Idioms for growth stories
Idioms about growth stories
There is joy in the road I have traveled, reminding me that in a compact life, I should occasionally relax and feel the small blessings. The following are idioms about growth stories that I have shared with you. Welcome to learn from them!
(1) Grinding a needle with an iron pestle
Li Bai, the famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, did not like studying when he was a child. He often skipped school and wandered on the streets.
One day, Li Bai did not go to school again. He wandered around the street and looked here and there, and unknowingly arrived outside the city. The warm sunshine, cheerful birds, and flowers and plants swaying in the wind made Li Bai sigh, "With such good weather, how boring would it be to read in the house all day?"
Walking, in a At the door of the dilapidated hut, an old woman with white hair sat grinding an iron pestle as thick as a stick. Li Bai walked over and said, "Grandma, what are you doing?"
"I'm going to grind this iron pestle into an embroidery needle." The old woman raised her head, smiled at Li Bai, and then lowered her head to continue. Grinding.
“Embroidery needle?” Li Bai asked again: “Is it an embroidery needle used for sewing clothes?”
“Of course!”
“But, Tie Chu When can such a thick needle be ground into a thin embroidery needle?
The old lady asked Li Bai: "A drop of water can penetrate a stone, and a foolish old man 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.”
The old lady's words made Li Bai very ashamed, so after he returned, he never skipped school again. I also studied very hard every day, and finally became a poet who will be famous throughout the ages.
Comprehension
No matter what you do, as long as you have perseverance, you will definitely succeed. Hard work pays off. If our children can be serious, hard-working and perseverant in their studies, there will be no problem with good grades.
(2) Dancing after hearing the chicken
Zu Ti of the Jin Dynasty was a man with an open mind and lofty ambitions. But when he was a child, he was a naughty child who didn't like reading. When he entered his youth, he realized his lack of knowledge and felt that he could not serve the motherland without studying, so he started reading hard. He read extensively and studied history seriously, so he started reading hard. He read extensively and studied history carefully, from which he learned a wealth of knowledge and made great progress in his knowledge. He went in and out of Luoyang, the capital, several times. People who came into contact with him said that Zu Ti was a talented person who could assist the emperor in governing the motherland. When Zu Ti was 24 years old, someone recommended him to go to court, but he refused and continued to study hard.
Later, Zu Ti and his childhood friend Liu Kun Yizhi served as the chief registrar of Sizhou. He and Liu Kun had a deep relationship. Not only did they often sleep in the same bed and quilt, they also had the same lofty ideals: to make contributions, revive the Jin Dynasty, and become the pillars of the motherland.
Once, Zu Ti heard the crow of a rooster in his sleep in the middle of the night. He kicked Liu Kun awake and said to him: "Other people think it is unlucky to hear a rooster crow in the middle of the night, but I don't." Thinking about it this way, how about we just get up and practice swordplay when the rooster crows?" Liu Kun readily agreed. So they got up after the rooster crows every day to practice their swords, with sword lights flying and sword sounds clanging. Spring goes to winter, cold comes and heat comes, never stopping. Hard work paid off, and after a long period of hard study and training, they finally became all-rounders capable of writing good articles and leading troops to win battles. Zu Ti was named General Zhenxi, realizing his desire to serve the motherland; Liu Kun became the governor, taking charge of the military affairs of Bing, Hebei and Youzhou, and gave full play to his literary and military talents.
Comprehension
The story comes from "The Book of Jin: The Biography of Zu Ti". The idiom "Dance upon hearing the rooster" describes a person who is energetic and promising, and also a metaphor for people with lofty ideals to cheer up in time.
(3) Repairing the situation after a lost time
This story comes from the "Warring States Policy". During the Warring States Period, a minister of the Chu State named Zhuang Xin said to King Chu Xiang one day: "When you are in the palace, the Marquis of Zhou is on your left and the Marquis of Xia is on your right; when you go out, Lord Yanling and Lord Shouhe are always together. It’s up to you. You and these four people specialize in extravagance and sex, and don’t care about the affairs of the motherland. Ying (the capital of Chu, in the north of Jiangling County, Hubei Province) must be in danger!"
King Xiang heard this! , was very unhappy and cursed angrily: "Are you confused? Are you deliberately saying these sinister words to confuse people's hearts?"
Zhuang Xin replied calmly: "I really feel that things must be done. If you have reached this point, you don’t dare to deliberately say that Chu is in trouble.
