Famous Quotes:
Diligence leads to excellence in work, but playfulness leads to waste. Action is accomplished by thinking, destroyed by following. - Han Yu
Seek quick results without working hard, you will only end up being arrogant for a few days and embarrassed for a long time. ——Zheng Banqiao
Diligence in study is like a seedling rising in spring, but it will not grow with each passing day. Dropping out of school is like a sharpening stone. If you don't see the damage, you will suffer losses every day. ——Tao Yuanming
Intelligence lies in diligence, and genius lies in accumulation. —Hua Luogeng
We should remember that our career requires hands rather than mouth. ——Tong Dizhou
Working hard is the first thing. Only when you turn gray will you realize that you are wise and old. Diligence can make up for one's shortcomings is a good lesson, every minute of hard work equals talent. —Hua Luogeng
If you have talent, diligence will make it more perfect; if your ability is mediocre, diligence will make up for it. —Reynolds
Genius is 1 part inspiration plus 99 parts perspiration. - Edison
Laziness is a very strange thing. It makes you think that it is comfort, rest and blessing; but in fact, what it gives you is boredom, fatigue and depression; it deprives you of Hope for the future cuts off friendships between you and others, making you increasingly narrow-minded and doubtful about life. - Roland
Diligence is a magical thread with which countless pearls of knowledge can be strung together. —Anonymous
Don’t deny that hard work is the basis of achievement just because you are lucky enough to get a reward. —Anonymous
The sweat of hard work radiates the light of career, and the years of struggle are filled with the joy of life. —Zhang Heng
Life is about hard work, nothing can be gained without asking for anything. ----Zhang Heng
Life should be like a candle, burning from top to bottom, always bright. - Xiao Chunu
I would rather have a busy life than a boring one. -Roland
In daily life, things that can only be done by genius can also be done by diligence; things that cannot be done by genius can also be done by diligence. — Henwall Beecher
He who wants to pick the fruit must climb the tree. - Fuller
Never let your thoughts be ordinary, tell yourself that your life is extraordinary. —Yang Caicheng
Genius is the ability to work hard and diligently without end. - Carlyle
There is nothing of real value in the world that can be obtained without hard work. -Edison
If a rich man puts money in your hands, don't take this favor too seriously; because the sage once taught: Hard work is far more valuable than gold. —Sadie
Work and be diligent. Work is the most reliable wealth. —La Fontaine
Of all the faults, the one most easily forgiven is laziness. -La Rochefoucauld
A hard-working person will have all kinds of luck, while a lazy person will have only one kind of misfortune. —Finnish proverb
Diligence should be measured by the work done. - Xu Wei
The road is made by feet, and history is written by people. Every step a person takes is writing his or her own history. - Ji Hongchang
Spring silkworms don’t run out of silk until they die, and people don’t stop until they are pregnant. As long as there is still a breath left, you must work hard and leave it as a good area for youth. - Wu Yuzhang
I hope that every time I recall it, I will not feel guilty about my life. - Guo Chuan
A person's life may burn or decay. I cannot decay, I am willing to burn! - Ostrovsky
If you want to love your own value, you have to create value for the world. - Goethe
Society is like a ship, and everyone must be prepared to steer the ship. -- Ibsen
Life is not a pleasure, but a very heavy task. - Leo Tolstoy
The value of life is not measured by time, but by depth. ——Leo Tolstoy
Life is empty and dull only in the eyes of dull people. - Chernyshevsky
The value of a person should be determined by what he contributes, not what he obtains.
