The story of the death of the lips and the cold teeth

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In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Xiangong wanted to expand his strength and territory, so he made an excuse that the neighboring kingdom of Yu (guo) often violated the borders of the Jin state and wanted to send troops to destroy the state of Qiu. However, there is a Yu country between the Jin State and the Yu State, and the crusade against the Yu State must pass through the Yu Land. "How can we pass through the country of Yu smoothly?" Jin Xiangong asked his ministers. Doctor Xun Xi said: "Yu Guojun is a short-sighted and greedy person, as long as we give him priceless jade and BMW, he will not refuse to borrow it." Jin Xiangong was a little reluctant to hear it, Xun Xi saw Jin Xiangong's thoughts, and said: "Yu and Yu are close neighbors who depend on each other, and the country of Yu is destroyed, and the country of Yu cannot exist alone, and your beautiful jade BMW is just temporarily stored in Yu Gong." Jin Xiangong adopted Xun Xi's strategy.

When the monarch of Yu Guo saw these two precious gifts, his heart was immediately overjoyed, and when he heard Xun Xi say that he wanted to borrow the matter of Yu Guo, he agreed to come down at that time. After hearing about it, Doctor Gong Zhiqi of Yu State hurriedly stopped: "No, no, Yu and Yu are close neighbors who depend on each other, our two small countries are interdependent, and we can help each other if there is something, in case the Yu country is destroyed, our Yu country will be difficult to protect." As the saying goes: 'Lips die and teeth are cold', without lips, teeth can't be saved! It is impossible to borrow the Tao to the Jin Kingdom. Yu Gong said: "The Jin Kingdom is a big country, and now we specially sent Meiyu BMW to make friends with us, can't we borrow a road to let them go?" Gong Zhiqi sighed repeatedly, knowing that the day of destruction was not far from the end of the Yu Kingdom, so he left the Yu Kingdom with the family.

Sure enough, the Jin * team took advantage of Yu Guo to eliminate Yu Guo, and then captured Yu Gong, who personally greeted the Jin army, and destroyed Yu Guo. The story is from "The Fifth Year of the Duke of Zuo". The idiom "lips are dead and teeth are cold" is a metaphor for the close relationship between the two sides and their interdependence.

There is no story of three hundred taels of silver here

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In ancient times, there was a man named Zhang San, who worked hard to accumulate three hundred taels of silver, and he was very happy. But he was always afraid that someone would steal it, so he found a chest, nailed three hundred taels of silver to the box, and buried it in the ground behind the house. But he was still not at ease, afraid that others would come here to dig, so he thought of an "ingenious" half-method, wrote on the paper: "There is no silver three hundred taels here", and pasted it on the corner of the wall, so he left with confidence. Who knew that his actions were all seen by Wang Er next door. In the middle of the night, Wang Er stole all three hundred taels of silver. In order not to let Zhang San know, he wrote on a piece of paper: "Wang Er next door has never stolen" and pasted it on the wall. Zhang San got up the next morning and went to the back of the house to look at the silver, the silver was gone, and when he saw the note, he suddenly realized.

The story of success and Xiao He, defeat and Xiao He

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Xiao He of the Western Han Dynasty was an important adviser to Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty. He once recommended to Liu Bang Han Xin, who was good at fighting with soldiers, to be a general, making him a great contribution to the establishment of the Han Dynasty. Later, someone accused Liu Bang's wife, Lu Hou, of Han Xin's rebellion. Empress Lu wanted to summon Han Xin into the palace, but she was afraid that he would not give in, so she discussed with Xiao He. Xiao He designed to deceive Han Xin into entering the palace on the grounds of celebrating the victory of the counterinsurgency. As soon as Han Xin entered the palace, he was killed by Empress Lu on the charge of rebellion in the bell room of Changle Palace. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that "Cheng Ye Xiao He (Han Xin became a general was recommended by Xiao He), and defeat was also Xiao He (Han Xin's killing was Xiao He's strategy)".

Success is also Xiao He, and failure is also Xiao He, which is a metaphor for the success or failure, good or bad of things, which is caused by one person.

