death, his son Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, also known as "Liu Adou". Liu Chan was mediocre and incompetent. After the death of those talented ministers, the Kingdom of Shu was destroyed by Wei in 263 AD. After Liu Chan surrendered, Wei King Cao Mao gave him the title of "An Le Gong" with a salary but no real power, and moved him to Xuchang, the capital of Wei. The King of Wei himself had no real power, and Sima Zhao held the most power. At a banquet, Sima Zhao deliberately arranged a performance of Shu songs and dances in front of Liu Chan. Liu Chan's entourage were very sad when they thought of their lost homeland, but Liu Chan said to Sima Zhao: "I am happy here, but I don't miss Shu at all." He did not miss Shu at all.
Based on this story, people have derived the idiom "Happy to miss Shu" to describe some people who are content with the status quo and are happy and forget to return. It also describes some people who enjoy themselves and forget their roots.
The idiom "Nanke Yimeng" comes from the novel "The Biography of the Prefect of Nanke" written by Li Gongzuo, a writer of the Tang Dynasty in China in the ninth century AD. There was a man named Chun Yufen who liked to drink. There is a large locust tree with deep roots and luxuriant leaves in the courtyard of his house. On a midsummer night, the moon and stars are scarce, the evening breeze blows, and the shadow of the tree is whirling. It is a good place to enjoy the cool air. On Chun Yufen's birthday, his relatives and friends came to celebrate his birthday. He was so happy that he drank a few more glasses of wine. At night, all his relatives and friends went back. Chun Yufen, a little drunk, rested under the big locust tree and fell asleep unknowingly. In the dream, Chunyu Fen was invited by two envoys and entered a tree hole. The sunny weather inside the cave is like a different world, and it is known as the Great Sophora Kingdom. Just in time for the official selection examination to be held in the capital, he also signed up. After three exams, I wrote the article very smoothly. When the test results were announced, he ranked first. Then the emperor conducted an interview. When the emperor saw that Chun Yufen was handsome and talented, he liked him very much, so he personally named him the number one scholar and married the princess to him. The number one scholar became the prince-in-law, and for a time it was a good talk in the capital. After marriage, the relationship between husband and wife is very happy. Soon, Chunyu Fen was sent by the emperor to serve as the prefect of Nanke County. Chunyu Fen was diligent in administration and loved the people. He often went to the territory to investigate and study and inspect the work of his subordinates. The administration in various places was very clean and effective, and the local people greatly praised him. Thirty years later, Chunyu Fen's political achievements have become famous throughout the country. He also has five boys, two girls and seven children, and his life is very proud. The emperor tried several times to transfer Chunyu Fen back to the capital for promotion. When the local people heard about it, they rushed to the streets, blocked the prefect's carriage, and forced him to retain him in Nanke to succeed him. Chunyu Fen was moved by the people's love and had no choice but to stay and explain the situation to the emperor. The emperor appreciated his political achievements and rewarded him with many gold and silver treasures. One year, Shanluo State sent troops to invade Dahuai State. The generals of Dahuai State were ordered to meet the enemy, but they were defeated several times by the enemy soldiers. When news of the defeat reached the capital, the emperor was shocked and hurriedly summoned civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures. The ministers heard that the frontline military had suffered repeated defeats and that the enemy was approaching the capital with extraordinary ferocity. Their faces turned pale with fear. You looked at me and I looked at you, and they were helpless. The emperor looked at the minister's look and said angrily: "You usually live well and enjoy all the glory, but once the country is in trouble, you become a mouthless gourd, timid and timid. What's the use of you?" At this time, the prime minister remembered He met Chun Yufen, the prefect of Nanke who had outstanding political achievements, and recommended him to the emperor. The emperor immediately ordered Chunyu Fen to lead the country's elite troops to fight against the enemy. After receiving the emperor's order, Chunyu Fen immediately led his troops to fight. However, he knew nothing about the art of war. As soon as he fought with the enemy, he was completely defeated. His soldiers and horses suffered heavy losses, and he himself was almost taken prisoner. When the emperor heard the news, he was very disappointed and ordered Chun Yufen to be removed from all positions, demoted to a civilian, and sent back to his hometown. Chunyu Fen thought about how his reputation had been ruined in one day. He was so ashamed and angry that he woke up from his dream with a loud cry. According to his dream, he searched for the Big Locust Tree. It turned out to be an ant hole under the big locust tree, where a group of ants lived.
