The fable of the four-character idiom 1 During the Warring States Period, a minister named Zhuang Xin in the State of Chu said to King Xiang of Chu one day, "You are in the palace, with Zhou Hou on your left and Xiahou on your right; When you went out, Yan Lingjun and Shou Jing Jun followed you all the time. You and these four people are very particular about luxury and debauchery. Regardless of state affairs, Ying (Chudu, in the north of jiangling county, Hubei) is bound to be in danger! "
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 think things must come to this, and I dare not deliberately say that Chu has any misfortune." If you always cherish this man, Chu will surely perish. Since you don't believe me, please allow me to hide in Zhao and see what will happen. "Zhuang Xin lived in Zhao Guocai for five months, and the State of Qin invaded Chu and was forced into exile in Yangcheng (now northwest of Xixian County, Henan Province). 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. Zhuang Xin said sincerely: "I've heard that it's not too late to think of hounds when I see rabbit teeth;" "It's not too late to mend. ……"
This is a very meaningful story. If you only know how to have fun and don't know how to do things, the result will be a fiasco. The idiom "Better late than never" is based on the above two sentences, which means that if something goes wrong, it's not too late to fix it. For example, an entrepreneur misjudges the development of things, travels lightly and falls into a state of failure. However, he was not discouraged. He patiently thought things over, learned a lesson from this mistake, and thought that "it is not too late to mend" and start from the beginning!
The fable story of four-character idioms 2 Zhao wanted to crusade against the Yan State. (Su Qin's younger brother, a strategist during the Warring States Period) lobbied Huiwen for the Yan State and told the following fable: "When I came, I happened to see a clam coming out to bask in the sun, and the snipe took the opportunity to peck at the clam's meat. As soon as the two shells were closed, the snipe grabbed its mouth. The snipe said, "If it doesn't rain today and tomorrow, there will be dead mussels." The clam also said tit for tat:' If you don't come out today or tomorrow, there will be dead snipes. None of them would give up, when a fisherman came and took them with him. "Zhao Yan is relatively resistant, and everyone is very tired. I'm afraid the powerful state of Qin is playing the role of a fisherman. I hope your majesty will think twice. King Huiwen agreed with Su Dai and stopped the war against Yan.
Legend has it that during the Warring States Period and in the Song Dynasty, a farmer worked at sunrise and stopped at sunset. In good years, he just eats and wears warm clothes. In case of famine, he will starve. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and timid. He is lazy, afraid of everything and always wants to meet the unexpected wealth delivered to his door.
The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field and there were people hunting around him. The sound of shouting came one after another everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit, impartial, bumped into his field root.
On the same day, he had a delicious meal.
After that, he stopped farming. All day, looking at the magical roots, waiting for the miracle to appear.
The idiom "waiting for a rabbit" means to get something for nothing, or to stick to narrow experience and not be flexible.
The fable story of the four-character idiom 4 There was a counselor in the State of Chu who got a pot of wine from his master. He felt that several people drank too little together and one person drank too much, so he asked several people to draw snakes on the ground, and the first one was drinking. A man first drew a snake and picked up a hip flask to drink. He looked at the unfinished work of others, holding the kettle in his left hand and drawing feet for the snake in his right hand. Before he could draw his feet, another man grabbed the hip flask and said, "Snakes have no feet. How can I add feet? " Then drink the wine. The gild the lily finally stopped drinking.
Han Yu, a great writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the poem "Feeling Spring": "It is useless to draw snakes on your feet, and your temples are as white as snow."
"gild the lily" is a metaphor for doing unnecessary things and screwing things up. Sometimes it's called "gilding the lily".
Fable story of four-character idioms 5 During the Warring States Period, the great thinker Han Feizi once said that there was a man who sold spears and shields. Someone told him that his spear is the sharpest spear in the world, and nothing is impenetrable. Later, he sold it to people, saying that his shield was the hardest shield in the world and nothing could pierce it. Someone in the crowd asked him to poke his shield with a spear, so he had to run away.