The story of the straw boat borrowing arrows

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Yu saw that Zhuge Liang was quite talented, and he was very jealous. One day, Zhou Yu asked Zhuge Liang to discuss the military, saying, "We are going to fight Cao's army." What is the best weapon to use in a battle on the water? Zhuge Liang said: "It is best to use a bow and arrow." Zhou Yu said, "Yes, Mr. is the same as I thought." Now that there is a shortage of arrows in the army, I would like to ask Mr. to take charge of making 100,000 arrows. This is a business matter, and I hope Mr. will not push it off. Zhuge Liang said: "The governor entrusted, of course it will be done." I wonder when these 100,000 arrows will be used? Zhou Yu asked, "Is it good in ten days?" Zhuge Liang said: "Since there is going to be a war, if it is done in ten days, it will inevitably be a big mistake." Zhou Yu asked, "Sir, how many days does it take to build?" Zhuge Liang said: "It only takes three days." Zhou Yu said: "The military situation is urgent, and you can't joke." Zhuge Liang said: "How dare you joke with the governor." I am willing to make a military order, and if I can't do it in three days, I will be punished. Zhou Yu was very happy, asked Zhuge Liang to make a military order in front of him, and set up a banquet to entertain him. Zhuge Liang said: "It's too late today. From tomorrow until the third day, send five hundred sergeants to the river. Zhuge Liang drank a few glasses of wine and left. come from

Lu Su said to Zhou Yu: "How can 100,000 arrows be made in three days?" Zhuge Liang is telling a lie, right? Zhou Yu said: "He said it himself, I didn't force him." I had to instruct the craftsmen to delay deliberately and not to prepare all the materials for the arrows. When the time comes, he will not be able to do it, and he will be condemned, and he will have nothing to say. You go and find out what he thinks, and come back and report to me. ”

Lu Su met Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang said: "I want to make 100,000 arrows in three days, I have to ask you to help me." Lu Su said: "You found it all by yourself, how can I help you?" Zhuge Liang said, "You lend me twenty boats, and each boat will have thirty sergeants." The ship was covered with a curtain of green cloth, and more than a thousand straw handles were lined up on both sides of the ship. I've got it for myself. On the third day he kept a hundred thousand arrows. But don't let the Governor know. If he knew, my plan would be over. ”

Lu Su agreed. He didn't know what the use of Zhuge Liang borrowing a boat was, so he came back to report to Zhou Yu, and sure enough, he didn't mention the matter of borrowing a boat, only said that Zhuge Liang didn't use materials such as bamboo, feathers, and glue paint. Zhou Yu was puzzled and said, "On the third day, let's see what he does!" ”

Lu Su privately allocated twenty fast boats, each with thirty sergeants, according to Zhuge Liang's words, arranged the green cloth curtains and straw handles, and waited for Zhuge Liang to dispatch. On the first day, Zhuge Liang didn't see any movement; The next day, there was still no movement from Zhuge Liang; Until the fourth watch on the third day, Zhuge Liang secretly invited Lu Su to the boat. Lu Su asked him, "What did you ask me to do?" Zhuge Liang said, "Please go and get the arrows together." Lu Su asked, "Where to get it?" Zhuge Liang said: "You don't need to ask, you will know when you go." Zhuge Liang ordered twenty boats to be connected with ropes and headed for the north shore.

At this time, the fog was so thick that Jiang Shang couldn't even see face to face. Before dawn, the ship was already close to Cao Jun's water village. Zhuge Liang ordered the stern of the ship to be facing east, and asked the sergeants on the ship to shout loudly while beating the drums. Lu Su said in surprise: "What if Cao Bing comes out?" Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "The fog is so big, Cao Cao must not dare to send troops out." We'll just drink and have fun, and we'll go back when it's dawn. ”

When Cao Cao heard the sound of drums and shouts, he ordered: "There is a lot of fog on the river, and the enemy is suddenly attacking, so we can't see the reality clearly, so don't go out easily." Only the bow was called, and the crossbowmen shot arrows at them, and did not let them come near. "He sent people to the dry village to bring 6,000 bows and crossbowmen to the river to support the navy. More than 10,000 bows and crossbowmen fired arrows into the river as if it were raining. Zhuge Liang ordered the boat to turn over, with the bow facing east and the stern facing west, still beating drums and shouting, approaching Cao Jun's water village to receive arrows.

