Offer a humble apology: During the Warring States Period, Lian Po and Lin Xiangru, two important ministers of Zhao State, were made prime ministers by Zhao Wang because of Lin Xiangru's repeated meritorious deeds. Lian Po was unconvinced, thinking that his martial arts had overshadowed his mouth. Lin Xiangru avoided Lian Po many times for the sake of the country. Lian Po was ashamed when he learned of his good intentions, so he went to Lin Xiangru's house to confess secretly. From then on, the two made up and became friends with each other.
On paper: During the Warring States Period, Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, a famous Warring States soldier, was proficient in the art of war and could talk about the way of using troops. Even his father can't beat him, and he thinks he is invincible. Zhao She thinks that he is an armchair strategist and doesn't understand traffic. Later, when Zhao She died, Zhao Kuo took Lian Po's place. Lin Xiangru and others strongly opposed it. Zhao Wang insisted that Zhao Kuo lost 400,000 troops in the battle of Changping.
Three orders and five applications: Sun Wuliu lived in the State of Wu, and the King of Wu wanted to test Sun Wu's military talents, so he gave Sun Wu 180 young maids to practice. Sun Wu divided the ladies-in-waiting into two teams and made the prince's favorite concubine the captain. After Sun Wu confessed the password to the ladies-in-waiting, he drummed and commanded. The ladies-in-waiting burst into laughter and the team was in chaos. Sun Wu gave another order, but the ladies-in-waiting just thought it was fun and didn't listen at all. Sun Wu said that since he had understood the order and didn't listen, it was the crime of the leader and ordered the two captains to be put to death. The prince of Wu hurriedly ordered that the princess should not be killed, but Sun Wu killed two princesses. Then, Sun Wu rehearsed the ladies-in-waiting, and this time no one dared not listen to orders.
Seize Wei and save Zhao: During the Warring States Period, Wei Jun besieged Handan, the capital of Zhao. Zhao asked Qi for help and sent Tian Ji as the general and Sun Bin as the strategist to send troops to save Zhao. Tian Ji wanted to directly lead troops to save Zhao Handan, while Sun Bin advocated that troops should besiege the capital girder of Wei, and Wei would return to the army to save himself. This will not only lift the siege of Zhao, but also exhaust Wei Jun. Tian Ji adopted Sun Bin's strategy and led his troops to take the lead. When Wei Jun heard the news, he quickly withdrew the troops besieging Handan and returned to the army to rescue the girder overnight. Going to Guiling, the Qi army will meet Wei Jun earlier and earlier. Wei Jun was defeated, almost completely annihilated.
Khufu Riding and Shooting: During the Warring States Period, King Wu Ling, the monarch of Zhao, was determined to change and strive for the upper reaches. King Wuling saw that the Hu people (ethnic minorities) were dressed in short-sleeved plain clothes, riding horses, shooting arrows while running, and their actions were agile and flexible, so he decided to learn from the Hu people, reform soldiers' clothing and develop cavalry. In less than a year, Zhao had a powerful cavalry. After fighting in the south and north, Zhao became one of the great powers at that time.
Stealing symbols to save Zhao: During the Warring States Period, the State of Qin sent troops to besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao. Zhao asked Wei for help, and Wei sent troops to save Zhao. When Qin heard that Wei sent troops to save Zhao, he sent people to Wei to threaten Wang Wei. Wang Wei gave in to Qin and ordered those who went to save Zhao to stay where they were. So he wrote to Xin, the son of Wei State, for help. Xinlingjun once avenged Wang Wei's favorite concubine, such as Ji, for killing his father. Xinlingjun let Ruji steal the art of war from Wang Wei, thus seizing the military power, leading tens of thousands of soldiers to Handan, defeating Qin Jun and solving the siege of Handan.
Be dumbfounded (by fear or surprise)
Ji was an expert in training cockfighting in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his reputation, the King of Qi also recruited him to train cockfighting.
