There is a man who lives alone in western Vietnam. He built a hut with reeds and thatch and lived in it. He also reclaimed a small piece of wasteland, planted some crops with his own hands, and put down food to support himself. After a long time, beans, rice, salt and cheese can be self-sufficient and do not depend on anyone. He tills the fields every day and goes out for a walk in his spare time, but he is also very comfortable.
But one thing worries him is that rats are a disaster. I don't know where it came from, but a bunch of mice multiplied in a short time. During the day, they run around the house in groups, jumping up and down between the beams, creaking and breaking a lot of things. At night, mice make more noise. They got into the cupboard, jumped on the table and ran into the box. They bite everything they see, biting a lot of clothes and utensils. Stealing food doesn't count. They drag the food back to the hole and enjoy it slowly. This "click-click" noise often lasts all night, leaving the man with poor sleep and no spirit during the day. He tried many methods to treat mice, such as using drugs and trapping, but there was no particularly effective method. Men are more and more annoyed with mice, more and more angry and extremely distressed.
One day, the man was drunk and sleepy as hell. He stumbled home with the intention of having a good sleep. But as soon as his head touched the pillow, he heard the mouse squeak. He was really sleepy and didn't want to dispute with the mouse, so he wrapped the quilt on it and turned over to go back to sleep. But the mouse refused to give up easily, got into the quilt and opened his mouth to chew. The man slapped the quilt hard, hoping to drive the mouse away before going to bed. After a quiet moment, he suddenly smelled a disgusting smell. When he touched the pillow, it turned out to be a pile of mouse urine! He couldn't stand being tortured by rats in such a different way, and a wave of anger welled up in his heart. With the strength of wine, he turned out of bed, held a torch and burned mice everywhere. The house was originally built of thatch, and the fire quickly spread. Rats were burned to death and ran around. The fire got bigger and bigger, and finally all the mice were killed, but the house was also burned down.
The next day, the man woke up and found nothing. He is homeless, and it's too late to regret it.
The story of burning deer to kill rats reminds people that when something happens, we must calmly analyze it and come up with a comprehensive solution. If you act rashly on impulse, you will only lose more than you gain.
Abandon the pen and join the army-abandon the pen and join the army
This idiom comes from the biography of Ban Chao in the later Han Dynasty.
Ban Chao was born in Pingling, Fufeng County, Eastern Han Dynasty (northwest of Xianyang County, Shaanxi Province). When he was young, he was ambitious, resourceful, eloquent and read a lot of books. Ban Chao's father, Ban Biao, and his brother, Ban Gu, are both very famous historians, and the famous history book Hanshu was compiled by them.
In 62 AD (the fifth year of Han Yongping), Ban Gu was called to Luoyang by Liu Zhuang, Ming Di, and became a famous scribe. Ban Chao and his mother followed. At that time, because the family was not rich, Ban Chao found a job copying books for the regime to earn money to support his family.
However, Ban Chao is a man with lofty aspirations. After a long time, he is no longer willing to do this boring copying work. One day, when he was writing, he suddenly felt bored and distressed, so he slammed his pen on the ground and sighed:
"Men are courageous people, even if there is no other ambition, also want to learn the meson push and Zhang Qian, meritorious service outside. How can they spend a long time copying things for others? ! "
Hearing this, people around him laughed at his whimsy. Ban Chao lamented: "How can a mediocre person understand the ambition of a strong person!"
Later, the emperor sent troops to fight against the Xiongnu attack, and Ban Chao joined the army. He bravely killed the enemy, defeated the Huns and made great achievements.
In 73 AD, Ban Chao went to the Western Regions. With wit and courage, he overcame many difficulties, contacted dozens of countries in the western regions, broke the right-hand man of the Huns, maintained the relative social and economic stability in the Han Dynasty, and promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the western regions and the mainland.
Ban Chao stayed in the Western Regions for thirty-one years. He made outstanding contributions to the border security at that time and the friendly exchanges between the people of the East and the West.
"Joining the army with a pen" refers to the action of abandoning literature to join the army, joining the battlefield, making contributions to the country and displaying their ambitions.
The fire at the city gate harmed the fish in the moat-in the chaos, innocent bystanders got into trouble because of the misfortune of others; Caught in crossfire
This idiom comes from "Northern Qi Dynasties". For the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Liang Dynasty ",but they were afraid that the death of Chu would delay the trees, the city gate would catch fire, and the fish in the pool would be affected. The people of Jiang, Huai, Jing and Yang died under the stone and in the fog.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a general named Hou Jing in the Northern Eastern Wei Dynasty, who lived in Henan and had 100,000 troops. Because of disagreement with Gao Cheng, the son of Gao Huan, the great prime minister, he betrayed the Eastern Wei Dynasty and surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty in Wuding five years (AD 547). Gao Cheng sent Han Gui to crusade against Hou Jing, and Hou Jing surrendered to Nanliang for fear of being cut off from the Western Wei Dynasty.
Many ministers in the Liang Dynasty thought that Hou Jing was capricious and could not accept his surrender, which damaged the friendly relations with the Eastern Wei Dynasty. But 84-year-old Liang Wudi thought it was a symbol of reunifying the country, accepted Hou Jing's surrender and made him king of Henan.
In August this year, Liang Wudi sent Xiao Yuanming to lead an army against the Eastern Wei Dynasty. In September, Xiao Yuanming's army approached Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu). In November, Gao Chengpai Gao Yue and Murong Shaozong led an army to rescue Cheng Peng, and Du Bi was appointed as the military strategist of the rescue army. Murong Shaozong lured Xiao Yuanming to pursue by luring the enemy in depth, and then ambushed Xiao Yuanming alive. Tens of thousands of people fled from Liang Jun.
After the victory, the military commander Du Bi wrote an article to Liang Chao. The article said: "The emperor and prime minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty were determined to quell the war, so they made peace with the Southern Dynasties for many years. Now Hou Jing has a rebellious heart. First he took refuge in the Western Wei Dynasty, and then he said all the good things and took refuge in the Liang Dynasty. However, the officials and ministers of the Liang Dynasty actually gloated, forgot their morality, colluded with traitors, and broke off friendly relations with neighboring countries. A scumbag like Hou Jing will make waves whenever he gets a chance. I'm afraid that the monkeys of Chu will escape, the disaster will spread to the trees in the forest, the gates of Song State will catch fire, and the fish in the pond will be implicated, which will make the officials and people in Jianghuai Valley, Jingzhou and Yangzhou suffer from war. ......"
As Du Biwen said, in August of the following year, Hou Jing launched a rebellion, which led to many years of political turmoil in the Liang Dynasty, and the people suffered from war.
This idiom means that the city gate is on fire, people use the water in the moat to put out the fire, the water dries up and the fish is dragged to death. It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a kind of fish in the pond in Song State, which lived near the city gate. Once the city gate caught fire, the fire spread to his house, and the jade in the pool was burned to death. ) metaphor innocent suffering.
Aili steamed food
"Steamed pear" is an uncommon idiom. The story of "Steamed Pear" was a long time ago. There is a family named Ai. The pears they grow are big and sweet, so many people buy Ai's pears. However, some people steam the pears that love their family and spoil the good pears.
It means: some people are ungrateful and use good things in inappropriate places, thus ruining good things.