The idiom story of fishing in troubled waters is as follows:
The story of fishing in troubled waters:
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Khitan rebelled and invaded the Tang court many times. The imperial court sent Zhang Shougui as the governor of Youzhou to quell the Khitan rebellion. The Khitan general Ke Gan suddenly attacked Youzhou several times, but failed to capture it. But Tu Gan wanted to find out the truth of the Tang army, so he sent an envoy to Youzhou to pretend that he was willing to resubmit to the imperial court and never invade. Zhang Shougui knew that the Khitan was in great power and if he took the initiative to seek peace, he must be deceitful.
He took advantage of his plan and received the envoy politely. The next day, he sent Wang Hui to represent the court to the Ketugan camp to comfort him, and ordered Wang Hui to find out the inside story of the Khitan. Wang Hui received a warm reception in the Khitan camp. He carefully observed every move of the Khitan generals at the banquet. He discovered the attitude of the Khitan generals towards the court.
The above was not consistent. He also heard from a soldier that Li Guozhe, who was in charge of the military power, had always been in conflict with Ketu Gan. Wang Hui went to visit Li Guozhe specially, pretending not to understand the conflict between him and Ke Tugan, and in front of Li Guozhe, he pretended to praise Ke Tugan's talents.
After hearing this, Li Guozhe was furious, saying that Tugan advocated rebellion against the Tang Dynasty, which plunged Khitan into war and made the people very resentful. He also told Wang Hui that the Khitan's request for peace this time was completely false, but Tugan had borrowed troops from the Turks and would attack Youzhou soon. Wang Hui took the opportunity to persuade Li Guozhe that the Tang army was powerful, but Tuqian would definitely fail. If he leaves, he can break out and make great achievements, and the imperial court guarantees that he will be reused.
Li Guozhe was indeed moved and expressed his willingness to submit to the imperial court. Wang Hui completed his mission and immediately bid farewell to the Khitan King and returned to Youzhou. The next night, Li Guozhe led his troops to raid the Chinese army's tent which could be used by surprise. But Tu Gan was unprepared and was killed by Li Guo in the camp. At this time, the Khitan camp was in chaos. General Nie Li, who was loyal to Ketugan, gathered his troops, fought fiercely with Li Guozhe, and killed Li Guozhe.
After Zhang Shougui found out the news, he immediately led his troops to meet Li Guozhe's troops. The Tang army rushed into the Khitan military camp, and the Khitan army was fighting and in chaos. Zhang Shougui took advantage of the situation and launched a fierce attack, captured Nie Li alive, and defeated the Khitan army. From then on, the Khitan rebellion was put down. In the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was defeated. In order to prevent Sun Quan from advancing north, Cao Cao sent general Cao Ren to garrison Nanjun (today's Gong'an County, Hubei).
At this time, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were both plotting against Nanjun. Due to the overwhelming momentum of the battle at Chibi, Zhou Yu ordered an army to attack Nanjun. Liu Bei also transferred his troops to station at the mouth of Youjiang River, keeping an eye on Nanjun. Zhou Yu said: "In order to attack Nanjun, I, Soochow, will do whatever it takes, and Nanjun is within easy reach. Liu Bei will never dream of capturing Nanjun!"
In order to stabilize Zhou Yu, Liu Bei first sent people to Zhou Yu's camp to congratulate him. Zhou Yu thought to himself, I must meet Liu Bei to see what his plans are. The next day, Zhou Yu personally went to Liu Bei's camp to thank him. During the banquet, Zhou Yu asked Liu Bei directly if he was stationed at Youjiangkou to capture Nanjun. Liu Bei said: "I heard that the commander-in-chief was going to attack Nanjun, so I came here to help. If the commander-in-chief doesn't take it, I will go and capture it."
Zhou Yu laughed and said that Nanjun was about to be conquered, so why not take it? Liu Bei said: "The governor must not underestimate the enemy. Cao Ren is brave and unstoppable. I dare not say whether I can capture Nanjun." Zhou Yu has always been arrogant and arrogant. Hearing what Liu Bei said, he was very unhappy. He blurted out: "If I can't capture Nanjun , let Yuzhou (i.e. Liu Bei) go and get it."
