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Stories of Classic Idioms 15

Classic idiom story 1 smell the chicken dancing

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Zu Ti in Jin Dynasty was an open-minded and ambitious person. But he was a naughty boy when he was a child and didn't like reading.

Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow in his sleep. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him, "Everyone else thinks it's unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night. I don't think so. How about we get up and practice swords when we hear chickens crow in the future? " Liu Kun readily agreed.

So every day after the rooster crows, he gets up to practice his sword, and the light of the sword flies and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring goes to winter, cold goes to summer, and it never stops. Hard work pays off, and after long-term hard study and training,

They finally became generalists who could write good articles and lead troops to win the battle. Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country. Liu Kun became the commander-in-chief in charge of military affairs in Hebei and Youzhou, and also gave full play to his literary talent and military talent.

Educational significance

This story comes from the Biography of Zu Ti in the Book of Jin. The idiom "smell the chicken and dance" describes how to work hard and cherish time, and also means that people with lofty ideals should cheer up in time.

Classic idiom story 2 cups of bow and snake shadow

It is said that one day, the county magistrate chēn Ying invited his subordinate Du Xuan to have a drink at home. The banquet was held in the hall, and they sat face to face. Chen Ying poured Du Xuan wine. There is a red bow hanging on the wall behind Du Xuan. Due to the refraction of light, the shadow of the bow is reflected on the glass of Du Xuan like a snake.

Du Xuan looked down at his cup, thinking that there was really a snake crawling inside, and suddenly he was startled. However, Chen Ying is his immediate superior, and the leader dare not stop drinking. Du Xuan had no choice but to grit his teeth, stomp his feet and bite the bullet and drink this glass of wine. When Chen Ying poured him more wine, after a while, Du Xuan said he was sorry and got up and left.

At home, Du felt more and more wrong. He felt that the snake he had just drunk seemed to wriggle in his stomach, and suddenly he felt chest tightness and abdominal pain. As a result, he was very ill, and it was difficult to eat and drink. Many doctors were invited to make a diagnosis at home, but they couldn't diagnose the cause and their condition didn't improve.

A few days later, Chen Ying came to Du Xuangu and asked him how he got sick. Du Xuan told about the snake in the cup when he was drinking that day. Chen Ying comforted him a few words and went home. He sat in the hall, recalling repeatedly why there was a snake in Du Xuan's cup.

Suddenly, the red bow hanging on the wall caught Chen Ying's attention. He immediately sat where Du Xuan sat that day and took a glass of wine. Sure enough, there is a bow shadow in the glass. At first glance, it really looks like a snake crawling. Now that Chen Ying understood what was going on, he immediately sent for Du Xuan, sat him where he had sat that day, let him carefully observe the shadow in the glass, and said to him, Lao Du, you said that the snake in the glass was just the reflection of the bow on the wall.

Du Xuan looked at it carefully, and it happened. The doubts in his heart disappeared at once, and the so-called illness soon recovered.

That's it, the cup bow snake shadow.

Classic Idiom Story 3 Idiom: Cockcrow and Dog Thief

Pinyin: j oming güu dào

Commentary: Ming: Call; Steal: steal. Refers to insignificant skills. It also means sneaking around.

Idiom story:

Meng Changjun, one of the four sons of Qi during the Warring States Period, raised more than 3,000 diners, each with a special talent. Once Meng Changjun is in trouble, diners will certainly help him out.

Zhao Haoqi of Qin always appreciated Meng Changjun's talent, so he sent someone to invite him to visit Qin. In order to repay the appreciation of the King of Qin, Meng Changjun gave a rare pure white fox skin as a gift. He hit it off with Qin, admired his talent very much, and wanted to worship him as prime minister. However, the king of Qin's love for Meng Changjun aroused the envy of the ministers of Qin, so many ministers spoke ill of Meng Changjun in front of the king of Qin. At first, the king of Qin ignored it, but ministers slandered him again and again, and finally Meng Changjun was placed under house arrest.

