Historical idiom stories with allusions

In ancient times, Qi Xuanwang, the monarch of Qi, liked music, especially listening to the flute. He has 300 musicians who are good at playing the flute. Qi Xuanwang likes to be lively and ostentatious, and always wants to show the majesty of the monarch in front of people, so every time he listens to the flute, he always asks the 300 people to play for him.

A Southland gentleman heard about Qi Xuanwang's hobby and thought it was a good opportunity to make money. He ran to Qi Xuanwang and boasted, "Your Majesty, I am a famous musician. No one who has heard me play the flute is unmoved. Even birds and animals can dance and flowers will tremble with the beat. I would like to dedicate my stunt to your majesty. "

Qi Xuanwang was very happy to hear this. Without investigation, he accepted him very readily and put him in the 300-member blowteam.

After that, Mr. Nan Guo took the 300 people to Qi Xuanwang to play an ensemble, enjoying the same generous treatment as others, and he was extremely proud.

In fact, Mr. Nanguo told a big lie, and he couldn't blow it out at all. Every time I play ball, Mr. Nan Guo is mixed in the team with a shovel in his hand. He shakes his body when people shake it. Others shook their heads, and he shook his head. His face pretended to be emotional and forgot me. He seems to be as devoted as others, and really can't see any flaws.

In this way, Mr. Nanguo cheated day after day and got a salary for nothing.

But it didn't last long. A few years later, Qi Xuanwang, who loved to listen to the ensemble, died, and his son Min succeeded to the throne. Wang Qi also likes playing the flute, but unlike Qi Xuanwang, he thinks it's too noisy for 300 people to play together, so it's better to play solo.

So King Qi Gui ordered that the 300 people should practice hard and get ready. He will let the 300 people take turns blowing their mats one by one for him to appreciate.

After receiving the order, the musicians actively practiced and wanted to show their skills. Only Mr. Nan Guo, who has just made up a few words, is as anxious as a cat on hot bricks. After thinking about it, he felt that he couldn't go on this time, so he had to pack up and run away overnight.

Revelation of making up a few sentences casually: Falsification can't stand the test of time, and eventually it will reveal clues. If a person, like Mr. Nan Guo, can't blow the whistle, has no real skills and just pretends to be scary, he can muddle through for a while when others don't know the truth, but the truth will come out one day.

The only way for us to succeed is to study hard. Only by practicing a real skill can we resist all difficulties, setbacks and tests.

2. "gild the lily"

There was a nobleman in the state of Chu who offered a pot of sacrificial wine to his guests after offering sacrifices to their ancestors. The doorman took this pot of wine and didn't know what to do with it. They think it is definitely not enough for so many people to drink a pot of wine. Might as well just give it to someone and have fun.

But who should I give it to? So, the guests discussed a good idea, that is, everyone draws a snake on the ground, and whoever draws the pot of wine first will drink it. Everyone agrees with this method.

Each doorman took a stick and began to draw snakes on the ground. A person drew quickly, and in a short time, he finished painting the snake, so he brought a hip flask.

Just as he was about to drink, he saw at a glance that the others had not finished drawing snakes. He proudly picked up the stick again and said to himself, "If I add more feet to snakes, they may not finish painting." While talking, I drew my feet on the painted snake.

Unexpectedly, before the man finished drawing the snake's foot, the hip flask in his hand was taken away by a person next to him. It turns out that the man has finished drawing the snake. The person who painted the snake's feet refused and said, "I'll finish painting the snake first, and the wine should be mine!" " "The man smiled and said," You're still painting. I've finished painting. Of course the wine is mine! "

The gild the lily excused himself: "I finished painting long ago." It's still early, but it's just adding a few feet to the snake. " The man said, "Snakes have no feet. Add some feet, you can't drink anyway! "

The man drank the wine rudely, and the man who gilded the lily looked at the wine that belonged to him and now it was taken away by others, and regretted it.

Some people are self-righteous, like to rock the boat and show off themselves, and the result is often self-defeating.

3. Mountain Flowing Water

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Boya was good at playing strings, while Zhong Ziqi was good at listening to sounds and distinguishing meanings. On one occasion, Boya was playing in the north of Mount Tai (now Guishan Mountain in Hanyang, Wuhan) when he was caught in a rainstorm and had to stay under a rock. Lonely and sad, he took out his guqin and played it.