Ten days later, the King of Qi asked him, "How is the cockfighting training now? Ji Xunzi replied: "The chicken is arrogant, but the time has not yet arrived. Ten days later, the King of Qi came to ask him again: "Is it time to train cockfighting?" ? Ji Xunzi replied: "No, it can't hold its breath yet. A month later, the king of Qi was impatient, but Ji Xiezi shook his head and saidno. Ten days later, Ji Xiezi told the king that cockfighting was well trained. Cockfighting is so powerful that other chickens are stiff when they see it. It can be seen that it is really a world-beater cockfighting!
Learn from each other's strong points: When Teng Wengong was a prince, he went to Chu and visited Mencius when passing through his own country. Mencius told him that good nature is the truth of human nature, and the topic cannot be separated from Yao and Shun. The prince came back from Chu and visited Mencius again. Mencius said, "Don't you believe me? The reason is the same. Cheng Tuo said to Qi Jinggong, "He is a man and I am a man." . "Why should I be afraid of him?" Yan Yuan said, "Shun is me, and successful people will be like him." Gong said:' Wen Wang is my teacher; Will Duke Zhou lie to me? Now, if the territory of Tengguo is "shortened", it will be nearly 50 miles in Fiona Fang. It can also be governed into a good country. Shangshu said,' medicine can't make people dizzy, and the disease can't be cured. "
riding the winds and breaking the waves
In the ancient Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a general named Zong Qiming in Song State. He was brave and ambitious since he was a child. One day, Zong Yi's uncle asked him what his ambition was, and Zong Yi replied, "I would like to ride the wind and waves." I must break through all obstacles, go forward bravely and make a difference. After studying hard and working hard, Zong Yi finally became a general who can be good at fighting.
Later, people used "braving the wind and waves" to describe the spirit of facing difficulties.
5. A layer of water
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Zhou Dynasty in the north and the State of Chen in the south were bounded by the Yangtze River.
Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, Prime Minister of Northern Zhou Dynasty, abolished Emperor Jingdi of Zhou Dynasty, established Sui Dynasty on his own.
Determined to destroy the State of Chen, he once said, "I am the parents of the whole country. Can I watch the people in the south suffer and not save them because there is a Yangtze River as narrow as a belt? "
Later, people used "only a strip of water" to describe that the two places are very close, with only a narrow water area.
6. High mountains and flowing water
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Yu Boya, who was proficient in temperament and superb in piano skills. He was a famous pianist at that time. When Yu Boya was young, he was smart and eager to learn. He has learned from others and his piano skills have reached the level. But he always feels that he can't express his feelings about all kinds of things in a superb way. Boya's teacher knew his idea and took him to Penglai Island in the East China Sea by boat, so that he could enjoy the natural scenery and listen to the waves of the sea. Boya looked up and saw the waves surging and splashing; Seabirds are roaring and singing; The lush trees in the forest are like entering a fairyland. A wonderful feeling arises spontaneously, as if the harmonious and beautiful music of nature is playing in the ear. He couldn't help playing the piano, his voice turned at will, and the beauty of nature was integrated into the sound of the piano. Boya experienced an unprecedented realm. The teacher told him, "You have learned."
One night boating in Boya. Facing the cool breeze and bright moon, he was full of thoughts, so he played the piano again, and the sound of the piano was melodious and getting better. Suddenly I heard someone screaming on the shore. When Boya heard the sound, he got out of the boat and saw a woodcutter standing on the shore. Knowing that the man was a bosom friend, he immediately invited the woodcutter aboard and played for him with great interest. Boya played a tune praising the mountains, and the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Majestic and solemn, such as Mount Tai towering into the clouds! " When he played the surging waves, the woodcutter said, "How wonderful! Vast and boundless, it seems to see rolling water and boundless sea! " Boya was excited and said excitedly, "bosom friend!" You are really my bosom friend. "This woodcutter is Zhong Ziqi. Since then, the two have become very good friends.
This story comes from Liezi Tang Wen. The idiom "high mountains and flowing water" is a metaphor for bosom friends and wonderful music.
7. A word teacher
Refers to a teacher who corrects a very key word in an article.