After Meng Changjun was placed under house arrest, he sent someone to ask Yan Fei, the favorite concubine of the King of Qin, for help. But Yan Fei said, "If Meng Changjun gives me a white fox hair like the emperor, I will find a way for him." After listening to Yanji's words, Meng Changjun could not help secretly complaining: "There is only a piece of white fox hair. Now where are you going to find another white fox hair? "

Just then, a diner said to Meng Changjun, "I have an idea. I'm sure I can get a white fox skin back by tomorrow. " That night, diners sneaked into the palace, barking like dogs to distract the guards, and successfully stole back the white fox skin that had been given to the king of Qin. Meng Changjun bought off Yin Fei with white fox skin, and Yin Fei put in a good word for Meng Changjun. Soon, the king of Qin released Meng Changjun.

Meng Changjun was afraid that the king of Qin would go back on his word temporarily, so as soon as he was released, he disguised himself and went to Hangu Pass on the border of Qin on a dark night. As long as he passes this pass, the king of Qin can't do anything about him. But now it's late at night, the city gate is closed, and there is no way to pass customs. Meng Changjun and his team were really anxious, and it was not until the crow opened the door. But what if we wait until dawn, afraid that the king of Qin will find out that they have escaped and send someone to chase them?

Just then, suddenly a diner opened his throat and learned to scream "oh-oh-oh". At that time, all the chickens in the city sang along. As soon as the soldiers guarding the city gate heard so many roosters crowing, they thought it was dawn and opened the city gate according to the regulations.

In this way, Meng Changjun and his party passed the Hangu Pass safely, left the State of Qin and returned to the State of Qi.

Classic idiom story 4 There was a great scholar in Jin Dynasty named Guo Xiang, whose name was Zi Xuan. When he was young, Guo Xiang was not only eager to learn, but also observed some phenomena in daily life, and then calmly thought about the truth. This makes him knowledgeable, and his analysis of things is often unique. So Guo Xiang was a very talented person when he was young.

Later, he devoted himself to the study of Laozi and Zhuangzi's theory and had a deep understanding of it. At that time, many people came here and asked him to go out to be an official, but he refused. He just spends his days studying or talking about philosophy with like-minded people. He believes that only in this way can we achieve eternal happiness and live a full and comfortable life. However, a few years later, the court sent someone to invite him again and again. He really couldn't refuse, so he agreed and became an assistant minister of the court.

When he arrived in Beijing, he was able to talk about everything clearly because of his rich knowledge. Besides, he is eloquent and likes to express his opinions very much, so whenever people listen to him, they feel with relish. At that time, there was a captain named Wang Yan who appreciated Guo Xiang's eloquence very much. He often praised Guo Xiang in front of others, saying, "Listening to Xiang Yu is like running a river." It means that listening to Guo Xiang is like an upside-down river that keeps pouring down and never dries up.

Later, according to Wang Yan's words, people derived the idiom "eloquent" to describe a person who is eloquent and eloquent.

Contains five classic idioms and stories. When I was young, I liked to study the art of war. Fan Zhongyan appreciated his talent and advised him: "Scholars have their own careers to do, so why talk about military affairs?" Zhang Zai devoted himself to study. Later, Zhang Zaizhong became a scholar and served as several local officials. Because he dared to speak out and offended the ruling minister, he resigned at the age of 49 and went back to his hometown to study.

The horizontal canal is a stagnant pool. Although Zhang Zai has some fields, his income is only enough to make ends meet, and he must scrimp and save, but he enjoys it and doesn't care at all. Every morning, he plunges into his study, closes the door, studies hard all day, thinks about problems often and forgets to eat and sleep. It's late at night, his wife and children are already asleep, and he's still thinking in bed. If you have income, get dressed, get up and start writing happily. Many young people come here from all directions to be teachers. Some students come from poor families and have no tuition fees. Instead, they subsidize their tea and rice and share joys and sorrows with them.

