Stabbing the stocks by hanging the beam is an idiom in Chinese, which comes from The Book of Han and The Warring States Policy Qin Ce I quoted in Taiping Yulan.

This idiom refers to the story of Sun Jing's "hanging beam" and Su Qin's "stabbing stocks" as a metaphor for studying hard, sleepless nights. Its structure is joint and can be used as an attribute in a sentence.

In ancient times, there was a wise man named Sun Jing, whose word was Wenbao. He liked learning very much and worked tirelessly. Every day, he kept studying behind closed doors from morning till night.

Sometimes it's easy to doze off in the middle of the night. In order not to affect his study, Sun Jing thought of a way. He found a rope and tied one end to his hair and the other end to the beam of the house. If he is tired and sleepy from reading, his head will inevitably fall down as soon as his eyes are closed and he falls asleep, then the rope hanging on the beam will pull up his hair and hurt his scalp, and he will wake up from the pain, so that he can continue reading. Later, Sun Jing finally became a famous university student at that time.

This is the story of Sun Jing's "hanging head".

"awl thorn stock" tells the story of Su Qin.

During the Warring States Period, Su Qin was born in a poor family. He used to learn from Gui Guzi, a famous scholar at that time, and he wanted to serve the country after learning a set of theories on governing the country and calming the world.

At that time, King Huiwen of Qin made great efforts to recruit talents. Su Qin should go and give his plan for governing the country and securing the country. King Huiwen of Qin failed to adopt his plan, so he had to return to Luoyang discontentedly. At home, parents sigh at their son because he is worthless and can't even find a job. Needless to say, the wife doesn't have to look him in the eye while sitting on the spinning wheel weaving.

he was so hungry that he had to have the cheek to ask his sister-in-law for a bowl of rice. Sister-in-law didn't look good at him either, and said sharply, "Why are you still eating? Even the firewood for cooking is gone! " Su Qin was refuted to tears. When he returned to his room, he looked up and sighed: "When a person is poor, his wife doesn't think he is a husband, his sister-in-law doesn't think he is brother in law, and his parents don't think he is a son. What can I say!"

So he studied harder. When he was sleepy at night, he stuck an awl in his thigh to prevent drowsiness, and the blood flowed to his ankle. Of course, he was too painful to sleep. In this way, day and night research has achieved success in one year.

At last, Su Qin developed. His political strategy of unifying the whole country in Qin failed, so he immediately changed his political strategy and persuaded the six Shandong countries (Qi, Chu, Korea, Zhao, Wei and Yan) to unite to form a "vertical" front, and * * * fought against Qin and prevented Qin from going out of Tongguan.

Therefore, Su Qin wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms and returned to Zhao from Chu. The guard of honor was several miles long. The cavalry marched in steps, holding a shield, and surrounded Su Qin's car, with flags covering the sky.

envoys sent by governors from various countries are sent with the festival, just like a monarch on a patrol. When Su Qin drove past his house in Luoyang, Su Qin's sister-in-law, younger brother and wife saw this pair of dignity, and they were so scared that they were prone on the ground that they dared not lift their heads. They used to be snobs, but now they are all gone. After Su Qin returned to Zhao, Zhao Suhou immediately named him Wu Anjun.