Follow the map

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Sun Yang in the State of Qin who was good at horse-telling. No matter what kind of horse, he could tell the good from the bad at a glance. He is often invited to know and choose horses, and people call him Bole ("Bole" is the star name in the sky and is said to be in charge of managing Tianma).

once, Sun Yang passed by a place and suddenly saw an old horse with a salt cart barking at him. When he got closer, he turned out to be a swift horse, but he was a little older. The old horse dragged the cart with difficulty, and Sun Yang felt that it was too wronged for this swift horse. It was originally a BMW colt that could run on the battlefield and play a greater role, but now it is dragging the salt cart in obscurity, slowly consuming its momentum and physical strength. What a pity! Sun Yang was so sad that he burst into tears when he thought of this.

In order to let more people learn to photograph horses, so that the swift horse will not be buried any more, and to keep his unique skills from being lost, Sun Yang wrote a book with his accumulated experience and knowledge about horses for many years, accompanied by various horse morphological maps, and the book is called "The Sutra of Xiangma".

Sun Yang had a son who read the Book of Horse-telling written by his father. He thought it was easy to photograph horses, so he took this book and looked for good horses everywhere. He followed the pattern drawn in the book and found nothing. I searched according to the characteristics written in the book, and finally found a toad that was very similar to the characteristics of the maxima written in the book. I happily took the toad home and said to my father, "Dad, I found a maxima, but the hoof was a little worse." When the father saw it, he couldn't help laughing. He didn't expect his son to be so stupid, so he said humorously, "It's a pity that Matthew likes to jump and can't be used to pull a cart." Then he sighed: "The so-called follow the map."

The story comes from Yang Shen's Yi Lin De Shan in the Ming Dynasty. The idiom "follow the map" means to do things mechanically in the old way, not knowing how to adapt; It is also a metaphor for finding things according to certain clues.

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a poem comes and goes, and a big axe is made in front of Lu Ban's door.

This is a poem titled Li Bais Tomb written by a poet in the Ming Dynasty. Li Bai was a world-famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, and his fame spread through the ages after his death. How many literati pass by Li Bai's tomb, they all miss stop for a minute and express their inner feelings by chanting poems. And their behavior can only be arty, "playing tricks on the door in front of Luban", which is too much.

Lu Ban was a native of Lu in the Warring States Period. He is an expert at making exquisite instruments. People call him "homo habilis", and people always regard him as the ancestor of carpenters. Who dares to show off the skills of using an axe in front of Luban, that is to say, to show his skills in front of experts? This ridiculous act of being too modest is called "playing axe in front of Luban" or "playing axe in front of Luban" for short. This is similar to the saying that "playing with a broadsword in front of Guan Gong".

In fact, the idiom "teaching others to teach others how to play the axe" had its embryonic form as early as the Tang Dynasty. Liu Zongyuan, a writer, has such a sentence in an preface: "Fuck the axe at the door of the class, Yan Er!" It means that it is too thick-skinned to show the skill of using an axe in front of Lu Ban and Ying Ren (who is also an expert axe operator).

This idiom is sometimes used as a word of self-modesty, indicating that you dare not show off your little skills in front of experts.

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------------------. When that friend was drinking, he suddenly saw the shadow of a small snake shaking in his glass. He was disgusted, but he still drank the wine. After drinking it, I feel uncomfortable and uneasy. I got sick when I got home.

A few days later, Le Guang heard the news that his friend was ill and learned the reason for his illness. Le Guang thought to himself, "There will never be a snake in the glass!" So, he ran to the place where he was drinking that day. It turned out that on the wall of the hall, there was a painted bow. The shadow of the bow happened to fall where the friend let go of the glass, so Yue Guang ran to the friend and explained it to him. The man recovered immediately after he understood the reason.

Later, people used the metaphor of "a cup with a bow and a snake shadow" to be suspicious and disturb themselves.

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------------------. In the world, people call people who are good at distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages of horses Bole.

The first person called Bole, whose real name was Sun Yang, was from the Spring and Autumn Period. Because of his excellent research on horses, people forgot his original name and simply called him Bole until now.

once, Bole was entrusted by the king of Chu to buy a fine horse that could travel thousands of miles every day. Bole explained to the king of Chu that a swift horse is rare, and it is not easy to find it. He needs to travel around the country. Please don't worry, the king of Chu will try his best to get things done.

