Idiom story: the fire at the city gate hurts the fish in the pool
The idiom "the city gate is on fire, which harms the fish in the pool" means that the city gate is on fire, people use the water in the moat to put out the fire, and when the water dries up, the fish die because of the noise. Metaphor is innocent suffering.
This idiom comes from "Northern Qi Dynasties". For the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty ",but they were afraid that the death of Chu would delay the trees, the city gate would catch fire, and the fish in the pool would be affected. The people of Jiang, Huai, Jing and Yang died under the stone and in the fog.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a general named Hou Jing in the Northern Eastern Wei Dynasty, who lived in Henan and had 100,000 troops. Because of disagreement with Gao Cheng, the son of Gao Huan, the great prime minister, he betrayed the Eastern Wei Dynasty and surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty in Wuding five years of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Gao Cheng sent Han Gui to crusade against Hou Jing, and Hou Jing surrendered to Nanliang for fear of being cut off from the Western Wei Dynasty.
Many ministers in the Liang Dynasty thought that Hou Jing was capricious and could not accept his surrender, which damaged the friendly relations with the Eastern Wei Dynasty. But 84-year-old Liang Wudi thought it was a symbol of reunifying the country, accepted Hou Jing's surrender and made him king of Henan.
In August this year, Liang Wudi sent Xiao Yuanming to lead an army against the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In September, Xiao Yuanming's army approached Peng Cheng. In November, Gao Chengpai Gao Yue and Murong Shaozong led an army to rescue Cheng Peng, and Du Bi was appointed as the military strategist of the rescue army. Murong Shaozong lured Xiao Yuanming to pursue by luring the enemy in depth, and then ambushed Xiao Yuanming alive. Tens of thousands of people fled from Liang Jun.
After the victory, the military commander Du Bi wrote an article to Liang Chao. The article said: "The emperor and prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were determined to quell the war, so they made peace with the Southern Dynasties for many years. Now Hou Jing has a rebellious heart. First he took refuge in the Western Wei Dynasty, and then he said all the good things and took refuge in the Liang Dynasty. However, the officials and ministers of the Liang Dynasty actually gloated, forgot their morality, colluded with traitors, and broke off friendly relations with neighboring countries. Scum like Hou Jing will make waves whenever he gets a chance. I'm afraid that the monkeys of Chu will escape, the disaster will spread to the trees in the forest, the gates of Song State will catch fire, and the fish in the pond will be implicated, which will make the officials and people in Jianghuai Valley, Jingzhou and Yangzhou suffer from war. ......"
As Du Biwen said, in August of the following year, Hou Jing launched a rebellion, which led to many years of political turmoil in the Liang Dynasty, and the people suffered from war.
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Xiang Yu was born in Xia Xiang County at the end of Qin Dynasty (now west of Suqian County, Jiangsu Province). His father died when he was a child, and he was brought up by his uncle Xiang Liang.
When Xiang Yu was a teenager, he was very clever. Xiang Liang personally taught him to read and write, but Xiang Yu didn't want to study hard. Xiang Liang taught him to use a gun and a sword, but Xiang Yu didn't learn it for long.
Uncle Xiang Liang called him a loser. Xiang Yu replied: "Reading and writing can only remember names. Learning fencing can only be against the enemy, not worth learning. I want to learn the ability to resist ten thousand enemies. " Xiang Liang saw that he was ambitious and taught him the art of war. Xiang Yu is very happy.
Later, Xiang Liang was falsely accused, arrested and imprisoned. In revenge, Xiang Liang killed his accuser after he got out of prison. In order to escape the pursuit of the imperial court, he fled to Guanzhong with Xiang Yu.
In 2 10 BC, when Qin Shihuang (a native of Handan) was fifty years old, he led a group of officials such as Li Si and Zhao Gao (a native of Handan) and his 20-year-old son Hu Hai to cruise the southeast.
Qin Shihuang first visited some places in Hubei and Zhejiang, and then went to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang) to worship Dayu who was buried there.
Qin Shihuang's men praised Dayu and said, "Dayu has contributed so much to China! He cuts mountains, digs rivers and draws water into the sea. In order to control water, he worked hard all his life and was buried here when he died. Dayu is too great. "
After the sacrifice to Dayu's tomb, Qin Shihuang led the crowd back to Xianyang through Wuzhong, Zhejiang (now the suburb of Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and the street was crowded with people watching.
At this time, Xiang Yu and his uncle Xiang Liang came to watch the fun. Xiang Yu couldn't help but blurt out: "He can take the place." It means: Qin Shihuang is nothing, I can replace him.
