During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a businessman in the State of Chu who specialized in selling jewelry. On one occasion, he went to Qi State to sell jewelry.

Well, in order to sell jewelry, many small boxes are made of precious wood. The boxes are beautifully carved and decorated.

Look, let the box smell, and then put the jewelry in the box.

A man from Zheng saw the box containing the orb exquisite and beautiful. After asking the price, he bought one and opened the box.

Son, take out the treasure inside and return it to the jeweler.

(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, knowing that he had believed his words to some extent, so he stood up more proudly and said,' What, you don't 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 can't help but feel a little scared.

But he didn't know that wild animals were afraid of themselves, and he 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 younger brother of the king of Chu, trying to take credit for Zheng Jiezhi, 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 that a big swan will come and prepare 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 something is true or not, we must carefully examine and think, and stay away from it: during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was civil strife in the State of Jin, and Jin Xiangong's son Zhong Er fled to the State of Chu. King Chu Cheng took him in and entertained him. He promised that if there was a war in Chu Jin, the Jin army would retreat from three houses (one in Sanli). Later, Zhong Er returned to the State of Jin with the help of Qin Mugong. The state of Jin supported the struggle between Song and Chu, and the two armies met in Chengpu. Zhong Er avoided, lured the enemy in and won. No monarch and minister in history have the same power and always get along well with each other. The memory of the past is the teacher of the future. Please let me go. "Zhao Xiangzi had to regret to agree. Alina Zhang talked about resigning from his official position, returning his fief, and living in seclusion in Fujiashan, where he spent his old age. Later generations changed the phrase "Never forget the past, the teacher of the future" to "Never forget the past, the teacher of the future" as an idiom to remind people to remember the lessons of the past for future reference.

Carrying firewood to put out the fire: During the Warring States period, Wei was always invaded by Qin. After Wei Anli acceded to the throne, Qin stepped up its attack, and Wei suffered repeated wars and defeats. In the first year of An, Qin attacked Wei and Wei lost two towns. The next year, Wei lost three more towns. Not only that, at that time, the army of Qin was approaching the capital of Wei, and the situation was very critical. South Korea sent troops to rescue, which was also defeated by Qin Jun. Wei had no choice but to cede territory to end the war; But in the third year, Qin attacked again, captured two towns of Wei, and killed tens of thousands of people. In the fourth year, Qin defeated the armies of Wei, Han and Zhao together and killed 150,000 soldiers. Mao Mao, the general of Wei, is also missing. Wei Jun's successive defeats made King Anli uneasy. At this point, another general in Wei Jun Duan was also very afraid. In order to have a safe life, he proposed to Jian 'an, cut Wan to Qin, and demanded a truce. Wang Anli was very afraid of Qin Jun's attack and thought that peace could be achieved by ceding land, so he did as Duan Ganzi said. At that time, there was a man named Su Dai, Su Qin's younger brother, who always advocated "uniting against Qin". He also urged the vassal States to unite against Qin. When he learned that Wei had ceded territory for peace, he said to King Anli, "The invaders are really insatiable. You can't exchange territory and sovereignty for peace like this. As long as your land is still there, you can't satisfy the desire of the invaders. It's like putting out a fire with firewood. Firewood is thrown into the fire one by one. How can the fire be put out? When the firewood is burned out, the fire will be extinguished. " However, King Anli refused to listen to Su Dai and still knelt down to make peace. After several years, Wei was finally destroyed by Qin.

Self-recommendation: During the Warring States period, rich and powerful people liked to support some talented people to enhance their power. When something happens and someone needs advice, they are allowed to plan strategies and solve problems for themselves. Such people are called diners and doormen.

Ping Yuanjun, the prime minister of Zhao, is very powerful and has thousands of diners at home. One of them, Mao Sui, stayed for three years without any other contribution. Although Ping Yuanjun felt strange, he didn't complain and let him eat and live at home.

Later, Handan, the capital of Zhao State, was surrounded by Qin Jun, and the situation was very critical. So the prince of Zhao sent Ping Yuanjun to Chu to persuade the king of Chu to cooperate with Zhao, and * * * sent troops to attack Qin. When Ping Yuanjun returns to China, he intends to choose 20 all-rounders from the diners to go with him, but only 19 people are qualified and one person is missing. While Ping Yuanjun was racking his brains, Mao Sui suddenly stepped forward and said to Ping Yuanjun, "I am the most suitable candidate and would like to follow my son." Ping Yuanjun said: "A talented person in the crowd, like a sharp awl in a bag, will immediately pierce the bag and show his edge. And I haven't had a good life for you these three years. I think you'd better stay! " Mao Sui replied, "I want to get into the bag now, or my awl will have worn through the bag long ago, showing its sharpness, and even the awl handle will come out of the bag." Ping Yuanjun thought that he couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while anyway, so he took twenty people to Chu.

When he met the King of Chu, Ping Yuanjun explained the situation, gains and losses, and tried his best to convince the King of Chu. 19 diners in the same company had no choice but to come up with a good idea. Just when everyone didn't know what to do, Mao Sui put down his sword and went to the king of Chu and said, "Your life is in my hands now! Chu has millions of elite soldiers, but in the last battle, it was defeated by tens of thousands of troops of Qin, taking away many cities and lands. Even we Zhao feel ashamed and resentful for you. Zhao proposed that the two countries unite against Qin to avenge your Chu state. " The king of Chu felt that Mao Sui was right and threatened with a sword, so he agreed to form an alliance and sign a peace treaty. He immediately sent troops to support Zhao and solved the siege of Handan.

From then on, Ping Yuanjun dared not look down on Mao Sui, but regarded him as a distinguished guest.

Immortality in Celebrating Father-Lunan's Unfinished: Duke Zhuang of Lu has three younger brothers: Qingfu, Yashuhe. Qingfu is the most overbearing, wooing Yashu as the party, always fighting for the throne, and having an affair with Ai Jiang, Lu Huanwen Jiang and Jiang, the wives of his eldest sister-in-law Lv Zhuang. Pay attention to the difference.

Mencius' mother moved three times

Mencius was very playful and imitative when he was a child. His family used to live near the cemetery, and he often played the game of building graves or imitating others crying and worshipping. Mother felt bad, so she moved her family to the market. Mencius imitated the game of killing pigs by doing business with others. Meng Mu thought the environment was bad, so he moved his family to school. Mencius studied etiquette and knowledge with his students. Meng Mu thought this was what children should learn, so he was very happy and stopped moving. This is the story of the famous "Three Movements in Meng Mu" in history.

Meng Mu attached great importance to Mencius' education. Besides sending him to school, he is also urged to study. One day, Mencius played truant from his teacher Zisi and went home. Meng Mu is knitting. He was very angry when he saw Mencius playing truant. He picked up a pair of scissors and cut cloth on the loom. Mencius was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and asked why. Meng Mu scolded him and said, "You read like I knit. Weaving should be connected one inch by one thread, then one foot by one foot, and then one foot by one horse. It's not useful until it's finished. Knowledge must also be accumulated day and night. If you are lazy, don't study hard and give up halfway, it will become useless like this cut cloth. "

Mencius was deeply ashamed of his mother's teaching. From then on, he devoted himself to study, studied hard, practiced the teachings of saints, and finally became a generation of great scholars, known as "Asian saints" by later generations.