Idioms about historical stories

The story in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

After Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became sworn friends in Taoyuan, they ran around all day, but because of the lack of counselors, they always felt that the Han Dynasty had no hope of restoring the world. Later, Xu Shu helped and even won the battle. Xu Shu was helpless and had to go to Cao Cao to save his mother. He recommended Zhuge Liang before he left.

One day, Liu Bei took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Wolonggang in Longzhong to invite Zhuge Liang out of the mountain. The boy said, "Mr. Wang went out this morning." Liu Bei asked the boy to tell Mr. Wang that he was coming, and then Lamar went back glumly. A few days later, Liu Bei got the news that Zhuge Liang had come home, so he visited Guan and Zhang for the second time. The boy said, "Mr. Wang is studying in the thatched cottage." After Liu Bei sought audience, he learned that it was not Zhuge Liang, but his younger brother Zhuge Jun, so I left a letter to express my admiration. The three brothers went back in the snow again.

Soon after returning to Xinye, Liu Bei wanted to invite Zhuge Liang again. Guan Yu persuaded, "Maybe Zhuge Liang is incompetent and afraid to see us. Zhang Fei said, don't go. I tied it with a rope. Liu Bei told the story of King Wen's visit to Jiang Ziya. The three brothers came to Wollongong for the third time. As soon as they arrived, the boy quickly said, "Mr. Wang is sleeping." Liu Bei waited until Zhuge Liang woke up and changed his clothes to meet him. Liu Bei took great pains to look after Lu Gu, and finally invited Zhuge Liang to assist him, which made great achievements.

Encircling Wei to save Zhao;

Wei surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao, and Zhao turned to Qi for help. Qi appointed Tian Ji as the general and Sun Bin as the military adviser, and adopted flexible tactics of avoiding reality and ignoring reality, directly hitting the beam of Wei's capital. Wei Jun had to go back to the army to rescue and solve the siege of Handan.

Three points:

On one occasion, the then emperor went to the northern suburbs to offer sacrifices, asked Wang Xizhi to write his congratulatory message on a board, and then sent workers to carve it. The sculptor was very surprised when he carved. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and brushwork actually penetrated into the wood for more than three points. He praised: "The words of the general of the right army are really incisive!"

Apologize humbly:

During the Warring States period, there were seven great powers, namely Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qin, which were called "Seven Heroes of the Warring States" in history. Of these seven countries, Qin is the most powerful. Qin often bullies Zhao On one occasion, the Prince of Zhao sent Lin Xiangru, the servant of the minister, to the State of Qin to negotiate. When Lin Xiangru met the King of Qin, with his wit and courage, he won a lot of face for Zhao. The king of Qin saw that Zhao had such talents and dared not look down upon Zhao again. The prince of Zhao saw that Lin Xiangru was so capable. First named "doctor", then named Shang Qing (equivalent to the later prime minister).

The prince of Zhao valued Lin Xiangru very much and was furious with General Zhao Lian Po. He thought: I worked hard for Zhao and earned as much money as Lin Xiangru, didn't I? Lin Xiangru with his mouth open, what's the great skill, status is higher than me! The more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he became. He said angrily, "If I run into Lin Xiangru, I'll embarrass him face to face and see what he can do to me!"

Lian Po's words reached Lin Xiangru's ears. Lin Xiangru immediately ordered his men to meet Lian Po's men in the future, so they must make way and not quarrel with them. Later, he went out by car. As soon as I hear that Lian Po is ahead, let the coachman drive into the alley and wait for Lian Po to pass.

People in Lian Po were even more carried away when they saw Shangqing let his master go like this. When they saw Lin Xiangru's people, they laughed at them. Lin Xiangru's men couldn't stand this anger, so they said to Lin Xiangru, "Your position is higher than that of General Lian. When he scolds you, you avoid him and let him go, and he will no longer take you seriously! We can't stand it like this. "

Lin Xiangru asked them calmly: "Compared with the king of Qin, who is better?" Everyone said, "Of course, the king of Qin is awesome." Lin Xiangru said, "Yes! I'm not afraid of the king of Qin, so am I afraid of even the general? You know, the state of Qin now dares not fight Zhao, because the domestic civil servants and military commanders are United. We are like two tigers. If two tigers fight, one of them will be injured or even killed, which gives a good opportunity to attack Zhao. Think about it, what matters is the country or the personal face? "

Lin Xiangru's men were very moved. When they saw Lian Po's men, they were very cautious and always let them go.

Lin Xiangru's remarks later reached the ears of Lian Po. Lian Po was extremely ashamed. He took off his sleeves, bared his shoulders, carried a thorn, and went straight to Lin Xiangru's house. Lin Xiangru hurriedly came out to meet Lian Po. Lian Po knelt down to Lin Xiangru, holding Vitex negundo in his hands, and asked Lin Xiangru to whip himself. Lin Xiangru threw Vitex negundo on the ground, hurriedly lifted Lian Po up with both hands, dressed him, and held his hand to let him sit down.

Lin Xiangru and Lian Po became good friends from then on. These two men are skilled in writing, fighting for their country, and Qin is even more afraid to bully Zhao. "offer a humble apology" has become an idiom, meaning to apologize to others and admit one's mistakes.

Theoretically:

During the Warring States Period, Zhao She, a general of the State of Zhao, defeated the invading Qin Jun and was promoted to the top by King Huiwen of Zhao. There is a son named Zhao Kuo, who has been familiar with the art of war since childhood and loves to talk about military affairs, but others often can't say it. So he is arrogant and thinks he is invincible in the world. Zhao She was worried about him, thinking that he was just an armchair strategist. In 259 BC, when he attacked again, Zhao insisted on resisting the enemy in Changping (now near Gaoping County, Shaanxi Province). Zhao was already dead at that time. Lian Po is in charge of commanding the whole army. Although he is old, he still has a good way of fighting, which makes Qin Jun unable to win. Knowing that it was not good for him to drag on, the State of Qin used double agents to send people to Zhao to spread the news of "General Zhao Kuo, the son of Zhao She, which Qin Jun was most afraid of". The prince of Zhao was cheated and sent Zhao Kuo instead of Lian Po. Zhao Kuo thought he was good at fighting, and moved all the articles in Sun Tzu's Art of War to the dead. After Changping, he completely changed Lian Po's battle plan. As a result, more than 400,000 Zhao troops were completely annihilated, and he himself was shot and killed by Qin Jun.