Work hard, pronunciation: Y and gǔZuo qò, a China idiom; Interpretation: a drum: the first drum; Work: cheer up; Qi: Courage. When I played drums for the first time, my morale was greatly boosted. It is a metaphor to summon up energy when you are full of energy and finish the work in one breath.
Related story: In the spring of the tenth year of Duke Zhuang of Lu, the Qi army attacked the state of Lu, and Duke Zhuang of Lu was about to face it. Cao Gui asked Zhuang Gong to see him. His fellow countryman said, "The big officials will plan this. Why do you participate?" Cao Gui said: "Big officials are short-sighted, so they can't think ahead." So he went into the palace to see Zhuang Gong.
Cao Gui asked Duke Zhuang, "Why are you fighting with Qi?" Zhuang Gong said: "Food and clothing are the things that make people's lives stable. I dare not possess them alone, but I must give them to others. " Cao Gui said: "This kind of small kindness can't spread to the people, and the people won't listen to you." Zhuang Gong added: "I never dared to falsely report the number of sacrifices to cattle, sheep and jade. I must be honest and trustworthy. "
Cao Gui said: "This sincerity is hard to convince, and the gods will not bless you." Zhuang Gong went on to say, "Although we can't understand every case clearly, we must handle it reasonably." Cao Gui said, "This is what we should do. We can go to war with this. Please allow me to go to war with you. "
Duke Zhuang of Lu and Cao Gui rode in the same car and fought against the Qi army in the ladle. As soon as Zhuang Gong goes to the battlefield, he will March with gongs and drums. Cao Gui said, "Not now." After the Qi army beat the drums three times, Cao Gui said, "You can beat the drums and March."
As a result, the Qi army was defeated. Zhuang Zhengyi wanted to order the pursuit and said, "Not yet." After that, get off the bus to see the car prints of the Qi army, then get on the bus and hold the crossbar in front of the car to see the formation of the Qi army. After careful observation, he said, "Now you can pursue it." So, Duke Zhuang ordered the army to pursue the Qi army.
Finally, the army of Lu defeated the army of Qi. Duke Zhuang of Lu asked Cao Gui why he won. Cao Gui replied: Fighting depends on courage. Drumming for the first time can inspire soldiers' courage. Soldiers' courage will weaken when they beat the drum for the second time. By the time the drums were played for the third time, the soldiers' courage had dried up. The enemy's courage was exhausted, and our courage was flourishing, so we defeated them.
2. Teacher of One Word (Zheng Gu)
A teacher in a classroom is an idiom in China, which means a teacher who corrects a word. Some good poems are more perfect after others change a word, and they are often called teachers of one word. Many idioms and stories.
Related story: Zheng Gu lives in Yuanzhou, and Miracle visits him with his own poems. One of the poems, Morning Plum, wrote: "Thousands of villages in Zita Law, how many branches opened last night." Zheng Gu said with a smile: "A few sticks can't express the early meaning. It's better to use one."
JiJi was surprised and couldn't help sorting out three pieces of clothes and respectfully worshiping Zheng Jia. Since then, many scholars regard Zheng Gu as Miracle's "centralized teacher".
3. A golden word (Lv Buwei)
A word is worth a thousand dollars, an idiom in China. Pinyin is y and zěqiān j and n, which means a word is worth a thousand dollars. Originally, it means to give a thousand dollars for one word, which describes the high value and wonderful words. It also refers to the preciousness of calligraphy works.
Related story: At the end of the Warring States Period, Lv Buwei, a big businessman, made the biggest speculative business in Chinese and foreign history. He spared no expense to make the king of Qin, who was taken hostage in Zhao, the king of Qin. Makes when the king of Qin, in order to repay the kindness of Lv Buwei, named Lv Buwei as prime minister.
From a businessman, he became a prominent figure under one person and above ten thousand people, and became the authority to advance and retreat. The officials of the DPRK and China said nothing, but they were unconvinced.
