Ma Yuan was the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He put down the unrest in the border areas and had a great influence on the south. He was appointed General Fu Bo.
When Ma Yuan returned to Luoyang, everyone came to congratulate him, including an official named Meng Yi. Ma Yuan said to Meng Yi, "Why don't you praise me instead of telling me something?" Meng Yi doesn't know how to deal with it. Ma Yuan said: "Lu Bode, the general of Fu Bo in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, opened land in seven counties, and his fief was only a few hundred households. My contribution is much smaller than that of General Lu, and I have also sealed up as many as 3,000 fiefs. Rewards are not just advantages. Why don't you teach me this, sir? " "Now, the huns and wu huan harassment in the north. I want to ask the imperial court to be a pioneer and a person with lofty ideals. Men should die on the battlefield in the frontier wilderness, wrapped only in the skin of horses. How can they lie in bed and die next to their children? " Meng Yi listened to sincerely admire.
A month later, Ma Yuan went to the northern front again. Ma Yuan died in the army at the age of 63.
"Wrapped in a coffin" describes the determination to die.
Calling a deer a horse-deliberate misinterpretation
According to Historical Records of Qin Shihuang, at the end of Qin Dynasty, Qin Ershi ruled corruption, and Prime Minister Zhao Gao plotted to seize the opportunity to usurp the throne. But Zhao Gao was afraid that ministers wouldn't listen and didn't dare to do it. He came up with a way to test the attitude of ministers.
One day, when the civil servant general went to court, he gave Qin Ershi a deer and said, "I'll give you a horse, please accept it." Qin Ershi smiled and said, "You are mistaken. This is not a horse. This is a deer. " Then Qin Ershi asked the ministers whether Zhao Gaoxian offered a deer or a horse. At that time, many ministers were afraid of Zhao Gao, even though they knew it was a deer. Some people, in order to please Zhao Gao, said it was a horse sacrifice. Only a few people who are loyal to Qin Ershi, regardless of interests, insist that it is a deer.
After this incident, Zhao Gao knew that people who say a deer is a horse are all people who obey themselves; People who say a deer is a deer will not obey his orders. So he secretly sent someone to kill the person who told the truth.
Metaphor "refers to a deer as a horse", which reverses black and white and confuses right and wrong.
Look at the picture and find a good horse-follow the clue to find something
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Sun Yang in the State of Qin who was very good at watching horses. No matter what kind of horse it is, he can tell good from bad at a glance. He is often asked to know horses and choose horses. People call him Bole. Sun Yang had a son who read the "Xiangma Jing" written by his father. He thought it was easy to kiss up to horses, so he took this book and looked for good horses everywhere. He followed the pattern drawn in the book and found nothing. I searched according to the characteristics written in the book, and finally found a toad with characteristics very similar to those written in the book. I happily took toad home and said to my father, "Dad, I found a swift horse, but the hoof was almost the same." Father couldn't help laughing when he saw it. He didn't expect his son to be so stupid, so he said humorously, "It's a pity that Matthew likes to jump and can't be used to pull a cart." Then he sighed: "Follow the map." The story comes from Yang Shen's "Yilin Felling Mountain" in the Ming Dynasty. The idiom "from the book" means to do things mechanically in the old way and not know how to be flexible; It is also a metaphor to look for things according to certain clues.
be killed in battle
Ma Yuan was the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He put down the unrest in the border areas and had a great influence on the south. He was appointed General Fu Bo.
When Ma Yuan returned to Luoyang, everyone came to congratulate him, including an official named Meng Yi. Ma Yuan said to Meng Yi, "Why don't you praise me instead of telling me something?" Meng Yi doesn't know how to deal with it. Ma Yuan said: "Lu Bode, the general of Fu Bo in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, opened land in seven counties, and his fief was only a few hundred households. My contribution is much smaller than that of General Lu, and I have also sealed up as many as 3,000 fiefs. Rewards are not just advantages. Why don't you teach me this, sir? " "Now, the huns and wu huan harassment in the north. I want to ask the imperial court to be a pioneer and a person with lofty ideals. Men should die on the battlefield in the frontier wilderness, wrapped only in the skin of horses. How can they lie in bed and die next to their children? " Meng Yi listened to sincerely admire.
A month later, Ma Yuan went to the northern front again. Ma Yuan died in the army at the age of 63.