The story of stubborn resistance

Source: Mencius: Wholeheartedly

In the wilderness, there are many tigers. Tiger negative corner (i.e., corner), Mo Zhi dares to fight.

Paraphrasing "negative", relying on; "Corner", a place where the mountains are dangerous. The metaphor is stubbornly resisting depending on certain conditions.

During the Warring States period, there was a famine in Qi one year, and many people starved to death. When Mencius's disciple Chen Zhen heard the news, he hurried to the teacher, and he said with a heavy heart: "Teacher, have you heard that there is a famine in the country of Qi, and everyone is dying of hunger. People thought that you would persuade King Qi again and ask him to open the barn in Tangdi to help the people. I don't think I can do that anymore. Mencius replied, "If I do this again, I will become a Feng woman." Mencius then told Chen Zhen the story about the Feng woman. Feng Nu was a hunter in the Jin Kingdom and was good at fighting tigers. Later, he became a good man and stopped fighting tigers, and his name was almost forgotten. One year, a tiger appeared in a certain mountain, often harming pedestrians. Several young hunters joined forces to fight the tiger, and they forced the tiger deep into the mountain, and the tiger faced the people with its back against a bent and dangerous part of the mountain. It roared with round eyes, and no one dared to come forward to catch it. At this moment, Feng Nu passed by in a car. When the hunters saw him, they all hurried forward to greet him and asked him to help fight the tiger. Feng Nu got out of the car, rolled up her sleeves and fought with the tiger; After a hard fight, he finally killed the tiger and eliminated harm for the people. The young hunters thanked him happily. But some scholars laughed at him.

The story of the bird and the snake

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Shi Yalou was a monk in the Tang Dynasty. He lived in the temple for a long time, burning incense and reciting scriptures. Other monks secretly played chess and slept in their free time, but Shi Yalou bought inkstone, pen and paper to practice calligraphy. Sometimes in the middle of the night, he was still practicing. As the years passed, his writing skills became deeper and deeper. Many people who burned incense and worshiped the Buddha also came to ask him to write. He said yes to them all.

His cursive writing is particularly elegant. He was asked, "How is cursive writing good?" Shi Yalou wrote eight words: "Birds out of the forest, startling snakes into the grass!" ”

"Birds and snakes" describes the font elegantly like a bird flying, and the gesture is so strong that even the snake is frightened.

The story of the square inch

Xu Shu was Liu Bei's military advisor during the Three Kingdoms. He is resourceful and decisive, and he is like a god, and he has won Liu Bei's trust.

Once, Xu Shu saw through the "Eight Gates Golden Lock Array" and defeated Cao Cao's officers and soldiers. Cao Cao's general Cao Ren refused to admit defeat and raised troops to go to Xinye to rob the village late at night. Xu Shu had already expected it, and when Cao Ren left Fancheng, he would take advantage of the situation. As a result, Fancheng was lost. Cao Ren was defeated and retreated to Xuchang, ashamed of Cao Cao. Cao Cao said: "Liu Bei must have someone capable to plan for him!" Cao Cao found out that it was Xu Shu, so he wanted to trick him into staying with Xuchang. They imitated Xu Shu's mother's handwriting and wrote to Xu Shu. When Xu Shu saw the letter and learned that his mother was in Xuchang, he had to say goodbye to Liu Bei with tears. Xu Shu said: "Now that I have lost my mother, I am in a mess, and it is useless, please don't say goodbye!" ”

Fang cun: refers to the human heart. The idiom "square inch land" refers to people's mood.

The story of mountains and rivers

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In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Yu Boya, who was proficient in music and rhythm, and had superb piano skills, and was a famous violinist at that time. When Yu Boya was young, he was bright and studious, and he once worshipped a master as a teacher, and his piano skills reached a level, but he always felt that he could not express his feelings about various things in a magical way. When Boya's teacher knew what he was thinking, he took him on a boat to Penglai Island in the East China Sea, so that he could enjoy the scenery of nature and listen to the sound of the waves of the sea. Boya raised his eyes and looked out, only to see the waves surging and splashing; Seabirds are flying and chirping; The mountains and forests are lush and green, like entering a fairyland. A wonderful feeling arose spontaneously, and the harmonious music of nature seemed to be heard in my ears. He couldn't help but play the piano, the music turned at will, and the beauty of nature was integrated into the sound of the piano, and Boya experienced an unprecedented realm. The teacher told him, "You've already learned." ”

Overnight boat trip to Boya. In the face of the breeze and bright moon, he had a lot of thoughts, so he played the piano again, and the sound of the piano was melodious, and it gradually got better. Suddenly, I heard someone on the shore shouting. When Boya heard the sound, he came out of the boat, and saw a woodcutter standing on the shore, and he knew that this man was a bosom friend, so he immediately invited the woodcutter to come on board and played for him with great interest. Boya played a tune in praise of the mountains, and the woodcutter said, "How good! Majestic and solemn, like the towering Tarzan! When he played the surging waves, the woodcutter said, "How good! It is vast and vast, as if you see the rolling water and the boundless sea! Boya was excited, and said excitedly: "Bosom friend! You are truly my bosom friend. "This woodcutter is Zhong Ziqi. Since then, the two have become very good friends.

The story is from "Liezi Tangwen". The idiom "high mountains and flowing water" is a metaphor for confidants or bosom friends, and it is also a metaphor for beautiful music.

The story of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge

Source: "Yuan Shi Cheli Timur Biography"

The king said: "Participating in politics can be described as a person who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge."

When the paraphrase achieves a certain goal, it kicks away the person who has helped him.

