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The story of giving up halfway

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Interpretation:

Stop halfway and stop moving forward. The metaphor is that there is no beginning and no end to doing things.

This idiom comes from the Book of Rites. The Mean", the gentleman follows the way, half-painted (i.e., the way) and abandoned, I can do it

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a virtuous woman in Henan County, and people didn't know what her name was, only that she was the wife of Le Yangzi.

One day, Le Yangzi picked up a piece of gold on the road and gave it to his wife when he returned home. The wife said, "I have heard that aspiring people do not drink the water of the stolen springs because of its disgusting name; He would not eat the food that others had called for him to eat, but would rather starve to death. Not to mention picking up someone else's lost Lexi. This will tarnish character. When Le Yangzi heard his wife's words, he was very ashamed, so he threw the piece of gold into the wilderness, and then went to a distant place to seek a teacher and study.

A year later, Le Yangzi returned. His wife knelt down and asked him why he came home, and Le Yangzi said: "I have been homesick for a long time, and there is no other reason." When the wife heard this, she picked up a knife and walked to the loom and said, "The silk woven on this machine is made from silkworm cocoons and is made in the loom." Accumulate one by one, and it is only an inch long; Accumulate inch by inch, only one zhang or even one horse. If I cut it off today, it would be wasted, and the time I had spent would be wasted. ”

The wife then said, "It is the same with study, you should accumulate knowledge, and you should acquire new knowledge every day, so that your conduct will be perfected day by day." If you return halfway, what is the difference between cutting the silk and cutting the silk? ”

Le Yangzi was deeply moved by what his wife said, so he went to finish his studies again and did not return home for seven years.

A story that doesn't learn anything

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Interpretation:

No knowledge, no skills. No: None, no.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the general Huo Guang was an important minister of the imperial court and won the trust of Emperor Wu. Before Emperor Wu died, he entrusted his young son Liu Fuling (Emperor Zhao) to Huo Guang to assist. After the death of Emperor Zhao, Huo Guangli and Liu Xun became emperor (Emperor Xuan). Huo Guang held the power of the court for more than 40 years and made great contributions to the Western Han Dynasty.

After Liu Xun inherited the throne, he appointed Concubine Xu as the queen. Huo Guang's wife Huo Xian is a woman who is greedy for wealth and nobility, she wants to marry her youngest daughter Chengjun to Liu Xun as the queen, so she took the opportunity of Xu Niangniang's illness to buy a female doctor to poison and kill Queen Xu. The poison scheme was revealed, and the female doctor was imprisoned. Huo Guang didn't know about this matter in advance, and when the matter came out, Huo Xian told him. Huo Guang was very frightened and accused his wife of not doing this kind of thing. He also wanted to denounce it, but he couldn't bear to let his wife be punished, so after thinking about it, he still concealed this hurtful thing. After Huo Guang's death, someone reported the case to Emperor Xuan, and Emperor Xuan sent someone to investigate and deal with it. Huo Guang's wife heard about it, discussed countermeasures with her family and cronies, and decided to gather her clansmen to plot a rebellion, not wanting to leak the news, Emperor Xuan sent troops to surround the Huo family and behead all over the house.

The Eastern Han Dynasty historian Ban Gu commented on Huo Guang's merits and demerits in "Hanshu Huo Guang Biography", saying that he "did not learn and did not know, and was dark in Dali", which means that Huo Guang did not read and had no knowledge, so he did not know the truth related to the overall situation.

A story of perseverance

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Interpretation:

No matter how many setbacks you endure, you will never back down or give in. Describe strong-willed and resolute. Fold : Frustration. Flex: Bend.

Qiao Xuan, an official of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was dignified and jealous. Once, a group of robbers tied up his ten-year-old son and brought him into his house, asking Qiao Xuan, who was sick, to take money to ransom him immediately, but was angrily reprimanded by Qiao Zhi. After a short time, the officers and soldiers surrounded the bridge house, and they did not dare to do it for fear that the robbers would kill the son of the bridge straight. At this time, Qiao Xuan shouted angrily: "Can I let go of this group of bad people because of my son's life?" "Urge the officers and soldiers to hurry up. As a result, Hashigen's son was killed by robbers. People praised Qiao Xuan for being "indomitable" and always maintaining discipline.

A story that is not ashamed to ask

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Interpretation:

Don't be ashamed to ask for advice from people with lower status and education than yourself, and describe being humble and studious. Shame: Shame.

This idiom is derived from the Analects. Gongye Chang", sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask. come from

Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period was a great thinker, statesman, educator, and founder of Confucianism. He was revered as a saint. However, Confucius believed that no one, including himself, was born with learning.