If you continue to favor this person, Chu will definitely perish. If you don’t believe me, please allow me to hide in Zhao. Hide and see what happens." Zhuang Xin had only lived in Zhao for five months. As expected, Qin sent troops to invade Chu, and King Xiang was forced to go into exile in Yangcheng (now northwest of Xixian County, Henan). Only then did Zhuang Xin feel that what he said was good, and he quickly sent someone to find Zhuang Xin and asked him what he could do. Zhuang Xin said sincerely: "I've heard that it's not too late to think of a hound when you see a rabbit's teeth; when a sheep runs away, It’s not too late to mend the sheepfold after it falls.
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Comprehension
This is a very meaningful story. If you only know how to enjoy yourself but don’t know how to do things, the result will undoubtedly be a tragic failure.
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The idiom "make up for it before it's too late" is based on the two sentences above. It expresses the meaning that if something goes wrong, it's not too late to save it as soon as possible. He made a mistake in the development of things, advanced rashly, and fell into a situation of failure. However, he was not discouraged. He patiently thought about the matter again, learned from this mistake, thought of "making amends", and started from scratch. It’s not too late!
(4) Waiting for the rabbit
According to legend, in the Song Dynasty during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer who worked at sunrise and rested at sundown. He just had enough food and clothing; if there is a famine, he will starve. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and very timid. He is lazy and afraid of everything, and always wants to be delivered to his door. The unexpected fortune came.
A miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field, and there were shouts and shouts everywhere. Suddenly, there was a frightened little beast running for his life. A rabbit, without any bias, crashed into a tree root beside his field.
He had a good meal that day.
From then on, he stopped farming. . Day and night, guarding the magical tree roots, waiting for the miracle to appear.
(5) Pulling the seedlings to encourage growth
Once upon a time, there was a farmer in the Song Dynasty who felt that the seedlings in his field were not growing. It was too slow, so he was worried all day long. One day, he went to the field with a hoe. He felt that the rice seedlings did not grow up at all, so he thought hard about how to make the rice grow taller.
Suddenly, he had an idea. Without hesitation, he rolled up his trousers and jumped into the paddy field, starting to pull each seedling a little higher. In the evening, the farmer finally completed what he thought was a clever masterpiece, and he was very proud of himself. He ran home and couldn't wait to tell his wife: "Let me tell you something amazing. I thought of a good idea today, which made the rice seedlings in our field grow a lot taller. "The farmer's wife was dubious and asked her son to go to the field to see what was going on. When the son heard that the rice at home had grown taller, he ran to the field to have a look with excitement. At this time, he found the rice seedlings. They have grown taller, but they are hanging low and are about to wither.
Comprehension
This story tells us that we must not learn from the farmers of the Song Dynasty. Everything has its own order. If you destroy the order just because you want to finish it early, not only will you not be able to finish it early, but you will accomplish nothing.
According to "Han Feizi", King Xuan of Qi loved to play the Yu and was very ostentatious. He often asked these 300 people to play the Yu for him. Mr. Nan Guo didn't know how to play the Yu. Seeing this opportunity, he went to King Xuan of Qi and asked to join the Yu playing team. King Qi Xuan put him in the Yu playing team and gave him a high salary. Mr. Nanguo, who didn't know how to play the Yu, would hide in the team and pretend to be a Yu when he was playing the Yu. In this way, no one would notice him. King Min took over the throne. Unlike King Xuan of Qi, he did not like to listen to everyone playing the Yu together, but liked to ask the Yu players to play to him one by one. When Mr. Nan Guo heard the news, he had to run away and did not dare to pretend anymore.
Comprehension
Western proverb says that you can deceive some people at some time, but you cannot deceive everyone all the time. Mr. Nan Guo will not pretend to be a yu player. If you are good at playing the yu, you will eventually show your flaws.
This story also shows that Mr. Nan Guo is not good at using excellent learning conditions to get along with the other 299 musicians in King Xuan of Qi's 300-person yu playing team. , the learning resources are quite abundant, but he did not realize this and was satisfied with making up his mind and deceiving himself and others, and could only end up running away.
(7) Staying away
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chong'er fled and came to the state of Chu. King Cheng of Chu thought that Chong'er would do something good in the future, so he welcomed him as a king and treated him like a distinguished guest.
