Draw inferences from the story

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One day, Confucius, the "Most Holy Teacher," said to his students: "If you don't take one corner, you won't do it again." "Meaning, if I give one corner, you should be able to deduce the other three corners, and if you can't, I won't teach you any more.

Later, everyone turned this passage from Confucius into an idiom of "drawing inferences from one example", which means that when you learn one thing, you can think flexibly and apply it to other similar things!

A dime a damn story

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Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (Liu Che) heard that Li Ling led his troops deep into the border of the Xiongnu, and his morale was strong, and his heart was very high. At this time, many ministers playfully congratulated the emperor on his wisdom and good use of people. Later, Li Ling was defeated and surrendered, and Emperor Wu was very angry, and the ministers who originally congratulated him in turn scolded Li Ling for being useless and disloyal. At this time, Sima Qian stood next to him silently, and Emperor Wu asked him for his opinion on this matter, Sima Qian said bluntly that Li Ling only had 5,000 infantry, but was surrounded by 80,000 cavalry of the Huns, but he still fought for more than ten days in a row, killing and wounding more than 10,000 enemies, which is really a great general. In the end, because the food was exhausted and the way back was cut off, the battle was stopped, and Li Ling did not really surrender, but waited for an opportunity to serve the country. His merits can still make up for his sins. Emperor Wu listened to him defend Li Ling, and ridiculed the emperor's close relative Li Guangli for attacking the Xiongnu from the front, and angrily moved Sima to prison. The following year, it was misreported that Li Ling was training for the Xiongnu, and Emperor Wu killed Li Ling's mother and wife without clarifying the matter. In order to cater to the emperor, Du Zhou, the court commander, framed Sima Qian for the crime of framing the emperor, and actually gave Sima Qian the most cruel and humiliating "rotten punishment". Sima Qian was devastated by this, and in addition to the pain, he wanted to commit suicide; But after thinking about it, the death of a lowly person like him is just like "nine cents and one hair" in the eyes of many rich and noble people, not only will he not get sympathy, but he will also make people laugh. So he was determined to endure the humiliation and devote his life and time to the arduous and tenacious completion of the writing of the great "historical records". The ancients said that only those who have great courage can have great wisdom, and Sima Qian is such a person. He knew that in his time, it was better to die a person with no status and no reputation than a dead dog, so he lived bravely and finally completed the unprecedented great historical work - "Historical Records". Sima Qian told his friend Ren Shaoqing about his change of thought, and later people extended it to the idiom "nine cows and one hair" according to the sentence "nine cows and one hair" in his letter, which is used to metaphorize that something or a certain talent is only a part of the majority, like a hair on the body of nine cows.

The story of the frog at the bottom of the well

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There is a frog living in an abandoned well. One day, the frog came across a large turtle from the sea by the well. Then the frog boasted to the turtle and said, "Behold, how happy I am to live here!" Sometimes when I am happy, I jump by the well railing; When he was tired, he went back to the well and slept by the brick cave for once. Or just leave your head and mouth aside and quietly soak your whole body in the water: or take a walk in the soft mud and it's also comfortable. Look at those shrimp and tadpoles, no one can do anything to me. Moreover, I am the master of this well, and I am very free in this well, so why don't you come to the well often! The turtle listened to the frog and wanted to go in and see it. But before its left foot could reach its entire reach, its right foot had already stumbled. It hurriedly took two steps back and told the frog about the sea, "Have you seen the sea?" The vastness of the sea is more than a thousand miles; The depth of the sea, which one is a thousand feet. In ancient times, there were nine years of great water in ten years, and the water in the sea did not rise much; Later, seven of the eight years were early, and the water in the sea was not much shallower. It can be seen that the sea is not affected by drought and flood. Living in such a sea is really happy! The well frog listened to the turtle's words, and stayed there in astonishment, saying nothing more.

The story of Jingwei reclamation

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Before the Xia Dynasty, the country had not yet been formed, and the emperors at that time were far less generous than the later emperors and enjoyed many privileges; He is a pure servant of the people, who only fulfills his duty. The children of the emperor do not have special titles such as princes and princesses, and their status is not noble, just like the children of the common people. From the Encyclopedia of Idioms

Emperor Yan has a daughter named Jingwei, who has a cheerful and lively personality and likes to fight unevenly. One day, she walked out of the village to play with the children, and saw an older child riding the child as a horse. The children were tired and crawled down, and the older children refused to give up.