Lv Buwei also knows that his political expectations are so superficial that people may talk privately. He thinks that improving his reputation is the best way to convince people. But how can we improve quickly? He can't think of any good way at the moment. Lv Buwei was very worried about it, and he called on the public to discuss it.
Someone said, "We know that Confucius has a good reputation because he wrote a book called Spring and Autumn Annals. Sun Wu became a general of the State of Wu because the King of Wu read the Art of War first. Why can't we write a book that is famous in the contemporary era and sets an example for future generations? "
Lv Buwei thought this method was very good, and ordered the public to organize people to write it immediately.
Lv Buwei had 3,000 followers at that time, and soon wrote 26 volumes 160 articles entitled "Lv Chunqiu". After writing, Lv Buwei ordered the full text to be copied and posted on the gate of Xianyang, and issued a notice: "Whoever can add or subtract one article or even change one will be rewarded with 1,200 gold."
4. Desperate look (Jing Ke)
The picture is ugly, pronounced tú qióng bǐ xiàn, and the picture is a map; Poor: exhausted; See: interchangeable words, the same as "now". In the end, the truth or intention is revealed.
Related story: At the end of the Warring States Period, Qin was very powerful. After the destruction of Zhao, Beiyan was hit hard and was in jeopardy. Yan Wangdan invited Jing Ke to assassinate the king of Qin and sent Qin Wuyang, a military commander, as Jing Ke's assistant. Jing Ke presented the head of Fan, the enemy of Qin State, and the map of Du Kang, Yan State, and hid a poisoned dagger in the map.
Jing Ke and Qin Wuyang went to the State of Qin and bribed the king of Qin to introduce them. The king of Qin was very happy and met them in Xianyang Palace. When he climbed the steps of the palace, Qin Wuyang was so nervous that Jing Ke left him outside.
After seeing the head of his enemy Fan, the King of Qin wanted to look at the map again. Jing Ke came to the king of Qin with a map. The king of Qin slowly unfolded the map and looked at it carefully. When the map came to an end, the dagger hidden inside was exposed.
Jing Ke quickly grabbed the sleeve of the king of Qin and stabbed him with a dagger. The king of Qin ran away, with Jing Ke chasing after him. At this time, the bodyguard of the king of Qin came here. Jing Ke was injured, so he threw the dagger at the king of Qin, but missed. Finally, Jing Ke was killed by the guards.
5. An armchair strategist (Zhao Kuo)?
An armchair strategist, pronounced zhǐshàng tán běng bθng, is an idiom in China, which means an armchair strategist. Metaphor is empty talk, which can't solve practical problems. It is also a metaphor that empty talk cannot become a reality.
Related story: During the Warring States Period, Zhao She, a general of the State of Zhao, defeated the invading Qin Jun and was promoted to Shangqing by King Huiwen of Zhao. He has a son named Zhao Kuo, who has been familiar with the art of war since childhood and loves to talk about military affairs. People often say that he is not. So I am proud and think the world is invincible.
However, Zhao She was very worried about him, thinking that he was just an armchair strategist, and said, "In the future, Zhao doesn't need him as a general. If you use him as a general, Zhao Jun will be defeated. "
Sure enough, in 259 BC, when he attacked again, Zhao insisted on resisting the enemy in Changping (now near Gaoping, Shaanxi Province). Zhao was already dead at that time. Lian Po is in charge of commanding the whole army. Although he is old, he still has a good way of fighting, which makes Qin Jun unable to win.
Knowing that it was not good for him to drag on, the State of Qin used double agents to send people to Zhao to spread the news of "General Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, which Qin Jun was most afraid of". The prince of Zhao was cheated and sent Zhao Kuo instead of Lian Po.
Zhao Kuo thought he was good at fighting, and moved all the articles in Sun Tzu's Art of War to the dead. After Changping, he completely changed Lian Po's battle plan. As a result, more than 400,000 Zhao troops were wiped out, and he himself was shot by Qin Jun.