——Einstein
Only by devoting oneself to society can one find the meaning of that short and risky life. ——Einstein
Among all living beings, who doesn’t love life? Love life to the extreme, and then love the group. ——Qiu Jin
Among all critics, the greatest, most correct, and most genius is time. -- Belinsky
Observe, observe, and observe again. ——Pavlov
◇Time is made up of minutes and seconds. Only those who are good at using sporadic time will achieve results. (Hua Luogeng)
◇Among all critics, the greatest, most correct, and most genius is time. (Belinsky)
◇The fastest and slowest thing in the world, the longest and shortest thing, the most ordinary thing but the most precious thing, the most easily ignored thing and the most regrettable thing is time. (Golky)
▲We must remember that our study time is limited. Time is limited, not only because life is short, but also because people are complicated. We should strive to do the most beneficial things with all our time. ——Spencer
▲The more a person knows the value of time, the more painful he feels when he loses it! - Dante
◇The dead are like a man, never giving up day and night (Confucius)
◇In life, like a white horse passing through the gap between heaven and earth, it is all of a sudden. (Zhuangzi)
◇The sky can be mended, the sea can be filled, and the southern mountains can be moved. The sun and the moon have passed and cannot be traced back. (Zeng Guofan)
▲Respecting life, respecting others and respecting one's own life is an accompaniment of the life process and a condition for mental health. ---Fromm
▲There are two tragedies in life: one is despair, the other is complacency. - Bernard Shaw
▲Those who understand the true meaning of life can extend the short life. ---Cicero
▲Don’t look at the past with a sentimental eye, because the past will never come back. The smartest way is to deal with your present well-the present is in your hands In your hands, you must welcome the dreamlike future with an upright manly spirit. ---Longfellow
▲Making a person's limited life more effective is equivalent to extending a person's life. ---Lu Xun
▲Everything must be done down-to-earth. Don't indulge in daydreams, don't live up to false claims, but work hard with an attitude of seeking truth. If you study with this attitude, you can understand the truth, and if you do things with this attitude, you can achieve success. ——Li Dazhao
▲The way to complete the work is to cherish every minute. ——Darwin
▲ Arranging time reasonably is equivalent to saving time. ——Bacon
▲One of the biggest dangers in doing things is being too quick. -- Bacon
▲We should observe carefully in order to understand; we should work hard to understand in order to act. ——Romain Rolland
▲Every bit of progress is slow and arduous. A person can only solve a limited goal at a time. ——Beveridge
▲What is the life span? Gone like morning frost. When the time comes, the flowers are no longer sunny. --Jin·Lu Ji
▲Winter is the remainder of the year, night is the remainder of the day, and rain is the remainder of the hour. - "Three Kingdoms·Book of Wei·Biography of Wang Su" Pei Songzhi's annotation quoted from "Wei Lue"
▲The prime years will not come again, and it will be difficult to wake up again in one day; encourage them in time, as time waits for no one. ——Tao Yuanming
▲I have been emperor for thirty years, but I have failed in both writing and swordsmanship. --Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty
▲The mountains and rivers are full of tears, and the clothes are stained with tears. How long can the wealth and glory last? I can't see anything but the wild geese flying over the Fen River every autumn. --Li Qiao of the Tang Dynasty
▲In terms of time, there are early, middle, and late stages; in terms of days, they are called today, yesterday, and Ming; in terms of bodies, they are divided into young, strong, and young stages. . --Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty
●Those who wait for time are those who waste time. (Iran)
●Whoever wastes his life has left gold behind without buying anything. (Iran)
●The most serious waste is time (Bufeng)
●The most unaffordable waste is time (Ding Zhaozhong)
▲Think To succeed in your business, you need to cherish your time and make full use of it.
--Xu Teli
▲Saving time means making a person's limited life more effective, which means extending a person's life. --Lu Xun
●People mislead the place for a moment, and the place misleads the person for a year.
●A diligent person spends seven whole days a week; a lazy person spends seven mornings a week (UK)
●The lame man who gets up early and goes out cannot catch up. (Japan)
●The sadness of hard-working bees never having time (Blake)
●The plan for a year begins in spring, and the plan for a day begins in the morning.
●Time is like a spring, it can be shortened or lengthened. (Cambodia)
●Time is a golden river, don’t let it slip by your fingertips. (Latin America)
●Time and tide wait for no one. (Myanmar)
●Time is worth cherishing, and the book field is tax-free and should be cultivated diligently.
●Time is the most impartial, giving it to anyone 24 hours a day; time is also the most impartial, giving it to anyone 24 hours a day. (Huxley)
●Time treats everyone equally, but the value of time in everyone's hands is different.
●Time will be more generous to anyone who is stingier with time. (Li Dazhao)
●Time creates more converts than reason. (Tom Paine)
●"Year" teaches us many things that "Day" does not understand (Emerson)
●Time is the most experienced judge who examines all criminals (Shakespeare)
●Time is the greatest innovator (Bacon)
●Time is the standard for measuring career. (Bacon)
●Time can reveal hidden things and dim the dazzling things. ----(Italy)
◎Time is life, and wasting other people's time for no reason is actually tantamount to seeking money and killing people. --Lu Xun
★Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is the material that life is made of. ——Franklin
★ Treat every day of your life as your last day. ——Helen Keller
★An inch of time is worth an inch of gold, but an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time.