One day, the king of Chu hosted a banquet in honor of Chong'er and suddenly asked: "What are you doing?" One day, when you return to Jin and become the king, how will you repay me? Chong'er thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty has plenty of beautiful attendants and precious silks; rare bird feathers and ivory and animal skins are also abundant in the Chu region." How can the Jin Kingdom have any rare items to offer to the king? The King of Chu said, "Young Master is too modest." Even though you say that, you should still express something to me, right? Chong'er smiled and replied: "If, thanks to your blessing, I can return to my country and take charge, I would like to be friendly with your country." If one day a war breaks out between Jin and Chu, I will definitely order the troops to retreat three hectares (one hectare is equal to thirty miles). If I still cannot get your forgiveness, I will fight you again. "
Four years later, Chong'er really returned to Jin and became the king. He was the famous Duke Wen of Jin in history. Jin became increasingly powerful under his governance.
B.C. In 633, the troops of Chu and Jin met during battle.
In order to fulfill his promise, Duke Wen of Jin ordered his troops to retreat ninety miles and stationed themselves in Chengpu (pú). When the Chu army saw the Jin army retreating, they thought the Jin army was afraid and immediately pursued it. The Jin army took advantage of the Chu army's weakness of being arrogant and underestimating the enemy, concentrated its forces, defeated the Chu army, and won the battle of Chengpu.
(8) Three Orders and Five Applications
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous military strategist named Sun Wu. He took his "Sun Tzu's Art of War" to see King Wu He (hé) Lu ( lǘ). After reading it, King Wu said: "I have read all of your thirteen art of war. Do you want to try it on my army?" Sun Wu said yes. King Wu asked again: "Is it okay to use women to test it?" Sun Wu said it was okay. So King Wu summoned one hundred and eighty beauties from the palace and asked Sun Wu to train them.
Sun Wu divided them into two teams, using the two favored concubines of King Wu as captains, and asked each of them to hold a long halberd (jǐ). After the team stood up, Sun Wu ordered the iron yue (yuè) (a torture instrument used for killing people in ancient times) to be brought out and warned them again and again. After saying this, he beat the drum to give the command to turn right. Unexpectedly, the female soldiers not only failed to act according to the order, but actually laughed.
Seeing this, Sun Wu explained to them what he had just said in detail, and then beat the drum and gave the order to turn left. The female soldiers still just laughed. Sun Wu said: "It is the general's fault that the explanation is unclear and the explanation is unclear. Since the explanation is clear and the order is not obeyed, it is the fault of the captain and the soldiers." After saying this, his followers pushed the two captains out and beheaded them. When the King of Wu saw that Sun Wu wanted to kill his beloved concubine, he hurriedly sent someone to intercede with Sun Wu, but Sun Wu said: "Since I have been appointed as a general, I will be in the army, and you will not accept your orders!" So he ordered the two female captains to beheaded. , and then appoint the two leaders as captains. From then on, the female soldiers practiced complex movements such as forward and backward, left and right, even kneeling and standing up, and no longer dared to play with it.
(9) Zeng Zi kills a pig (zhì)
Zeng Zi’s wife goes to market, his son is crying and wants to go accordingly. His wife coaxed his son and said, "You stay at home first, and I'll come back later to kill a pig for you to eat." As soon as his wife came back from the market, Zeng Zi wanted to catch pigs and kill them. The wife dissuaded her and said, "I was just joking with the child." Zengzi said, "Children have no ability to think and judge. They must learn from their parents and obey their parents' correct teachings. Now if you deceive him, you are teaching the child to deceive." Ah! When a mother deceives her son, the son no longer believes in his mother. This is not a correct way to educate." So Zengzi killed pigs and cooked meat for the children.
(10) Sit down and eat gall
In 496 BC, King Wu was defeated by King Gou Jian of Yue and was seriously injured. Before he died, he asked his son Fucha (chāi) to take his place for him. revenge. Fu Chai kept his father's words in mind and stepped up his military training day and night to prepare to attack Yue.
Two years later, Fu Chai led his troops to defeat Gou Jian. Gou Jian was surrounded, had no way out, and was about to commit suicide. At this time, his adviser Wen Zhong persuaded him and said: "The King of Wu is greedy for money and lust, so you can send someone to bribe him." Gou Jian followed Wen Zhong's suggestion and sent him to bribe (huì) with beautiful Xi Shi and treasures. lù) King Wu.
Wen Zhong met the King of Wu, offered his gift and said, "The King of Yue is willing to surrender and become your minister. Please forgive him." Wu Zixu (xū) stood up and objected loudly: "Gou Jian has a foresighted plan. Wen Zhong Zhong and Fan Li (lǐ) are smart and capable, let them go this time, they will definitely find a way to take revenge after they go back!" At this time, Fu Chai thought that the Yue Kingdom was no longer in danger, and he fell in love with Xi Shi's beauty, so he refused to listen to Wu Zixu's advice! After admonition, he agreed to Yue's request and withdrew his troops to Wu.
