Ride the wind and waves
[Explanation]: The ship is riding the wind and breaking the waves. The metaphor overcomes difficulties and forges ahead.
【Idiom Story】:
Riding the Wind and WavesThis idiom means that the boat moves forward by the wind and the waves. The metaphor is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and forges forward bravely.
This idiom comes from the History of the Song Dynasty. The Biography of Zong Wei", when he was young, Bing asked his ambition, and he was willing to ride the long wind to break the waves.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a young man named Zong Yu, who was a dry character. Since he was a child, he has followed his father and uncle to dance swords and sticks, practice boxing and martial arts, and is not very old, but his martial arts are very strong.
One day was the day of his brother's wedding, and the house was full of guests. More than a dozen thieves also took the opportunity to pretend to be guests and sneaked in.
Just as people were coming and going in the living room in front of them, drinking and congratulating, this group of thieves had already sneaked into the storehouse of the sect family and robbed it. A servant went to the storeroom to get something, found the thief, and ran into the living room with a loud scream.
For a moment, the people in the living room were stunned, and they didn't know what to do. I saw that Zong Wei was calm, pulled out his sword, and went straight to the treasury, and when the thief saw that someone was coming, he brandished a knife and gun to intimidate Zong Wei, and did not allow him to come forward.
Zong Yu's face was fearless, and he raised his sword to stab the thief, and his family members also shouted and cheered. Seeing that the situation was not good, the thieves threw down their looted possessions and quickly fled.
When the guests saw that the thieves were driven away, they praised Zong Wei for his cleverness and bravery, and his youthful promising. Ask him what he will do when he grows up? He raised his head and said loudly: I am willing to ride the long wind and break the waves and do a great cause.
Sure enough, a few years later, when Fan Yangmai, the king of Linyi, invaded the border, and the emperor sent Shi Tan Hezhi, the assassin of Jiaozhou, to crusade, Zong Wei volunteered to participate in the war and was appointed by the emperor as the general of Zhenwu.
Once, Tan Hezhi's troops surrounded Fan Fulong, the defender of King Linyi in Ousu City, and ordered Zongfu to block the reinforcements sent by King Linyi. Zong Wei designed to ambush the troops on the way to the reinforcements, and as soon as the reinforcements entered the ambush circle, the ambush army immediately attacked and beat the reinforcements to the ground.
In this way, Zong Wei really won a lot of battles for the country, made many military exploits, and was named Taoyang Hou. Fulfilled his teenage ambition.
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