★Time is like water in a sponge. As long as you are willing to squeeze, there is always some - Lu Xun
★The setting sun is boundless and the river is endless, and I have to be even more busy today. -- Chen Shidao
★There is a long time between today and tomorrow; while you still have energy, learn to do things quickly. －Goethe
◎It is easy for a young man to learn from an old man, but it is difficult to learn from an old man. One inch of time should not be taken lightly. －Zhu Xi
◎My life also has limits, but my knowledge also has no limits. - Zhuangzi
Afterword:
Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror: he is not a human being inside and outside
The narcissus does not bloom: pretending to be garlic
A dumb man eats yellow lotus : You know the suffering yourself (or "you can't express the suffering")
Nephew lights a lantern: as usual (uncle)
Confucius moves: all losses (book)
Burning the flagpole on fire: long charcoal (sigh, that is, enjoying)
Guan Dao in the cesspool: Cannot do literature (sounding), and can not do martial arts (dancing).
A mute eats yellow lotus: he cannot express his sufferings
A scholar encounters a soldier: he is justified and cannot explain
A bachelor teaches a boy: Don’t be greedy for cheap
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Finance comes to the bachelor's hand: there is no turning back
A blind man eats soup pills: he knows what he knows
Monk Zhang Er: confused
Mud Shui Open the door: live your life
Steal the chicken but fail: lose the rice, that is, not only did you not take advantage, but suffered losses
Throwing bombs in the pit: Provoke People's excrement (angry)
The married daughter of the Lord of Hell: Ghost Yao
Spring Festival Couplets:
Inheriting the past and linking up with the future to write a new history of China
Carrying on the past and opening up the future to promote the ancient country Civilization
The rain and the wind bring out the beauty of the Chinese shop
People are diligent and the earth is bathed in the auspicious light in early spring
The horse gallops with hoofs and gallops through the prosperous years
Spring breeze Deliberately decorating Jinxiu mountains and rivers
Jade ice, clear red plums, a little bit of spring feeling
Silver wrapped in auspicious snow, heralding a good harvest
Spring breeze, spring rain, spring scenery, boundless spring warmth
Blessed land, blessed gates, blessed light, affection and blessings
Benevolent government, benefiting people, science and technology, fields, forests, hot waves
Spring breeze turns into rain, industrial and commercial city creates a new chapter
The earth is full of flowers in the new era The prosperous period is brilliant
The sky is full of auspicious colors, Guangsha Qionglou is fragrant with calligraphy and ink
Thousands of doors are happy with the opening of the Three Yangs
The spring of the nine regions is brightening the four seas
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The earth is rejuvenated and the earth is red and colorful
China’s New Year is full of joy
Everyone is happy with spring
Spring is everywhere in Kyushu
The horse leaps forward to a bright future
The sheep welcomes spring in the ancient country of Jiuzhou
The door is opposite to the beautiful green mountains and clear water
The house is full of joy and blessings
Idioms Story:
1. Retreat to three homes tuì bì sān shě
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xian of Jin believed the slander and killed the prince Shen Sheng, and sent people to capture Shen Sheng's younger brother Chong'er. After hearing the news, Chong'er escaped from Jin and lived in exile for more than ten years.
After many hardships, Chong'er came to Chu State. King Cheng of Chu thought that Chong'er would do great things in the future, so he welcomed him with the courtesy of a nation and treated him like a distinguished guest.
One day, the King of Chu hosted a banquet in honor of Chong'er. The two drank and talked, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. Suddenly the King of Chu asked Chong'er: "If you return to Jin one day and become the king, how will you repay me?" Chong'er thought for a while and said: "You have beautiful women, precious silks, precious bird feathers, ivory and animal skins, etc. The land of Chu is rich in products. How can the Jin Kingdom offer any rare items to the king? "The king of Chu said: "You are too modest, but you should show me something, right?" Chong'er smiled and replied. : "With your blessing, I would like to be friendly with your country if I can return to power. If one day there is a war between Jin and Chu, I will definitely order the army to retreat three units (one unit is equal to thirty miles). If there is still a war, If I can't get your forgiveness, I will fight with you again."
Four years later, Chong'er really returned to Jin and became the king. He was the famous Duke Wen of Jin in history. The Jin State became increasingly powerful under his governance.