Spear: a stabbing weapon that attacks the enemy; Shield: A shield to protect yourself. Metaphor is talking and doing things before and after the conflict.
The fable story of four-character idioms 6 Zhang Rong, an official of Qi State in the Southern Dynasties, was highly valued and favored by Xiao Daocheng, the ancestor of Qi State, saying that he was "indispensable and indispensable". Once I sent someone to send an old dress to Zhang Rong, saying that it was worn by him before. Now I have asked the tailor to make it according to his figure, and it will definitely fit. After Zhang Rong received it, he was very grateful to Qi Taizu for his kindness to meet him.
Tailor-made clothes: cut clothes according to the figure. Metaphor according to the actual situation.
The fable story of four-character idioms 7 In the Jin Dynasty, Henan people were very hospitable. It was strange to see a friend who had not been home for a long time, so I went to visit him. My friend said that there was a snake in the cup you drank last time, and you got sick after drinking it. Yue Guang was puzzled. When he got home, he checked the reason. The shadow of the horn bow hanging on the wall was reflected in the glass, and his friend didn't recover until he heard about it.
Cup bow snake shadow: mistake the bow shadow reflected on the glass for a snake. Metaphor is the fear caused by paranoia.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Wangshou dreamed of attacking the State of Chu and forbade ministers to raise objections. After hearing this, the son of a minister went to the palace garden to shoot birds with a slingshot. The king of Wu asked him what he was doing. He said that he was watching mantis catching cicada in the tree, and yellowbird was waiting to eat mantis in the back. The prince of Wu felt that his situation was similar to that of mantis, so he had to cancel the plan.
Cicada: Cicada. Mantis catches cicadas without realizing the potential danger. Metaphor is short-sighted.
Yang Zhu specially invited Lao Tzu to ask questions at home. I gave him all kinds of people. Sages look at the heart rather than the appearance, but mortals look at the appearance. Fu, Nuwa and Shennong all have snake faces, cow heads and tiger noses, and no one looks like them. There are also Xia Jie, Yinzhou, Lu Huan and Tsoumou. These beast-faced guys are endangering the world.
Human face and animal heart: although the face is human, the heart is like a beast. Describe people as cruel and despicable.
The fable of the four-character idiom 10 During the Warring States Period, a farmer in Wei discovered a piece of jade while weeding, and took it home for neighbors to identify. The neighbor knew it was a gem, so he lied to him that it was unlucky and told him to put it back. They secretly took it home to Wang Wei for fear of causing trouble or conviction. Being rated as priceless, Wang Wei gave him a lot of gold and silver jewelry as soon as he was happy.
Priceless treasure: priceless treasure. Refers to something extremely precious.
During the Warring States Period, King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu, a writer, why so many people had opinions on Song Yu and why no one agreed with him. Song Yu replied: There was a singer who sang Ba people in the street. Many people sang along with him, but few people echoed him. This shows that "his songs are high and few."
The melody is so profound that few people can sing along. Old fingers are hard to find. Metaphorical speeches or works are not popular now, and few people can understand them.
A fable story of a four-word idiom 12 Once upon a time, a wise man heard that eating pears is good for teeth, but bad for the spleen, while eating dates is just the opposite. He thought for a long time and finally came up with a way to kill two birds with one stone, that is, just chew pears and swallow dates, so as not to hurt his teeth and spleen. People laughed at him for swallowing dates.
Hal: The whole thing. Swallow the whole jujube, don't chew it, don't tell the taste. Metaphor is to think about things without analysis.
Fable story of four-character idioms 13 Zhuang Zhou, a representative Taoist figure in the Warring States period, told a story: a chef slaughtered cattle for Liang. He is very skilled in slaughtering cattle, and the knife moves flexibly in the cracks of the cattle bones without hindrance, which is very rhythmic. Liang was stunned and praised his superb skills. The chef said that he had known the cow 19 years and had a complete understanding of the structure of the cow.
