Idioms in Historical Stories and Their Sources

Historical stories mainly reflect what happened in history, which is very helpful for students to learn idioms! Today, I am here to sort out a complete set of idioms from historical stories. Come and have a look with me!

Idioms in Historical Stories (1)

Outstanding/incomparable

Guan Yu, whose word is Yun Chang, is an important general under Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei became a country in the plain, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the team separately. The three of them sleep in the same bed and are like brothers; Guan Yu and Zhang Fei always stand beside Liu Bei in public.

After Liu Bei followed Liu Biao, Guan Yu followed.

Later, Liu Bei led his troops south and prepared to cross the river. In addition, Guan Yu was sent to lead hundreds of warships to meet the enemy in Jiangling.

Cao Cao chased Liu Bei to Dangyang (place name, located in the middle of Hubei Province). Liu Bei went straight to the northeast and happened to meet Guan Yu's fleet. Soon, Sun Quan sent troops to help Liu Bei fight against Cao Cao, who led the army to retreat.

Liu Bei went south to recover the four southeast counties, so he appointed Guan Yu as the prefect and general of Xiangyang and stationed on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Later, Guan Yu heard that Ma Chao had surrendered to Liu Bei. Because I didn't know Ma Chao in the past, I wrote to Zhuge Liang and asked who Ma Chao's character and talent could be compared with.

Zhuge Liang knew Guan Yu well, knew that he defended his fault, and was not convinced that he was inferior to others, so he wrote back and said, "Ma Chao is a generation of heroes, such as Whale Market and Cheng Peng, who can keep pace with Zhang Fei. However, it can't compare with you, a unique and beautiful beard. "

The historical records of this story are as follows: "When you know how to defend you, you replied:" Meng Qi is a great hero, with both civil and military skills. He is a disciple of Fu and Peng, and he wants to compete with Yi De for the first place, but not as good as the peerless group. " "This is the origin of the idiom" superb ".

Idioms in Historical Stories (2)

1: Buy bamboo slips and return pearls.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a businessman in the State of Chu who specialized in selling jewelry. Once he went to Qi State to sell jewelry. Jewelry will sell well for the sake of good business. He specially made many small boxes out of precious wood, carved and decorated the boxes beautifully, so that the boxes gave off a fragrance, and then put the jewels in the boxes. A man from Zheng saw the box containing the orb exquisite and beautiful. After asking the price, he bought one, opened the box, took out the treasure inside and gave it back to the jeweler.

2. Meng Mu moved three times

During the Warring States Period, there was a great scholar Mencius. Mencius was very naughty when he was a child. His mother spent a lot of effort to get him a good education! Once, they lived next to the cemetery. Mencius and his neighbor's children learned to bow down and cry like adults and played a funeral game. Mencius' mother looked at it and frowned: "No! I can't let my children live here! Mencius' mother took Mencius to live next to the market.

When he arrived at the market, Mencius and his neighbor's children began to learn how businessmen do business. Bow to welcome guests, entertain guests, bargain with guests for a while, and behave well! Mencius' mother knew this and frowned: "This place is not suitable for my children to live in either! So they moved again.

This time, they moved near the school. Mencius began to be orderly and polite, and liked reading. At this time, Mencius' mother nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is where my son should live! Later, people used "Meng Mu's Three Movements" to explain that if people want to learn good habits, they should be close to good people, things and things!

Idioms in Historical Stories (3)

Lengthy and tedious

In the Sui Dynasty, Li E, a scholar, was eloquent and wrote wonderful articles. He found that since the Six Dynasties, people usually only pursued flowery rhetoric when writing articles, but the content of the articles was empty, so he wanted to write a letter to Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, asking him to write in person to change the formalistic style of writing.

In fact, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty also hated formalism. When dealing with government affairs, he saw that ministers' memorials were gorgeous and beautiful, but they did not pay attention to solving practical problems. He believes that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the style of writing in the Northern Dynasty was a little better than that in the Southern Dynasty, so the political stability in the Northern Dynasty and the demise of the imperial state in the Southern Dynasty showed that political corruption had a lot to do with the glitz of writing style. The formalistic style of writing is really a mistake for the country and the people!

The book that Li E put on his desk was quickly written as "Please Correct Style Book" and presented to Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty for careful review. This paper starts with Wei Wudi, Wendi and Ming Di, saying that they only pay attention to the decorative skills of the article, but don't study it in depth, which leads to the weakness of the country and chaos in the world.

There is such a sentence in the throne: "There are endless articles, which do not show the shape of the moon dew, and the case is full of cases, only showing the shape of the storm." It means articles, boxes of documents, in the final analysis, are all flirting, which is really tedious and boring, and has no meaning at all.

After reading this article, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty agreed very much, and thought that the formalistic style of writing was harmful to people. Under the influence of this style of writing, everyone pursues flashy things, which is only bad for the whole Sui Dynasty, but not good. So, he really listened to Li Wei's advice and issued a decree to require officials at all levels to change their style of writing.

Idioms in Historical Stories (4)

lay exposed/open to attacks on all sides

Xiang Yu and Liu Bang originally agreed to take the east and west of the gorge (in present-day Rongxian County, Jia Luhe) as the boundary, and they did not invade each other.