In 633 BC, the armies of Chu and Jin met in battle. In order to fulfill his promise, Duke Wen of Jin ordered the army to retreat ninety miles and stationed in Chengpu. When the Chu army saw the Jin army retreating, they thought the enemy was afraid and immediately pursued them. The Jin army took advantage of the Chu army's weakness of being arrogant and underestimating the enemy, concentrated its forces, defeated the Chu army, and won the battle of Chengpu.
The story comes from "Zuo Zhuan·The Twenty-Two Years of Duke Xi". The idiom "to retreat" means not to fight with others or to take the initiative to give in.
2. Luoyang Zhigui luò yáng zhǐ guì
Zuo Si, a writer in the Jin Dynasty, was a very naughty child who did not like reading when he was a child. His father often loses his temper over this matter, but little Zuo Si is still very naughty and refuses to study hard.
One day, Zuo Si’s father was chatting with his friends, who envied him for having a smart and lovely son. Zuo Si's father sighed and said, "Don't mention him anymore. My son Zuo Si's study is not as good as when I was a child. It seems that he doesn't have much potential." As he spoke, there was a look of disappointment on his face.
All this was seen and heard by little Zuo Si. He was very sad and felt that he was really worthless if he didn't study hard. So, I secretly made up my mind to study hard.
Day after day, year after year, Zuo Si gradually grew up. Because of his unremitting efforts in reading, he finally became a learned man and wrote very good articles. It took him one year to write "Qidu Fu", which showed his talent in literature and laid the foundation for him to become an outstanding writer. After that, he planned to write "Ode to the Three Capitals" based on the customs, customs, and products of the capitals of Wei, Shu, and Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. In order to reach a certain level in content, structure, language and other aspects, he devoted himself to research, carefully wrote, and forgot to eat and sleep. It took him a full ten years to finally complete the literary masterpiece "Sandu Fu".
"Sandu Fu" has been widely criticized, and people compared it with the Han Dynasty literary masterpiece "Liangdu Fu". Since printing had not yet been invented at that time, people who loved "Sandu Fu" could only copy it. Because there were too many people copying it, the supply of paper in Luoyang, the capital, exceeded demand, and the price of paper in the city rose sharply for a while.
The story comes from "Book of Jin·Wenyuan·Zuo Si Zhuan". The idiom "Luoyang paper is expensive" praises the popularity of outstanding works.
3. According to the picture, search for jiàn tú suǒ yì
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Sun Yang in the State of Qin who was good at looking at horses. No matter what kind of horse he was, he could tell it apart at a glance. Pros and cons. He was often asked to recognize and select horses, and people called him Bole ("Bole" was originally the name of a star in the sky, and it was said that he was responsible for managing Tianma).
Once, Sun Yang passed by a place and suddenly saw an old horse dragging a salt cart barking at him. When he got closer, he saw that it was a thousand-mile horse, but it was a little older. . The old horse pulled the cart with difficulty. Sun Yang felt that it was too wronged for this thousand-mile horse. It could have run on the battlefield and played a greater role, but now it was dragging the salt truck in obscurity, slowly and slowly. What a pity it is to waste its energy and strength! Sun Yang was so sad that he shed tears when he thought of this.
In order to allow more people to learn horse-drawing so that Chollima will no longer be buried, and to prevent his unique skills from being lost, Sun Yang wrote a book about his many years of horse-drawing experience and knowledge. , accompanied by pictures of various horse shapes, the book is called "The Book of Horses".
Sun Yang had a son who read the "Horse Showing Book" written by his father. He thought it was easy to tell a horse, so he took this book and looked for good horses everywhere. He searched according to the figures drawn in the book, but found nothing. He also looked for it according to the characteristics written in the book, and finally found a toad that looked very much like the characteristics of a thousand-mile horse written in the book. He happily took the toad home and said to his father: "Dad, I found a thousand-mile horse, but it only has hooves." A little worse." When the father saw it, he couldn't laugh or cry. He didn't expect his son to be so stupid, so he said humorously: "It's a pity that this horse likes to jump too much and can't be used to pull the cart." Then he sighed: "It's called following the picture." /p>
The story comes from "Yi Lin Cutting the Mountains" by Yang Shen of the Ming Dynasty. The idiom "find things according to the picture" refers to doing things mechanically according to the old way without knowing how to adapt; it also refers to finding things according to certain clues.
