Chapter 27
When he got home, Su Qin was as thin as a stick, his whole body was tattered and dirty, and his face was covered with dust.Seeing him like this, his wife shook her head and sighed, and continued weaving; her sister-in-law turned her head and left when she saw him like this, unwilling to cook; parents, brothers, and sisters not only ignored him, but secretly laughed that he deserved it!
Su Qin was very sad to see his family treat him like this.He closed the door, unwilling to see anyone, and made a deep reflection on himself: "The wife ignores the husband, the sister-in-law ignores the brother-in-law, and the parents deny the son. It's all because I didn't live up to my expectations and didn't study hard."

Realizing his own shortcomings, he regained his spirits, took out all the books, and read angrily.He reads until late at night every day, and sometimes falls asleep while leaning on the desk without knowing it.When I woke up the next day, I regretted it, but there was nothing I could do to prevent myself from falling asleep.One day, when he was really sleepy while reading, he fell down on the desk involuntarily, but he woke up suddenly—something stabbed his arm.Seeing that there was an awl on the desk, he immediately came up with a way to stop dozing off: stab the thigh (thigh) with the awl!From now on, whenever I want to doze off, I will prick my thigh with an awl to make myself suddenly "wake up from the pain".As a result, his thighs were often bloody, which was unbearable.

Seeing this, the family couldn't bear it, and persuaded him: "We can understand your determination and mood to succeed, but you don't have to abuse yourself like this!"

Su Qin replied: "If you don't do this, you will forget the shame of the past!"

After a "bloody" year, Su Qin has become very knowledgeable.He started to travel around the world again, and this time he finally succeeded in his career, gained a lot of experience, and started his brilliant political career.

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In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the slave-owning nobles became increasingly decadent, constantly seeking money, launching wars, and oppressing the people and slaves.After King Zhou Li came to the throne, the exploitation and oppression of the people and slaves became more serious.He was greedy for money and profit, monopolized the mountains, forests and rivers, forbade the people to hunt, chop firewood, and fish, and sent people to monitor their words and deeds. He killed anyone who talked about him.The people couldn't bear it anymore, and people everywhere rose up to resist, and the rule of the Zhou Dynasty became more and more unstable.

Seeing that the regime of the Zhou Dynasty was crumbling, the ministers who cared about the country were very sad.The loyal old minister Fan Bo tried his best to persuade King Li of Zhou to change the tyrannical politics, try his best to cultivate a moral government, and save the country.But King Li of Zhou refused to listen, and some powerful officials also laughed at Fan Bo, saying that he was fatuous, incompetent, and ignorant of current affairs.Fan Bo was very angry and wrote a long poem to express his anxiety.This poem is very long, and one of the stanzas reads: "The heavens are showing their power and wreaking havoc, don't be so blindly happy. The old man is sincere, but the boys are proud and complacent. What I am admonishing is not an old man's words, but you Use it as a joke. Your arrogance is burning like fire, and you are so sick that you cannot be revived with medicine!"

The content of this poem is to persuade King Li of Zhou not to take sorrow as a joke, but to try his best to prevent it before it breaks out.If the sorrows accumulate more and more, it is as incurable as a serious illness.The subsequent situation was as expected by Fan Bo. The civilians and slaves in the capital took up weapons and rushed into the palace. King Zhou Li fled in a hurry.Since then, the Western Zhou Dynasty has declined, and there has been a situation of disintegration.

Later, people used "unrecoverable" to describe that the condition was so serious that it could not be cured by medicine, or as a metaphor that things had reached the point of no return.

scattered like birds and beasts
Li Ling was a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty.He was good at horseback riding and archery. He was very brave in battle and cared for soldiers very much, so he was deeply loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the Huns in the north often sent troops to invade the Central Plains.In order to stabilize the frontier fortress, Emperor Wu of the Han named Li Ling the captain of the sent cavalry and ordered him to lead an army to conquer the Xiongnu.He led 30 infantry and marched northward from Juyan (now southeast of Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia). After 8 days, he arrived at Junji Mountain (about today's Tuyin Henan, Mongolia), and was surrounded by 3000 Huns cavalry between the two mountains.Li Ling surrounded the camp with chariots and wiped out thousands of Huns.The Xiongnu Shanyu then summoned [-] cavalry to besiege Li Ling.Li Ling retreated south while fighting, beheading more than [-] Huns, retreating south, and came to a large swamp on the way.The Xiongnu set fire from the upper wind, and Li Ling also ordered the soldiers to set fire from inside to create an open space, so as to prevent the fire from continuing to spread southward.

