What's the story of idioms?

Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. He often plays truant and wanders in the street. One day, Li Bai did not go to school again. He wandered about the street, looked around and unconsciously arrived outside the city. Warm sunshine, cheerful bird songs and flowers swaying with the wind made Li Bai sigh, "How boring it is to study in the house all day in such good weather?"

Walking, at the door of a shabby hut, a white-haired old woman is grinding an iron pestle as thick as a stick. Li Bai walked over. "What are you doing, old woman?" "I want to grind this iron pestle into an embroidery needle." The old woman looked up, smiled at Li Bai, and then lowered her head to continue grinding. "Embroidered needle?" Li Bai asked again, "Is it an embroidery needle for sewing clothes?" "Of course!" "But, the iron pestle is so thick, when can it be ground into a fine embroidery needle?"

The old woman asked Li Bai, "A drop of water can pierce a stone, but a fool can move a mountain. Why can't an iron pestle be ground into an embroidery needle?" "But, you are so old?" "As long as I work harder than others, there is nothing I can't do." Li Bai was ashamed of what the old woman said, and never played truant after he went back. I study very hard every day and finally become an immortal poet.

(2) Smelling chickens dancing

Zu Ti in Jin Dynasty was an open-minded and ambitious person. But he was a naughty boy when he was a child and didn't like reading. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve his country without studying, so he began to study hard. He read widely and studied history carefully, so he began to study hard. He read widely and studied history carefully, from which he learned a wealth of knowledge and made great progress. He has been in and out of Luoyang, Kyoto for many times, and people who have contacted him say that Zu Ti is a talented person who can assist the emperor in governing the country. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, he was recommended as a lawyer, but he didn't agree. He still studies tirelessly.

Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kunyi became the main book of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun have deep feelings. They not only share the same bed, but also share the same lofty ideal: to make contributions, revitalize the state of Jin and become a pillar of the country.

Once, in the middle of the night, Zu Ti heard the cock crow in his sleep. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him, "Everyone else thinks it's unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night. I don't think so. How about we get up and practice swords when we hear chickens crow in the future? " Liu Kun readily agreed. So every day after the rooster crows, he gets up to practice his sword, and the light of the sword flies and the sound of the sword is sonorous. Spring goes to winter, cold goes to summer, and it never stops. Many things happen. After long and arduous study and training, they finally became generalists who can write good articles and lead troops to win the battle. Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the country. Liu Kun became the commander-in-chief in charge of military affairs in Hebei and Youzhou, and also gave full play to his literary talent and military talent.

(3) The blind touch the elephant

According to ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures, there was a small country in ancient India, and the king's name was King Mirror. He believes in Sakyamuni's Buddhism and worships Buddha and recites scriptures every day. He is very religious. However, there were many religions and witchcraft in China at that time, and most subjects were confused by their preaching, which was not conducive to the governance of the country. King Jing wanted to convert his subjects to Buddhism, so he came up with an idea: educate and induce them with the appearance of blind people touching elephants. King Jing ordered his courtiers to say, "Find some blind people to come to the city." The messenger quickly gathered a group of blind people and took them to the palace.

The messenger went into the palace and reported to the mirror king, "Your Majesty, the blind man you ordered to look for has now been taken to the front of the temple." King Mirror said, "You will take the blind people to the elephant garden early tomorrow morning, so that each of them can only touch one part of the elephant's body, and then take them to the square in front of the palace immediately."

