The source of "Han Feizi's Foreign Stores Say Left Upper": King Li of Chu has the police, and he is guarding with the people for drums. People are shocked when they are drunk and hit them too much. Make people stop, saying, "I'm drunk and play around, and I'm too beaten." All the people.
after living for several months, the police beat drums and the people didn't go.
King Li of Chu once gave an order that in case of national emergency, he would play drums as trumpets and inform the people to defend. On one occasion, King Li was drunk and knocked the drum by mistake. The people were frightened and ran in succession. King Li sent someone to stop them, saying, "I was drunk, playing with people around me and playing drums at random." The people disbanded and went back.
After a few months, an emergency really happened. King Li tried his best to beat the drums, but the people didn't go to the rescue.
Later generations used "King Li drumming" as a metaphor for "a man who has no faith and doesn't know what he can do." In the superior, breaking faith with the people will bring endless future trouble.