The story of Thanksgiving

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Interpretation:

Be grateful for the kindness that others have given you, and find ways to repay it. Pictured: Seek.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu, the general of Wu State, led the soldiers of Wu State to attack Zheng State. Zheng Dinggong, the monarch of Zheng State, said: Whoever can let Wu Zixu bring the soldiers back and not come to attack us, I will definitely reward him heavily. Unfortunately, no one thought of a good way, and on the morning of the fourth day, a young fisherman came to Zheng Dinggong and said: I have a way to keep Wu Zixu from attacking Zheng Guo. When Zheng Dinggong heard this, he immediately asked the fisherman: How many soldiers and cars do you need? The fisherman shook his head and said: I don't need soldiers, cars, or food, I just need to use my rowing oar, and I can call tens of thousands of Wu soldiers to go back to Wu. What kind of oars are so powerful? The fisherman put the oar under his armpit and ran to Wu Guo's barracks to find Wu Zixu.

While singing, he beat the oars: the people in the reeds, the people in the reeds; Crossing the river, whose grace? On the sword, the Seven Star Text; Give it back to you, take it with you. Today, you are proud, can you remember, fisherman? Wu Zixu saw the oars in the fisherman's hand and immediately asked him: Young man, who are you? The fisherman replied, "Don't you see the oars in my hand?" That's how my dad lives on this oar, and he saved you with it. Wu Zixu listened: I remembered! When I was fleeing, a fisherman saved me, and I always wanted to repay him! It turns out that you are his son, how did you come here?

The fisherman said: It's not because you Wu Guo are coming to attack our Zheng State, we fishermen have all been called here. Our monarch Zheng Dinggong said: As long as anyone can ask General Wu to withdraw and do not come to attack Zheng Guo, I will reward him! I hope that General Wu will see that my dead father once saved you, and don't come to attack Zheng Guo, and let me go back and get some rewards. Wu Zixu said in a grateful tone: Because your father saved me, I can live to become a general. How could I forget His favor? I'll definitely help you with this! As soon as Wu Zixu finished speaking, he immediately brought back all the soldiers of Wu State. The fisherman happily told Zheng Dinggong the good news. All of a sudden, the people of Zheng Guo regarded the fisherman as a great savior, called him a fishing doctor, and Zheng Dinggong also gave him a hundred miles of land!

In order to repay the fisherman's father for helping him, Wu Zixu not only did not attack Zheng Guo but also let the fisherman get a reward, which is called "Thanksgiving Pictorial".

The story of each according to his place

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Source: "Yi Zhi Ci Xia"

Trade and retreat, each in its own right.

Paraphrasing means that everyone or everything has been properly arranged and everyone is satisfied.

The story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's younger sister, Princess Longxi's son, Zhaoping Jun, is the nephew of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. She was worried that after her death, Zhaopingjun would commit a capital crime and no one would save him, so she said to Emperor Wu when she was seriously ill: "Your Majesty, I am willing to use 1,000 catties of gold and 10 million coins to atone for Zhaopingjun's death penalty." There is no precedent for this kind of thing, but Emperor Wu of Han saw that she was very ill, and in order to comfort her, he nodded and agreed. After the death of Princess Longxi, Zhaoping Jun became more and more arrogant because there was no one to control him. Once he was drunk and murdered, arrested and imprisoned. Emperor Wu was very sad and sighed: "My sister gave birth to this son very late, and entrusted him to me before she died, and now I want to sentence him to death, I really can't bear it!" The ministers on the left and right all said, "The princess has already atoned for his capital crimes, so your majesty will pardon him once!" Emperor Wu shook his head and said, "The decree was formulated by the first emperor and must be followed. If I break the decree because of my relatives, won't I lose my trust in the people" In the end, Emperor Wu was ruthless and still issued an edict to execute Zhaopingjun. The execution of Zhaoping Jun made Emperor Wu feel very sad. However, Taizhong Doctor Dongfang Shuo toasted to Emperor Wu and said: "Rewarding merit does not avoid the enemy, and punishment does not consider flesh and blood, Your Majesty has done both of these things." And the people of the four seas will do what they want. ”

Impressive story

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During the Three Kingdoms period, Lü Meng was a famous general in Wu, because his family was very poor, and there was no way for him to study, so he was often laughed at and said that Lü Meng of Wu was just a war, but in fact, it was not much greater. He had been very angry about this joke.