This language 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 feudal society in China, and literature and art were also very developed, among which poetry was the most representative. At that time, there were not only many poets but also many poems, and the level of art and content was very high.
Among many poets at that time, there was a poet named Miracle. One winter, in vilen after the heavy snow, he saw plum blossoms proudly blooming, so he wrote a poem "Early Plum" to recite the plum blossoms in full bloom in early winter. There are two lines in this poem: In the former village of Zita Law, several branches opened last night. He felt very satisfied after writing it.
A man named Zheng Gu, after reading this poem written by Miracle, thinks that the meaning of this poem is not exhausted. So, after repeated thinking and deliberation, he changed these two poems into: In the old village of Zita Law, he opened a branch last night. Because he thinks that since there are several plum blossoms, it can't be considered as early plum blossoms.
Zheng Gu's changes, although only changed the number into a word, only changed a word, but it made the theme of Morning Plum more appropriate and the artistic conception of the poem more perfect. Qi was very appreciative of this change in Zheng Gu. At that time, he called Zheng Gu his own lyricist.
Concentrate
Once upon a time, there was a chess player named Qiu. His chess skills are superb.
Qiu has two students studying chess with him. A student is very absorbed in learning from the teacher. The other one didn't. He thinks it's easy to learn chess, so there's no need to be serious. When the teacher explained, although he sat there, his eyes seemed to be looking at the chess pieces, but his heart was thinking, "If I kill a swan in the wild now, it will be a delicious meal." Because he is always daydreaming and absent-minded, the teacher doesn't listen at all.
As a result, although both students are famous teachers, one has made rapid progress and become a famous chess player, while the other has not learned any skills.
Look at the picture and find a good horse-follow the clue to find something
Sun Yang had a son who read the "Xiangma Jing" written by his father. He thought it was easy to kiss up to horses, so he took this book and looked for good horses everywhere. He followed the pattern drawn in the book and found nothing. I searched according to the characteristics written in the book, and finally found a toad with characteristics very similar to those written in the book. I happily took toad home and said to my father, "Dad, I found a swift horse, but the hoof was almost the same." Father couldn't help laughing when he saw it. He didn't expect his son to be so stupid, so he said humorously, "It's a pity that Matthew likes to jump and can't be used to pull a cart." Then he sighed: "Follow the map."
Golden Millet Dream―sheer daydream
Idiom to dispel doubts: describe a big dream, or compare it with an empty joy.
Idiom origin: Tang ligong wrote biography of Conan satrap.
Idiom story: Chunyuba came from the Tang Dynasty. Once, because he was drunk, he couldn't help resting under the locust tree in the yard. I didn't expect him to fall asleep In his dream, he saw King Huai 'an send someone to take him to Huai 'an, and then he married his beloved princess and appointed him as the magistrate of Conan County.
During this period, Chunyuba managed Conan very well, and the king appreciated him very much. His five sons were knighted and his two daughters were married to the prince, so his position in Huai 'an was very high.
Later, Chunyu Kun's army was defeated when he attacked the county, and later his wife died of a serious illness. All these misfortunes made Chun Yuba not want to stay in the county, so he returned to Beijing. However, in Beijing, someone spoke ill of Chunyuba in front of the king, and the king did not verify it, so he arrested his children and sent them back to his hometown. As soon as I left Huai 'an, Chunyuba woke up and realized that it was a dream.
Soon, Chunyuba found an ant hole under the locust tree in the courtyard, and there was a palace made of mud in the hole, and so on. It suddenly dawned on him that the Huai he saw in his dream should be this ant hole. The highest branch of Sophora japonica may be Conan County, where he is the magistrate.
Chun Yu remembered everything about Conan in his dream and felt that things were impermanent. The so-called wealth and fame really disappeared easily, so he finally retired to the door.
The story comes from Yang Shen's "Yilin Felling Mountain" in the Ming Dynasty. The idiom "from the book" means to do things mechanically in the old way and not know how to be flexible; It is also a metaphor to look for things according to certain clues. (End)
To teach fish to swim
Quarrying a pile of soil by the river, Li Bai is famous for ages;
There are poems coming and going, making a big axe in front of Lu Ban.