Bole traveled to several countries, and carefully visited Yanzhao, which is rich in famous horses. It was hard, but he still didn't find a good horse he liked. One day, Bole returned from the State of Qi. On the way, he saw a horse pulling a salt cart and struggling on a steep slope. The horse was so tired that it was very difficult to take every step. Bole has always been close to horses, so he can't help walking up to him. When the horse saw Bole approaching, he suddenly raised his head, widened his eyes and screamed loudly, as if to tell Bole something. Bole immediately judged from his voice that this was a rare fine horse.

Bole said to the driver, "This horse gallops on the battlefield, and no horse can match it; But it is not as good as an ordinary horse when used to pull a cart. You'd better sell it to me. "

The driver thinks Bole is a big fool. He thinks this horse is ordinary, he has no strength to pull the cart, eats too much and is skinny, so he agrees without hesitation. Bole took the swift horse and went straight to Chu. Bole led the horse to Chu Palace, patted the horse on the neck and said, "I found a good master for you." Like a swift horse, he understood Bole's meaning, raised his front hoof and rattled the ground, making his neck long and hissing, and his voice was loud, like a stone pan of a big clock, reaching the sky. The king of Chu heard the neighing of horses and walked out of the palace. Bole pointed to the horse and said, "Your Majesty, I brought you a swift horse. Please watch it carefully."

When the king of Chu saw that the horse led by Bole was so thin, he thought Bole had fooled him, and he was a little unhappy. He said, "I believe you can look at horses before I let you buy them, but what kind of horse did you buy? This horse is difficult to walk. Can it go to war?"

Bole said, "This is indeed a swift horse, but it looks very thin after pulling for a long time and not carefully feeding. As long as it is carefully fed, it will definitely restore physical strength within half a month. "

the king of Chu was a little skeptical, so he ordered the groom to do his best to feed the horse. Sure enough, the horse became lean and strong. The king of Chu whipped his whip across the horse, but he felt that his ears were full of wind and his breathing time had run out of a hundred miles away.

Later, Maxima made a lot of contributions to the galloping of the King of Chu. The king of Chu has more respect for Bole.

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------------------. At that time, Kong Rong, a doctor in Tai Zhong, was particularly appreciative of him and recommended him to Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. He wrote: "The emperor's room and imperial residence must store extraordinary treasures. If you are equal, it is rare. "

Emperor Xian of Han did not dare to be the master, so he gave Kong Rong's recommendation form to Cao Cao. Cao Cao loves talents, so he summoned Mi Heng. I didn't know that Mi Heng despised Cao Cao and was rude to him. Cao Cao sent Mi Heng as a drum collector, and ordered him to play drums to entertain guests at a big banquet. Who knows that Mi Heng beat drums and cursed Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao very embarrassed. Cao Cao sent Mi Heng to Jingzhou to surrender Liu Biao, trying to kill him by Liu Biao's hand. Unexpectedly, Liu Biao regarded Mi Heng as a guest of honor, and every time he deliberated or issued a proclamation, Mi Heng had to make a statement. Later, Mi Heng was disrespectful to Liu Biao. Liu Biao sent him to the Ministry of Huang Zu as a secretary. Mi Heng was arrogant and arrogant. Later, he was finally killed by Howie.

The idiom "rare" comes from this, and its description is very rare and rare. It is often used to praise talented people.

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------------------. Fan Bo is not only talented in poetry, but also good at managing state affairs. Later, he assisted in state affairs at Zhou Liwang's side. However, Zhou Liwang is arrogant and perverts the law. Treacherous court officials try their best to please. Fan Bo counseled him bluntly, and listed the disadvantages of state affairs, but the treacherous court official spoke ill of him in Zhou Liwang's ear. Zhou Liwang was very tired of Fan Bo. Since then, treacherous court officials have gone in and out of the court, ignoring Fan Bo. Fan Bo was very angry and wrote a poem, which was later included in the Book of Songs. In the poem, he attacked the treacherous court official and said, "It's hopeless to do evil!"

"incorrigible": too sick to be saved with medicine. The latter metaphor is that things are too bad to be saved.