Zhang Zai said in an article: "The objective conditions of poverty, meanness and sadness can actually temper people's will and help you succeed."

"Jade is like jade" means to love jade and help you succeed.

Classic Idiom Story 6- Song Dynasty

Mi Fei, a famous painter and painter in Song Dynasty, lived a bohemian life, pretending to be crazy and selling stupidity, and was called Mi Dian. His paintings and calligraphy have a great influence on later generations.

It is said that Mifei likes to collect ancient precious calligraphy and painting, but the collection method is often deceptive. As long as he finds out who has ancient calligraphy and painting, he tries his best to borrow it, saying that it is ornamental, but it is actually copying. He can copy the original exactly, then return the copy to others and keep the original himself. Sometimes I borrow other people's rare ancient paintings, calligraphy and paintings, carefully copy them, and deliberately mix the original and the replica for others to choose. Because he copied it realistically, others often accept it as the original.

In addition to defrauding other people's calligraphy and painting treasures, Mifei also took heinous means to possess them. On one occasion, Mi Fei met Cai You, a calligraphy and painting collector, on the boat. Cai You showed him the original work of Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. He refused to let go as soon as he saw it. He must exchange a painting with Cai You. Cai You disagreed, begged and pestered, and finally threatened to throw himself into the river. Cai You had no choice but to agree to the exchange.

At that time, people disdained Mi Fei's possession of other people's calligraphy and painting by improper means, and thought it was theft and robbery. Su Shi also said in Postscript of the Second Rhyme of the Two Kings of Mi Fei: Whoever steals the past and seizes the present laughs like a fool.

In the past, people described rich and powerful people seeking other people's property. Now refers to the use of various methods to seek property.

Classic idiom story 7 Drink poison to quench thirst

Huoqiao in the Eastern Han Dynasty had great courage since childhood. When he was fifteen, his uncle Song Guang offended some powerful people by enforcing the law impartially. They falsely accused him of tampering with the imperial edict and put him in prison. Huoqiao knew that his uncle was honest and could not do such a thing, so he wrote to Liang Shang, the general, to defend his uncle. The letter said: "As a county magistrate, Song Guang has always been law-abiding in order to better serve the imperial court. How could he risk his life to tamper with the imperial edict? Isn't this the same thing that people eat aconite (a kind of herbal medicine, which is very toxic) to satisfy their hunger and drink bonito (poisonous wine soaked in bonito feathers) to quench their thirst? If it is, it has not yet entered the stomach, and it has already expired at the throat. How could he do that? "

Liang Shang read the letter and found it reasonable. He showed it to the emperor. Soon, Song Guang was acquitted.

The metaphor of "drinking poison to quench thirst" only cares about immediate interests and ignores its serious consequences.

Classic Idiom Story 8 Idiom: What goes around comes around.

Bopomofo

Interpretation: penetration: the rope that wears money; English: I'm full. There are as many crimes as threading a rope. It's time to accept punishment.

Idiom story:

At the end of Shang Dynasty, Shang Zhouwang's cruelty aroused people's great indignation. Even a vassal can't see that he doesn't look like the ruler of a country. At that time, there was a warlord named Ji Chang, who advocated benevolent governance and opposed the tyranny of Zhou Wang. Zhou Wang arrested him. Later, when his son Ji Fa ascended the throne, he joined the vassal against Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The army crossed the Yellow River and headed for Shangdu. In this place called Konoha, he fought a big battle with Zhou Wang's army. Because Ji Fa is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, won the hearts of the people, and the people gave great support, but the people hated Zhou Wang's army. As a result, Zhou Wang suffered a crushing defeat and finally set himself on fire, and the Shang Dynasty also perished.

Before leading the army to attack Zhou Wang, Ji Fa swore an oath to the whole army, enumerated all kinds of crimes committed by Shang Zhou, and said that the bad things that Shang Zhou had done had come to an end, and he had committed a heinous crime and should be punished. Call on everyone to work together in Qi Xin to eliminate pesticides for the people.