This is the name of Li Bais Tomb written by a poet in the Ming Dynasty. Li Bai was a world-famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, and his fame spread through the ages after his death. How many literati pass by Li Bai's tomb and miss stopping for a minute to express their inner feelings by chanting poems. And their behavior can only be arty, "playing tricks in front of Lu Ban", which is too much.
Lu Ban was a native of Lu during the Warring States Period. He is an expert in making exquisite instruments. People call him an "able man", and people always regard him as the ancestor of carpenters. Who dares to show off his axe skills in front of Lu Ban, that is to say, to show off his skills in front of experts? This ridiculous behavior of being too modest is referred to as "playing axe in front of Lu Ban" or "playing axe in front of Lu Ban". This is similar to the saying of "playing broadsword in front of Guan Gong".
As a matter of fact, the idiom "teach fish to swim" took shape as early as the Tang Dynasty. Writer Liu Zongyuan has such a sentence in a preface: "Fuck the axe at the door of the class, Yaner!" It means too thick-skinned to show off the skills of using an axe in front of Lu Ban and Ren Ying (also skilled axe hands).
This idiom is sometimes used as a word of self-modesty, which means that you dare not show off your skills in front of experts.
Panic about the shadow of the bow in the cup-fear of the shadow
One day, Le Guang invited his friends to drink in the hall at home. When that 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. I feel uncomfortable and uneasy after drinking it. I got sick when I got home.
A few days later, Le Guang heard the news that his friend was ill and knew the reason why he was ill. Le Guang thought, "There will never be a snake in the glass!" So he ran to the place where he was drinking that day. It turns out that there is a colorful bow on the wall of the hall. The shadow of the bow happened to fall where his friend put down his glass, so Yue Guang ran to his friend and explained the reason. After the man understood the reason, he immediately recovered.
Later, people used the metaphor of "a cup bow and a snake shadow" to be suspicious and ask for trouble.
Bole comments on horses-praising people who are good at discovering talents
Legend has it that the fairy who manages horses in the sky is called Bole. In the world, people call people who are good at distinguishing the good from the bad horses Bole.
The first person is Bole, whose real name is Sun Yang, and he was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his excellent research on horses, people forgot his original name and have simply called him Bole until now.
On one occasion, Bole was entrusted by the King of Chu to buy a good horse that could walk thousands of miles every day. Bole explained to the king of Chu that swift horses are rare and hard to find. He needs to travel around the country. Please rest assured that the king of Chu will try his best to get things done.
Bole traveled to several countries and carefully inspected Zhao Yan, which is rich in famous horses. It's hard, but I still haven't found a good horse I like. One day, Bole came back from Qi. On the way, he saw a horse pulling a salt cart and struggling on a steep slope. This horse is tired and it is difficult to take every step. Bole has always been close to horses and walked towards him involuntarily. When the horse saw Bole approaching, it suddenly raised its head, widened its eyes and screamed loudly, as if to tell Bole something. Bole immediately judged from his voice that this was a rare horse.
Pick one.
(of an unknown person) achieved amazing results at the first attempt.
During the Warring States Period, there was a man named Chunyu Kun in the State of Qi. He is eloquent and good at conversation. He often matches something.
Interesting code words, to convince the monarch, so that the monarch is not only not angry, but also willing to accept.
At that time, the King of Qi was originally a wise monarch, but he became addicted to debauchery after he ascended the throne.
Regardless of national affairs, I only know how to drink and have fun every day, and I leave important things to the minister, but I don't care. because
As a result, politics was not on the right track, officials were corrupt and dereliction of duty, and governors of various countries also took the opportunity to invade, which made Qi on the verge of extinction.
On the brink of death.
Although some patriots in Qi were worried, they were all afraid of the King of Qi, and no one came out to persuade them.
Suggestions.
In fact, Qi Weiwang is a very clever man. He likes to say some argot to show his wisdom, although he doesn't like listening.