When the Huns were at a disadvantage in fighting and were about to retreat, one of Li Ling's subordinates surrendered to the Huns and told the Huns that the Han army had no backup and that the arrows were about to be exhausted, so the Huns stepped up their attacks on the Han army.Li Ling led his army back into a valley, and the Xiongnu pursued them hotly, cutting off the retreat of the Han army.In a fierce battle, the Han army suffered heavy casualties.At night, Li Ling saw that he had no hope of breaking through, so he summoned his soldiers and said solemnly: "It seems that tomorrow we will be defeated by the Huns. Let's disperse like birds and beasts. In this way, there may be hope of escaping and returning to the court to report to the emperor." , Li Ling was chased by the Huns when he broke through at night, and was finally captured and surrendered to the Huns.

The idiom "like birds and beasts scattered" means fleeing like a group of birds and beasts, describing the defeat and fleeing. Now it is mostly used as a metaphor for the members of a group or organization to go their separate ways after the dissolution.

Refer to the deer as the horse
During the reign of Emperor Qin II, the prime minister Zhao Gao was ambitious and planned day and night to usurp the throne.However, he has no idea how many ministers in the court can listen to him and how many people oppose him.So, he thought of a way to try his own prestige, and at the same time find out who dared to oppose him.

One day when he was in court, Zhao Gao asked someone to bring a deer, and said to Qin Ershi with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, I present you a fine horse." Qin Ershi looked at it and thought: What is this horse? , This is clearly a deer!Then he smiled and said to Zhao Gao: "Your Majesty made a mistake. Here is a deer. How can you say it is a horse?" " Qin Ershi looked at the deer again, and said suspiciously: "How can there be horns on the horse's head?" Zhao Gao turned around, pointed at the ministers, and said loudly: "If your majesty doesn't believe me, You can ask the ministers."

The ministers were all overwhelmed by Zhao Gao's nonsense, and they murmured in private: What is this Zhao Gao doing?Isn't it obvious whether it's a deer or a horse?When they saw the sinister smile on Zhao Gao's face, and his two eyes were gazing at each of them in turn, the ministers suddenly understood his intention. .

Some of the ministers who were timid and yet had a sense of justice bowed their heads and did not dare to say anything, because to tell lies would make their conscience uneasy and to tell the truth would mean that they would be persecuted by Zhao Gao later.Some honest people insisted that it was the manual and not the horse.There were still some crafty and fawning ministers who followed Zhao Gao closely in ordinary times. They immediately voiced their support to Zhao Gao, saying to the emperor, "This really in a horse that covers a thousand li ."

Afterwards, Zhao Gao used various methods to punish those upright ministers who did not obey him, and even executed them all.

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Idiom Solitaire Lianliankan

Tracing back to the source to learn idioms

Cloud Nine: Nine Heavens: High in the sky.Outside of Nine Heavens.It is a metaphor for a place that is infinitely far away or far away without a trace.

Wide on the outside and deep on the inside: refers to the appearance of being generous but actually deep in the city.

Intensive and shallow exposing: Li: wading in one's clothes; exposing: lifting up clothes.It means that wading in shallow water can lift up the clothes; wading in deep water is useless to lift up the clothes, so the clothes have to be put into the water.It is a metaphor to deal with problems according to local conditions.

Lift up the pole: uncover: hold high; pole: bamboo pole, on behalf of the flag.They cut down tree trunks as weapons, raised bamboo poles as banners, and resisted.Refers to the people's uprising.

Rising Phoenix and Tengjiao: Just like a dragon leaping and a phoenix dancing.Describing people is very literary.

Jiaolong gets water: Legend has it that after Jiaolong gets water, he can make clouds, make rain, soar into the sky.It is a metaphor for a talented person to get the opportunity to display it.It is also a metaphor for getting out of trouble.

Shuimu Tsinghua: Describes the tranquility and beauty of the ponds, flowers and trees in the garden.wood: trees.Tsinghua: Quiet and beautiful.

Huaguan Lifu: crown: hat.Describe gorgeous clothes.

Submissive and small: describe being humble and flattering.

Xiao Lian Qu Jin: Subtle honesty and prudence.Refers to paying attention to small details but not understanding the general situation.

Cautious in words and deeds: cautious, cautious: careful, cautious.Be careful with your words and actions.

Flowing clouds and flowing water: Describes that the article is naturally unconstrained, just like floating clouds and flowing water.

Water is blocked: sink: excretion.It seems that even the water can't flow out.Described as crowded or surrounded very tightly.

All night up to Dan: all night: all night, all night; Da: arrive; Dan: dawn.All night, from dark to dawn.

Dandan Erqi: It is often used as a metaphor for daily damage or mourning.

Cutting power and power: cutting, boasting: boasting.Refers to bragging about one's own merits and talents.Described as arrogant and arrogant.

Those who are capable are teachers: talented people use their own knowledge to be others' teachers.That is, whoever knows how to learn from him.