At first, he played piano music reflecting the continuous rain; Then, he played music like a landslide. Just then, Zhong Ziqi, the woodcutter, couldn't help shouting after a bunch of wild chrysanthemums nearby: "Good song! What a great song! "

It turned out that Zhong Ziqi, who was chopping wood on the mountain, was also hiding from the rain nearby. He felt relaxed and happy when he heard Boya playing the piano. He listened for a long time, and when he heard the climax, he couldn't help but express his heartfelt appreciation.

Yu Boya heard the compliment, quickly got up and said hello to Zhong Ziqi, and then continued to play. Boya was absorbed in the mountains and was given the meaning of the tune. Zhong Ziqi nodded frequently after listening: "Well, it's so majestic, it's really like a mountain with a great height!"

Boya thought about running water again, but his hidden feelings transcended the melody. After hearing this, Zhong Ziqi clapped his hands and said, "Wonderful, just like a running river!" Every time Boya plays a piano piece, Zhong Ziqi can fully hear its meaning and interest, which makes Boya very surprised.

He put down the piano, sighed and said, "Good! Very good! Your skills of listening to sounds, identifying directions and understanding meanings are really brilliant. What you said is exactly what I thought. How can my piano sound escape your ears? "

So they became bosom friends and made an appointment to meet again the next year to discuss the piano. But when Boya came to Zhong Ziqi the next year, he learned that Zhong Ziqi had died of illness not long ago.

Yu Boya deplored his sadness, which was difficult to express in words, so he broke his guqin, never left his body, and never played the string again to thank his rare bosom friend.

This story tells us that knowing each other is more important than knowing each other.

4. "Carve a boat for a sword"

During the Warring States period, there was a man from the State of Chu who was very rigid in his work. He did what was written in the book, and even learned how to do it when others were doing it. He never wanted to make a change.

Once, he passed by the forest and saw a woodcutter chopping wood. Suddenly, the woodcutter was careless. The axe flew out of his hand and fell into the valley.

The woodcutter deliberately made a conspicuous mark where the axe fell, and then went down the hill from the path. By comparing the marks on the mountain, he quickly found the axe in the grass. The Chu people worship the woodcutter very much.

This Chu man loves fencing and always carries a sword with him. One day, he crossed the river by ferry. He stood by the boat, and the scenery on both sides of the river was dazzling. When the boat sailed into the river, intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, he accidentally let the sword slide into the river. ?

I saw him staring at where the sword fell. Others advised him to jump into the river to salvage, but the Truman smiled and shook his head. In front of his eyes, he saw a scene of a woodcutter carving marks. Then he said quietly, "Don't panic! I have my own magical method. "

I saw that he carved a deep mark on the side of the boat where he dropped his sword with a knife and said to himself, "This is where I dropped my sword!" " "

When the boat moved on and the boatman stopped, the Truman stood up, took off his clothes calmly and jumped into the water from the mark engraved on the side of the boat.

He fished in the water, but couldn't find the sword, so he surfaced, stroked the mark on the side of the boat and muttered to himself like a sleepwalker, "My sword obviously fell from here, why can't I find it?"

It's easy to salvage a sword by carving a mark. There was nothing wrong with it, but carving a mark on a moving ship doesn't mean there is no mark? This story is a wonderful irony for those who are rigid in thinking and stick to the rules and can't see the development and changes of things. The story tells us that we can't just rely on subjective will, we can't take it for granted, and we should handle it flexibly according to changes in objective conditions.

5. "Better late than never"

Once upon a time, someone raised a circle of sheep. One morning, he found a sheep missing. A closer look revealed that there was a hole in the sheepfold. At night, the wolf came in and took a sheep. Neighbors advised him: "Fix the sheepfold quickly and plug the hole!" " "

The man refused to accept the suggestion and replied, "Why build a sheepfold when the sheep have been lost?" The next morning, he found another sheep missing.

It turned out that the wolf got in from the hole again and took away a sheep. He regretted not listening to his neighbor's advice, so he quickly blocked the hole and repaired the sheepfold. From then on, wolves can no longer go into the sheepfold to grab sheep.

People are not afraid of making mistakes, and they are afraid of not correcting them in time; I am even more afraid that not only will I not correct it in time, but I will continue to make mistakes. After a long time, I may not even have a chance to remedy it.