Once, Confucius went to the ancestral temple of the monarch of Lu to attend the ancestor worship ceremony, and he asked people from time to time, almost everything. Some people laughed at him behind his back, saying that he didn't know etiquette and had to ask everything. When Confucius heard these discussions, he said, "Ask for clarity about things you don't understand, and this is exactly what I ask for knowledge." ”

At that time, there was a doctor named Kong Yu (pronounced yu) in the country, who was open-minded and studious, and was an upright person. At that time, there was a custom in society that after the death of the supreme ruler or other person of status, he would be given another title, called 谥 (音shi). According to this custom, after Kong Yu's death, he was given the nickname "Wen", so people later called him Kong Wenzi.

Confucius's student Zigong was a little unconvinced, he thought that Confucius also had shortcomings, so he asked Confucius: "Teacher, why can Confucius be called 'Wen'?" ”

Confucius replied: "Sensitive and studious, not ashamed to ask, is to call 'Wen'." It means that Kong Yu is smart and diligent, and he is not ashamed to learn from people who are lower in rank and less educated than himself, so he can use the word "Wen" as his nickname.

A story that is better than a story

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Source: "Hanshu Zhao Chongguo Biography"

Chong Guo said: "It's better to see than to hear." The soldiers are difficult to retreat, and the ministers are willing to gallop to Jincheng, omitting above the map. ”

The paraphrase means that it is better to hear it a hundred times than to see it once. It means that no matter how much you hear, it is not as reliable as seeing it in person.

StoryDuring the period of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, the Qiang people invaded the border. Siege the city and seize the land, burn and loot. Emperor Xuan convened a group of people to discuss and asked who would like to lead the troops to resist the enemy. Zhao Chongguo, a 76-year-old veteran, has dealt with the Qiang people on the border for decades. He volunteered to take on this responsibility. Emperor Xuan asked him how many soldiers and horses he was going to send, and he said, "It is better to listen to others a hundred times than to see it with your own eyes." It is very difficult to calculate the use of soldiers in distant places. I am willing to go there and see it for myself, and then determine the offensive and defensive plan, draw the battle map, and then play it to Your Majesty. With the consent of Emperor Xuan, Zhao Chongguo led a team of men and horses to set off. The team crossed the Yellow River and encountered a small army of Qiang. Zhao Chongguo ordered the assault and captured many prisoners at once. The soldiers were ready to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Zhao Chongguo stopped him and said: "Our army has traveled a long way here, and we must not chase it far." If you are ambushed by enemy soldiers, you will suffer a big loss!" When his subordinates heard this, they all admired his insight. Zhao Chongguo observed the terrain, learned about the internal situation of the enemy from the prisoners, learned about the deployment of the enemy's troops, and then formulated a strategy of garrisoning troops, rectifying the border, dividing and disintegrating the Qiang people, and played Emperor Xuan. Soon, the imperial court sent troops to quell the infestation of the Qiang people and stabilize the northwest frontier.

A story of 100 shots

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Interpretation:

Hitting the target every time, describing archery or shooting as very flashy. The metaphor is fully grasped and never fails.

Yang Youji was a famous general of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, and he was also a famous archery expert in ancient China. Both the Zuo Biography and the Historical Records contain some of his stories. For example: from the encyclopedia of idioms

Once, the Duke of Jin Li attacked Zheng Guo. The king of Chu sent troops to aid Zheng and met the Jin army at Yanling (the so-called "Battle of Yanling"). Yanling, now part of Henan Province). During the battle, the Jin general Wei Jian shot the King of Chu Gong in the eye. The king of Chu Gong hated him to the bone, so he asked to raise two arrows from Youji and asked him to take revenge on his behalf. As a result, Yang Youji shot Wei Jian to death with only one arrow, and returned the other arrow to the king of Chu Gong.

During the reign of the King of Chu, there was also a person who was good at archery, named Pan Dang, who could shoot the target red heart of the arrow target with every arrow. Yoyuki said to him: "This is not a skill, if you can shoot the willow leaves from a hundred paces, it will be almost enough." Pan Dang was not convinced, and immediately selected the three leaves on the willow tree, marked the number, and told Yang Youji to retreat to a hundred steps away, and shoot them in order. Yang Yuji shot three arrows in a row, and sure enough, the first arrow was the No. 1 Ye Xin, the second arrow was the No. 2 Ye Xin, and the third arrow was the No. 4 Ye Xin, which was very accurate.

"Historical Records" said: "Chu has a person who raises the base, and a person who is good at shooting, and he goes to the willow leaf and shoots it in a hundred steps, and he hits it in a hundred shots."

