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Ten idioms and short stories
Ten idioms and short stories:

1, one-leaf obstacle

A bookworm read the story of "cicada slough" from ancient books, believed it and looked around. He picked all the leaves from the cicada's hiding place, took them home to cover his face for an experiment and asked his wife if she could see him. The wife said angrily that she couldn't see. He took this leaf and stole it in the street. After being arrested, he said, "I'm blind. Can you see it? "

2. Realistic

Zhuangzi wrote such a story: "Once upon a time, Zhuang Zhoumeng was a butterfly, lifelike." He dreamed that he became a beautiful butterfly, more beautiful than a real butterfly, dancing in the air.

Know it like the back of your hand.

Ancient emperors built ancestral temples, and the gods in them were arranged in turn according to the level of their ancestors. Whenever there is a major event or festival, the emperor will go to the temple to worship his ancestors. This is the so-called "Luo" ceremony. Many people don't understand etiquette, so they ask Confucius for advice. Confucius believed that Luzong Temple violated the Rites of Zhou. He avoided talking about it, pointed to the palm of his hand and said, "He who knows courtesy knows the way to govern the country."

4. Wait for the rabbit

According to legend, during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer in the Song Dynasty who worked at sunrise every day and rested at sunset. In case of famine, he will starve. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and timid. He is lazy, afraid of everything and always wants to meet the unexpected wealth delivered to his door.

The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field and there were people hunting around him. The sound of shouting came one after another everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit, impartial, bumped into his field root.

On the same day, he had a delicious meal. After that, he stopped farming. All day, looking at the magical roots, waiting for the miracle to appear.

5. Teach fish to swim.

Lu Ban was a native of Lu during the Warring States Period. He is an expert in making exquisite instruments. People call him an "able man", and people always regard him as the ancestor of carpenters.

Teaching axe is to show off the skills of using axe in front of Lu Ban. In other words, it is ridiculous to try to show your skills in front of experts. This behavior is called "playing axe in front of Luban", or "playing axe in front of Luban" for short. This is similar to the saying of "playing broadsword in front of Guan Gong".

Step 6 get out of the way

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was civil strife in the State of Jin, and Jin Xiangong's son Zhong Er fled to Chu. King Chu Cheng received him and promised that if there was a war in Chu Jin, the Jin army would stay away from him. Later, Zhong Er returned to the State of Jin with the help of Qin Mugong. The state of Jin supported the struggle between Song and Chu, and the two armies met in Chengpu. Zhong Er avoided, lured the enemy in and won.

7. High spirits

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi bullied and attacked Lu, and Duke Zhuang of Lu led the army to meet the enemy. When the two armies met, the Qi army drummed, but the Lu army didn't. The morale of the Qi army was already very low when it beat the drum for the third time, and the Lu army beat the drum for the first time. With high morale, the Lu army defeated the Qi army.

8. Dark Chen Cang

At the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu claimed to be the overlord of the west, betraying the agreement that the first attacker in Xianyang was king. Liu Bang was extremely dissatisfied, led the troops into Sichuan, burned the Bashu plank road along the way and named it Hanwang. With the help of Han Xin, Liu Bang openly built a plank road, secretly bypassed Zhang Han, the general of Xiang Yu, and claimed the title of king for the Central Plains.

9. Three chapters of the Constitution

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang led the rebel army to garrison the overlord, and Zi Ying, the king of Qin, surrendered to Liu Bang, who captured Xianyang. In order to gain the support of the people, he retreated to hegemony, called a meeting of the leaders in Guanzhong area, announced the abolition of torture in the Qin Dynasty, and made three chapters with them in order to maintain local stability: "The murderer dies, the wounded are injured, and the thief makes amends."

10, a golden word

During the Warring States Period, Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, succeeded to the throne at a young age, and Lv Buwei, the prime minister, assisted him. In order to win the hearts of the people and enhance their own strength, the organizer compiled "Lu Chunqiu", and hung this book with 65,438+10,000 words in Xianyang's shop, announcing that whoever can point out the shortcomings in the book and add or delete a word will reward his daughter.