Every day, he talks nonsense and praises in every way. Ming Lanling Xiao Xiaosheng "Jin Ping Mei" Chapter sixty-two Thorns

Pointing at the mulberry tree, cursing the locust tree. A metaphor for scolding this person on the surface is actually scolding that person.

Used as subject, predicate and adverbial; Used for speaking and writing.

Structural connection

Synonyms refer to scolding dogs, beating about the bush, and taking advantage of topics.

The antonym is outspoken, straightforward and abusive.

With rhyming words, Wu Wen was all-rounder and Wang Zuocai was skinny, followed by ordinary people. They only heard the stairs ringing, but no one came down. They showed off to first frost, clean and good-looking, and diamond cut diamond met a good talent. ......

ancient times

The riddle points to the mulberry tree and curses the locust tree.

Two-part allegorical saying scolds bald donkeys in front of monks.

On Jia Zheng's birthday, Xia eunuch came to report to Jia Zheng's court and learned that he was named a virtuous princess. When the good news came, the Jia family was jubilant, but only Baoyu turned a deaf ear. He missed Daiyu and came back. Jia Lian picked up Daiyu and saw Feng. Xi- feng confided the secret to her family, and people complained about her.

For example, among all these housekeepers in our family, which one is easier to entangle? If you make a mistake, they will joke, and if you make a mistake, they will complain. A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Qingxue Qin (16)

Examples of idioms

But gradually, the other party is pushing her luck, and she won't let us use the toilet, which makes her water spend more money. If she uses a little more, she scolds her children.

◎ Huang is cursing outside. She has long been used to it, deliberately making her anxious and wasting her saliva. The more she talks, the more she is going to consume it in the bathroom.

◎ But my wife is still not at ease. She puts her pockets today, rummages through drawers tomorrow, beats her husband every three rooms, criticizes others, beat about the bush, pesters others, and draws eyeliner, leaving the driver at a loss.

◎ If the defendant Wu Xx (female, 3 1 year-old) lost two chickens, she suspected that they were stolen by Zhou Xx, a female member of the production team, so she criticized Zhou Xx near Zhou Zhai.

An idiom story that refers to mulberry cursing. 2. Smart people are seduced by the police. Just coping, taking risks and being tactful.

To annotate ...

(1) big ling small, police lure ling, above; Seduce, seduce. If a powerful party wants to subdue a weak one, it should be induced by warning. (2) Just reacting, taking risks and going smoothly, with the coach in the middle, there will be subordinate reactions, and there will be difficulties but no disasters.

meaning

In the military, there are many ways to rectify military discipline, and "pointing fingers at mulberry and cursing trees" is one of them. On the one hand, we use various political and diplomatic means to put pressure on them and cooperate with military actions. For the weak side, use warnings and inducements to let them lose without fighting. For the powerful party, you can also use the method of shocking mountains and tigers to deter him; On the other hand, as the leader of the army, we should be resolute and vigorous, like a mountain. Only in this way can the soldiers be mobilized and the momentum is like a rainbow. Therefore, this method is sometimes used to eliminate individual bad examples in the army and deal with them severely, thus scaring off all soldiers.

Strategic analysis

"Talking at mulberry trees" means talking at mulberry trees. Metaphor is to scold this person on the surface, but in fact it is to scold that person and use the topic. It means that the generals in the army should catch some suspicious soldiers and appease them. We can neither force them to rebel, nor make them doubt with inducements. They can only say that things are other people's problems, and there is a knife hidden in their words, secretly warning them to let their subordinates listen to their commands. This is a good way to control subordinates. This plan is one of the 36 merged plans.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi, used this tactic to subdue Lu and Song, who coexisted with him at that time. He first led the soldiers of Qi State to capture the weak Sui State, making the king of Lu afraid and afraid to compete with Qi State, and immediately made amends and made peace. When the King of Song saw the alliance between Lu and Qi, he was in a very dangerous situation. In order to defend the country and the people, he can only compromise and bow down. Sui and truffles are like mulberry trees and locust trees. Guan Zhong, in the same phase, attacked Sui, and got a win-win situation in which Lu and Song surrendered without fighting.

In history and unofficial history's records, celebrity ancestors have already sublimated this curse into an elegant art. In contrast, in today's society, "pointing at mulberry trees" has become a political skill. Especially in politics and business, it has the deterrent effect of killing chickens as an example and shocking mountains and tigers. At the same time, it has set a trap before, waiting for others to jump. Take this opportunity to make suspicious subordinates submit to themselves, so as to dispatch troops smoothly.

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Cut Zhuang Jia.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin led an army to invade the border of Qi, causing the State of Qi to lose several cities. At the same time, Yan also took this opportunity to invade Qi, leaving Qi in a position of being caught between Scylla and Charybdis.

