Story: Before liberation, Aunt Qiu was born in a scholarly family. She was cheerful, open-minded and enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings. The villagers respectfully call her Aunt Anqiu.
Aunt anqiu thinks that the maid at home has done something wrong and must be punished by flogging, but the punishment should be moderate. If it is light and painless, she can't learn the lesson; You hit her hard, she was injured and had to be treated, even delaying her work. So, just right. This story soon spread, and later became a popular allegory to persuade those who had a hard time with others: "Aunt Anqiu hit a maid (compared to Jane)-just right."
Interpretation: Describe that everything should leave room and not be excessive.
Second, Zhang's tea-on the way back to Gansu
Story: Zhang has a rich man. Whenever a poor man comes to borrow money, he treats him like poor tea. After drinking, he asked, "Is my tea good?" Whoever says "the tea of the third master is the best tea" can get a loan. On the contrary, no matter how hard you try, you can't borrow it or lend it. There was a poor man who didn't know the temperament of Third Master. When he came to borrow it, he said that Third Master's tea was really inferior and rough. As a result, no matter how much he begged, he didn't get a loan, so he had to leave the third master's house disgruntled. He thought all the way: "why can others get money from the third master, but they can't?" ! "After thinking about it, I suddenly realized that I might have said that his tea was not good. So I decided to go back and find out about it. So, when he returned to the third master's house, he shouted, "Third master, third master, come out quickly! The third host heard the voice and asked, "What are you doing here again?" The poor man quickly said, "Third Master, I am poor and nearsighted. I came to your house earlier and drank your cup of tea, but I didn't think much about it and mistakenly thought it was inferior tea. You don't know your tea is very different until you drink it in your stomach. After I came out of your house, the taste of sweet tea once appeared in my stomach. Your tea on the way was especially sweet, which made me feel refreshed and refreshed! So I came back to tell you that Third Master's tea is the best in the world! Hearing this, Third Master finally agreed to borrow money.
Interpretation: This two-part allegorical saying has two meanings: First, it says that the third master is hypocritical, and when he flatters, he gets carried away. Second, when Yu Fan encounters setbacks in his work, he should think more, find out the crux and change his strategy, so that he can often get things done well.
Third, cut the gordian knot-make a clean break.
Story:1On July 23rd, 482, Wu Dongsheng, a young man who just turned 24, was going to buy two catties of cabbage. Suddenly, I saw a crowded place. He saw what seemed to be a ring in the crowd. So he flew over people's heads with flying skills and landed in front of the ring.
It turned out that there was a beautiful girl standing on the stage, and she was getting married with a man with big arms and thick waist. Two people each took a complicated knot tied with hemp rope. There is nothing strange at first sight, but it is amazing at second sight. There are at least 90 summaries about this big knot. The little girl and the big man started a game. Who untied the knot first? Wu Dongsheng understands that this is not a wedding competition, nor a wedding competition, but a wedding competition!
Within five minutes, the girl untied all the knots. Middle-aged people only untied more than 30 knots. So, the girl said to the big man, "I'm sorry, I failed." Middle-aged people had to walk out of the venue in frustration. Then, the girl said to everyone, "Now there are only two knots left. If it fails, today is over! " "
Wu Dongsheng had already thought it over: this girl has watery eyes, regular facial features, fair skin and slim figure. Wu Dongsheng thought again: I'm getting married, and my old mother hasn't seen my girlfriend yet! So he flew into the ring.
There was warm applause below. Wu Dongsheng came to the stage and asked, "Are there any rules?" "Yes, whoever opens it first will win!" After listening to the rules, the competition between Wu Dongsheng and the girl officially began. Wu Dongsheng took out his dagger and cut the knot with one knife. So I won the game.
Explanation: The metaphor is decisive, taking resolute and effective measures to solve complex problems quickly.
Four, Qingzai lost his cowboy-gone.
Story: Qingzai is a cowherd, with a playful nature, and especially likes going to the theatre. He is just an opera fan. Every morning, he took the cowboy to the hillside, tied the cow rope to the tree head and played by himself. One day, the neighboring village celebrated the Buddha's birthday, singing operas to reward the gods, cigarettes wrapped around, gongs and drums were loud, and it was very lively. Qingzai ran to the theater as soon as he released the cowboy. It was not until the sun went down and it was dark that Qing Tsai ran back to the hillside. To his great surprise, the cowboy disappeared. Qingzai hurried along the hillside to look for it. Everyone asked, "Have you seen my cowboy?" The other party asked, "When did you lose it?" Answer: "Most of the time." The other party shook his head, sighed and said, "It's gone far, it's hopeless." As a result, the cowboy was not found, but the news spread all over the country. This is the origin of the two-part allegorical saying "Qingzai lost his cowboy-fly away, it's hopeless".