4. Covering one's ears and stealing the bell
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhibo, a nobleman of Jin State, destroyed the Fan family. Someone took the opportunity and ran to Fan's house to steal something, and saw a big bell hanging in the yard. The bell is made of fine bronze and has exquisite shapes and patterns. The thief was very happy and wanted to carry this beautiful clock back to his home. But the clock was so big and heavy that it couldn't be moved. After much deliberation, he found only one way, which was to break the clock into pieces and then move them home separately.
The thief found a big hammer and hit the clock with all his strength. A loud bang made him jump. The thief panicked, thinking that this was too bad. Didn't this sound tell people that I was stealing the clock here? He was so anxious that he threw himself on the clock and opened his arms to cover the sound of the bell, but how could he cover it! The sound of the bell still sounds long and distant.
The more he listened, the more frightened he became. He could not freely withdraw his hands and cover his ears with all his strength.
"Hey, the bell has become quieter and can't be heard!" The thief became happy, "It's wonderful! If you can't cover your ears, you can't hear the bell!" He immediately found two cloth balls and covered his ears. Stop it, thinking, now no one can hear the bell. So he let go and hit the clock. Every time, the bell sounded loudly and spread far away. People heard the bell and swarmed to catch the thief.
The story comes from "Lü's Spring and Autumn Period: Self-Knowledge" "Hiding one's ears and stealing the bell" is said to be "covering one's ears and stealing the bell", which is a metaphor for the cover-up behavior of stupidity and self-deception.
5. Be confident
The painters of the Northern Song Dynasty had the same style of writing and the same calligraphy. His bamboo paintings are famous far and wide, and many people come to ask for paintings every day. What is Wen Tong’s secret to painting bamboo? It turns out that Wen Tong planted various kinds of bamboos in front of and behind his house. No matter in spring, summer, autumn or winter, whether it was cloudy or rainy, he often went to the bamboo forest to observe the growth and changes of the bamboos, pondering the length and thickness of the bamboo branches, the shape of the leaves, and the shape of the leaves. Color, whenever I have a new feeling, I go back to the study, spread out paper, grind ink, and draw the impression in my heart on the paper. Over a long period of time, the images of bamboo in different seasons, different weathers, and different times are deeply imprinted in his mind. As long as he concentrates on picking up his pen and standing in front of the drawing paper, the various forms of bamboo he observes will immediately emerge. In front of you. Therefore, every time he painted bamboo, he seemed very calm and confident, and the bamboos he painted were all lifelike and lifelike.
When people praised his paintings, he always said modestly: "I just painted the bamboos that I had thought about in my heart."
A young man wanted to learn to draw bamboos. , learned that the poet Chao Buzhi had studied Wen Tong's paintings very much, and went to ask for advice. Huang Buzhi wrote a poem for him, including two sentences: "You can draw bamboo, and you have a mature bamboo in your mind."
The story comes from "Wen Yu Ke yún dāng Gu Yan Bamboo Ji" by Su Shi of the Northern Song Dynasty 》. "Be confident" means being fully prepared before doing something and being very sure of the success of the matter; it also means not panicking and being very calm when encountering difficulties.
6. The momentum is overwhelming
At the end of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan destroyed Shu and seized power in Wei. After that, he prepared to send troops to attack Soochow and realize his desire to unify the whole of China. He summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss the plan of destruction. Most people believe that Wu State still has certain strength, and it may not be easy to destroy it in one fell swoop. It is better to make sufficient preparations.
General Du Yu disagreed with most people's views and wrote a memorial to Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty. Du Yu believed that it was necessary to destroy the Hao Kingdom while it was currently weak, otherwise it would be difficult to defeat it when it gained strength. Sima Yan read Du Yu's memorial and asked Zhang Hua, his most trusted minister, for advice. Zhang Hua agreed with Du Yu's analysis and advised Sima Yan to attack Wu quickly to avoid future troubles. So Sima Yan made up his mind and appointed Du Yu as the general to conquer the south. In 279 AD, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, mobilized more than 200,000 troops and horses, divided into six groups to advance by land and water, and attacked the state of Wu. The war drums were beating all the way, the battle flags were flying, and the warriors were mighty and majestic. The next year, Jiangling was captured, a general of Wu State was killed, and he led the army to pursue the victory. The Wu troops south of the Yuanjiang and Xiangjiang rivers were frightened when they heard the news, and they opened their city gates and surrendered one after another. Sima Yan ordered Du Yu to march towards Jianye, the capital of Wu State, from a small road. At this time, some people were worried that the water in the Yangtze River would surge, so it would be more advantageous to temporarily withdraw troops and wait until winter to attack. Du Yu firmly opposed retreating. He said: "Now, while the morale is high and the fighting spirit is strong, we will win one victory after another and be as powerful as breaking a bamboo (just like splitting a bamboo with a sharp knife, the bamboo will break after a few sections), and attack the state of Wu in one fell swoop." It won’t take much effort!” Under the leadership of Du Yu, the Jin army rushed straight to Jianye, the capital of Wu, and soon captured Jianye and destroyed the state of Wu. Emperor Wu of Jin unified the country.