Classic idiom story 9 Stay away from home.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Xiangong listened to rumors, killed Prince Shen Sheng, and sent someone to arrest Shen Sheng's half-brother Zhong Er. After hearing this news, Zhong Er fled the State of Jin and went into exile for 19 years. After many hardships, Zhong Er came to the State of Chu. King Chu thought that Zhong Er would make great achievements in the future, so he greeted him with a gift from the monarch and treated him like a distinguished guest.

One day, the King of Chu gave a banquet in honor of Zhong Er. Two people drinking wine, chatting, the atmosphere is very harmonious. Suddenly, the king of Chu asked Zhong Er, "If one day you return to the State of Jin and become a monarch, how can you repay me?" Zhong Er thought for a moment and said, "Beautiful waitress, precious silk, Your Majesty, you have a lot of rare bird feathers, ivory leather and even more Chu. What rare things does Jin have for your majesty? " The king of Chu said, "You are too modest. Even so, you should show me something? " Zhong Er smiled and replied, "If thanks to you, I can really return to China to take power, and I am willing to get along with your country. If one day, Jin Chu goes to war, I will definitely order the troops to retreat first. If I can't get your forgiveness, I'll fight you again. "

Four years later, Zhong Er really returned to the State of Jin and became a monarch. This is the famous Jin Wengong in history. The state of Jin became stronger and stronger under his rule. In 633 BC, the two armies of Chu and Jin fought. In order to fulfill his promise, Jin Wengong ordered the troops to retreat 90 miles and stay in Chengpu. When Chu Jun saw that 8 Jin J was retreating, he thought the other side was afraid and immediately pursued it. The Jin army took advantage of the weakness of the Chu army's pride in underestimating the enemy, concentrated its forces and defeated the Chu army greatly, and won the battle of Chengpu.

The story comes from Zuo Zhuan Xi Gong Twenty-two Years.

Retreat three houses: house: in ancient times, marching meters took thirty miles as a house. Metaphor is not arguing with others or taking the initiative to make concessions.

Classic idiom story 10 can't sit still.

Explanation: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Lu held a frozen woman in his arms, with no intention of indecent assault. Describe the decent style of men in sexual relations.

Idiom Story: During the Warring States Period, Xun Kuang, a great thinker in Handan, wrote his immortal work Xunzi. In the outline, a vivid and touching story of "sitting with open arms" is told. The hero of the story is Liu Xiahui, a doctor in the State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period. He is a judge.

In the 26th year of Lu Xigong (634 BC), the State of Qi attacked the State of Lu, and he sent people to persuade the State of Qi to withdraw its troops, which was praised by Lu Xigong. At that time, Liu Xiahui was famous for paying attention to aristocratic manners. He was an aristocrat.

On one occasion, Liu Xiahui went to other places to handle affairs, which delayed the time to leave the city. At this time, the inn was full, so he had to spend the night under the gate. Soon, a beautiful young woman also came to spend the night under the city gate. Liu Xiahui saw this woman's thin clothes, and she was shivering with cold. Liu Xiahui was afraid that the woman would freeze to death, so she wrapped her in a cotton-padded coat until dawn, and there was nothing wrong with it. Since then, people have used "sitting without chaos" to describe men's noble sentiments and decent style in gender morality.

Once upon a time, there was a clever boy who was only ten years old. One day he went out to play alone and got lost in a forest. He walked for a long time and couldn't find his way home.

In the evening, the little boy was very hungry. He wants to eat the cake made by his mother, but he can't find his way home. How can he eat the cake made by his mother? So the clever boy drew a big cake on the ground with branches and ordered sesame seeds on it. The little boy looked at it as if he smelled the cake. He thought of the delicious cake he usually ate and the little boy, feeling that he was not particularly hungry. He walked along a path again. Soon, the little boy's parents found him, so the clever little boy went home and ate a very delicious cake.