One day, Sun Quan, the monarch of Wu, said solemnly: "You are now a general of Wu, with high power, if only one martial arts is not enough, I hope you can read more books." At the beginning, Lu Meng also said that he was too busy and wanted to push off Sun Quan's request, but in the end he was encouraged by Sun Quan to work hard. Later, when he and Lu Su discussed military affairs together, Lu Su couldn't help but feel that Lu Meng had changed a lot, which was completely different from the past. When Lu Meng heard Lu Su's words, he also said happily: "As long as three days pass, people will change, and they should be looked at with a different eye!" ”

The story of the melon field and plums

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During the Tang Dynasty Wenzong, the great calligrapher Liu Gongquan was loyal and upright, able to speak well, and his official position was the squire of the Ministry of Works. At that time, an official named Guo Ning sent his two daughters to the palace, so the emperor sent Guo Ning to Youning (now Youxian County, Shaanxi) as an official, and people talked about it a lot. The emperor asked Liu Gongquan about this matter: "Guo Ning is the stepfather of the Empress Dowager, the official title of general, and there has been no fault since he became an official, and now he is only allowed to be the chief official of this small place, what is wrong?" Liu Gongquan said: "The people who are talking about it think that Guo Ning got this official position because he offered his two daughters to the palace. Tang Wenzong said: "Guo Ning's two daughters entered the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, not to me. Liu Gongquan replied: "How can people distinguish the suspicion of melon fields and plums?" ”

"Melon field and plum" is derived from the poem "Gentleman's Walk" in the ancient music house, "The melon field is not acceptable, and the plum is not crowned". Here, Liu Gongquan is a metaphor for the emperor's approach, which is easy to make people suspicious

The story of the dog-tailed mink

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After the death of Emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty, his uncle Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, was very ambitious, and he planned a conspiracy with his subordinates to usurp the throne when Emperor Sima Zhen of the Jin Dynasty had just ascended the throne and the country was not stable enough. After Sima Lun became the emperor, he indiscriminately sealed the official, so that his relatives and friends, and even the servants and servants of the family, became high officials or became his close officials. At that time, the close officials all used precious mink tails as the decoration of hats, but Sima Lunfeng had too many officials to find so many mink tails, so they had to replace them with similar dog tails.

Because Sima Lun indiscriminately sealed too many officials, and these officials have neither real talent nor real learning, and do not do things for the people, Diao knows that he oppresses the people and acts recklessly, which makes the people feel very hated, so he makes up a proverb to satirize them: "The mink is insufficient, and the dog's tail continues." ”

The story of swallowing dates

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A man once said to people: "Eating a little pear is good for people's teeth, but eating too much will hurt the spleen; Jujube, on the contrary, can strengthen the spleen, but eating too much will be harmful to the teeth. One of the listeners listened, thought for a moment, and said, "When you eat a pear, if you only chew it but don't swallow it, will it still hurt your spleen?" When eating dates, I don't chew them, but swallow them in one bite, doesn't this protect my teeth? When another young man heard him say this, he wanted to make a joke: "Didn't you swallow dates?" Everyone around laughed.

After reading: When we learn knowledge, we can't swallow dates, first understand the knowledge to be learned clearly, and then master it seriously. If you learn knowledge only in general terms, you will not learn real knowledge.

Draw the story of bread to satisfy hunger

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During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a person named Lu Yu, who was an official in the Wei State, because he came up with many good ideas for Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei, so he was respected by the imperial court and promoted to the rank of servant and Zhongshulang.

Once, Emperor Wei Wendi said to Lu Yu: "The key to whether the country can get talented people is yours." In selecting talents, don't take those who have a reputation, fame is just a pie drawn on the ground, and you can't eat it. Lu Yu replied: "It is impossible to measure the talent of a person by reputation, but it is possible to find ordinary talents." Because of their high cultivation and good behavior, they are famous, and they should not be disgusted. I thought the main thing was to evaluate them to see if they were really talented. Now that the examination law has been abolished, it is all about reputation promotion or demotion, so it is difficult to argue between truth and falsehood, and the truth is confused. Emperor Wei Wen adopted Lu Yu's opinion and ordered the formulation of an examination law.

The story of the fox and the fake tiger

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During the Warring States Period, when the Chu State was at its strongest, King Xuan of Chu was surprised that all the northern countries at that time were afraid of his subordinate general, Zhao Xixi. So he asked the ministers why this was.

At that time, a minister named Jiang Yi told him the following story:

"Once upon a time there was a tiger in a cave who ran outside in search of food because he was hungry. When he came to a dense forest, he suddenly saw a fox walking in front of him. He felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he jumped over and grabbed him effortlessly.

But when it opened its mouth, and was about to eat the fox in its belly, the cunning fox suddenly spoke:

'Humph! Don't think that you are the king of beasts, and you dare to devour me; You must know that heaven and earth have commanded me to be the king of kings, and whoever eats me will be severely punished and punished by heaven and earth. 166 Reading Network