Jiang Ziya's idiom story: He who wishes takes the bait.

1. Jiang Taigong is fishing by the Weihe River. He fished three feet above the water with a straight hook without bait. According to common sense, he couldn't catch any fish at all, but he happened to meet King Wen and thought he was a wizard, so he reused him.

Nowadays, in real life, the use of this idiom (now used as an idiom) has been an extension beyond the original intention. For example, the winning rate of the first prize in the lottery is really too low, but people who buy it are all going for the first prize. From the perspective of lottery sellers, it can be said that selling lottery tickets is "fishing too much, and those who are willing to take the bait".

For another example, some people who buy lottery tickets only buy one or several numbers that they think are lucky. He is full of confidence in these figures, and some people persist in infatuation for several years. He said, "I'm a squire who fishes and wants to take the bait."

2. Due to punctuality, Jiang Shang set up a hook to catch fish in the Weihe River, three feet above the water without bait, and said to himself, "The unlucky person will take the bait!"

Interpretation of "squire", that is, Jiang Shang in the early Zhou Dynasty, also known as Jiang Ziya. Jiang Taigong fished with a hook instead of bait. If he wanted to fish, he would fish by himself. Metaphor is willing to trap yourself.

Taigong, surnamed Jiang, whose name is Lu Shang, is the minister who assisted and destroyed Shang. When he was not reused by King Wen, he lived in seclusion in a place near Weishui, Shaanxi. Li Na was an area ruled by Ji Chang (Zhou Wenwang), the leader of the Zhou Dynasty. He hopes to arouse Ji Chang's attention to himself and build his own achievements.

Taigong often hangs a clock by Fanxi. Most people fish with a hook, followed by a bait, and then sink into the water to lure the fish into taking the bait. But Taigong's hook is straight, there is no bait on it, it does not sink into the water, and it is three feet away from the water. As he held the fishing rod high, he said to himself, "Fish that don't want to live, if you want, take the bait yourself!"

One day, a woodcutter came to the stream and saw Taigong fishing with a straight hook on the water without bait. He said to him, "Old man, you can't catch a fish in 100 years!" "

Taigong raised his fishing rod and said, "To tell you the truth! I don't want to catch fish, but I want to catch the king and the marquis! "

Taigong's peculiar fishing method finally spread to Ji Chang. When Ji Chang found out, he sent soldiers to call him. But the squire ignored the soldiers and only cared about fishing by himself, saying to himself, "Fishing, fishing, fish don't bite, shrimp make trouble!" " "

After listening to the soldier's report, Ji Chang sent officials to invite the squire. However, Taigong still didn't answer. He said while fishing: "Fishing, fishing, big fish don't bite, small fish don't make trouble!" " "

Ji Chang realized that the fisherman must be a talent and should invite him personally. So I ate vegetarian food for three days, took a shower and changed clothes, and went to Fanxi to hire Taigong with a generous gift. Seeing that he sincerely hired himself, Taigong agreed to work for him.

Later, Jiang Shang assisted King Wen to build a prosperous country, and also helped Ji Fa, the son of King Wen, to destroy the business, and was made a marquis by King Wu in the State of Qi, thus realizing his desire to make contributions.