The idiom "painting cakes to satisfy hunger" comes from this story. Nowadays, this metaphor is often used to comfort yourself with fantasy, or to show that a false name is useless.

A long time ago, a man bought a bottle of good wine, so he invited many friends to his house to drink. This bottle of wine is delicious, and everyone has a good time drinking it. When the last cup is left, everyone still wants to drink, but who can drink it?

So, someone thought of a way and said to everyone, "Well, let's have a game to draw snakes." Whoever draws first will be given the last glass of wine. "Everyone agreed and drew a snake on the ground. A person will draw it soon. Seeing that everyone was still painting, he said, "You haven't painted yet. Look, I still have time to add four feet to the snake! ""So he picked up the cup, drank it and drew it on the ground. Before he finished drawing four feet, a person finished drawing the snake, so he grabbed the glass in his hand and drank it dry. He said to him, "The snake has no feet, why did you draw four feet for him?" You are not drawing a snake now, so you can't drink this glass of wine! "

"gild the lily" is from this story.

This idiom has two meanings. One meaning is the same as self-defeating; I tried to show off my skills, but I ruined things. This is the case with the person in the story. He has drawn a snake, but he didn't drink to add four feet. Another meaning is similar to "making something out of nothing". Snakes have no feet, so there is no need to add four feet. So some people use "snake feet" to describe unnecessary things.

Cao Chong said that a long time ago, there was a clever boy named Cao Chong. Cao Chong's father is a big official.

One day, a foreigner gave him an elephant. He wanted to know how much the elephant weighed, so he said to his officials, "Try to weigh this elephant. I want to know how much it weighs. " This is a difficult thing. Elephants are the largest animals on land. How do you call it? His officials began to think hard. Without such a large scale, people didn't have the strength to lift elephants. What can we do? Everyone is worried about the elephant, and no one can figure out a way to call it.

At this time, a child ran out, stood in front of the adults and said, "I have an idea, I have an idea!" " When the officials saw that it was Cao Chong, they all thought, Hum! Adults can't think of any way. What can a five-year-old child do? And the elephant is so heavy, how can he think of a way to weigh it!

But don't look down on children, this little Cao Chong just has a way. He thought of a way that even adults couldn't figure out.

His father said, "You can speak quickly for everyone."

Cao Chong said, "I'll show it to you and you'll understand."

He had the elephant brought in and followed it to the river. His father and those officials were very surprised. Why did Cao Chong go to the river? Everyone wanted to see what he called an elephant, so they followed him to the river. There happened to be an empty big boat by the river. Cao Chong said, "Take the elephant on board."

When the elephant got on the boat, the boat sank a lot. Cao Chong said, "Draw a line next to the water as a mark." After marking, Cao Chong had the elephant brought ashore. At this time, when the ship was empty, it floated a lot.

Everyone watched, taking the elephant on the boat for a while, and taking it off the boat for a while, thinking, "What game is this child playing? How can he call an elephant like that? "

Next, Cao Chong had a lot of stones moved on the boat, and the boat slowly sank.

Cao Chong saw the ship's mark on the water and shouted, "All right, all right! Stop moving! " Have the stones removed from the ship piece by piece. At this time, everyone understood: the stone was loaded on the boat, the elephant was loaded on the boat, and the boat sank to the same marked place. At this time, the stone is as heavy as the elephant; Weigh these stones again and add up the weight of all the stones, which is the weight of the elephant.

Everyone says that this method looks simple, but if it weren't for Cao Chong to show it to everyone, adults would really be puzzled. All the officials and Cao Chong's father gave thumbs up and said, "Cao Chong is so smart!"

There was a great painter named Wen in the Northern Song Dynasty. He created the ink-bamboo freehand brushwork with deep ink as the face and light ink as the back when painting bamboo leaves, and created the ink-bamboo painting school, which had a far-reaching influence on later painting circles.