Jingwei walked over, pointed to the big child's head and scolded angrily: "You are too shameless, what kind of ability is it to bully children, have the strength, go to fight tigers and bears, people will say that you are a hero." ”

The eldest child saw that Jingwei was a little girl, born thin and weak, and didn't take her seriously at all. He jumped off the child's back, walked up to Jingwei and said, "I am the son of the Sea Dragon King, who are you?" How dare you take care of me! ”

Jingwei said: "What's the big deal about the son of the Dragon King, I'm still the daughter of Emperor Yan, in the future, you won't go to the land to spread wild, be careful that I hang you on a tree to dry." The dragon king's son said, "I'll let you know how good I am first, and then don't worry about the master's affairs." "Hit it with your hands. Jingwei followed his father to the mountains to hunt since he was a child, his hands and feet are very flexible, and his strength is not small, seeing that the other party is arrogant and rude, he does not show weakness, dodges the opponent's fist, flies up a leg, and kicks the son of the dragon king to gnaw mud. The son of the dragon king stood up, refused to admit defeat, swung his fist and struck, and was punched in the chest by Jingwei, and he was beaten with his face high. The son of the dragon king saw that he could not defeat Jingwei, so he had to return to the sea in disgrace. A few days later, Jingwei went swimming in the sea and was having a great time, when the dragon king's son found out. He swam over and said to Jingwei: One day you picked up a bargain on land, today you run to my door, quickly admit your mistake, otherwise I will make waves and drown you. Jingwei said stubbornly: "I'm not wrong, admit what is wrong." Seeing that Jingwei was stubborn and had no intention of admitting defeat, the son of the dragon king immediately stirred the sea water, setting off a violent wind and waves, and Jingwei was drowned before he had time to struggle. After Jingwei died, he turned into a red-clawed and white-billed bird, determined to fill the sea. She threw stones and branches into the sea with her mouth, and let out a cry of "Jingwei, Jingwei", as if to motivate herself. She never stops, year after year.

The story of Jiang Lang's talents

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Source: "Southern History: The Biography of Jiang Yan"

Taste the stay in Shouye Pavilion, dream of a husband, self-proclaimed Guo Pu said to flood: "I have a pen in the Qing for many years." can be seen also. "Drowning is to explore the bosom, and get the jade color pen to teach it; After that, it is a poem, there is no beautiful sentence, and people say that it is exhausted.

Paraphrasing "Jiang Lang", the guide to the literary scholar Jiang Yan, who was very talented when he was young, and gradually declined in his later years. "End", end, gone. Jiang Lang's literary talent is gone. The metaphor is diminished.

When he was young, he became a famous writer, and his poems and articles were highly praised at the time. However, as he grew older, his articles not only did not work as well as they used to, but also regressed a lot. His poems are plain and unremarkable; And I have been writing for a long time, but I still can't write a word, and occasionally inspiration comes; The poem was written, but the sentences were dry and the content was so bland that it was nothing to be desired. So there is a legend that once Jiang Yan stopped by the river in the Zenling Temple by a boat, and dreamed of a person who claimed to be Zhang Jingyang; When he asked him for a piece of silk, he took out of his bosom a few feet of silk and returned it to him. As a result, his articles were not brilliant in the future. There is also a legend; Once, Jiang Yan took a nap in the Yeting; I dreamed of a man who called himself Guo Pu, walked up to him, asked him for a pen, and said to him: "Brother Wentong, I have had a pen with you for a long time, and now you should be able to return it to me!" When Jiang Yan heard this, he took out a five-color pen from his arms to return him. It is said that since then, Jiang Yan has run out of literary thoughts, and he can no longer write any good articles.

The story of a rooster and a dog thief

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During the Warring States Period, Meng Weijun of Qi State liked to recruit all kinds of people as guests, and was known as 3,000 guests. He does not refuse to accept guests, and those who have talents let them do their best, and those who do not have talents also provide food and lodging.

Once, Meng Weijun led a group of guests on an envoy to the Qin State. King Qin Zhao left him behind and wanted him to be the prime minister. Meng Weijun didn't dare to offend King Qin Zhao, so he had to stay. Soon, the ministers persuaded the King of Qin: "Leaving Meng Weijun is not good for the Qin State, he was born in a royal family, has a fief in the Qi State, and has a family, how can he really do things for the Qin State?" King Qin Zhao felt justified, so he changed his mind and put Meng Weijun and his men under house arrest, just waiting to find an excuse to kill them.