Division straight is strong: division: army; straight: justified reason; Zhuang: strong and powerful.When there are legitimate reasons for sending troops, the army will be strong and capable of fighting.Now it means that the army fighting for justice is full of fighting spirit and invincible.

Unpaid ambitions: paid: realized.Old refers to a life of poverty, aging without realizing one's ambitions.It also refers to the death of the ideal without realizing it.

Reward for work and effect: effect, present, dedicate (life).Refers to those who have meritorious service.

Learning to walk by imitation: It is a metaphor for blind imitation and self-defeating.It is also known as "Dong Shi imitates the frown" and "Handan learning to walk".

Step by step: step: In ancient times, five feet was used as a step, and "step by step" means a short distance.Every step the army advanced set up a camp.Described as tight defense and cautious action.

Selfishness and fraud: Ying: seeking; Wu: playing with; Disadvantage: referring to bad things.Playing tricks and doing illegal things for personal gain.

Disadvantages Jue Fengqing: Disadvantages: bad things; Qing: clean.Corruption and fraud are gone.Describe the disappearance of bad things, good social atmosphere.

Clean dust and muddy water: clean dust: refer to others; muddy water: refer to yourself.The metaphor is far away and there is no hope of meeting.

The water is clear and there are no fish: if the water is too clear, the fish will not be able to survive; if the requirements are too harsh on people, no one can be his partner.It is a metaphor that if you care too much about people's small shortcomings, you will not be able to unite people.

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Do your best to prolong the high and look forward to the old sleep, let the whole family relieve the evil of words, promote the good at the beginning, and the South's victory, the love goes straight to the rise and fall of the tide, doing kindness and smallness, but not wholeheartedly, consider loyalty to the country

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Retreat

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xian of Jin listened to the slander and killed the crown prince Shen Sheng, and sent someone to arrest Shen Sheng's younger brother Chong Er.After hearing the news, Chonger escaped from the state of Jin and lived in exile for more than ten years.

After many hardships, Chong Er came to Chu State.King Cheng of Chu thought that Chong'er would make great achievements in the future, so he greeted him with the courtesy of the country and treated him like a guest of honor.

One day, the king of Chu hosted a banquet for Chonger. The two drank and talked, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.Suddenly the king of Chu asked Chonger: "If you go back to the state of Jin one day and become the king, how can you repay me?" It is even more abundant in Chu, how can Jin have any rare items to present to the king?"

The king of Chu said: "Young master is too modest. Even though you say that, you should show me something?" Chonger smiled and replied: "Thanks to you. If I can really return to the country to be in power, I would like to be friendly with your country. If one day there is a war between Jin and Chu, I will definitely order the army to retreat for three houses (one house is equal to thirty miles), and if I still cannot get your forgiveness, I will fight with you again."

Four years later, Chong'er really returned to the state of Jin and became the king. He was the famous Duke Wen of Jin in history.The state of Jin became stronger and stronger under his rule.

In 633 BC, the armies of Chu and Jin met in battle.In order to fulfill his promise, Jin Wengong ordered the army to retreat ninety miles and stationed in Chengpu.When the Chu army saw the Jin army retreating, they thought that the enemy was afraid, so they immediately pursued them.The Jin army took advantage of the weakness of the Chu army's arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, concentrated its forces, defeated the Chu army, and won the battle of Chengpu.

Back away from home is often used as a metaphor for not fighting with others or taking the initiative to make concessions.

Frog at the bottom of the well
A frog lived in an abandoned well.One day, the frog met a big turtle from the sea by the well.The frog boasted to the turtle:

"Look, how happy I am to live here! Sometimes when I'm happy, I'll jump by the side of the well for a while; when I'm tired, I'll go back to the well and sleep by the brick hole. Or just leave my head and mouth, quietly It is also very comfortable to soak your whole body in the water: or take a walk in the soft mud. Look at those shrimps and tadpoles, no one can compare to me. Moreover, I am the master of this well, here The well is very free, why don't you often come to the well to enjoy it!"

After hearing what the frog said, the turtle really wanted to go in and have a look.But it's left foot has not been fully extended, the right foot has tripped

Living.It took two steps back quickly, and told the frog about the situation of the sea: "Have you seen the sea? The vastness of the sea is only a thousand miles; the depth of the sea is only a thousand feet. In ancient times, there were nine years of floods every ten years." However, the water in the sea did not rise much; later, in seven of the eight years, the water in the sea did not necessarily become much shallower.

It can be seen that the sea is not affected by drought and flood.Living in such a sea is really happy! "

The well frog stayed there in amazement when he heard what the turtle said, and had nothing more to say.

The frog at the bottom of the well can only see a patch of sky as big as the mouth of the well.A metaphor for a narrow-minded person.

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During the Warring States period, there was a man named Fan Ju in the State of Wei, who was a diner under the doctor Xu Jia because of his poor family.

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