Great efforts have been made to write and draw bamboo. In order to draw bamboo well, he planted all kinds of bamboo in front of and behind his house. Whether it is spring, summer, autumn and winter, rain or shine, he often goes to the bamboo forest to observe bamboo and record its growth in different seasons. When he is inspired, he lays paper and grinds ink and draws the impression of bamboo on paper. Over time, various images of bamboo in different seasons, different weather and different time periods were deeply imprinted in his mind. As long as he concentrates on writing and stands in front of the painting, the bamboos of different shapes observed on weekdays seem to be shaking in front of his eyes. Therefore, every time he draws bamboo, he seems very calm and confident, and all the bamboos he draws are lifelike. But whenever people praised him, he always said modestly, "I just painted the mature bamboo in my heart."

Cao Xueqin, a poet, has a good study of Wen Heke's paintings. He wrote a poem with two sentences: "When you can draw bamboo, you have a good idea."

Now people use the idiom "have answers" to mean that they are fully prepared before doing things and are very sure of their success; It also means calm, very calm.

Li Bai was a famous poet in Tang Dynasty. It is said that when he was young, he made slow progress in reading and became impatient. One day, when he went out to play, he saw an old woman squatting by the stream, grinding on a stone with an iron bar. Li Bai felt very strange and asked, "What are you doing, old woman?" The old woman did not look back, while grinding her iron bar, she replied, "I am grinding an embroidery needle!" " Li Bai was even more surprised and asked, "Can such a thick iron bar be ground into an embroidery needle?" "The old woman said," If I grind today and tomorrow, the iron bar will only get thinner and thinner, even if I can't grind the embroidery needle! "Listen to the old woman, li bai as if suddenly enlighted. From then on, he worked hard and really became a very talented person.

"Grinding into needles" comes from this story. This idiom shows that as long as you work hard, you will succeed. Therefore, it is often said: "As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is ground into a needle."

Stealing a clock to plug your ears-deceiving yourself.

A man wants to steal a clock. The clock is too big for him to carry or carry. What shall we do? He thought it would be better to smash the clock and carry the broken copper and iron home piece by piece, so he raised his hammer and smashed it. I didn't expect the bell to jingle, which startled him. Afraid of being heard, cover your ears with your hands, thinking that you can't hear the bell, and no one else can hear it.

Stealing the Clock comes from this story. "Stealing" means "stealing". The story says "stealing a clock" and the idiom says "stealing a clock" have the same meaning. Some people do bad things and try their best to cover them up, thinking that they are smart, but others will never know that this attempt to deceive others is just deceiving themselves, which can be said to be "stealing the bell."

Classic idiom story 12: extremes meet. Reverse: transform to the opposite side. When things get to the extreme, they will change in the opposite direction.

Idiom story: Wu Zhao is the queen of Tang Gaozong. After the death of Emperor Gaozong, she came to the court to listen to politics. Soon after, he abolished Zhongzong and changed his name to Zhou. She also calls herself Zetian, and we generally call her Wu Zetian. When she came to the court to listen to politics, Prince Zhongzong had grown up and could handle the affairs of the country, but the Emperor of Heaven still refused to let go. At that time, many ministers were very dissatisfied and wrote to stop it; One of the ministers, Su Anheng, also went to play a book to advise the emperor.

The recital said: "The prince is very old now, and his talents and virtues are good, but you still covet the throne of the emperor and forget the mutual affection between mother and son." Time can't delay you. I thought that God and the people were inclined to the Li family. Although you are still sitting safely in the emperor's seat, you must always know a truth, and things will be reversed when they are full! " There is a saying in Guanzi that "extremes meet, and life is called a cycle", that is to say, when something goes to extremes, it will definitely change and produce completely different results.

Son, this is an exhortation, which means enough is enough, not too much, which is the same as throwing out the container when it is full.