After the Kingdom of Wu withdrew its troops, Gou Jian took his wife and doctor Fan Li to the Kingdom of Wu to serve the King of Wu, herding cattle and sheep, and finally won the favor and trust of the King of Wu. Three years later, they were released and returned to China.
After Gou Jian returned to China, he was determined to become stronger and ready for revenge. He pillowed his weapon on his head at night, slept on a pile of straw, and hung a piece of gall in the house. He tasted the gall every morning when he got up, and asked the soldiers outside the door to ask him: "Have you forgotten the shame of three years?" "?" He sent Wen Zhong to manage the country's political affairs and Fan Li to manage the military. He went to the fields to work with the farmers, and his wife also spun and weaved. These actions of Gou Jian moved the officials and people of Yue State. After ten years of hard struggle, Yue State was finally well-equipped with troops and food, and turned from weakness into strength.
Besides, King Wu Fu Chai was obsessed with Xi Shi’s beauty and lived a luxurious (shē) life since he defeated Yue. He was also arrogant and arrogant. He listened to the bad words of the treacherous minister and killed his loyal minister Wu Zixu. At this time, the Wu State seemed to be strong, but in fact it was in decline.
In 482 BC, Fu Chai personally led the army north to compete with the Jin State for the leadership of the princes and alliances. King Gou Jian of Yue took advantage of the elite soldiers of the State of Wu to attack suddenly, defeated the Wu soldiers in one fell swoop, and killed the prince friend. After Fu Chai heard the news, he quickly led his troops back home and sent people to ask Gou Jian for peace. Gou Jian estimated that Wu could not be destroyed at once, so he agreed. In 473 BC, Gou Jian personally led troops to attack Wu for the second time. At this time, the state of Wu was at the end of its powerful crossbow (nǔ) and could not resist the Yue army and suffered repeated defeats. Finally, Fu Chai sent people to ask Gou Jian for peace, but Fan Li insisted on destroying the state of Wu. When Fu Chai saw that he could not make peace, he regretted that he had not listened to Wu Zixu's advice. He was so ashamed that he drew his sword and committed suicide.
(11) Roosters crowing and dogs robbers
Once, Lord Mengchang led a group of guests on a mission to Qin. King Zhao of Qin kept him and wanted him to be the prime minister of the country. Lord Mengchang did not dare to offend King Qin Zhao, so he had to stay. Soon, the ministers advised King Qin: "It is not good for Qin to keep Lord Mengchang. He is from a royal family, has a fiefdom in Qi, and has family. How can he really serve Qin?" King Zhao of Qin thought it was reasonable, so he changed his mind. , put Lord Mengchang and his men under house arrest, just waiting to find an excuse to kill them.
King Zhao had his most beloved concubine. Mengchangjun sent someone to ask her for help. The concubine agreed on the condition that she would be rewarded with a piece of Qi's unique fox white fur (a fur coat made of white fox armpit fur). This put Mengchang in trouble, because as soon as he arrived in Qin, he dedicated this fox white fur coat to King Qin Zhao. At this time, a doorman said: "I can get Fox White Qiu!" It turned out that this doorman was the best at stealing things through dog holes. He learned that the fox white fur was kept in a fine storage room in the palace, so he got into the storage room and stole the fox white fur under the moonlight. The concubine was very happy to see Hu Baiqiu, and tried every means to persuade King Qin Zhao to give up the idea of killing Lord Mengchang.
Mr. Mengchang immediately led his men to secretly ride horses overnight and rush eastward. It was midnight when we arrived at Hangu Pass (in what is now Lingbao County, Henan Province, which was the east gate of Qin at that time). According to the laws of the Qin State, Hangu Pass does not open until the rooster crows every day. How can the rooster crow in the middle of the night? When everyone was worried, they only heard a few roosters crowing "Oh, oh, oh", and then all the roosters outside the city gate began to crow. It turns out that another of Mengchangjun's disciples can imitate the crow of a chicken, and the chicken will crow immediately after hearing the first crow. Why did the rooster crow before I even slept? Although the soldiers guarding the gate felt strange, they had no choice but to get up and open the door and let them out.
At dawn, King Qin Zhao learned that Lord Mengchang had escaped, and immediately sent troops to chase him. When we chased him to Hangu Pass, he found that he had been out of the pass for a long time. Lord Mengchang fled back to Qi with the help of the roosters and dog robbers.
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