The story comes from "Book of Jin·Du Preliminary Biography". The idiom "the force is as strong as a broken bamboo" describes the victory of the battle without any hindrance.
7. Waiting for rabbits
According to legend, in the Song Dynasty during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer who worked at sunrise and rested at sundown. When there is a good year, you can only have enough to eat and clothe yourself; when there is a famine, you will go hungry. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and very timid. He is lazy and afraid of everything he does, and always wants to encounter the windfall that comes to his door.
The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the fields, and people were hunting around him.
There were shouts and shouts everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit hit his head and died on the root of a tree at the edge of his field.
That day, he had a delicious meal.
From then on, he stopped farming. All day long, I guard the magical tree root, waiting for a miracle to appear.
The idiom "waiting for the rabbit" is a metaphor for getting something for nothing, or clinging to a narrow experience without knowing how to adapt.
8. Turning a deer into a horse
During the Second Qin Dynasty, Prime Minister Zhao Gao was ambitious and planned day and night to usurp the throne. But he didn't know how many ministers in the court could listen to him, and how many people opposed him. So, he thought of a way to test his prestige and at the same time find out who dared to oppose him.
One day when he went to court, Zhao Gao asked someone to bring a deer and said to Qin II with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I will give you a good horse." Qin II took a look and said, I thought: This is not a horse, this is obviously a deer! Then he smiled and said to Zhao Gao: "The prime minister made a mistake. There is a deer here. How do you say it is a horse?" Zhao Gao said without changing his expression and without a heartbeat: "Please see clearly, your majesty, this is indeed a thousand-mile horse." "The second emperor of Qin looked at the deer again and said doubtfully: "How come there are horns on the horse's head?" Zhao Gao turned around, pointed at the ministers, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe me, You can ask the ministers."
The ministers were all confused by Zhao Gao's nonsense, and whispered privately: What is this Zhao Gao doing? Isn’t it obvious that it’s a deer or a horse? When they saw the sinister smile on Zhao Gao's face and his two eyes staring at everyone in turn, the ministers suddenly understood his intention. .
Some people who were timid and yet had a sense of justice lowered their heads and did not dare to speak, because telling lies would offend their conscience, and telling the truth would make them afraid of being harmed by Zhao Gao in the future. Some honest people insist that it's the manual, not the horse. There were also some crafty and fawning people who followed Zhao Gao closely in ordinary times. They immediately expressed their support for Zhao Gao's statement and said to the emperor, "This is indeed a horse that covers a thousand miles!"
Afterwards, Zhao Gao used various means to control the situation. Those upright ministers who disobeyed him were punished one after another, and even their entire families were executed.
The story comes from "Historical Records: The Chronicles of Qin Shi Huang". The idiom "referring to a deer as a horse" refers to deliberately confusing right and wrong and confusing right and wrong.
9. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xiang of Jin wanted to expand his strength and territory, so he made an excuse to say that the neighboring Guo (guó) country often invaded the borders of Jin and wanted to He sent troops to destroy Guo State. However, there was a Yu State between the Jin State and the Guo State, and the expedition against the Guo State had to pass through the Yu State. "How can we pass the Yu State smoothly?" Jin Xiangong asked his ministers. Doctor Xun Xi said: "The king of Yu State is short-sighted and greedy for small profits. As long as we give him priceless jade and BMW, he will not refuse to use the road." Duke Xiang of Jin was a little reluctant to part with it, and Xun Xi could see that. Knowing what Duke Xian of Jin was thinking, he said: "Yu and Guo are close neighbors who are closely related to each other. If Guo is destroyed, Yu will not survive alone. Your beautiful jade and horse are just temporarily stored with Duke Yu." Duke Xian of Jin accepted it. Xun Xi's plan.