Describes the wisdom of archery technology, so it is called "100 shots and 100 hits", also known as "100 steps through Yang". Wang Ju's "Archery Sutra" said: "Its (arrow target) begins with one zhang, one hundred shots and one hundred hits, and adds inches (increasing the distance inch by inch), as for one hundred steps, it is also a hundred shots and a hundred hits, which is a technique." ”

The idiom "100 shots and 100 hits" is often used today to describe the shooting skills of sharpshooters, and it can also be used as a metaphor for the success of everything and the success of the plan.

A story that is a great story

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Interpretation:

Don't be satisfied with what you have achieved, keep working hard to achieve better results.

This idiom is derived from the Song Dynasty. Shi Daoyuan's "Jingde Chuan Lantern Record. Recruiting Masters", the teacher showed a side (ji) and said: "The head of the hundred zhang poles is not moving, although it is not true." The head of the hundred zhang pole must progress, and the world of the ten directions is the whole body. ”

During the Song Dynasty, there was a high monk named Jing Cen in Changsha, who was called the master of recruitment. This master has a high level of Buddhist attainment, and often travels to various places to preach and preach the scriptures.

One day, Master Zhaoxian was invited to give a lecture in the Dharma Hall of a Buddhist temple. There were many monks who came to listen to the lecture, and the master spoke in simple terms, eloquently, and the listeners were deeply affected. Except for the master's voice, there was silence in the Dharma hall. After the master finished speaking, a monk stood up, asked him to make a bow, and then asked a few questions for the master to answer. The master returned the salute and replied slowly.

When the monk heard what he didn't understand, he asked the master a question, so the two of them asked and answered, and the atmosphere was cordial and natural.

Those who attended the lecture found that they were talking about the highest state of Buddhism---- the world of the ten directions. In order to explain what is going on in the world of the ten directions, the master of Zhaoxian showed a post on the spot. The so-called verse is a book that records the lyrics in Buddhism. But seeing the master pointing to a passage above and chanting: "The bamboo Han of a hundred zhang is not high, and it needs to go further, and the world of the ten directions can be regarded as the real peak." ”

The idiom "a hundred feet to the end" is also called "a hundred feet to the end".

A story that is beyond its means

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Source: "The Eleventh Year of the Hidden Prince"

If you don't measure morality, don't measure your strength, don't kiss you, don't resign, don't check the guilty, and if you commit a crime, you don't want to kill people, and your teacher is also declared!

Interpretation: "not measuring one's strength", that is, "not measuring one's own strength" or "not measuring oneself", is used to indicate that one's own strength cannot be correctly estimated, or overestimates oneself.

Story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, there were two vassal states in present-day Henan Province, one was Zheng and the other was Xi. In 712 BC, Xi launched a war against Zheng.

Both vassal states, though small; However, Xi Guo's manpower and material resources were much less than Zheng's, and his military strength was much weaker. The war naturally ended in the defeat of the rest of the country.

Afterwards, some knowledgeable people analyzed that the Xi Kingdom was about to perish. The basis of their analysis was that Xi Guo did not consider his own virtues, second, he did not estimate whether his strength could win, third, he did not have good relations with countries close to him, fourth, he did not clearly explain the reason for his attack on Zheng Guo, and fifth, he did not know who was to blame for the failure. Isn't it very natural to make these five mistakes and go out to conquer other countries, only to be defeated?

Sure enough, soon the State of Xi was destroyed by the State of Chu.

"The Yellow Gate Emperor Xia Heliang and others suggested changing the name of the era and the emperor, saying that increasing the scale of the leakage can make the country peaceful forever, I misheard their words, hoping to bring peace to the world, but it did not come true. What Xia Heliang and others said and did was contrary to the scriptures and the ancients, and it was out of place. The edict on the day of Jiazi in June was abolished in its entirety, with the exception of one amnesty. ”

The reshuffle ended in less than two months. Xia Heliang and others were sentenced to death for misleading the public with their fallacies.

The story of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea

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Interpretation:

The metaphor has a set of methods or skills to complete the task.

Legend has it that eight immortals including Lu Dongbin passed through the East China Sea to go to Xiandao, only to see huge waves. Lu Dongbin proposed that each of them throw something into the sea, and then each showed his god through the sea. So Tie Guan Li threw his crutches into the water, and stood on the surface of the water to cross the sea; Han Xiangzi crossed the water with flower blue skills; Lu Dongbin, Lan Caihe, Zhang Guolao, Han Zhongli, Cao Guo's uncle. He Xiangu also threw her Xiao, clapper, paper donkey, drum, jade plate, and bamboo cover into the sea, standing on it and chasing the waves. The eight immortals all relied on their own magical powers to cross the East China Sea. "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" is based on this legend.

It is also called "eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers".

The story of the last stand

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Interpretation:

Fighting with the back of the river, there is no way out. Describe leaving no way back, fight to the death. 166 Reading Network