Xiang Zhuang's Sword Dance (meaning Pei Gong)
Explanation: It is a metaphor for the different true intentions of words and actions.
Source: "Historical Records·The Chronicles of Xiang Yu": "Now Xiangzhuang draws his sword and dances, and his meaning is always in Peigong.
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Idiom Story
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were two largest forces among the various rebel armies. These were the teams of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu.
They once It was agreed that whoever conquered Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, would be king in Guanzhong.
As a result, Liu Bang conquered Xianyang first and took control of Hangu Pass.
Xiang Yu was very angry. . He thought that I had an army of 400,000 and had not yet become the king, but you, with an army of 100,000, had become the king! So he asked Liu Bang for a decisive battle.
Xiang Bo, a distant uncle of Xiang Yu, was very close to Liu Bang's counselor Zhang Liang. Hearing the news, he told Zhang Liang overnight and advised him to leave quickly. Zhang Liang did not want to betray Liu Bang. After Zhang Liang introduced him, Liu Bang warmly received Xiang Bo and married Xiang Bo. He went to explain and apologize to Xiang Yu to avoid this war.
The next day, Liu Bang went to Hongmen with more than a hundred people to apologize to Xiang Yu. A group of warriors were ambushed at the banquet, and they agreed to take action as soon as Xiang Yu raised his glass.
At the banquet, Liu Bang was humble to Xiang Yu, and he was always careful with Xiang Yu. He gradually became happy and no longer wanted to kill him, so he didn't respond to Fan Zeng's several signals.
Seeing that things were not going as planned, Fan Zeng found Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Zhuang. Said: "King Xiang is so kind. Go in quickly and use the excuse of sword dancing to kill Liu Bang. "
When Xiang Zhuang came back, he went to the banquet to toast and asked him to dance with his sword to cheer for him. The sword was shining brightly, and Xiang Zhuang got closer and closer to Liu Bang as he danced. Xiang Bo was worried that something had happened, so he said to Xiang Yu: "One person Dancing alone, I am not very interested, let me dance with him!" Xiang Bo also drew his sword and danced, secretly blocking Liu Bang with his body, so that Xiang Zhuang could not find a chance to attack.
Zhang Seeing this situation, Liang hurried out and said to Liu Bang's general Fan Kuai: "Now that Xiang Zhuang is dancing with his sword, his intention is to kill Pei Gong." )!"
As soon as Fan Kuai heard this, he immediately picked up his weapon and rushed to the banquet.
Under the protection of Zhang Liang and Fan Kuai, Liu Bang finally took the opportunity to leave the banquet and safely Returning to his military camp.
This is the story of the famous "Hongmen Banquet" in history. Later, Zhang Liang said that "Xiang Zhuang dances with swords, and his meaning is always in Pei Gong". "Zhuang Wu Jian" means the idiom of "Pei Gong". "Pei" is originally a place name, and Liu Bang once served as an official there, so Pei Gong refers to Liu Bang. This idiom is used to metaphorically target actions or words that are vaguely directed at a certain person.