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------------------. Before Emperor Wu died, he entrusted his youngest son Liu Fuling (Emperor Zhao) to Huo Guang for assistance. After the death of Emperor Zhao, Huo Guangli made Liu Xun emperor (Xuan Di). Huo Guang has been in power for more than forty years, and made great contributions to the Western Han Dynasty.

after Liu Xun succeeded to the throne, she made Xu Fei queen. Huo Guang's wife Huo Xian is a woman who covets wealth. She wants to marry her little daughter Cheng Jun to Liu Xun as the queen, so she takes the opportunity of Xu Niangniang's illness to bribe a female doctor to poison the empress Xu. The poisonous plan was exposed and the female doctor was imprisoned. Huo Guang didn't know anything about it in advance, and when it came out, Huo Xiancai told him. Huo Guang was very frightened and accused his wife of not doing such a thing. He wanted to report it, too, but he couldn't bear to have his wife convicted. After much deliberation, he hid this outrageous thing. After Huo Guang's death, someone reported the case to Xuan Di, and Xuan Di sent someone to investigate and deal with it. Huo Guang's wife heard about it, discussed the countermeasures with her family and cronies, and decided to call the people to plan the rebellion. She didn't want to let the cat out of the bag, so Xuan Di sent troops to surround her family.

Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, commented on Huo Guang's merits and demerits in The Biography of Huo Guang in Han Dynasty, saying that he was "ignorant and ignorant, and was dark in Dali", which meant that Huo Guang was ignorant of the overall situation. The idiom "no learning, no skill" means no learning and no skill.

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------------------. He is smart and studious, has read many books, and has been deeply loved by his grandfather Xie Xuan since childhood.

He was born in an aristocratic family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because he attacked the title of Duke Kangle, the world called him "Xie Kangle". As a duke, he had no real power and was sent to Yongjia as a satrap. Xie Lingyun bemoans his lack of talent, and often leaves his official duties behind, but goes sightseeing. Later, he resigned and moved to Huiji, often drinking and having fun with friends. The local satrap sent someone to persuade him to control himself, but he scolded him. However, the landscape poems written by Xie Lingyun are deeply loved by people. Every time he wrote a new poem, he was immediately copied and quickly spread.

after Song Wendi took the throne, he was recalled to Beijing as an official and praised his poems and calligraphy as "two treasures". Xie Lingyun is even more proud. He said, "There is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight fights. I have to fight, and the world is divided into one fight."

From this, the idiom "man of great talent" comes to describe people's great literary talent.

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------------------. In 383 AD, Fu Jian led 9, infantry and cavalry to attack the Jin Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River. Jin generals Xie Shi and Xie Xuan led 8, troops to resist. When Fu Jian learned that the Jin army was short of troops, he wanted to seize the opportunity and attack quickly.

Unexpectedly, Fu Jian's vanguard of 25, troops was surprisingly defeated by the Jin army in Shouchun, with heavy losses. The general was killed and more than 1, soldiers were killed or injured. Qin Jun's spirit fell sharply, his morale wavered, and the soldiers were terrified and fled. At this point, Fu Jian saw the Jin troops in Shouchun City, with high morale, and then looked at Bagong Mountain in the north, only to see every grass and tree on the mountain like Jin soldiers. Fu Jian turned to his younger brother and said, "What a powerful enemy this is! How can we say that the Jin army is insufficient? " He regretted that he had underestimated his enemy.

The bad start cast an ominous shadow on Fu Jian's mind. He arranged his troops on the north bank of Feishui in an attempt to turn the war around by virtue of his geographical advantage. At this moment, Xie Xuan, the general of the Jin army, asked Qin Jun to step back a little and make room for crossing the river. Fu Jian did Sarah laugh that the general of the Jin army didn't understand the common sense of combat, and wanted to take advantage of the fact that the Jin army was busy crossing the river and it was difficult to fight, so he gave it a surprise attack, so he readily accepted the request of the Jin army.

Who knows, when the military order to retreat was given, Qin Jun was routed like a tidal wave, while the Jin army took advantage of the situation to cross the river in pursuit, killing Qin Jun, losing his helmet and armor, and his bodies were everywhere. Fu Jian fled with an arrow.

The story comes from the Book of Jin; Fu Jian recorded ". The idiom "all plants are soldiers" describes the panic psychology of nervousness and paranoia.

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------------------. One day, Zong Yi's uncle asked him what his ambition was, and Zong Yi replied, "I would like to ride the long wind and break the waves." It means: I must break through all obstacles, go forward bravely and do something. After studying hard and working hard, Zongxi finally succeeded.