King Taizhao has a most favored concubine, as long as the concubine says one, King Zhao will never say two. Meng Weijun sent someone to ask her for help. The concubine agreed, on the condition that she would be rewarded with a unique fox white fur (a leather coat made of white fox armpit fur) in Qi Kingdom. This made it difficult for Meng Weijun, because as soon as he arrived in the Qin State, he dedicated this fox white fur to King Qin Zhao. At that moment, a door said, "I can get the fox white fur!" With that, he left.

It turns out that this doorman is the best at stealing things through dog holes. He first found out the situation and knew that King Zhao was very fond of the fox fur, so he was reluctant to wear it for a while, so he put it in the boutique storage room in the palace. By moonlight, he escaped the eyes of the patrolmen and easily went into the storage room to steal the fox fur out. The concubine was very happy to see the fox Baiqiu, and tried every means to persuade King Qin Zhao to give up the idea of killing Meng Weijun, and prepared to make a trip for him in two days and send him back to the Qi Kingdom.

Meng Weijun didn't dare to wait for two more days, and immediately led his men to secretly ride east overnight. It was the middle of the night when I arrived at Hangu Pass (in what is now Lingbao County, Henan Province, which was the eastern gate of the Qin State at that time). According to the laws and regulations of the Qin State, the door is opened only when the rooster crows in Hanguguan every day, and how can the rooster crow in the middle of the night? When everyone was worried, they only heard a few roosters crowing, and then, the roosters outside the city gate crowed. It turned out that another of Meng Weijun's disciples would learn to crow a chicken, and the chicken would immediately crow as soon as it heard the first cry. Why did the chicken crow before he slept? Although the soldiers guarding the gate thought it was strange, they had to get up and open the gate and let them out.

At dawn, King Qin Zhao learned that Meng Weijun and his party had fled, and immediately sent men and horses to chase after him. Chased to Hangu Pass, people have been out of the customs for a long time.

Meng Weijun fled back to Qi by relying on the rooster and dog thieves.

The story of the frightened bird

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During the Warring States period, there was an outstanding archer called Gengying. His archery skills were unparalleled at the time. One day, he was standing side by side with King Wei, and suddenly a flock of wild geese flew in the sky. Geng Ying said confidently to King Wei: "I can use the sound of a bow to knock down the birds." King Wei was skeptical. At that moment, a lone goose flew very low and slowly. The sound was miserable. When he saw it, he opened his bow, buckled the string, and slammed it into the clouds. The lonely goose really fell to the ground. King Wei was amazed, but he didn't understand what was going on. Gengying explained: "The lone goose flew low and slow because it had been injured; The sound of its chirping is sad and mournful, because it is out of the group. The body is sad and heartbroken, causing its heart to beat faster, its wings to be weak, and its weight to lose its balance, just as when people are eating, they suddenly hear thunder and chopsticks fall to the ground. ”

Based on the above story, later generations made the idiom "frightened bird", which describes people who have been frightened many times before, and suddenly encounter the same terrible thing, they are frightened and panicked, and do not know how to cope with the new environment.

The story of the queen of chickens

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During the Warring States period, the Qin State wanted to unify the whole world, so it often attacked and annexed other small countries.

Among them, there is a small country called Korea, and the king of Han is very afraid that the Qin state will attack them, so he wants to give a piece of land to the state of Qin and declare himself a vassal to the state of Qin, and this matter was known to the king of Chu, the king of Chu, so he sent a person named Su Qin to persuade the king of Han not to do this! When Su Qin arrived in Korea, he said to King Han: "Great King, although your country is small, it is rich in resources, very well armed, and there are so many warriors, why do you want to give land to Qin and become a vassal state of Qin?" King Han said hesitantly: "The Qin State is so powerful, let's send him a piece of land to make them happy, and they won't come to fight us!" Su Qin shook his head and said, "You send a piece of land to Qin now, and in the future, he will ask you for other land, how much land can you give?" When you can't send it out, the Qin State will come to beat you! King Han: "But..."Su Qin: "Don't be, there is a saying: I'd rather be a chicken than a cow." , although the mouth of the chicken is small, it can eat, and although the butt of the cow is large, it cannot eat anything at all, but can only poop! Now that you don't even have to resist, you give the country's land to the Qin State and let yourself go to the Qin State to be a vassal of the Qin State, isn't this the same as a cow's ass? ”

After listening to Su Qin's words, King Han felt very reasonable: "You are right! I'd rather be the king of a small country like Korea than a courtier of a big country like Qin! I won't give the land to the Qin State! 166 Reading Network