Other people's suggestions, but if they are correct, he will still accept them. When Chunyu Kun found out, he came up with a plan
Policy, ready to find a chance to persuade Qi Weiwang.
One day, Chunyu Kun met him and said, "Your Majesty, I want you to guess a riddle for Chen."
This state-owned juicy bird lived in the king's court for three years, but it didn't flap its wings or be named.
Just curled up aimlessly, guess, your majesty, what kind of bird is this? "
Qi Weiwang is a wise man. You can hear from his words that Chunyu Kun is satirizing himself, a country like a big bird.
Respect, but nothing, only pleasure. When he was no longer a fatuous king, so was Shen Yin.
He resolutely decided to turn over a new leaf, cheer up and do something vigorous, so he said to Chunyu Kun:
"Well, this big bird, you don't know, it doesn't fly, it doesn't rush into the sky, it doesn't make a sound, it makes a sound.
Will disturb everyone, you wait and see! "
From then on, Qi Weiwang stopped drinking and began to rectify the country. First of all, he called on officials all over the country to be loyal and responsible.
Give rewards; Those corrupt and incompetent people will be punished. As a result, the whole country quickly cheered and was everywhere.
Full of vigor and vitality.
On the other hand, he also set out to rectify the army and use strong force to establish the prestige of the country. When the governors of various countries heard the news,
Everyone was shocked, not only did they dare not invade again, but even returned all the land they had occupied to Qi.
What Qi Weiwang did was really a "blockbuster"!
Therefore, people later used the idiom "blockbuster" to describe a person with extraordinary talent, as long as he can.
If you use it well, once you play it out, you will often have amazing achievements.
Decorate yourself with borrowed feathers
During the Warring States period, when Chu was at its strongest, he was afraid of his general Zhao for the sake of the northern country at that time.
Xi's t-shirt, and feel strange. So he asked the North Korean minister why.
At that time, a minister named Jiang Yi told him the following story:
"Once upon a time, there was a tiger in a cave. Because he was hungry, he ran outside to look for food. When he came to a place,
When I was in the dense forest, I suddenly saw a fox walking in front of me. He thinks this is a golden opportunity.
Yes, he jumped over and caught him effortlessly.
But when it opened its mouth to eat the fox, the sly fox suddenly spoke:
Hum! Don't think that you are the king of beasts and dare to swallow me; You know, heaven and earth ordered me to be king.
Your Majesty, whoever eats me will be severely punished by heaven and earth. The tiger listened to the fox with a grain of salt.
However, when he tilted his head and saw the fox's arrogant and calm appearance, he was shocked. The original arrogance.
And I don't know when most of them disappeared. Even so, he thought to himself: I am one hundred.
The king of beasts, so any beast in the world will be afraid to see me. And he, it turned out, was ordered by Emperor Fengtian to rule us!
At this time, the fox saw the tiger hesitate to eat, and knew that he had already believed him a little.
So he stood proudly, then pointed to the tiger's nose and said,' What, don't you believe what I said?
Really? Then come with me now, walk behind me and see if all the wild animals are scared out of their wits when they see me.
Running around. The tiger thought it was a good idea and did it.
So the fox swaggered ahead and the tiger followed carefully. They didn't leave much.
For a long time, I vaguely saw the depths of the forest, where many small animals were fighting for food, but when they found themselves walking behind the fox.
The tiger was in front of him, and he couldn't help but be frightened to disgrace and ran away.
At this moment, the fox turned to look at the tiger proudly. Seeing this situation, the tiger couldn't help but feel a little scared, but he didn't know that wild animals were afraid of themselves, and thought they were really afraid of foxes!
The cunning fox's plan succeeded, but his strength was entirely due to the tiger's disguise, which enabled him to threaten in a favorable situation at this moment.
Threatening the beast and the poor tiger to be fooled and not knowing it!
Therefore, the people in the north are afraid of Zhao Xi's shirt simply because the king's soldiers are in his hands, that is to say.
