The first person to eat crabs is a metaphor for the first person to dare to do something.

Mr. Lu Xun once praised that the first person to eat a crab is very admirable. Who dares to eat it if he is not a warrior? The shape of the crab is terrible, ugly and fierce. The first person to eat the crab is indeed It takes courage.

Records:

"Hanwu Dongming Ji" is referred to as "Dongming Ji". The third volume of the book contains: "Shanyuan Kingdom tasted tribute to a crab. It was nine feet long, with one hundred legs and four claws, so it was called centipede crab. The boiled shell is better than yellow glue, so it is also called claw glue, which is better than the glue of phoenix beak."

Translation: Shanyuan Kingdom once paid tribute to a crab, which was nine feet long, had many legs and four claws, so it was named Centipede Crab. Boiled with the shell in a pot, it is better than yellow glue, also called chelated glue, and better than the glue made from phoenix's mouth.

Extended information

China has a long history of eating crabs, and crab dishes have also continued to develop. There are famous crab dishes in various periods. The ancients admired the deliciousness of river crabs, and many people wrote poems praising them.

Crab Xu is the earliest crab-eating species recorded by ancient people in historical data. Because sauce was quite popular in the diet at that time. It can be seen that the ancients started eating crabs from the crab skin. Later, with the continuous development of materials and cooking technology, eating crabs has also undergone great changes. The ancients did not just eat crabs. There are also more ways to eat crabs, and famous crab dishes are constantly appearing.

Related idioms:

Being the first to bear the brunt: describing the first person to rush out in a war, a metaphor for the person who is the first to face it in a difficult situation.

Take the lead: describe being in the lead. It also means working in front of the masses and actively taking the lead.