When the king of Yu State saw these two precious gifts, he was immediately elated. When he heard Xun Xi said that he wanted to take advantage of the affairs of Yu State, he agreed immediately. After Gong Zhiqi, the official of the Yu State, heard about it, he quickly stopped him and said, "No, no, the Yu State and the Guo State are close neighbors who depend on each other. We are two small countries that depend on each other. We can help each other if we have anything. If the Guo State is destroyed, we will The Yu State is in danger. As the saying goes: "The lips are dead and the teeth are cold." If you don't have lips, you can't save your teeth! "Yu Gong said: "The Jin State is a big country, and now I specially sent a beautiful jade horse. To make friends with us, why don't we just find a way for them to walk around?" Gong Zhiqi sighed repeatedly, knowing that Yu State was not far from destruction, so he left Yu State with his whole family.
Sure enough, the Jin army took advantage of the Yu State and destroyed the Guo State. Then they captured the Duke of Yu who personally greeted the Jin army and destroyed the Yu State. The story comes from "Zuo Zhuan·The Fifth Year of Duke Xi". The idiom "the lips are dead and the teeth are cold" refers to the close relationship and interdependence between the two parties.
10. Roosters crowing and dogs robbers
During the Warring States Period, Lord Mengchang of Qi State liked to recruit all kinds of people as his guests, and he was known as a guest of three thousand. He welcomes all guests, allowing them to perform their duties to the best of their ability, and providing room and board to those without talent.
On one occasion, Lord Mengchang led a group of guests on a mission to Qin. King Zhao of Qin kept him and wanted him to be the prime minister of the country. Lord Mengchang did not dare to offend King Qin Zhao, so he had no choice but to stay. Soon, the ministers advised King Qin: "It is not good for Qin to keep Lord Mengchang. He is from a royal family, has a fiefdom in Qi, and has family. How can he really serve Qin?" King Zhao of Qin thought it was reasonable, so he changed his mind. , put Lord Mengchang and his men under house arrest, just waiting to find an excuse to kill them.
King Zhao of Tai had his most beloved concubine. As long as the concubine said one thing, King Zhao would never say another. Mengchangjun sent someone to ask her for help. The concubine agreed on the condition that she would be rewarded with a piece of Qi's unique fox white fur (a fur coat made of white fox armpit fur). This put Mengchang in trouble, because as soon as he arrived in Qin, he dedicated this fox white fur coat to King Qin Zhao. At this moment, a doorman said, "I can get Hu Baiqiu here!" After that, he left.
It turns out that this hanger-on is the best at stealing things through dog holes. He first found out the situation and found out that King Zhao loved the fox fur so much that he couldn't bear to wear it for a while and kept it in the fine storage room in the palace. He took advantage of the moonlight to escape the eyes of the patrollers, easily got into the storage room and stole the fox fur. The concubine was very happy to see Hu Baiqiu. She tried every means to persuade King Qin Zhao to give up the idea of ??killing Lord Mengchang, and prepared to bid farewell to him in two days and send him back to Qi.
Jun Mengchang did not dare to wait for another two days, and immediately led his men to secretly ride horses overnight and rush eastward. It was midnight when we arrived at Hangu Pass (in what is now Lingbao County, Henan Province, which was the east gate of Qin at that time). According to the laws of the Qin State, Hangu Pass is not open until the rooster crows every day. How can the rooster crow in the middle of the night? When everyone was feeling worried, they only heard a few roosters crowing "Oh, oh, oh", and then all the roosters outside the city gate began to crow. It turns out that another of Mengchangjun's disciples can imitate the crow of a chicken, and the chicken will crow immediately after hearing the first crow. Why is the rooster crowing before I even sleep? Although the soldiers guarding the gate felt strange, they had no choice but to get up and open the door and let them out.
At dawn, King Qin Zhao learned that Lord Mengchang and his party had escaped, and immediately sent troops to chase them. When we chased him to Hangu Pass, he found that he had been out of the pass for a long time.
Mengchangjun fled back to Qi State with the help of the roosters and dog robbers.
The story comes from "Historical Records: Biography of Mengchangjun". The idiom "chicken crowing, dog robber" refers to humble skills or people with such skills.