Later, Liu Bang followed the advice of Sean and Chen Ping, and thought that Xiang Yu should be destroyed when he was weak. Then he chased Xiang Yu's army with Han Xin, Peng Yue and Liu Jia, and chased Pengcheng (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu) eastward. Finally, several layers of troops were arranged to tightly surround Xiang Yu (in the southeast of Lingbi County, Anhui Province). At this time, Xiang Yu's soldiers were few and there was no food. In the evening, when I heard that all the armies around me were singing the folk songs of Chu, I couldn't help but be very surprised and say, "Did Liu Bang get Chu?" Why are there so many Chu people in his army? " Said, the in the mind has lost the fighting spirit, then get up from the bed and drink in the camp; Sing with his favorite concubine Yu Ji.

After singing, I cried, and everyone around me was very sad, and they all felt that they could not lift their heads. After a while, Xiang Yu got on his horse and escaped from the south with only 800 cavalry. Run away and fight, commit suicide by Wujiang River. Because there is a story in this story that Xiang Yu was surprised to hear someone singing Chu songs around him, and then failed to commit suicide, people later used "besieged from all sides" to describe the personnel environment where people were attacked or persecuted from all directions, resulting in isolation and embarrassment. Anyone caught in this situation often has a tragic fate. For example, some people are idle because they often associate with bad people. But later, he was forced to make a living by those bad guys. When he asks for help from others, others will never sympathize with him or ignore him because of his bad behavior on weekdays. This man's situation is "besieged on all sides".

Another example is that when the school discusses academic issues, students are ignorant (idioms, meaning no academics), irresponsible and confuse right and wrong. When students rise up and attack, students are completely isolated. This can also be called "besieged on all sides". In the process of our life, in our daily life, we should be a good person and do things in a down-to-earth manner. If we make a mistake, we will suffer from all sides.

Idioms in Historical Stories (5)

1. accessible

In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, his son was sealed in Lu, King Taigong (Jiang Ziya) was sealed in Qi, and the Duke of Zhou also helped him become king in the Regent's Palace. Three years later, Bo Qin came in to report the government affairs to the Duke of Zhou, who said, "Why did you come so late?" Bo Qin said, "I have made great efforts to change the customs." For example, mourning must be served for three years before it can be removed. "squire here, five months later to report on activities. Duke Zhou said, "How did you come so soon? "Taigong said," I have greatly simplified the etiquette of the monarch and his subjects. Everything is simple and easy to follow. After listening to Boqin's report, Taigong sighed and said, "The descendants of Lu will definitely submit to Qi in the north." If politics is not simple and clear, people are reluctant to get close to it. People, people will join. "

"People" originally refers to political simplicity. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, changed all the words "people" into "people" in order to avoid taboo, and this language was also changed into "approachable". With this change, the meaning has also changed, from politics to the attitude towards people, and sometimes the style of the article is easy to understand.

2.

Daughter smile

At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after King Zhou Youwang acceded to the throne, he simply ignored state affairs, ate, drank, and indulged in women. In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a vassal state called Bao (bāo), whose monarch saw that the son of heaven was so barren. Tang came to persuade him, but Wang didn't listen. Instead, he was put in prison.

The king's son, Hunde, was very anxious when he saw his father locked up, so he discussed with his mother how to rescue him. They heard that King Zhou Youwang likes beautiful women very much, so they bought a beautiful young girl with a lot of money, named her "Ci", taught her manners in the palace, and then gave her to King Zhou Youwang. King Zhou Youwang was overjoyed and ordered his release.

After he entered the palace, he was very popular with King Zhou Youwang, but there was only one thing that didn't suit him, that is, he was eccentric and never laughed. King Zhou Youwang made up his mind to make her smile, so he put up a notice: Who can make the new queen smile? There is a reward of 1000 yuan. As soon as the notice came out, some people rushed to enter the palace. Some people stare at each other with their tongues, and some people tell absurd jokes, which can be praised, but they still don't smile. The king has a minister named Guo (guó) Shi Fu. He is a bad guy who can kiss up to others. He has a bad idea, called "the bonfire play princes". It turns out that in ancient times, when encountering enemy situations, it was mainly by beacon towers to call the police. Those beacon towers are all over the vassal States, and two adjacent beacon towers can see each other. If the enemy is found somewhere during the day, it will ignite the dried wolf dung and send a message with "wolf smoke"; If it is night, light firewood and send a message with fire. Before long, the news will spread all over the country, and local governors will lead troops to Kyoto for disposal.

King Zhou Youwang was very happy when he heard the plan and decided to give it a try. On a sunny day, King Zhou Youwang came to the top of the tower with a compliment, boarded the stage and overlooked the distant mountains and clear waters. King Zhou Youwang ordered the bonfire to be lit, and the bonfire immediately emitted smoke and soared into the sky. Seeing the bonfire burning, the governors from far and near thought that the enemy was coming, so they withdrew their troops and ran to Hao, Beijing. They arrived at the gate of Haojing, but there was no enemy soldier in sight. They saw King Zhou Youwang sitting on the podium, drinking and watching. Now, I can make praise laugh. She laughed at the recklessness of King Zhou Youwang and the gullibility of princes. With a smile of praise, King Zhou Youwang was very happy and immediately gave Guo Shifu a daughter as a reward. The princes were so angry that they knew they had been cheated, cursed them and led the troops back.

King Zhou Youwang paid no attention to this. He staged this farce many times just to see this smiling face. Soon, Rong (róng) sent troops to attack Haojing. Seeing that the army really came, King Zhou Youwang quickly sent someone to light a bonfire and asked the governors for help. But this time, the princes thought that the son of heaven was playing with the queen, and they all stayed put. In this way, Hao Jing was breached by Rong people, and Wang fled to the foot of Li Mountain and was killed, and the praise was taken away by Rong people.

The idiom "daughter laughs" is very rare to describe a beauty's smile. It is priceless.