This is what Liu Bei expected, and he immediately said: "The governor said it well, Zijing (i.e. Lu Su) and Kong Ming were both present to testify. Let you go and get Nanjun first. If you can't get it, I will go get it. You must not regret it." Zhou Yu smiled, not caring about Liu Bei. After Zhou Yu left, Zhuge Liang suggested that he hold his troops and let Zhou Yu go and fight Cao's soldiers first.
Zhou Yu sent troops and first captured Yiling (now Yichang, Hubei). Then he took advantage of the victory to attack Nanjun, but fell into Cao Ren's trick of luring the enemy and returned with an arrow. Cao Ren was very happy to see Zhou Yu was injured by a poisonous arrow, and sent people to Zhou Yu's camp every day to call for battle. Zhou Yu just stood firm at the camp gate and refused to fight. One day, Cao Ren personally led the army to challenge. Zhou Yu led hundreds of cavalry out of the camp gate to fight Cao Jun.
Not long after the battle started, Zhou Yu suddenly heard a loud cry, vomiting blood, and fell off his horse. He was rescued by the generals and returned to the camp. It turned out that this was a plan set by Zhou Yu to deceive the enemy. News of Zhou Yu's death from arrow sores. Sad music was played in Zhou Yu's camp, and the soldiers all wore mourning. Cao Ren was overjoyed when he heard the news, and decided to take advantage of Zhou Yu's death and the unprepared opportunity to rob the camp.
Cut off Zhou Yu’s head and go to Cao Cao to receive the reward. That night, Cao Ren personally led his army to rob the camp, leaving only Chen Jiao and a few soldiers to protect the city. Cao Ren's army took advantage of the darkness and rushed into Zhou Yu's camp, only to see silence and no one in the camp. Cao Ren knew that he had been tricked and hurriedly retreated, but it was already too late. Just hearing the sound of a cannon, Zhou Yu led his troops to attack from all directions.
Cao Ren finally broke out of the siege and retreated back to Nanjun. He was intercepted by Dongwu ambushes and had to flee north. Zhou Yu defeated Cao Ren and immediately led his troops to Nanjun. When Zhou Yu led his troops to Nanjun, he saw that the city top of Nanjun was covered with banners. It turned out that Zhao Yun had already followed Zhuge Liang's orders and took advantage of the fierce battle between Zhou Yu and Cao Ren to easily capture Nanjun.
Zhuge Liang used the military symbols he found and sent people overnight to pretend to be Cao Ren to rescue them, and easily defrauded Jingzhou and Xiangyang. Zhou Yu knew that he had been tricked by Zhuge Liang this time, and he was so angry that he fainted.
The meaning of the idiom "fishing in troubled waters":
In a complex and chaotic situation, the weaker party is often wavering and cannot be sure who is more advantageous to seek refuge with, so it should take advantage of the enemy's inattention. Seize the opportunity to control this wandering force in order to enhance your own strength and win the final victory.
More often, you cannot just wait for this opportunity, but you should take the initiative to create it. You should take the initiative to muddy the water. When the situation starts to become complicated, you can take advantage of the opportunity.
Examples of fishing in troubled waters:
1. During the summer vacation, you feel better, relieve stress and have fun. Go to the wetland to the lakeside and have a water fight and hide and seek. Go to the reed ponds to pick up bird eggs, and muddy the waters to fish for fish and shrimps. Light a bonfire and grill fish skewers while friends sing along. The classmates danced with joy and wished everyone a good time.
2. It was noon, people were resting, and there were few people on the road. Lao Tietou came out of his home, and suddenly saw a shadow flashing in front of him, and entered Yongjun’s house in the village. Lao Tietou He thought he was a thief, so he wanted to fish in troubled waters and catch him.
3. On the one hand, the ruling vacuum created by the transition of the old and new regimes has led to serious social security problems. A large number of stragglers and refugees have poured in, fishing in troubled waters together with the large number of low-level lumpen proletarians that already existed.
4. Although the market is chaotic and stores have a good chance to fish in troubled waters, small nightclubs that are not yet completely broken do not dare to openly serve fake products to guests who drink "pure" for fear of trouble.