Eight-character idioms must be a little old …

Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, the "Hongmen Banquet", which is intended for Pei Gong and Liu Bang's life, is a well-known wine culture story. Liu Bang originally had only 1, soldiers and horses. At that time, Chu overlord Xiang Yu had 4, soldiers and horses. In 26 BC, Xiang Yu led a great army to stay in Hongmen (now east of Linwo County, Shaanxi Province). Xiang Yu followed the advice of his counselor Fan Zeng and decided to get rid of Liu Bang. In Liu Bang's class, he thought that the strength of the two sides was very different. If recklessly, he was bound to suffer. It was better to make amends and intercede first to make Xiang Yu change his mind. The next day, Liu Bang took more than 1 people, including Zhang Liang and Fan Ha, to visit Xiang Yu in Hongmen, and Xiang Yu hosted a banquet. During the dinner, Liu Bang humbly apologized to Xiang Yu and repeatedly said that he did not want to compete with Xiang Yu for the world. Xiang Yu was really on cloud nine, and suddenly changed his mind to kill Liu Bang. Fan Zeng winked at him several times and motioned for him to start work. Xiang Yu only pretended not to see it. Fan Zeng was in a hurry, so he sent Xiang Zhuang to the table to dance the sword and wanted to assassinate Liu Bang in the name of dancing the sword to help sober up. Fortunately, Xiang Bo, the attendant of Liu Bang, got up to dance and protected Liu Bang. Liu Bang took the opportunity to escape from Hongmen under the pretext of drunkenness, which is the origin of the famous story of "Hongmen Banquet" and the allusion of "Xiang Zhuang's sword dancing, which is intended to be Pei Gong".

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

Ban Chao, a famous Eastern Han Dynasty soldier, led his troops to attack the northern Xiongnu nobles in his early years, and was sent to the western regions with Guo Xun. When I first arrived in Shanshan country (originally Loulan country, it was changed to Shanshan when Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty), King Shanshan was still very considerate, but then he suddenly changed his attitude. Ban Chao was surprised, guessing that it must be because the northern Xiongnu sent envoys to get in the way, and King Shanshan didn't know what to do. So Ban Chao called the other courtiers and lied to him: "I heard that the envoys of the northern Xiongnu have been here for several days. Where are they now?" Hearing this, the courtiers were terrified and confessed everything. When Ban Chao heard this, as he expected, he privately called all the 36 officers and men who followed him to have a drink. While everyone was strong, he inspired, "Now everyone and I are in a foreign country, and we want to make great achievements and develop. But a few days after the Xiongnu envoy came here, King Shanshan didn't take us seriously. Maybe one day he will send us to Xiongnu, and our flesh and blood will be devoured by wolves. What do you say? " The subordinates all said, "In this dangerous place, life and death are at your disposal!" Therefore, Ban Chao suggested: "If you don't go into the tiger hole, you won't get the tiger cub ("If you don't go into the tiger hole, you won't get the tiger cub "). At present, we can only attack the Xiongnu envoy's camp at night, so that they don't know how many men and horses we have, and then we destroy them in the chaos. This time, King Shanshan will be terrified and our business will succeed. " Everyone suggested that we should discuss this matter with Guo Yao. Ban Chao was afraid that Guo Yao would be timid and bad, but he denied it. In this way, Ban Chao alone led 36 people to win the Xiongnu barracks, which shocked the whole country. So Ban Chao and his men successfully completed the mission together, and made an alliance with King Shanshan.

If you don't make a sound, it will be a blockbuster.

The idiom "blockbuster" originated from the story of Chu Zhuangwang's efforts to govern and revitalize the State of Chu. "Everything is done wrong, Yu Lao" recorded this incident and said: "Chu Zhuangwang has been in power for three years, and he has no orders and no politics. Ujima was in the throne, and Wang Yin (implied as' Yin') said,' There is a bird that stops the mound of the south (earth mountain). For three years, it doesn't fly, it doesn't sing, but it is silent. Why is this called?' The king said,' If you don't have wings for three years, you will have long wings; If you don't fly or sing, you will observe the people. Although there is no flying, flying will soar into the sky; Although there is no sound, the sound will be amazing. " The record of everything done is the earliest source of this idiom.

Biography of the Funny in Historical Records also contains similar events after Chu Zhuangwang: "When Qi Weiwang was in seclusion, he was fond of drinking for a long night, but Shen Xuan died, so he entrusted the government to be a great doctor. Chunyu Kun said, "There is a big bird in the country, which stops the king's court. If it doesn't fly for three years and doesn't sing, what does the king know about this bird?" Wang yue:' this bird will fly without flying, and it will soar into the sky; If you don't sing, you will be a blockbuster. "

This idiom means that there is a kind of bird on a heaped-up mountain in the south. It doesn't sing or fly for three years, but once it flies, it can soar into the sky, and its sound can be amazing. Later generations used the metaphor of "blockbuster, blockbuster, blockbuster, three-year wing" to describe talented people, who are usually unknown, and once they display their talents, they can make amazing achievements.

Chu Zhuangwang in the idiom "blockbuster" was a famous sage of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period, who reigned from 613 to 59 years ago. He acceded to the throne as a teenager, facing the chaos of state affairs. In order to stabilize the situation, he apparently ignored state affairs for three years, but in fact he was secretly waiting for the opportunity. People asked him, "If you don't fly for three years, you will fly into the sky; If you don't sing for three years, the song will be amazing. " He reigned for 22 years, and in order to revitalize Chu, he found a large number of loyal ministers and good generals to be used by the court. He knew how to be good at people's duties, recruited talents, and reused Su Cong, Wu Shen, Sun Shuao and Shen Yinzheng, asking them to rectify the Chaogang, build water conservancy projects and attach importance to agribusiness. Under the leadership of Chu Zhuangwang, the country became stronger and stronger, and successively destroyed Yong, cut Song, attacked Chen and besieged Zheng, and Chen Bing was in the suburbs of Zhou, winning the Zhou Dynasty. In the first 597 years, the Jin army was defeated in Xingyang, Henan Province. In 594 BC, it forced Song to make an alliance under the city, and successively forced Lu, Chen, Song, Zheng and other countries to take refuge, making Chu one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.