Story: The minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Cheri Timur, handled official affairs shrewdly and competently, and was good at making decisions. One year he was serving in Zhejiang, which happened to coincide with the imperial examination held in the provincial capital. He witnessed this exam, and a lot of money was spent from the government to the candidates, and there was inevitably a case of fraud. He secretly made up his mind that when he was in power, he must urge the imperial court to abolish this system. Later, when he was promoted to the post of Zhongshu Pingzhang, which was equivalent to the deputy prime minister, he sent a report to Emperor Yuan Shun requesting the abolition of the imperial examination system. China's imperial examination system has been practiced for more than 700 years since the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is a very important matter to abolish it, which has caused great repercussions in the DPRK and China. Master Boyan expressed his support, but there were many objections. There was an imperial historian who was adamantly opposed to the abolition of the imperial examination system, and he asked Emperor Shun to cure Timur's sin. Unexpectedly, although Emperor Shun was very mediocre, he was in favor of abolishing the imperial examination system. Therefore, not only did he not support the imperial history, but demoted him to other places to become an official. Soon after, he ordered an edict abolishing the imperial examination system to be drafted and prepared to be issued. Before the book was issued, Xu Youwang, who was a little lower than Pingzhang, came out to oppose the abolition of the imperial examination system. He said to Boyan: "If the imperial examination system is abolished, all talented people in the world will resent it." Boyan said-for-tat: "If the imperial examination system is continued, there will be more people in the world who are corrupt and pervert the law." Xu Youwang retorted: "When the imperial examination system was not implemented, there were not many people who were corrupt and perverted the law?" Boyan sarcastically said: "I fancy that there are too few useful talents among the people who are promoted to the imperial examination, and only you can be appointed when you participate in politics!" Xu Youwang was not convinced, and cited many high-ranking officials at that time to refute Bo'e. Of course, Boyan would not change his opinion, so the two argued very fiercely. The next day, the Manchu civil and military forces were summoned to the Zongtianmen to listen to the emperor's edict abolishing the imperial examination system, and King Xu Youwang was specially insulted and told to listen to it at the head of the class. It seems that the emperor deliberately wanted this opponent to understand the edict. King Xu You was very reluctant in his heart, but he was afraid of offending the emperor and being harmed, so he had to reluctantly kneel in front of the hundred officials to listen to the edict. After listening to and reading the edict, the officials returned to the house one after another, and King Xu Youwang walked with his head bowed with an unhappy face. A royal historian named Puhua walked up to him, leaned his ear and sneered at him: "Participate in politics, you have become a person who crosses the river and demolishes the bridge." What this means is that you are allowed to participate in politics by relying on the imperial examination to become an official, and now you are reading the emperor's edict on the abolition of the imperial examination system, and you kneel at the front, as if you are the leader of the abolition of the imperial examination system, just like a person who crosses a bridge and dismantles it. When Xu Youwang heard this, he was ashamed and hateful, and quickened his pace to leave. After that, he excused himself from illness and never went to court again.

A story of peace of mind

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Meng Yanjun in the Qi State, who raised 3,000 guests at home, and Meng Shanjun divided these people into three levels: upper, middle, and lower! The first-class guests can eat big fish and meat every day, and there is a car to sit in when they go out; Medium guests only eat fish and vegetables per day; The only thing that the inferior guests eat every day is vegetables.

One day, Meng Tanjun's friend introduced a man named Feng Tan to Meng Tanjun's house, and Meng Tanjun asked his friend: What is the specialty of this man named Feng Tan? My friend thought for a long time and said: It seems that there is no expertise! After Meng Yanjun heard this, he didn't pay much attention to Feng Tan, and the servants at home saw Meng Tanjun ignoring Feng Tan, thinking that the master looked down on Feng Tan, and entertained Feng Tan as a guest of wait.

Feng Tan was very unhappy in his heart, and complained every day: Since everyone looks down on me, I will simply leave! After Meng Tanjun found out, he promoted Feng Tan from an inferior guest to a superior guest, and gave Feng Tan's mother something to eat and use, Feng Tan thought: Meng Tanjun is so good to me, I must find a chance to repay him!

Once, Meng Tanjun sent Feng Tan to Xue Di to collect debts, and Feng Tan pretended to be an order from Meng Tanjun, so that all those who owed Meng Tanjun money did not have to pay back, and bought a good reputation for Meng Tanjun! Later, Meng Yanjun was relieved of the official position of Xiangguo by the monarch of Qi Kingdom, and when he returned to Xue Di to live, the people of Xue Di warmly welcomed Meng Yanjun!

Soon after, Feng Tan said to Meng Weijun: A rabbit must have three holes to hide in order to avoid the danger of being hunted by hunters. You now live in Sherdi, it's like a rabbit has only one hole, it's very dangerous! In case the monarch of Qi is dissatisfied with you and wants to kill you, you don't even have another place to hide! So, you can't put your pillow high and sleep in peace just yet! Meng Weijun listened: Then what should I do? Feng Chen: I'll take care of this matter! I'll make you like a cunning rabbit, with three safe holes to hide! So, Feng Tan went to find King Liang Hui, the king of Liang, and told King Meng Weijun that King Liang Hui was very capable, and after hearing this, King Liang Hui immediately sent someone with a thousand catties of gold and a hundred carriages to invite Meng Weijun to Liang to be the prime minister.

When the news reached the Qi State, the monarch of the Qi State immediately panicked, and hurriedly invited Meng Weijun to go back to the Qi State to be the prime minister with a grand courtesy. At the same time, Feng Tan also asked Meng Weijun to build a temple in Xue Di to ensure the safety of Xue Di. After the temple in Xue Di was built, Feng Tan said to Meng Weijun: Now that the three holes have been dug, from today onwards, you can put your pillow high and sleep in peace!

Later, people used the word "sit back and relax" to describe the meaning of being well prepared for anything, feeling at ease and not afraid! 166 Reading Network