Xiang Liang hurried forward, covered his mouth and said, "Don't talk nonsense, this is the crime of genocide." After returning home, Xiang Liang thought of Xiang Yu's theory that "ten thousand people are here" and secretly praised his nephew for his lofty aspirations. After a long time, he will succeed.
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Historical Records Biography of Xiang Yu: "Qin Shihuang traveled to Zhejiang, and Liang and his family were worried, so he said:" He can take the place of others. "
Take someone else's position and replace it with yourself. Now it also refers to replacing one thing with another.
Used of people or things; Generally used as predicate and object.
A change of dynasty/regime
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In fact, Xiang Liang was also contemplating how to overthrow the Qin Dynasty and restore Chu, but he didn't disclose it. Later, Xiang Yu and Xiang Liang fought Qin in the peasant uprising led by Chen Sheng and Guangwu. But if you want to replace it, you must rely on the right way.
Idiom story every cloud has a silver lining.
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Plug: border danger; Weng: Old man. Metaphor may benefit from a temporary loss. It also means that bad things can be turned into good things under certain conditions.
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In ancient times, there was an old man trapped in the north. People called him Sai Weng.
One day, one of Saiweng's horses went crazy and ran to Alakazam beyond the Great Wall. When his neighbors learned about it, they ran to his house to comfort him not to be too sad. Who knows that Sai Weng listened to everyone's words and casually said, "Didn't he just lose a horse? It's no big deal! In my opinion, the horse ran away, which may bring me benefits! " The neighbors were dumbfounded, and no one believed that a miracle would happen.
After a while, the Saiweng's horse ran back on its own because it couldn't adapt to the life in Alakazam, and brought a good horse from the Conference semifinals. When the neighbors learned about it, they all came to congratulate Sai Weng. They patted flax and cooed. But Sai Weng was very unhappy about it. He frowned and sighed, "what is there to thank? I got a Hummer for nothing. Maybe it will bring disaster to my family! " Neighbors don't think so, thinking: Saiweng must be senile, otherwise how can he not even tell the good from the bad?
Sai Weng's son likes riding horses very much. Since he added that Hu Ma to his family, he has been riding outside all day. Who knows that Hu Ma has not been domesticated, and it is out of control. One day, Huma knocked Sai Weng's son to the ground, and he was ruined and left with a lifelong disability.
Hearing the sad news, the neighbors rushed to express their condolences to Sai Weng. But Sai Weng is not sad at all. Instead, he comforted everyone: "You don't have to feel sorry for my son. His leg is lame. Although it is unfortunate, it may be that every cloud has a silver lining! "
Sure enough, a year later, the conference semifinals went south and invaded the frontier fortress on a large scale. All the able-bodied men on the frontier fortress were drafted into the army and fought fiercely with the Hu people. Most of them died on the battlefield. Saiweng's son was crippled by injury and lame. Instead of going to fight as a soldier, he saved his life with the elderly Saiweng.
This is a story of every cloud has a silver lining. Nowadays, when people use this idiom, they often associate "a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise", which means that a bad thing can turn into a good thing under certain conditions, and it also describes that God never shuts one door but another!
The idiom story refers to a deer as a horse.
A deer is a deer and a horse is a horse. Why point to a deer and say it's a horse? Children, let's take a look at the story of "calling a deer a horse"!
In Qin Ershi, Prime Minister Zhao Gao was ambitious and planned to usurp the throne day and night, but he didn't know how many people were at his mercy and opposed him. So he came up with a way to test his prestige and see how many people opposed him.
One day, when Zhao Gao was in court, someone brought him a deer. Then he said to Qin Ershi with a big smile on his face, "Your Majesty, this is a good horse I gave you." Qin Ershi looked at it and thought: This is not a horse, but a deer! So he smiled and said to Zhao Gao, "The Prime Minister is mistaken. This is obviously a deer. How can you say it's a horse? " Zhao Gao said with a straight face: "Please see clearly, this is indeed a swift horse." Qin Ershi looked at the deer again and asked incredulously, "Why does a horse have horns on its head?" Zhao Gao turned around and pointed to the ministers and said, "If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can ask the ministers."
The ministers were all at a loss by Zhao Gao's nonsense and whispered privately, "What's the name of this Zhao Gao?" Ministers saw Zhao Gao's sinister smile on his face and stared at everyone, and immediately understood his intention.
