A hero who looks at plums to quench his thirst

The hero is Cao Cao. The original intention of looking at plums to quench thirst is sour plums, and people will salivate when they want to eat plums, thus quenching their thirst. Metaphorically, after the wish can't be realized, comfort yourself with fantasy.

1, original source

Wei Wu lost his way in the battle, and all three armies were thirsty, so he said, "There is a great Meilin in front of him. Forgive me, but it is sweet and sour to quench your thirst." When the foot soldiers smell it, they can get the source with their mouths full of water.

2. Translation

During the Three Kingdoms period, when Cao Cao led troops to attack Zhang Xiu in Wancheng (now Nanyang, Henan), he passed a place called Meilinpu in Fangcheng County. It was noon, sunny and hot. Cao Cao sent people to look for water everywhere and ordered soldiers to dig wells on the spot, but there was never a drop of water.

The soldiers and the whole army are thirsty. In order not to delay the March, Cao Cao had a brainwave, stood on a high place, pointed to a hill in front and said, "There is a large piece of Meilin in front, bearing many plums, which are sweet and sour, and can quench your thirst." Hearing this, the soldiers drooled for a while and stopped thirsty. They all recovered their spirits, accelerated their March, and finally reached the place where there was water in front.

3. Profile of people

Cao Cao (155-0315,220), whose real name was Meng De, a native of Geely, and a native of Peiguoqiao County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province), was of Han nationality. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was an outstanding politician, strategist, writer and calligrapher, and the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the Three Kingdoms. In the name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he conquered the four directions, eliminated the separatist forces of Er Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Ma Chao and Han Sui at home, surrendered the southern Xiongnu, Wu Huan and Xianbei abroad, unified the northern part of China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the establishment of Cao Wei. Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty before his death, then Wang Wei, and after his death, posthumous title became King Wu. After his son Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor, he was honored as Emperor Wu, with the temple name Mao.