What idioms do you know that are related to historical figures?
Idioms** are established expressions that have been used in ancient Chinese vocabulary for a long time, especially those in ancient classics, historical stories and legends, it can be said that each idiom corresponds to an allusion, and these allusions are often related to historical figures, so most idioms are related to historical figures. If it is excerpted at such a long length, it is indeed a bit long, after all, there are more than 50,000 idioms, so let's just say a few.
Gibb's promise is promise.
This idiom comes from "Historical Records - The Biography of Ji Bu Luan Bulie", which tells the story of Ji Bu, a Chu man in the Qin Dynasty.
Ji Bu was a native of Chu and was known for his incorruptibility. His peasant was named Cao Qiusheng, who was good at debate and liked to inflate his worth by befriending powerful people, and was always looked down upon by Ji Bu. Cao Qiusheng heard that Ji Bu had become a big official, so he asked his friend Dou Changjun to write a letter to introduce himself and visit Ji Bu. Dou Changjun knew that Ji Bu didn't like Cao Qiusheng, and he couldn't convince Cao Qiusheng, so he had to write a letter to visit him.
When Ji Bu saw Cao Qiusheng, his face was not good-looking, but Cao Qiusheng didn't think so, and said to Ji Bu:"The Chu people have a saying, called'By your Ji Bu's words, it is better than a hundred times'。Jibu said"The reason why you have such a great reputation in the Liang and Chu countries is because I saw that we were fellow villagers, so I spread it everywhere. The reason why you have such a great reputation in the land of Liang and Chu is because I saw that we were fellow villagers, so I preached it everywhere. Why are you doing this to me? "
Gibb was very pleased, and warmly treated him as his most honored guest, and let him stay in his house for a few months, and gave him many gifts when he left.
Gao Yang: Fast and furious.
This idiom comes from the "Book of Northern Qi - Emperor Wenxuan Ji", which tells the story of Emperor Wenxuan of Northern Qi during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
Gao Yang was the son of Gao Huan, a powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Gao Huan has six sons. And it came to pass, one day, that he wanted to see which of his sons was the wisest, so he called his six sons and said to them:"There's a whole bunch of scattered sisal here.
After the start of the competition, the children looked at the tangled ropes in their hands and couldn't get started, clumsily trying to pull the ropes out one by one, and then it was not easy to tidy up, not only the speed was too slow, but also it was not easy to tie on the dead knots or knots, and it was even more difficult to untie. After a while, the children began to sweat.
Gao Huan's other son, Gao Yang, was different, he found a knife and several knives, entangled them and cut them indiscriminately, then separated, sorted them out, and quickly finished them.
Seeing this, Gao Huan asked"How did you come up with this approach? "
Gao Yang replied"Wrongdoers are killed! "
Gao Huan was very happy, thinking that this child was sober-minded, thinking differently from ordinary people, and he would definitely make great achievements in the future. Later, Gao Yang really ascended the throne of the Eastern Wei Emperor and established the Northern Qi regime, and he himself became the Wenxuan Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Tienden: Only the authorities can light the fire, not the public.
This idiom comes from Lu You's "Notes on Lao Xue'an", which tells the story of Tian Deng, the prefect of Changzhou during the Northern Song Dynasty.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Tian Deng, the prefect of Changzhou, was extremely brutal. Just because he has one in his name"Deng"words, the inhabitants of the provincial cities are not allowed to mention them in their words"Deng"words, even homophones. So, just mention"Deng"words, it must be replaced by another word, otherwise it will be buckled"Insulting magistrates"hats, sentenced to imprisonment, light and even injured.
During the Lantern Festival, fireworks and lanterns will be set off in the provincial capital for three consecutive days, and the provincial ** General Office has issued a notice in advance to invite the public to watch the lanterns.
However, due to"lamps"with"Deng"Homonyms, both"Obscurity", so there was a problem with the spelling, and the ** who wrote the proclamation had to put it"lamps"Instead"Fire"。Write the announcement of the **"lamps"Changed to"Fire"。So,"The lights are routinely turned off for three days across the country"became"The fire is routinely extinguished for three days across the country"。As soon as the announcement came out, the citizens were taken aback, and some foreign guests even thought that ** was going to burn the city for three days, so they packed their bags and left this annoying place.
The local residents have long been dissatisfied with Tian Deng's barbarism and unreasonableness, and after seeing the notice of **, they said:"What kind of world is this, only *** can set fires, and the common people can't? "