Since then, this proverb has spread to this day. For example, an office colleague accidentally mentioned which colleague came to our office. This colleague didn't come to our office very often. What a coincidence. Just talked for a few minutes, she came to our office and said, Speak of the devil and he will arrive. Let's marvel, don't you think it's a coincidence? ? Many people have said "Speak of the devil", and they all know what this sentence means. At the beginning, this sentence was actually a derogatory term, meaning that when someone was mentioned, this person appeared.
This is probably inseparable from Cao Cao's character. The famous saying "I would rather teach me to be negative to the whole world than to teach the whole world to be negative to me" vividly depicts his character. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Qiao Xuan, an important official in the DPRK, accused Cao Cao of being "a hero in troubled times and a traitor in charge of the world" when he was young. Qiao Xuan's insight seems unparalleled in history.
Speaking of the devil, the second half of this sentence is "It's funny to miss it face to face". Everyone knows that Lu Bu was finally killed by Cao Cao. However, if Lu Bu hadn't missed Cao Cao face to face, Cao Cao wouldn't have had a chance to kill Lu Bu. Strange, Lu Bu is a little face blind. When Lu Bu killed his adoptive father Dong Zhuo because of the story of Diexin, generals Li Jue and Guo Si conspired to rebel. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty didn't want to be controlled, so he escaped and informed Cao Cao, who had a certain influence at that time, to go to the rescue, but the helpless messenger was captured by Li Jue and Guo Si. I thought things were hopeless, but Cao Cao appeared at the critical moment. It is said that Cao Cao is coming!