Some timid people with a sense of justice bow their heads and dare not speak, because telling lies is sorry for their conscience and telling the truth is afraid of being hurt by Zhao Gao in the future; Some honest people firmly believe that horses are not deer; Some adulterers who usually follow Zhao Gao immediately agreed with Zhao Gao and said to the emperor, "This is indeed a swift horse!"
Afterwards, Zhao Gao punished all ministers who did not obey him by various means.
The story of "referring to a deer as a horse" has spread to this day, and everyone uses "referring to a deer as a horse" to describe a person who deliberately reverses black and white and confuses right and wrong.
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Story background
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Red Eyebrow Uprising in Qinglin broke out, and Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, also participated. After Liu Xiu joined the outlaw hero, he soon showed his keen political talent and rich military strategy. Especially in Kunyang World War I, Liu Xiu's excellent command played a key role in winning the decisive battle for the insurgents.
At that time, Kunyang City was surrounded by Wang Mang's army. There are only 9,000 Han troops stationed in Kunyang. Although Kunyang City is small, it is quite strong. The Han army in Kunyang was also well defended, and the city was never breached by Wang Mang's army. Liu Xiu rushed out of the south gate of Kunyang City with twelve warriors in the dark. When he arrived at Dingling, he said to the general of the Han army, "Now we will go to Kunyang and gather all the men and horses. Only by defeating the enemy can we achieve great things and make great contributions. " So the generals followed Liu Xiu to Kunyang with all their troops.
Wang Feng and Wang Chang, the Han army in Kunyang City, immediately opened the gate and rushed out when they saw the arrival of reinforcements outside the city. Under the attack of the Han army on both sides, follwed's troops all panicked, fled everywhere and trampled on each other. When Wang Yi, the general of Wang Mang, fled back to Luoyang, there were only a few thousand people left in the 430,000-strong army.
After the outlaw captured Chang 'an, Liu Xiuling left Chang 'an, and in Hebei (north of the Yellow River), with the slogan of reviving the Han Dynasty, he constantly expanded his power. Every time Liu Xiu went to a county, he announced the abolition of heavy taxes and heavy punishments during the reign of Wang Mang, and inspected local officials to restore the official name of the Han Dynasty, which was welcomed and supported by local officials and ordinary people and gradually formed the basic force for establishing political power.
In a few years, Wang Mang's regime was overthrown by the insurgents. After the overthrow of the Xin Mang regime, the whole country quickly fell into a state of melee. Two insurgent armies, Greenwood and Chi Mei, established their own emperors and fought against each other, but Liu Xiu took the opportunity to expand his power.
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In order to stabilize people's livelihood, Liu Xiu adopted the policy of "rest and recuperation" during his tenure. During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, he wrote to restore the old system of thirty taxes and one tax, lent the public land to farmers for farming, and advocated reclaiming wasteland, developing wasteland, resettling refugees and helping the poor. In this way, the burden of feudal servitude in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty was greatly reduced compared with that in the late Western Han Dynasty and during the war. Farmers live and work in peace and contentment, and their production has been greatly restored. He also issued many orders, releasing handmaiden and forbidding the mistreatment of handmaiden. In addition, Liu Xiu also actively built water conservancy projects. In order to strengthen the centralized political system, Liu Xiu laid off more than 400 counties, streamlined officials and abolished local military commanders.
During the reign of Emperor Guangwu, agriculture and handicrafts in the Eastern Han Dynasty developed greatly. The improvement of iron farm tools, the popularization of Niu Geng and the extensive construction of water conservancy projects have greatly improved the production technology; The improvement of iron smelting technology has greatly increased the output of iron; Exquisite bronzes, lacquerware and silk fabrics reflect superb craftsmanship; The business of copper capital Dayi is booming, and the footprints of businessmen are as far away as the western regions and abroad.
After decades of operation, the Eastern Han Dynasty witnessed a scene of economic prosperity, which was called "Guangxu Zhongxing" in history.
Liu Xiu's efforts touched the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and his son. Once, the crown prince was afraid of affecting his father's health, so he advised, "Your majesty has the wisdom of Yutang, but he has lost the blessing of health care in his later years. He is willing to rest in peace and enjoy it. " Your Majesty, you are as smart as Yu Xia and Shang Tang, but you are not as good at fitness as Huangdi and Laozi. We hope you pay attention to your health and take time to rest quietly.
Liu Xiuxiao smiled and said; "I enjoy it and never tire of it!" According to this story, people derived the idiom "never tired of it" from Liu Xiu's words, describing being interested in something, addicted to it and tireless.