Explanation: It is derogatory to describe a thing that took a long time to deal with. This is predictable and measures have been taken to avoid it.
Five, the cat gave a cry-a big surprise.
Story: In Anhai, Jinjiang, if people encounter unexpected things and are frightened, they will humorously say, "The cat barks right-it's a shock." What's going on here? It turns out that in the early days of liberation, only a few government agencies had telephones, and private people had telephones, which was really rare. People need to call in an emergency, so they have to go to the post office. Mao Jiu is an honest businessman, opening a small shop and doing some small business. Because the business is booming, the goods are suddenly out of stock and need to be replenished as soon as possible, so the cat went to the post office to make a phone call with great interest. Because of the poor equipment and lack of experience in telephone use at that time, the result was "hello, hello, hello!" " "Shouted for a long time, but didn't make each other understand. However, the telephone bill is calculated according to the length of the call, and the number of telephone bills charged by the post office is so large that the cat is dumbfounded. The story was later condensed into a humorous two-part allegorical saying.
Interpretation: This word is often used to describe making a fool of yourself without seeing the world, often with a sarcastic meaning.
Six, the dog takes the mouse-mind your own business
Story: In a small village, there is a family. In the morning, the man went out to work and there was only a cat and a dog at home.
Every morning, the dishonest cat falls asleep in front of the house as soon as he sees his master go out to work! At this time, as soon as the mouse saw the cat sleeping, it quietly went to the house to look for something, which made the house messy and the furniture was bitten out of at least five gaps. That's because naughty mice have nothing to do and just bite.
The loyal watchdog saw it and was bored to death every day. On this day, the dog ran to the cat and pushed the cat with his foot. The cat snored and said, "What's the matter?" ! Loyal star? "The dog said," lazy cat! "Don't sleep, look at home, there are thousands of mice, all eating and biting furniture, making a mess, how unsanitary!" The cat said, "Leave it alone." The dog pushed the cat with his foot again. The cat got angry and said, "Mind your own business, watch your door, and leave me alone. I'm not polite to you!" " "Alas, the helpless dog looked at the house again and sadly went to the door and squatted down.
At this time, the ungrateful mouse laughed at the dog, as if to say that the dog was an incompetent ghost and even the cat was afraid.
The dog was furious, flushed at once and ran into the house. Three times five divided by two killed several mice, and the other mice saw it, scared to death, and fled everywhere. The dog pursued the victory again, and in a short time, all the mice were wiped out by the dog.
The dog cheered, but fell asleep with fatigue.
When the master came back, he was very happy to see the energetic cat piling up dead mice. He looked back at the dog again, but kicked it and it screamed.
Hey! It smells delicious. The owner took a fish to the cat, touched the cat's head with his hand and praised the cat for its usefulness.
At this time, the dog realized that the dog was directing the mouse blindly.
Interpretation: Let go of your responsibility to help others do things.
Seven, the weasel pays New Year greetings to chickens-unkind.
Story: The annual Spring Festival is coming. Some small animals are cleaning, some are putting up couplets and some are buying fireworks. The weasel sat in a chair at home in a daze. The fox said to the weasel outside the window, "The Spring Festival is coming, and everyone is very happy. Why are you sitting at home worrying? " "Because I want to eat a chicken, the refrigerator at home is empty." The weasel said with a sigh. The fox smiled insidiously and said to him calmly, "I have an idea." Just passing the henhouse, I saw that the mother hen was not at home. Now you can eat the chicken and spit the bones at the tortoise's house to blame the tortoise, so that you can not only eat the chicken, but also be innocent. Ok, I won't say much, goodbye. "
Hearing this, the weasel immediately put on a suit, took a box of chocolates and set off for the henhouse. When I arrived at the chicken house, I said I would pay a New Year call to the chickens and give them chocolate to eat. The chicken quickly ate up the chocolate. The weasel said, "Chicks, I still have a lot of chocolates at home. You can come to my house to eat. " The chickens were very excited, but the weasel smiled, took the chicken home and wolfed down the poor chicken. Then he vomited bones in front of the tortoise's house and had a good sleep.
The next morning, the hen found that all the chickens were gone and called the police in a hurry. After a while, the dog sheriff came and brought the famous Sherlock Holmes to judge the case. Finally, Mr Holmes found a pile of bones in front of the tortoise's house. The hen ran to grab the turtle's father by the collar and cried, "Did you eat my baby?" Mr Holmes quickly explained to the hen, "No, not him. Turtles won't eat chickens. " Say that finish, they hurried back to the henhouse to look for clues. Suddenly, Mr Holmes found a box on the ground, so he secretly covered it with a handkerchief and hid it.
