According to historical records, after Lian Po was dismissed from office, he went to Wei. The king of Zhao wanted to reuse him and sent someone to see his physical condition. Lian Po's enemy, Guo Kai, bribed the emissary. When the emissary saw that Lian Po and one of them, Lian Po, had rice and ten catties of meat, they were put on their horses to show that it was acceptable. Ambassador Zhao came back and reported to the king, "Although General Lian Po is old and good at food, he still sits with the minister, which is worth three times." Zhao Wang thought he was old, so he didn't have to. ?
The monarch of Qi listened to rumors, fell into the trap of Qin, and was defeated. He sent an envoy to invite Lian Po, but the envoy was bought by Qin. In order to prove that he can still fight, Lian Po drew his bow and ate several barrels of rice, but the messenger lied that Lian Po ate several barrels of rice and was so tired that he was panting. Finally, Qi was destroyed by Qin.
It is a metaphor that powerful people are laughed at by villains, and it is difficult to pay the price for playing with ambition.
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Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in the history of China, recording the history of four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty.
Historical Records includes twelve biographies (recording the political achievements of emperors in past dynasties), thirty biographies (recording the rise and fall of vassal states and governors in Han Dynasty), seventy biographies (recording the words and deeds of important people, mainly describing the characters and ministers, and the last one is the preface), ten tables (chronology of major events) and eight books (recording various laws and regulations, such as etiquette, music, temperament, calendar, astronomy, etc.).
Historical Records is listed as the first of the "twenty-four histories", and it is also called the "first four histories" with the later Hanshu, Houhanshu and the History of the Three Kingdoms, which has had a far-reaching impact on the development of later historiography and literature. His original biographical method of compiling history was passed down by the "official history" of later generations. Historical Records is also an excellent literary work, which occupies an important position in the history of China literature. It is praised by Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme", which has high literary value.
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Baidu encyclopedia-historical records