Say, what they are afraid of is actually the power of the king! "
From the above story, we can know that anyone oppresses others by virtue of the power of authority or the power of position.
Anyone who acts arrogantly can be described as "Smith".
Unite for evil purposes
Twenty-six years of King Xiang of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Chu invaded Zheng. At that time, Zheng was as strong and weak as Chu, but it really didn't.
Those who could resist, as a result, Zheng suffered defeat, and even Zheng's was captured by the generals of Chu. The war is over.
Later, the Chu army was surrounded by the king of Chu, who wanted to take the credit for Zheng Jiezhi's capture as his own, saying that Zheng Jiezhi was his prisoner, so he wore a seal.
The two of them had an argument, and there was no way to solve it at the moment. Later, they asked Li Bo.
Be a fair person and judge who is responsible for this.
Bozhou Plough's solution to the dispute was fair. He insisted that it was best to ask Zheng who was captured.
Wang. So I ordered someone to take Zheng to Bozhou Plough and explained the reason to him. Then I reached out my finger and used it to represent Chu Wangdi.
Gong Ziwei, put your finger on behalf of Chu, and then ask him who he captured. Zheng was put on the seal when he was captured, which is very
Hate him, pointed to his finger, said captured by childe outside. Therefore, Bozhou Plough decided that this was due to outside the childe.
The idiom "practise fraud" comes from this story; It means cheating in the game and turning right from wrong.
In today's society, this often happens: for example, someone has done something illegal and knows that he deserves it.
Can't escape the bad luck of being punished; So he secretly paid bribes, or asked relatives and friends to intercede and seek cover, which led to great things.
Small things, small things, still have to muddle through. People like this who participate in it and bend the law to get in the way can be said to be: "Go up."
Under his command. "
Unnecessary worry
Once upon a time in the state of Qi, there was a man who was timid and a little neurotic. He often thinks of some strange questions, but
It makes people feel inexplicable.
One day after dinner, he sat at the door with a big cattail leaf fan and assessed his future, saying to himself:
"If one day, the sky falls, what should I do? We have no way out, we will only be crushed to death alive.
Is it too wrong to die? "
Since then, he has been worried about this problem almost every day, and his friends have seen him in a trance all day long and his face is haggard.
Worried about him, but when everyone knew the reason, they all came to persuade him to say:
"Dude! Why bother yourself about it? How can the sky fall? Said that even if it did fall,
That can't be solved by you alone. Relax! "
However, no matter what others say, he doesn't believe it, and he will always worry about this unnecessary problem.
Later, according to the above story, people extended the idiom "worrying about the sky", whose main meaning is to wake people up.
Children should not worry about some unrealistic things. It has roughly the same meaning as "much ado about nothing"
better late than never
This story comes from the Warring States Policy. During the Warring States Period, there was a minister in the State of Chu named Zhuang Xin. One day, he said to King Chu Xiang:
"When you are in the palace, state affairs are on the left and Xiahou is on the right; When you went out, Yan Lingjun and Shou Jing Jun followed you all the time.
Youyou and these four people pay special attention to luxury and debauchery. Regardless of state affairs, Ying (Chu capital, in the north of jiangling county, Hubei Province) is one of them.
It must be dangerous! "
Wang Xiang was very dissatisfied and scolded angrily, "Are you crazy? Deliberately saying these insidious words to confuse people? "
Zhuang Xin replied unhurriedly: "I really feel that things must come to this, and I dare not deliberately say anything about Chu."
Unfortunately. If you always cherish this man, Chu will surely perish. Since you don't believe me, please allow me to find Zhao.
Hide and see what happens. "
Zhuang Xin lived in Zhao Guocai for five months, and the State of Qin invaded Chu, and Wang Xiang was forced into exile in Yangcheng (now Xixian County, Henan Province).
North). Only then did I feel that Zhuang Xin's words were good, so I quickly sent someone to get Zhuang Xin back and asked him what he could do. ZhuangXin very sincerely say:
"I heard that it's not too late to see rabbit teeth and think of hounds; It's not too late to mend the sheepfold after the sheep have run away. ……"
This is a very meaningful story. You only know how to have fun, not how to do things. The result must be a painful loss.