My master: a kitchen worker; Solution: dismemberment and segmentation. Metaphor after repeated practice, grasp the objective laws of things, do things with ease and use them freely.
Once upon a time, a foreign monk went to a China temple to burn incense. The little monk in the temple asked him what his surname was and which country he came from. Foreign monks can't understand what he said, so they just say what his surname is and what nationality he belongs to. The young monk reported to the abbot that there was a monk named He from Heguo outside. All the monks came out to watch the fun, which made everyone laugh and cry.
The original intention is to talk in my sleep to an idiot, who believes it. Ridiculous nonsense that is a metaphor for imagination.
The fable of the four-character idiom 15 During the Warring States Period, the army of Qin surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao, and the situation was very critical. Cheng Xiao, the king of Zhao, sent Ping Yuanjun to Chu for help. Pingyuan intends to lead 20 public tourists to complete this task. 19 of them have been selected, but one of them is still uncertain. At this time, he volunteered to go, Ping Yuanjun with a grain of salt, reluctantly took him to Chu.
When Ping Yuanjun arrived in Chu, he immediately talked with the king of Chu about "assisting Zhao", but the conversation was fruitless for a long time. At this time, Mao Sui said to the king of Chu: "We came to ask you to send reinforcements today, but you didn't say a word, but you should not forget that although Chu has many soldiers, it has been defeated and fought many times, and even the country has been lost." In my opinion, Chu needs to unite against Qin more than Zhao! " Mao Sui's words convinced the king of Chu and immediately promised to send troops to help Zhao.
When Ping Yuanjun returned to Zhao, he said with emotion: "When Mr. Mao arrived in Chu, Chu was more important than Jiuding Road." Jiuding Dalu: Together with Ding, it is a treasure of an ancient country. )
The idiom "It's a deal" comes from this story, and describing a sentence can play a very important role.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius often discussed the question of being a man with his students. He said: a mean, vulgar and low-level guy can't work with him. When he can't get power or benefits, he tries to get them for fear of not getting them. When he got it, he was afraid of losing it. This kind of person is greedy, always thinking of himself, and will do anything bad.
Suffer from: worry, worry. Worry about not getting it, get it and worry about losing it. Describe the importance of personal gains and losses.
The fable of the four-character idiom 17 It is said that a jeweler from Chu went to Zheng State to sell pearls. In order to attract customers, he made a beautiful box with precious wood. The box was inlaid with precious stones and emeralds, which looked very luxurious. One of Zheng's buyers paid a high price for the pearl box, opened the box, took out the pearls and returned them to the merchants in the State of Chu.
Metaphor has no vision and improper choice.
The fable of the four-character idiom 18 The ancient musician's palace attracted many birds and butterflies every time he played the piano. When I saw the buffalo eating grass, I played some songs for the buffalo. As a result, the buffalo walked away indifferently, and Gong sighed, "I don't know anything about playing the piano."
People who laugh at the listener don't understand what the other person is saying. Accustomed to sneer at the speaker without looking at the object.
During the Warring States Period, King Wei An decided to attack Handan, the capital of Zhao, and ministers opposed it. Liang Ji told him a story: A man in Taihang Mountain drove to Chu, but he insisted on going north, which made him go further and further. Hegemony depends not on fighting, but on winning the hearts of the people. Fighting is like fighting in the opposite direction. King Wei An decided not to fight.
I want to go to the south, but the bus goes to the north. Metaphor is the opposite of action and purpose.
The fable of four-character idioms is hopeless. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a nobleman named KATTO. KATTO is not only talented in poetry, but also good at managing state affairs. Later, he was by Zhou Liwang's side to help handle state affairs. However, Zhou Liwang is arrogant and misinterprets the law. Treacherous court officials try their best to please.
KATTO bluntly advised him and listed the disadvantages of state affairs, but the treacherous court official spoke ill of him in Zhou Liwang's ear.