During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a man named Lu Yu in the state of Wei. He is the youngest son of Lu Zhi, a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Lu Yu is honest and knowledgeable, and Wei Wendi promoted him as his assistant. After three years in office, Lu Yu gave many good suggestions to Wei Mingdi and Cao Rui. Wei Mingdi was unhappy at first, but later he was promoted to an official.

Then, Wei Mingdi asked Lu Yu to recommend someone similar to himself to take over the position of waiter, and Lu Yu recommended Zheng Chong. Wei Mingdi said: I know Zheng Chong without your recommendation. Please choose another person I don't know. Lu Yu chose Wu Han and Sun as prime ministers. Later, Wei Wendi chose Sun Yong as his assistant.

Once, Wei Mingdi said to Lu Yu, "Whether you can get a man depends on Lu Sheng. Don't draw cakes with fame in the election, and don't call names (meaning: whether the country can produce talents depends on you. When selecting talents, don't just look at those famous people. Fame is like a cake painted on the ground.

Lu Yu replied: "You can't get really talented people by fame, you can only find ordinary talents. I think a good way is to evaluate them and see if they are really talented. Now that the examination law has been abolished, it depends on the rise and fall of reputation. "

Wei Mingdi adopted Lu Yu's opinion, ordered the formulation of examination law, and adopted the method of combining recommendation and examination to use talents, which was praised by people.

Later, "Don't make a cake with a name and a vivid picture during the election, and don't spit it out." It is extended to the idiom "painting cakes to satisfy hunger".

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Draw cakes with Chinese characters to satisfy hunger.

Pronunciation Hu à b ǐ ng ch not ng j: and

Explain hunger: alleviate hunger; Draw cakes to satisfy hunger. Metaphor is nominal and impractical, and it is also a metaphor for masturbating with fantasy.

The source is Chen Jinshou's Biography of the Three Kingdoms Shu Wei Lu Yu: "Don't make cakes with picturesque names during the election."

Use linkage; As subject, predicate and object; Metaphor is to comfort yourself or deceive others with fantasy.

It's no use looking at plums to quench your thirst and calling geese soup.

The antonym is worthy of the name.

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