There is no doubt about failure.
The idiom "Better late than never" is based on the above two sentences, expressing that after handling things wrong,
If you hurry to save it, it's not too late. For example, a career criminal misjudges the development of things and takes risks lightly.
Fall into a state of failure. But he was not discouraged. He patiently reconsidered things and learned from this mistake.
Training, I feel that "better late than never", it is not too late to start from scratch!
One day in the sun and one day in the cold-work hard for one day and do nothing for ten days.
During the Warring States period, a hundred schools of thought contended and lobbied vigorously. The average lobbyist is not only knowledgeable, but also has profound and vivid metaphors to satirize and persuade the rulers, which is the most prominent. Mencius was also a famous debater. In the first article of Mencius, Gao Zi, there is such a record:
Mencius was dissatisfied with Qi Wang's fatuity, lack of perseverance, and credulous adulterer's slanderers, so he said to him rudely, "Qi Wang is so unwise. Although there are living creatures in the world, you exposed them to the sun for a day, but frozen them in a cold place for ten days. How do they survive there? " My time with the king is very short. Even if the king has a little determination to be good, as soon as I leave you, those traitors will come to trick you and you will listen to them. What should I do? Based on this, he made a vivid analogy: "Playing chess seems trivial, but if you don't concentrate, you won't learn well and you won't win. Qiu Yi is the best chess player in the country. He taught two apprentices, one devoted himself to listening to Qiu Yi's guidance everywhere; The other is always afraid of the arrival of a big swan and prepares to shoot the goose with an arrow. Both apprentices were taught by a master and studied together, but the latter's grades were far from each other. This is not the difference of their intelligence, but the difference of their concentration. "This is a very instructive story. If we want to learn something and do it well, we must concentrate on it and work hard. If you do something today, forget it and do it for ten days the next day, how can you do it well? Success in learning and doing things is also one of the decisive factors, so people later simplified what Mencius said as "one day's violence, ten days' cold" to the idiom "one day's violence, ten days' cold", which was used to describe the lack of perseverance in learning and doing things and giving up halfway. For example, a classmate is very casual about learning, so he has less time to study and more time to waste. So we say: What can he learn from this self-destructive approach?
Three people spread the news of a tiger, making you believe that there is a tiger around.
During the Warring States period, when attacking each other, in order to make everyone really keep their promises, countries usually gave their princes to each other as hostages. The Warring States Policy; "Wei Ce" has this record:
Pang Cong, minister of Wei, will accompany Wang Wei to Zhao as a hostage. Before he left, he said to Wang Wei:
"Now there is a person who says there are tigers in the market. Can you believe it? "
Wei Wangdao: "I don't believe it."
Pang Cong said, "If a second person says there are tigers in the market, can your majesty believe it?"
Wei Wangdao: "I have some doubts."
Pang cong added, "if a third person says there are tigers in the market, will your majesty believe it?"
Wei Wangdao: "Of course I will believe it."
Pang Cong said: "It is clear that there will be no tigers in the market, but after three people said it, it seems that there really are tigers." Now Handan, the capital of Zhao, is far away from the capital of Wei, much farther than the market here, and there are more than three people who say that I am. I hope the king can see clearly. "
Wei Wangdao: "I know everything myself."
Pang Cong accompanied the prince back to China, but Wang Wei didn't summon him again.
Cities are places where population is concentrated. Of course there will be no tigers. It is obviously a rumor and deception to say that there are tigers in the market, but many people will often believe it if they don't look at the problem from the truth.
This story was originally intended to satirize Wei Huiwang's ignorance, but later it was extended to the idiom "Three people make a tiger", which is a borrowed metaphor, meaning that sometimes rumors can cover up the truth. For example, to judge whether a thing is true or false, we must carefully examine and think, and we can't hear it from hearsay. Otherwise, "three men make a tiger" will sometimes mistake rumors for truth.