1. High mountains and flowing water (Yu Boya, Zhong Ziqi)
Pinyin: gāo shān Liu Shuǐ
Explanation: Metaphor is a bosom friend or bosom friend. It is also a metaphor for the beauty of music.
The source comes from Liezi Tang Wen: "Boya drums and harps, aiming at climbing mountains, Zhong Ziqi said:' Well, I am as tall as Mount Tai. Aim at the running water and say,' OK, like a river. "
Allusions During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Boya, a doctor in the State of Jin, was very good at playing the piano. He went to Ma 'anshan, Chu and met Zhong Ziqi. They are talking about the piano very speculatively. When Boya saw mountains and flowing water, he played a song. Zhong Ziqi said happily that there were rivers in Mount Tai. The two became bosom friends. The following year, Boya visited Zhong Ziqi and learned that Zhong Ziqi had passed away, sadly destroying the piano at the grave.
Example: The classical music he plays is as beautiful as mountains and rivers.
2. Stick to the old rules (Mozi)
Pinyin: mòShu chéng guá
Commentary: Mo Shou: During the Warring States Period, Mo Zhai was good at guarding the city; Rules: ready-made or long-term rules and methods. Refers to conservative thinking, sticking to the rules and refusing to change.
The source comes from Ming and Huang Zongxi's Preface to Poems of a Thousand Retreating Mountains: "Like Zhong Rong's poems, we have never adhered to the principle of one family."
Allusions During the Warring States Period, carpenter Mo Zhai advocated universal love and non-aggression, and spread his theory to various places. The State of Chu wanted to attack the State of Song, and Lu Ban designed a ladder for the Chu army to attack the city. Mozi hastened to dissuade war. The king of Chu asked Mozi to compete with Lu Ban in offensive and defensive battles. Mozi was good at defense, and Lu Ban lost. The king of Chu had to give up attacking the state of Song.
For example, he lacks initiative and does everything in a rut.
3. One sentence is worth one thousand dollars (Lv Buwei)
Pinyin: Zi Qi
Note: the word "increase loss" was awarded to a daughter. Words of praise are exquisite and unchangeable.
The source comes from the Biography of Historical Records and Lv Buwei: "There is a thousand dollars hanging on the door of Bu Xianyang, and those who can increase or decrease a word will be given a thousand dollars."
Allusions At the end of the Warring States Period, Lv Buwei, a big businessman, spared no expense to support the King of Qin as the monarch of Qin. Makes when the king of Qin, named Lv Buwei as prime minister. In order to improve his reputation and convince everyone, Lv Buwei ordered 3,000 people to write 26 volumes 160 articles entitled Lv Chunqiu.
After writing, Lv Buwei ordered the full text to be copied and posted on the gate of Xianyang, and issued a notice: "Whoever can add or subtract one article or even change one will be rewarded with 1,200 gold." The notice has been posted for a long time, and people are afraid of Lv Buwei's power, and no one comes to ask for it. So the story of "a word is worth a thousand dollars" has been passed down to this day.
Example: This article is well written and full of emotion, which can really be said to be a word of gold.
4. Desperate (Jing Ke)
Pinyin: interchangeable characters
Description: Figure: Map; Poor: exhausted; See: Now. In the end, the truth or intention is revealed.
The source comes from the Warring States Policy Yance III: "The King of Qin said,' From now on, take the map held by Wuyang.' I picked up the photo and gave it to him. Send a picture, the picture shows the dagger. "
At the end of the Warring States Period, Yan Wangdan asked Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. He dedicated Fan's head and the map of Yan State to Jing Ke, and Jing Ke was very happy. Jing Ke unfolded the map of Yan State, revealing a sharp dagger, and immediately grabbed the dagger and stabbed the king of Qin. The king of Qin drew his sword to resist, and the guards took the opportunity to kill Jing Ke.
For example, when the war is on the verge, enemy agents infiltrate and flee in panic for fear of despair.
5. Embattled (Xiang Yu)
Pinyin: Mi à n ch ǔ g ǔ
Explanation: It is a metaphor of being trapped by the enemy and being isolated.
The source comes from Historical Records of Xiang Yu: "Wang Xiang's army fell on the city, serenaded the food and ran out, and the Han army and the vassal soldiers surrounded it. At night, I heard that the Han army was besieged on all sides. Wang Xiang was shocked and said, "Did the Han army capture Chu?" ? He Chu has so many people.' "
Allusions to the dispute between Chu and Han, after Xiang Yu captured Qin Dou, he burned, killed and plundered, and the people complained bitterly. Hanwang Liu Bang took the opportunity to attack Xiang Yu, who wanted to return to China in splendor, and let the army surround Xiang Yu, setting a plan of "being besieged on all sides". Xiang Yu thought that the Han army had captured Chu and that the sky was going to destroy him, so he had to sing while drinking and died miserably.
Example: Because of strategic mistakes, the front-line troops fell into the predicament of being besieged on all sides.