Found the weasel in his pocket again, and quickly took him to the police station for interrogation. "Weasel, the dark liquid of the third beard on your right is how to return a responsibility? It smells like blood. Did you eat a chicken? " Asked Holmes. The weasel said, "Oh … this … this is the paint I left yesterday …" Holmes took out the box, pointed to the evidence in his hand and said, "This box has your fingerprints on it, and your box happens to be in the chicken's house. How to explain this? " The weasel didn't expect that the chocolate box was still at the chicken's house. He has nothing to say.
Interpretation: it means pretending to be kind, but it actually contains sinister intentions and derogatory terms.
Eight, tofu fell into the ashes-you can't blow or shoot.
Story: There is a poor family who lives on two pieces of tofu every day. But one day, accidentally, tofu fell into the ashes in front of the stove. He quickly picked up the treasure. First blow with your mouth, the dirtier you blow, the more you clap with your hands. Unexpectedly, the tofu was broken, and he said with emotion: the tofu fell into the ash pile-you can't blow it or shoot it.
Interpretation: Describe the dilemma of things, but also describe people as difficult to serve.
Nine, the weasel pays a New Year call to the chicken-unkind.
Story: The annual Spring Festival is coming. Some small animals are cleaning, some are putting up couplets and some are buying fireworks. The weasel sat in a chair at home in a daze. The fox said to the weasel outside the window, "The Spring Festival is coming, and everyone is very happy. Why are you sitting at home worrying? " "Because I want to eat a chicken, the refrigerator at home is empty." The weasel said with a sigh. The fox smiled insidiously and said to him calmly, "I have an idea." Just passing the henhouse, I saw that the mother hen was not at home. Now you can eat the chicken and spit the bones at the tortoise's house to blame the tortoise, so that you can not only eat the chicken, but also be innocent. Ok, I won't say much, goodbye. "
Hearing this, the weasel immediately put on a suit, took a box of chocolates and set off for the henhouse. When I arrived at the chicken house, I said I would pay a New Year call to the chickens and give them chocolate to eat. The chicken quickly ate up the chocolate. The weasel said, "Chicks, I still have a lot of chocolates at home. You can come to my house to eat. " The chickens were very excited, but the weasel smiled, took the chicken home and wolfed down the poor chicken. Then he vomited bones in front of the tortoise's house and had a good sleep.
The next morning, the hen found that all the chickens were gone and called the police in a hurry. After a while, the dog sheriff came and brought the famous Sherlock Holmes to judge the case. Finally, Mr Holmes found a pile of bones in front of the tortoise's house. The hen ran to grab the turtle's father by the collar and cried, "Did you eat my baby?" Mr Holmes quickly explained to the hen, "No, not him. Turtles won't eat chickens. " Say that finish, they hurried back to the henhouse to look for clues. Suddenly, Mr Holmes found a box on the ground, so he secretly covered it with a handkerchief and hid it.
Found the weasel in his pocket again, and quickly took him to the police station for interrogation. "Weasel, the dark liquid of the third beard on your right is how to return a responsibility? It smells like blood. Did you eat a chicken? " Asked Holmes. The weasel said, "Oh … this … this is the paint I left yesterday …" Holmes took out the box, pointed to the evidence in his hand and said, "This box has your fingerprints on it, and your box happens to be in the chicken's house. How to explain this? " The weasel didn't expect that the chocolate box was still at the chicken's house. He has nothing to say.
Interpretation: it means pretending to be kind, but it actually contains sinister intentions and derogatory terms.