The sky is getting brighter, and the fog has not yet lifted. At this time, the straw handles on both sides of the ship were full of arrows. Zhuge Liang ordered the sergeants to shout in unison: "Thank you Prime Minister Cao for your arrows!" Then he sent twenty boats back to the south shore. Cao Cao knew that he had been fooled, but the boat here was smooth sailing, and it had already sailed out for more than twenty miles, and it was too late to chase it.

When the twenty boats docked, the five hundred sergeants sent by Zhou Yu happened to come to the river to carry arrows. There were about five or six thousand arrows in each boat, and more than a hundred thousand in total in twenty boats. Lu Su met with Zhou Yu and told him how to borrow the arrow. Zhou Yu sighed and said, "Zhuge Liang is clever, I really can't compare to him!" ”

The story of the grass and trees

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Interpretation:

Treat all the grass and trees as enemy soldiers. Describes the state of mind of being frightened and suspicious when receiving a certain blow. Both: Both.

This idiom comes from the Book of Jin. Fu Jian's Record", Jian and Fu Rong went to the city and looked at the king's division, and saw that the troops were neat and the soldiers were elite; Looking north at the grass and trees on Bagong Mountain, they are all humanoid.

In 383 AD, the former Qin emperor Fu Jian, who basically unified the north, led 900,000 soldiers and horses to attack the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south. The Eastern Jin Dynasty appointed Xie Shi as the general and Xie Xuan as the vanguard, leading 80,000 elite soldiers to meet the battle.

After Fu Rong, the vanguard of the Qin army, captured Shouyang (present-day Shou County, Anhui), Fu Zhi personally led 8,000 cavalry to the city. He listened to Fu Rong's judgment and believed that the Jin army was vulnerable, and as long as his follow-up army arrived, he would definitely win a complete victory. So, he sent a man named Zhu Xu to persuade Xie Shi to surrender.

Zhu Xu, a former official of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, reported on the deployment of the Qin army after meeting Xie Shi and suggested that the Jin army attack Luojian (present-day Dongluohe, Huainan, Anhui) before the arrival of the Former Qin follow-up army. Xie Shi followed his advice and sent troops to attack the Qin camp, which resulted in a great victory. The Jin soldiers took advantage of the victory and marched to Shouyang.

Fu Jian was shocked when he learned that Luojian was defeated and that the Jin soldiers were coming to Shouyang, and immediately climbed to the head of Shouyang City with Fu Rong to personally observe the movements of the Jin army on the other side of the river. It was the middle of winter, and it was cloudy, and from a distance, the sky over the river was gray. Look carefully, there are many masts, warships are dense, Jin soldiers are holding swords and halberds, and the lineup is very neat. He couldn't help but secretly praise the Jin soldiers for their orderly deployment and well-trained.

Then, Fu Jian looked north again. There is the Bagong Mountain, which has eight rolling peaks and peaks, and the terrain is very dangerous. The base camp of the Jin soldiers was stationed at the foot of Bagong Mountain. With a gust of northwest wind whistling by, the grass and trees on the mountain shook like countless soldiers in motion. Fu Jian's face suddenly turned like earth, and he turned back to Fu Rong in horror and said, "The Jin soldiers are a strong enemy, how can they be said to be weak soldiers?" ”

Soon, Fu Jian took Xie Xuan's plan and ordered the army to retreat slightly, so that the Jin soldiers could cross the decisive battle of the river. As a result, the Qin soldiers trampled on each other when they retreated, and they were defeated and returned.

This battle is the famous battle of Weishui in history, and it is a famous example in history of winning more with less and defeating the strong with the weak.

The story of the eight buckets of talent

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Interpretation:

The metaphor is extremely talented.