Qi Jinggong decided to send troops to the war. He appointed Tian Rangcha as the general, led troops to attack the allied forces of Jin and Yan, and sent his favorite courtier Zhuang Jia as the army supervisor. After that, Mao He agreed to meet at the gate of the military camp at noon the next day.

The next day, Mao came to the camp early in the morning and ordered his men to install the benchmark and drip tray of the timer. As soon as the appointed time arrives, we will immediately announce the military orders and get ready to go. However, Zhuang Jia didn't arrive, so he sent his troops to invite Zhuang Jia. They went back and forth, but Zhuang Jia was still missing. Mao was angry, but he and the soldiers waited patiently at the gate of the camp. At about dusk, Zhuang Jia came unsteadily and drunk.

She asked Zhuang Jia angrily, "Dr. Zhuang, why don't you meet at the gate of the camp at the appointed time?"

Spat and said dryly, "General Tian, think about it. I don't know when we will come back from this expedition. My relatives and friends gave me a farewell dinner, and I had to sell my face for entertainment. "

Hearing this, I was furious. He can't stand it. In front of all the soldiers, he roared to Zhuang Jia: "As an important minister of the country, you are responsible for supervising the army, but you only care about your family and ignore national affairs. You can't tell which is more important." Laughing disapprovingly, he said, "General Tian doesn't have to make a fuss about such a trivial matter." With his position as a confidant of the King of Qi, Zhuang Jia didn't care about Mao at all. Zhuang Jia never imagined, however, that in front of all the soldiers, he asked the law enforcement officers what to do if they delayed the March for no reason. Law enforcement officers should be punished according to the legal system. Hearing this, Tian Rangcha immediately ordered his men to win Zhuang Jia on the spot. Zhuang Jia trembled with fear and knelt down for mercy. Zhuang Jia's followers saw the terrible thing, and immediately slipped away quietly and rushed into the palace to ask Qi Jinggong for help. But before Qi Jinggong sent someone to arrive, Mao had ordered Zhuang Jia to be beheaded.

When the soldiers of the whole army saw that Mao had killed the king's favorite, they all turned blue with fear and admired Mao from the bottom of their hearts. No one dares to expect anything, and dare not disobey military orders.

At this time, the special envoy sent to rescue went straight into the barracks and ordered Mao to release immediately with the order. The hair doesn't change color, and calmly answers, "Your life will not be affected!" "

Seeing that the people sent by Qi Jinggong were arrogant and reckless, they turned a blind eye to strict military discipline, so they called the law enforcement officers and asked without hesitation, "What should be done according to military law in horse racing in important military camps?"

The law enforcement officer replied: "It is reasonable to say that it should be beheaded!" As soon as I heard this, I panicked. I immediately put away my arrogance, my face was livid and I was afraid.

However, as always, she said unhurriedly: "The two armies are at war and come without killing! What's more, you don't have to kill someone sent by the king. "

The envoy listened, and a hanging heart finally fell down. So he ordered to kill the followers and the left horses of the three carriages, and cut off the wooden pillars on the left side of the carriage as an example. Then let Xu go back to Qi Jinggong.

Because of strict military discipline, all the soldiers in the army understand what military orders look like, which greatly improves the combat effectiveness of the army. When Jin Heyan heard the news, he was so scared that he quickly withdrew his troops and did not dare to be enemies with Qi again.

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The prince of Wu lost his love for Ji.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, He Lv, the king of Wu, read Sun Wu's book The Art of War at that time and admired him very much. He immediately summoned Sun Wu.

When the prince of Wu met Sun Wu, he praised his excellent art of war. Few people in the world can match him. I hope I can take this opportunity to demonstrate it in person and show myself. Sun Wu readily promised to let the prince find a few people casually, saying that he wanted to practice on the spot for the prince. Hearing this, the prince of Wu found it impossible. To this end, the prince of Wu is determined to embarrass Sun Wu.

So the king of Wu ordered 180 beautiful women to be summoned from the harem. As soon as the beautiful women arrived at the school's military field, they saw colorful flags fluttering and gongs and drums playing, which was really beautiful. They thought it was for them to come out and play, laughing and playing there, and ignored Sun Wu at all. Sun Wu ordered the 180 beautiful women to be organized into two teams, and ordered the two beloved princesses of the prince of Wu to be the captains of the two teams respectively. But the two beloved princesses of the prince of Wu knew what Sun Wu was going to do. They just thought it was fun and they should come down.

After a period of practice, these beautiful women were finally arranged into two teams. Sun Wu was in no hurry and patiently explained the essentials of queuing practice to this 180 beautiful women. After the confession, I ordered the servants to put the instruments of torture next to them, and then solemnly told these concubines of the prince of Wu: training is no joke! Do as you are told, and don't be careless. Anyone who violates military orders will be dealt with according to military law!

