There are many stories about tigers in the history of China, including many stories in the four classical novels of ancient China. For example, in the Water Margin, Song Wu killed a tiger, which is well known, and Li Kui jy avenged his mother and killed four tigers, which was talked about by later generations. In fact, there are many metaphors related to tigers in ancient China, which are thought-provoking. Here are two examples:

One or three people make up a tiger.

Legend has it that Pang Cong, the minister of Wei, will accompany Wang Wei to Zhao as a hostage. Before he left, he said to Wang Wei, "Now someone says there are tigers in the market. Can you believe it? "

Wei Wangdao: "I don't believe it. How can a tiger appear in the street for no reason? Absolutely impossible. Pang Cong added, "If a second person says there are tigers in the market, can your majesty believe it?" "Wang Daowei:" Really, there is a saying that there is no smoke without fire. "

Pang cong added, "if a third person says there are tigers in the market, will your majesty believe it?" Wei Wangdao: "I believe it this time. It is possible for one or two people to tell lies, but so many people are unlikely to tell lies. Of course I will believe them. "

Pang Cong said: "It is clear that there will be no tigers in the market, but after three people said it, it seems that there really are tigers. Now Handan, the capital of Zhao, is far away from Wan Li, the capital of Wei, and there are more than 10 million streets in the two countries. I'm afraid my prince and I will talk about more than the three of us after we are far away from the king. I hope the king can see it clearly. "

Wei Wangdao: "I understand what you said. I know what you said. You can go safely. " But as soon as the prince left, there were indeed too many people slandering the prince and Pang Cong. A few years later, when Pang Cong accompanied the prince back to Zhao, Wang Wei didn't summon them again. The prince also completely fell out of favor and lost the right to inherit the throne.

From this historical story, we can easily find that rumors seem simple and can't stand any scrutiny, but after people's repetition, they will disturb a person's normal thinking to a great extent. Even if you take careful precautions, sometimes you will inevitably be caught.

Second, the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs.

Now people often use this sentence to express their dissatisfaction, but this sentence also has a source. According to legend, after Sima Yantong established the Jin Dynasty in 1913, he thought that the reason for the demise of the Cao Dynasty was that he did not make good use of his relatives' children, so he rewarded his relatives and friends greatly, resulting in too much power in their hands. In the end, the rebellion broke out in Eight-Nation Alliance, and the rulers declined, and were finally destroyed by the Huns. The Huns captured Sima Ye, the last emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Sima Ye was escorted to Pingyang, namely Linfen, Shanxi and Switzerland. He was insulted by the Huns. He has to wear a servant's Tsing Yi to pour wine for everyone at the banquet, and he is also responsible for cleaning up the dishes and other miscellaneous things after the banquet. The former ministers and people of the Jin Dynasty shed tears when they saw that their former monarch was now down and out here. However, the Huns were still worried that Sima Ye would organize people to resist in the future, and finally killed him who was only 18 years old.

Later, people often used the phrase "a dragon swims with a shallow tail and a tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by a dog" to describe that a person who is either rich or expensive is unlucky because of an careless move and is bullied by young people.