Source: Southern Dynasty Song Anonymous "Shi Chang Tan Fighting Talent" has many articles, which is called the talent of eight buckets. Xie Lingyun tasted and said: "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian monopolizes it," fight, I have to fight, and the soldiers in the world are divided into one fight." ”

Interpretation: The metaphor is extremely talented.

Story: Xie Lingyun was a famous landscape poet writer in ancient China. Most of his poems describe the famous landscapes of Huiji, Yongjia, Lushan and other places, and he is good at depicting natural scenes, creating a school of landscape poetry in the history of literature.

The poems he wrote were very artistic, especially paying attention to the beauty of form, and were very popular with the literati. As soon as his psalms came out, people rushed to copy them, and they spread widely. Emperor Wen of Song appreciated his literary talent very much, and specially recalled him to Kyoto to take up his post, and called his poems and calligraphy "two treasures", and often asked him to write poems and compositions while serving banquets.

Xie Lingyun, who has always been pretentious, became even more arrogant after receiving this courtesy. Once, while drinking, he boasted to himself: "Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, there has been one stone (a unit of capacity, one stone is equal to ten buckets) of literary talents in the world, of which Cao Zijian (i.e. Cao Zhi) has eight buckets, I have one bucket, and the rest of the world has one bucket." ”

The story of a lot of traffic

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Source: "Later Han Jin, Mingde Ma Empress Ji" before the Guanlongmen, I saw a foreigner asking the living person, the car is like flowing water, the horse mouth swims the dragon, the head is green, and the leader is righteous and looks at the emperor, not far away.

Interpretation: This idiom is simplified from the words in the edict of the Empress Dowager, and it is like a bustling scene of buses and horses.

Story: Ma Shi, the youngest daughter of Ma Yuan, a famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the early death of her parents, she was very young and took care of the housework in an orderly manner, and her relatives and friends praised her as a capable person.

At the age of thirteen, Ma was elected to the palace. She was first the empress who waited for Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and was very favored. After the death of Emperor Guangwu, the crown prince Liu Zhuang ascended the throne, that is, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and Ma was named a nobleman. Since she has never given birth, she adopted one of Jia's sons and named him Liu Xu. In 60 AD, because the Empress Dowager was very fond of her, she was made the empress of Emperor Ming.

Ma became the queen, and her life was still very frugal. She often wore coarse cloth clothes with unedged skirts. When some of the concubines saw her, they thought she was wearing clothes made of particularly good materials. When I got closer, I realized that it was a very ordinary cloth, and I respected her even more. Queen Ma is knowledgeable and reasonable, and often carefully reads works such as "Spring and Autumn" and "Chu Ci". Once, Emperor Ming deliberately showed her the minister's piece and asked her what to do, and she put forward a pertinent opinion on the spot after reading it. But she did not interfere in the government because of this, and never took the initiative to talk about the affairs of the court again.

After the death of Emperor Ming, Liu Xu ascended the throne, which was Emperor Zhang of Han. Empress Ma is revered as the Empress Dowager. Soon, Emperor Zhang, on the advice of some ministers, planned to knight the brother of the Empress Dowager. Empress Dowager Ma complied with the late Guangwu Emperor's rule that the family should not be crowned a marquis, and clearly opposed this, so the matter was not done.

The following summer, there was a major drought. Some ministers said again that the reason for this year's severe drought was because they did not close their relatives last year. They again asked for the division of Uncle Ma's uncle. Empress Ma still disagreed, and issued a special edict for this purpose, which said: "Fan."

At the age of thirteen, Ma was elected to the palace. She was first the empress who waited for Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and was very favored. After the death of Emperor Guangwu, the crown prince Liu Zhuang ascended the throne, that is, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and Ma was named a nobleman. Since she has never given birth, she adopted one of Jia's sons and named him Liu Xu. In 60 AD, because the Empress Dowager was very fond of her, she was made the empress of Emperor Ming. Story: Ma Shi, the youngest daughter of Ma Yuan, a famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the early death of her parents, she was very young and took care of the housework in an orderly manner, and her relatives and friends praised her as a capable person.

Interpretation: This idiom is simplified from the words in the edict of the Empress Dowager, and it is like a bustling scene of buses and horses. 166 Reading Network