Allusion 1. According to legend, during the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago, a lobbyist named Su Qin wore the seal of the Six Kingdoms and was a veteran of several dynasties. Although he was powerful, he also made many enemies and was eventually killed in Qi State. King Qi was very angry when he learned that Su Qin had been murdered, and was determined to catch the murderer and avenge Su Qin, but after many investigations, no results were obtained. So he came up with a plan and asked someone to cut off Su Qin's head from the body and hang it on the city gate. Next to it was an inscription saying: "Su Qin is a traitor. Killing him is to eliminate great harm to Qi." , I will be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold, and I hope to come and receive the reward." As soon as the notice was posted on the wall, four people came, claiming that they had killed Su Qin, and asked for the reward. King Qi said: "You are not allowed to pretend!" These four people insisted that they did it themselves. King Qi asked: "You four are real 'warriors'! How much will each of you four get from 1,000 taels of gold?" The four people replied in unison: "Two hundred and five per person." King Qi slapped the table and said angrily: "Here comes someone. , push these four 'two hundred and five' out and kill them!"
Allusion 2. Once upon a time, there was a scholar who studied hard to gain fame, but he never passed the exam and never had a son. In his later years, the old scholar was finally disheartened and indifferent to fame and fortune, but at this time he was overjoyed to have twins. The scholar recalled his life's success and failure and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, so he named his two sons: one was called Cheng Shi and the other was called Ban Shi. One day, the scholar said to his wife: "I'm going to the market for a stroll. You can supervise the two sons to write at home. The older one should write three hundred and the younger one should write two hundred." After the scholar came back from the market, he asked the two sons how they were doing at home, and his wife replied : "I wrote it, but it didn't succeed enough and failed more than it failed. Both are two hundred and fifty!"
Allusion 3. Jing Zhaoyin, the "mayor" of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, was very powerful and had a large honor guard when he went out on patrol. The official who opened the way at the front was originally a small official, whose official name was Hedao Wubai. Later, the number of "five hundred" increased to two, but the people in Chang'an did not call them two "five hundred". Instead, they called them "five hundred", so a single "five hundred" was jokingly called "two hundred and five".
Allusion 4. In the old gambling equipment Pai Gow, there were two cards: "Er Ban" (four points) and "Mo Wu" (six points). When these two cards are matched together, they get ten points, which is called "Death Ten". In Pai Gow, It is the smallest point, no one is bigger than it, and it cannot "take" any cards. People use the term "Erban and Five" (abbreviation of Erban and Mowu) to jokingly refer to it as being unable to do anything well or manage anything. people. As time went by, the "two board five" became "two hundred five".
Allusion five. In ancient times, one thousand coins was equivalent to a daozi, five hundred coins was a "half daozi", and something worse than "half a daozi" was called "two and a half daozi", which was "two hundred and five".
Allusion 6. In the past, 10 taels of silver was equivalent to an ingot, 500 taels was equivalent to a letter, and 250 taels was a "half seal", which is homophonic to "half crazy". Over time, people have used "two hundred and five" (half-crazy) to describe those who are prone to making fools of themselves, speak improperly, do not take things seriously, and deal with things casually.