If a person is too greedy, he will be accused of "extremes meet" for the sake of status and wealth. In fact, this sentence also contains a little jealousy.

Classic Idiom Story 13 The fox rings the bell and makes a bonfire

Canon out shiji Chen She family.

Bobby Chen (? -208 BC), the word involved, Yangcheng, Chu. One of the leaders of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty, together with Guangwu, led the troops in osawa Township (now southwest of Suzhou, Anhui Province) and became the vanguard of the anti-Qin army.

At the end of Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Guangwu were arrested for being soldiers, but their trip was delayed by heavy rain, so they had to revolt. Before starting the army, Chen Sheng asked the fortune teller to calculate a divination, write "Chen" on white silk and stuff it into the fish's stomach. In the middle of the night, he built a bonfire with bamboo in the ancient temple, imitating the fox's "Chen" to create momentum for the uprising, and the next day he rebelled and established the Zhang Chu regime.

The latter refers to the measures taken by troublemakers to mobilize the masses. The same as The Fox's Fishing Classic.

The classic idiom story 14 The story of chicken dancing and its enlightenment

Smell the story of chicken dancing

Zu Ti in Jin Dynasty was an open-minded and ambitious person. But he was a naughty boy when he was a child and didn't like reading. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve his country without studying, so he began to study hard. He read widely and studied history carefully, so he began to study hard. He read widely and studied history carefully, from which he learned a wealth of knowledge and made great progress. He has been in and out of Luoyang, Kyoto for many times, and people who have contacted him say that Zu Ti is a talented person who can assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was recommended as a lawyer, but he didn't agree. He still studies tirelessly.

Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kunyi became the main book of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings. They not only share the same bed, but also have a common lofty ideal: to make contributions, revitalize the state of Jin and become a pillar of the country.

Cock crow and practice sword-diligence and self-discipline

Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow in his sleep. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him, "Everyone else thinks it's unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night. I don't think so. How about we get up and practice swords when we hear chickens crow in the future? " Liu Kun readily agreed. So every day after the rooster crows, he gets up to practice his sword, and the light of the sword flies and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring goes to winter, cold goes to summer, and it never stops. Many things happen. After long and arduous study and training, they finally became generalists who can write good articles and lead troops to win the battle. Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country. Liu Kun became the commander-in-chief in charge of military affairs in Hebei and Youzhou, and also gave full play to his literary talent and military talent.

Enlightenment from the smell of chicken dancing

The idiom "smell the chicken and dance" describes energetic and promising, and also means that people with lofty ideals should cheer up in time.

Classic Idiom Story 15 Steal the bell from the ear

Literally, the meaning of this idiom is easy to understand: cover your ears and steal the clock, thinking that you can't hear it, and no one else can hear it. This leads to the metaphor that you deceive yourself. You should try to cover up what you can't.

Stealing the ear bell comes from a fable recorded in Lu's Spring and Autumn Self-knowledge. The original text describes it like this: "Fan's death also means that the clock-snatcher is leaving. Then the clock is too big to be negative, it will be destroyed by vertebrae, and the clock will ring. I'm afraid people will smell it and take it away from me. I will slap my ears and the wicked will smell it. If you are evil, you will hear it yourself. " It vividly describes that when Fan, a doctor of the State of Jin, died, a common people got a clock and wanted to take it away, but the clock was too big to take away. So he hit the clock with a hammer and made a loud noise. People are afraid of being heard, so they come with him to grab the clock and cover their ears quickly. Fear of being heard is normal; But it is ridiculous to cover your ears and think that others can't hear you.

From the origin of the story, the earliest meaning of stealing a clock is actually stealing a clock. I don't know why the clock finally evolved into a clock. We can all use our imagination and guess.

The hero in this story looks ridiculous, but while we are laughing, have we ever wondered whether the same story happened to us? If you pretend you don't know what you did wrong, deceive yourself, just like the hero in the story. If we want to be wise in life, we might as well read this story often.

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