What is the main content of the story of looking at plums to quench thirst?

Summary of the story: On the way to Cao Cao's conquest of Zhang Rust, the soldiers were thirsty because of the hot weather. Cao Cao told the soldiers that there was a big piece of Merlin in front to encourage low morale. The soldiers thought of Merlin in front of them. At that time, everyone was drooling and morale was greatly boosted, so the story of looking at plum to quench their thirst was handed down.

Cao Cao is a famous lean man in history. Since ancient times, there has been a great controversy about this man, and there are countless stories related to him. Such as: Battle of Red Cliffs, Wang Mei to quench thirst, etc. Today, let's take a look at the story of "Looking at Plums to Quench Thirst".

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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao led troops to fight, and encountered great difficulties on the way. That is, there is no water for hundreds of miles in the wilderness, and the soldiers are thirsty, and some weak soldiers are dying of thirst. Cao Cao was embarrassed to see such a situation.

So Cao Cao hurried to the front of the mountain to see the situation ahead. When Cao Cao reached the top of the mountain, he was disappointed. Looking around, there is still no human habitation. However, with a brainwave, Cao Cao thought of a way.

He turned and said to the thirsty soldiers, "Soldiers, go over the mountain ahead, where there are endless plums." The soldiers couldn't help drooling when they heard the sound of plums and remembered their sweet and sour taste. As a result, the soldiers suddenly had strength and struggled forward. Later, they finally reached the place where there was water, only to find that there was no Merlin.

Cao Cao successfully overcame the difficulty of thirst by using people's conditioned reflex to the sour taste of plums. It can be seen that when people encounter difficulties, they should not be afraid to advance blindly, but should always use their desire for success to motivate themselves, so that they will have enough courage to overcome difficulties and reach the other side of success. Now this idiom is often used to describe people's unrealistic ideas and comfort themselves with fantasy.

However, from a physiological point of view, it is not nonsense to see plum quenching thirst. I hope plum can really quench my thirst, which is a reaction of human higher nervous system activity and the result of conditioned reflex. It was not until the twentieth century that Russian physiologist Pavlov clarified its truth. Cao Cao was a learned politician and strategist in the Three Kingdoms period. He quenched his thirst through clever plans.