But these beauties of the prince of Wu didn't take Sun Wu's words to heart. They are all the favorite concubines of the prince of Wu. Who dares to break ground in the traditional era? So everyone thought that Sun Wu was pretending to scare them. Just then, Sun Wu ordered people to beat drums, and the drill began.

Sun Wu is serious, as if he were really training. He ordered 180 beautiful women to turn right, but none of them moved. Instead, they laughed and turned a deaf ear to Sun Wu's orders.

Sun Wu was still not angry. He turned to the king of Wu and said, "It was the late general who didn't explain the main points of the action just now. This is his fault." So, Sun Wu took pains to explain the essentials of action in detail, fearing that the beautiful women would not understand, he asked again, and the beautiful women all agreed to understand. Sun Song sighed, and commanded the girls.

When the drums sounded again, Sun Wu ordered all the beautiful women to turn left. This time, the situation is worse than the last time. None of the beautiful women listened to the order, and they laughed more licentiously than last time. The prince of Wu, who stood by, saw this scene and found it very interesting. Mr. Sun Wu, who impressed everyone, had no choice but to take care of his concubines. That is really an anecdote in the world!

At this time, Sun Wu's face had already sunk, and he told the beautiful women on the tinker in a stern tone: "If the action essentials are not clearly explained, it is the general's responsibility, but if the general explains clearly and the soldiers do not obey orders, it is the soldier's responsibility. According to the military law, those who violate military orders will be beheaded, and those who fail to lead the team will be punished first. Pull out the two captains and behead them! "

Hearing Sun Wu's remarks, the prince of Wu, who watched with great interest, immediately panicked and asked Sun Wu at a loss, hoping to spare his two beloved princesses. Sun Wu told the king of Wu directly and clearly: "Since the king of Wu appreciates his talent and wants to practice Sun Tzu's art of war, he should try his best to practice it according to the military law." When the prince of Wu saw Sun Wu say this, he had no choice but to listen to Sun Wu's arrangement.

As a result, the prince of Wu's two love princesses were beheaded and made public, scaring other beautiful women out of their wits and turning pale.

Sun Wu did not stop because of this, and ordered to continue practicing. He made two beautiful women in the front row captain, and the whole audience was silent. It can be seen that beautiful women are afraid of Sun Wu, who is expressionless.

After all these twists and turns, when the drum sounded for the third time, the beautiful women were all absorbed and did not dare to neglect at all. Afraid of making a mistake, they followed Sun Wu's action essentials everywhere, thus successfully completing the exercise task.

The prince of Wu was a little unhappy when he saw that Sun Wu had killed his beloved princess for a military exercise, but he was speechless. Through this incident, Sun Wu showed the king of Wu his way of running the army, successfully became the general of Wu, and finally made Wu one of the great powers at that time.

The origin of the idiom "pointing at mulberry and cursing at Huai"

The sixteenth time of A Dream of Red Mansions: Which of our housekeepers is easy to entangle? If you make a mistake, they will joke, and if you make a mistake, they will complain.

On Jia Zheng's birthday, people from Rongning House came to celebrate his birthday, which was very lively. Just then, the eunuch rode to Jia's house, came down from the main hall, all smiles, went to the main hall, stood in the south, and said in awe, "I have a special message. I'll call Jia Zheng to court immediately and see you in the hall." Say that finish, he didn't even drink tea, and rode away.

Jia Zheng and others quickly packed their things and entered the DPRK. After entering the DPRK, I learned that Yuan Chun was appointed as an official of Fengzao Palace, and there was another virtuous princess. When the good news came, Rongning House and Rongning House were overjoyed, but Baoyu turned a deaf ear. I am glad that Jia Lian and Dai Yu will come back, and the advance messenger will report that they will go home tomorrow. Baoyu was a little happy after listening to the general plan.

Very easy to wait until noon the next day, Jia Lian took Daiyu to Jia Fu. Baoyu took a close look at Daiyu and felt more and more detached than before. Baoyu took out the poria cocos incense candle given by King Jing and handed it to Daiyu. Daiyu said, "I don't want anything that smelly men have taken." It was thrown back to Baoyu, who had to take it back and had nothing to say for the time being.

Jia Lian met everyone, went back to his room to ask about his family, and thanked Xi Feng for her hard work. Feng said, "My knowledge is shallow, and my mouth is clumsy and my heart is straight. Someone gave me a wooden stick, so I took it as a needle. ..... You know, of all these housekeepers in our family, which one is easy to pester? They joke at the slightest mistake, and complain about' talking on mulberry trees' at the slightest mistake ... "

Later generations used the metaphor of "pointing at mulberry and cursing at tree" (referring to mulberry and cursing at tree) to expose nails and scold B.