The next morning, King Jing called all the ministers and tens of thousands of civilians to gather in the square in front of the palace. People are whispering, and no one knows what important things the king is going to announce. Soon, the messenger led the blind man to the high seat of the king of mirrors, and the people in the square suddenly became quiet. The mirror king asked the blind man, "Have you all touched elephants?" The blind people said in unison, "I touched the elephant!" " "The mirror king added," Each of you tell me what an elephant looks like! "The blind man who touched the elephant's leg first stood up and said," Tell the wise king that the elephant is like a vat full of paint. " The blind man touching the elephant's tail said, "Your Majesty, elephants should be like brooms." The blind man who touched the elephant's belly said, "Your Majesty, elephants are really like drums." Later, those who touched the elephant's head said that the elephant was like a big spoon, those who touched the big ivory said that the elephant was like a horn, those who touched the back of the elephant's tail said that the elephant was like a stick, and those who touched the elephant's ears said that the elephant was like a dustpan. Finally, the blind man touching the elephant's nose said, "Your Majesty, the elephant is really like a thick rope." A group of blind people are divided into several groups, arguing endlessly, saying that they are right and others are wrong. One by one, they went to see Wang Qian in the mirror and argued, "Your Majesty! The elephant is really like what I said! " At this time, the subjects present laughed at this, and the king of the mirror also looked at the people meaningfully and laughed.

(4) Waiting for the rabbit

According to legend, during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer in the Song Dynasty who worked at sunrise every day and rested at sunset. In case of famine, he will starve. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and timid. He is lazy, afraid of everything and always wants to meet the unexpected wealth delivered to his door.

The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field and there were people hunting around him. The sound of shouting came one after another everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit, impartial, bumped into his field root.

On the same day, he had a delicious meal. After that, he stopped farming. All day, looking at the magical roots, waiting for the miracle to appear.

(5) Follow the map.

Sun Yang, a native of Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period, is said to be the most famous horse expert in ancient China. He can tell a horse at a glance. Because it is said that Bole is the god in charge of horses in the sky, people call Sun Yang Bole. It is said that Bole compiled his rich horse knowledge and experience into a book "Xiangma Jing". In the book, he wrote down various characteristics of a swift horse and drew many illustrations for people to understand horses. Bole has a son with poor intelligence. He has read his father's Sweet Horse Sutra, and he really wants to go out and find a swift horse. He saw in Xiangma Jing that the main characteristics of a swift horse are high forehead, big eyes and big hooves, so he took a book and went out to try his eyesight. Not far away, he saw a big toad, grabbed it, and said to his father, I found a good horse, which is similar to the "Xiangma Jing" mentioned in your book, except that its hooves are not like folded wine bars! Bole looked at the big toad in his son's hand. He couldn't help being funny and angry. He said humorously that this' horse' loves to jump and can't ride!

(6) teach fish to swim.

Lu Ban was a native of Lu during the Warring States Period. He is an expert in making exquisite instruments. People call him an "able man", and people always regard him as the ancestor of carpenters.

Teaching axe is to show off the skills of using axe in front of Lu Ban. In other words, it is ridiculous to try to show your skills in front of experts. This behavior is called "playing axe in front of Luban", or "playing axe in front of Luban" for short. This is similar to the saying of "playing broadsword in front of Guan Gong".

(7) stay away from the house.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was civil strife in the State of Jin, and Jin Xiangong's son Zhong Er fled to Chu. King Chu Cheng received him and promised that if there was a war in Chu Jin, the Jin army would stay away from him. Later, Zhong Er returned to the State of Jin with the help of Qin Mugong. The state of Jin supported the struggle between Song and Chu, and the two armies met in Chengpu. Zhong Er avoided, lured the enemy in and won.

(8) Assemble.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi bullied and attacked Lu, and Duke Zhuang of Lu led the army to meet the enemy. When the two armies met, the Qi army drummed, but the Lu army didn't. The morale of the Qi army was already very low when it beat the drum for the third time, and the Lu army beat the drum for the first time. With high morale, the Lu army defeated the Qi army.

(9) Darkness

At the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu claimed to be the overlord of the west, betraying the agreement that the first attacker in Xianyang was king. Liu Bang was extremely dissatisfied, led the troops into Sichuan, burned the Bashu plank road along the way and named it Hanwang. With the help of Han Xin, Liu Bang openly built a plank road, secretly bypassed Zhang Han, the general of Xiang Yu, and claimed the title of king for the Central Plains.