10. Playing broadsword in front of Guan Yu-asking for trouble.
Story: Cang did not protect Guan Yu at first, but obeyed Zhao Yun's orders. On one occasion, when the army was practicing martial arts, Zhou Cang hit a broadsword, and the soldiers cheered in unison, even Zhao Yun praised him a few words. Zhou Cang was so proud that he poked his broadsword on the ground, slapped his chest and blew it: "Hey! If there is someone in the army who knows how to use a knife better than Lao Zhou, I am willing to give him a hand! " A soldier saw him playing mysteriously and deliberately said to him, "Brother Zhou, don't play yet. If you dare to challenge Master Guan, my brother will be convinced! " Zhou Cang hasn't seen Guan Yu yet, but he has heard how good Guan Yu's saber is, and he has long wanted to touch Guan Yu. His strength came when he was excited by the team. He got off the horse and strode to see Mr. Guan. Master Guan was reading Sun Tzu's The Art of War in his mansion when he heard Zhou Cang shouting at the door and wanted to compete with him. Although I haven't seen Zhou Cang, I have heard from Zhao Yun, the fourth brother, that he has high martial arts and integrity, but he is too reckless. He belongs to a firecracker. He just explodes. So I didn't share his knowledge, just smiled. Who knows that Zhou Cang doesn't know much, thinking that Guan Sir Zhong is afraid of him, he directly uses "cowards" to harm Guan Sir Zhong. Master Guan has a bad temper, and now he is angry. I saw him put a pile of art of war, tucked his shirt in, strode out of the mansion, grabbed the pike from the guards, replaced the knife with a gun, and used his specialty Spring and Autumn Knife to compete with Zhou Cang. Zhou Cang, where is his opponent? I was pulled by teacher Guan! Zhou Cang this just know the back of the thing, convinced from the heart. He knelt in front of Mr. Zhong, held the Qinglong Road above his head and said loudly, "Mr. Zhong, a good knife is for heroes! Lao Zhou was persuaded by you, so I'll give you this nod. In the future, Lao Zhou will pull the pedal for Mr. Rama and carry the broadsword! " Master Guan saw that he was a real man and liked his frankness very much, so he accepted him now.
Since then, Zhou Cang has been carrying a big blade for Mr. Guan. The proverb "Playing broadsword in front of Guan Gong" has been handed down from generation to generation.
Explanation: Metaphorically, you overreach yourself and show off yourself in front of people who are taller than yourself.
Eleven, the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea-each showing his magical powers
Story: It is said that the Eight Immortals, including Lv Dongbin, crossed the East China Sea to Xiandao and saw huge waves. Lv Dongbin suggested that everyone throw something into the sea and show his magic across the sea. So Tie Guai Li threw his crutches into the water and stood on the water to cross the sea; Blue Cai He crossed the river with a basket of flowers; Han Xiangzi, Zhang, Han Zhongli, Cao Guojiu and He Xiangu also threw their flutes, clappers, paper donkeys, drums, tracts and bamboo covers into the sea and stood on them. The Eight Immortals showed their magical powers when they crossed the sea. According to this legend, "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" is also called "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, each displaying his magical powers".
Interpretation: Metaphors have their own methods, or they show their magical powers and compete with each other.
Twelve, a thousand miles to send goose feathers-courtesy is light and affection is heavy.
Story: During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Uighur in the Western Regions was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. On one occasion, in order to show friendship with the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur kingdom sent an envoy Mian Bogao to visit the King of Tang with a batch of rare treasures. Among these tributes, the most precious is a rare bird-the white swan.
Mian Bogao is most worried about this white swan. If something happens to him, how will he tell the king? Therefore, along the way, he personally fed the water and did not dare to neglect it for a moment. On this day, Mian Bogao came to Mianyang Lake and saw the white swan craning its neck, opening its mouth and panting. Mian Bogao couldn't stand it, so he opened the cage, took the white swan to the water, and let it have a good drink. Who knows that the white swan drank enough water, closed its neck and a wing and flew into the sky with a splash! Mian Bogao jumped forward, only picked up a few feathers, but failed to catch the white swan and watched it fly without a trace. At that time, Mian Bogao stood in a daze for a while with a few white goose feathers in his hand, thinking back and forth about a question in his mind: "What should I do? Tribute? What should I bring to see Emperor Taizong? Go back? How dare you go to see the Uighur king! " The attendants said, "The swan has flown away. Let's think of a remedy." After careful consideration, Mian Bogao decided to continue his trip to the East. He took out a piece of white silk, carefully wrapped the goose feather, and wrote a poem on the silk book: "Swan salutes the Tang Dynasty, and the mountain is heavy and the road is far. Sheep Lake has lost its treasure, so it is difficult to throw it away. Serve the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and confess to Mian Bogao. Things are light and people are righteous, and goose feathers are sent thousands of miles! "
Mian Bogao went to Chang 'an effortlessly with jewels and goose feathers. Emperor Taizong received goose feathers from Mian Bogao and Mian Bogao. Emperor Taizong read this poem and listened to Mian Bogao's complaints. Instead of blaming him, he felt that Mian Bogao was honest and fulfilled his mission, so he gave him a big reward.
From then on, "a thousand miles to send goose feathers, courtesy is lighter than righteousness" has become a portrayal or a modest word of courtesy between people in China.
Interpretation: Metaphorical gifts are meager and affectionate.