"Nanke Yimeng" sometimes also means that life is like a dream, and wealth and power are illusory.
In 496 BC, a war broke out between the Wu State and the Yue State in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River because of a small grudge! The young King Gou Jian of Yue took Fan Li as his military advisor and defeated the Wu army. The old King Wu also died of his injuries! The young Fu Chai ascended the throne. He vowed to destroy the Yue Kingdom. Three years later, Fu Chai led a powerful army to attack Yue. After the two sides fought, Yue defeated Wu Sheng, and the Wu army attacked Yue Duji. Li Zhong bribed the ministers of the State of Wu, Bo Pi, and Fu Cha, who tried their best to deal with each other. Finally, Fu Cha moved Huairen's heart and immortalized the Yue Kingdom. The country of Yue was preserved. Gou Jian led his queen and Fan Li into Wu as slaves. After being a slave for three years, Fu Chai fell ill. Fan Li seized the opportunity and asked Gou Jian to taste Fu Chai's feces to find the source of the disease. This completely influenced Fu Cha and released Gou Jian. Gou Jian, who returned to the State of Yue, slept on firewood and hung a rope from the beam of the house. At one end of the rope was a pig's gall, which was extremely painful. When he woke up every day, the first thing he did was to take a bite of the bitter gall. Incomparable gall! For twenty years, he was untouchable, every day. In 473 BC, Gou Jian secretly raised 30,000 soldiers hidden among the people and besieged the city of Gusu in one fell swoop. At this time, Fu Chai still had 50,000 soldiers and horses, but he did not dare to go out of the city to fight because of the lack of food and grass. Gou Jian created a miracle in the history of human kings! He worked hard to inspire and strive to strengthen the country, creating a human legend of defeating the big with the small, defeating the strong with the weak, and hitting the stone with the egg! The allusion of "sleeping on fuel and tasting gall" is called a classic among classics in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization history. Gou Jian's superhuman will may have more human significance!
One summer, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Zhang Xiu. The weather was extremely hot, the sun was like fire, and there was no cloud in the sky. The troops were walking on the winding mountain road, with dense trees on both sides. And the mountains and rocks that were burned hot by the sun were breathtaking. By noon, the soldiers' clothes were soaked through, their marching speed also slowed down, and several weak soldiers actually fainted on the roadside. Cao Cao saw that the marching speed was getting slower and slower, and he was worried that he would miss the chance of fighting, and he was very anxious. However, now tens of thousands of people cannot even drink water, so how can they speed up? He immediately called the guide and asked him quietly: "Is there any water source near here?" The guide shook his head and said: "The spring is on the other side of the valley. It is still a long way to go around." Cao Cao thought for a moment and said, "No. , there is no time." He looked at the woods in front of him, thought for a while, and said to the guide: "Don't say anything, I will think of a way." He knew that it would be useless to order the troops to speed up at this moment. After thinking about it, he came up with a solution. He clamped the horse's belly and rushed to the front of the team. He pointed forward with his riding crop and said: "Soldiers, I know there is a large plum forest ahead. The plums there are big and delicious. Let's hurry up." Hurry up and go around this hill to Merlin!" When the soldiers heard it, they seemed to have eaten it, and their spirits were high, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace. The story comes from "Shishuoxinyu·Jiajue".
The idiom "looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst" is a metaphor for comforting oneself or others with fantasy.