[Definition] Li Tao: refers to the younger generation trained or the students being taught. Metaphorically, there are students everywhere.

[Source] There were many students in Di in the Tang Dynasty, so I recommended many people to Wu Zetian, or Ren Jie said, "There are peaches and plums in the world, and I know they are in the public gate." Tang Bai Juyi's "Planting Flowers in Spring Gong Ling Green Field Hall": "Gong Ling has peaches and plums all over the world; Why do you want to plant more flowers in front of the hall? "

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During the Spring and Autumn Period, the minister of Wei was well informed. Because he offended Wei Wenhou, he ran to the home of an old acquaintance in the north to escape. This friend's family is not rich, and Zizi doesn't want to add burden to his friend's life, so he wants to open a school and take some students to teach to make a living. All his friends were very supportive, so he vacated two vacant rooms as classrooms. The students admitted by chef hippo are rich and poor, and anyone who wants to learn can worship him as a teacher and treat him equally.

There is a peach tree and a plum tree in this museum. All the students who came to school knelt under the peach and plum trees, and Mr. Zhizi pointed to the two trees that had already borne fruit and said to the students, "You should all study hard and blossom and bear fruit like these two trees. Only with profound knowledge can we make a great cause for our country.

In order to cultivate students into useful talents, the hippo chef teaches carefully. Under his strict discipline, the students studied hard and learned a lot of real skills. Later, these students became talents and became the pillars of the country. They planted peach trees and plum trees in their own homes in order to thank Mr. Zi Yue for his teaching.

When Zizi traveled around the world, she met students who were officials from various countries and saw these two kinds of trees planted by students. He proudly said, "My students are so full of peaches and plums! One by one is very useful! " Since then, teachers have called students "peaches and plums" and called students "peaches and plums are everywhere".

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When Wu Zetian was emperor in the Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister named Di, who was from Taiyuan (now Shaanxi). This man is highly respected, dare to speak and dare to remonstrate, and won the appreciation of Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian called him "Lao Guo" (Di Renjie was in his sixties when Wu Zetian ascended the throne) instead of calling him by his first name. Even in the imperial court, Wu Zetian wouldn't let him bow down, saying: Seeing Di Gong bow down, my whole body aches. Wu Zetian often said to other ministers: "It's not a particularly important military incident, so don't bother Di Lao."

In order to consolidate her rule, Wu Zetian took various measures to recruit talented people and asked the emperor to recommend talents who could be leaders. De recommended dozens of people, such as Zhang Jian and Yao Chong, who later became famous ministers. Someone said to De Renjie, "You are a great man. You recommended all the talented ministers in the imperial court. You are so full of peaches and plums. " Di Renjie said: "My duty is to recommend talents to serve the country, not for personal benefit."

In 700 AD, 70-year-old Emperor Renjie died, and Wu Zetian wept bitterly. Since then, whenever there is a big event in the imperial court that everyone can't solve, Wu Zetian often sighs and says, "Why did God take my country away so early?" "peaches and plums are all over the world" means that teachers teach many students all over the country, and "peaches and plums" is another name for students.