Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Once the balloon is blown up, it will be on cloud nine.

Once the balloon is blown up, it will be on cloud nine.

? Once the balloon is blown up, it will be on cloud nine. Some people are like balloons, they will inflate once they are touted. If the thread falls off and the hand is loose, it floats lightly in the air, with no sustenance, no destination and no trace.

? Let me start with a flattering allusion. "Liu Xu" There was a minister in Song Zhenzong named Ding Wei, who was good at reading and listening, and was appreciated by the emperor, so he was named as the deputy prime minister. The prime minister at that time was Kou Zhun. Of course, when high officials, will also suck up to Kou Zhun. Once, while they were eating, Kou Zhun's beard was stained with some rice grains. Ding Wei hurriedly leaned forward respectfully, reached out and gently shaved Kou Zhun's beard, and even praised Kou Zhun's beard with disgust. Kou Zhun smiled and said, "What? Is there a prime minister who flatters others? " Since then, Ding Wei has become a famous prime minister in the history of China. The word "Liu Xu" has taken on a delightful new meaning. "Flattery" turned out to be a courtesy of the northern minorities. When they met on the road, they dismounted and chatted, patting each other's bottoms and saying, "The horse is really strong. "That's all. It is similar to meeting friends, patting shoulders, shaking hands and saying hello. Later, it evolved into "flattery" and flattery. Eminent people ride horses, slaves flatter their masters, showing the true nature of attentive service, which is similar to "walking", which is the synthesis of "walking"

A fable of Cao Shang licking hemorrhoids in Zhuangzi profoundly exposed the shameless face of flatterer. There was a man named Cao Shang in the State of Song. He sent an envoy to the State of Qin to see the King of Song. When I went to the state of Qin, I got some cars presented by the King of Song. He tried his best to please the king of Qin, who gave him a hundred rides. When Cao Shang returned to the Song Dynasty, he met Zhuangzi and boasted, "You live in a remote and narrow alley, so poor that you weave your own Ma Xie. Your neck is dry and your face is hungry." Unlike me, I went to the big country to follow the car, reaching a hundred times. This is my advantage. Zhuangzi said, "I heard that the King of Qin was ill, so I called all his doctors. He who breaks abscess and suppurates boils gets a ride, and he who licks hemorrhoids gets five rides. The lower the treatment area, the more vehicles there are. How many times have you licked hemorrhoids for the king of Qin? Why are there so many cars? Go away! "

What is even more disgusting is that in order to flatter superiors, you can lose your humanity. Gou Jian tasted dung: In 494 BC, the State of Yue was defeated by the State of Wu and forced to make peace with it. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, became the servant of Fu Cha, the king of Wu. In order to paralyze Fu Cha, Gou Jian pretended to be deferential and tried his best. Once, Fu Cha was ill, and Gou Jian tasted Fu Cha's excrement to judge the severity of his illness. In this way, Gou Jian gained the trust of Fu Cha, and finally put him back to Yue, where he was able to "live together for ten years and learn from the scriptures for ten years" and finally destroyed Wu. Red Eight Tasting Liquid: According to the New Tang Book Curry and Eight Biographies of Guo Hong, when Wu Zetian was in power, Guo Hongba was in charge of flattery and greed. One day, Cheng Wei Yuan Zhong was ill, and Guo Hongba went to see a doctor, just as Yuan Zhong was defecating. Guo Ba was so anxious that he took the stool and tasted it. He said happily, "The doctor's dry stool is worrying, but today it is bitter and harmless." Therefore, Yuan Zhong hates his people, and when he meets them, Guo Hong hates him. Guo Hongbo later became a cruel official, and the fallen minister spared no effort to avenge several deaths of Gong Wei. Deng Tong sucked carbuncle: During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Han had a strange dream that he could not ascend to heaven no matter how hard he tried. When he was in a hurry, a beautiful boy extended a helping hand to him and successfully climbed to heaven. Deng Tong was found to be a boy of his dreams and was favored by Emperor Wen. He was rewarded with a huge sum of money more than ten times and became a doctor. A kind-hearted man said that Deng Tong "starved to death when he was poor" and Wendi said, "I can make Deng Tongfu rich. How can I say that he will be poor? " So he gave him a strict bronze mountain and allowed him to cast his own money, because Deng's money was distributed all over the world. Wendy was sick once, and he often sucked the affected area for Wendy. Qi's request was sick, and Wendi asked him to suck. Liu Qi is very reluctant. Later, when I heard that Deng Tong had done it, I was very ashamed, so I hated Deng Tong. Liu Yuxin Si Qi is Jingdi. When Deng Tong was accused of minting coins outside the Great Wall, Jingdi lost all his property. Deng Tong was penniless and died supporting his family.

? As a poem says, flattery needs to be careful, but it needs to be argued for. Why aren't you afraid of the toilet stink? In the past, Goujian tasted dung personally, and Hongba tasted liquid in one pulse. Deng Tong sucked carbuncle to win the child, and Cao Shang licked hemorrhoids, which has been passed down to this day. It is never easy to be afraid of ugliness, but it takes a brazen person to succeed. It can be seen that only those who are shameless and have learned a lot can do the dirty things mentioned above.

Ordinary people, with blind self-esteem and strong vanity, always want to be flattered by others and get anesthesia and satisfaction from unrealistic and disgusting flattery from others. Cheap and clever flattery can always stir people's hearts and make the touted people addicted like opium.

? People who have been touted for a long time will feel extremely uncomfortable and their sense of existence will disappear once they are no longer touted. After a director retires, he has to ask his wife to give him a list to buy food in the vegetable market every day, otherwise he can't eat or sleep well. This is no joke. I've been an official for a long time and I'm used to being flattered. Suddenly when no one is pleasing, I fall into the clouds and can't adapt to the daily life of ordinary people.

Some people like to be touted, while others like to be touted without principle, value and bottom line. Especially those who have power and resources, once their mentality is distorted and they are only willing to listen to good words, a large number of sycophants will be born. The king of Chu loved his waist and starved to death in his palace. As soon as the atmosphere is formed, it will be popular all over the world. People who are good at boasting in history, such as Zhao Gao and Yan Song, are bound to become traitors.

In reality, there are also many people who spend all their time trying to figure out the preferences of leaders and try their best to flatter them and make them happy, so as to promote themselves to a higher position and make a fortune. Moreover, in some places and units, people who are good at boasting, carrying sedan chairs and blowing horns are the proudest people and the ones who take all the benefits.

However, for this kind of flatterer, it is really high. The eyes of the masses are discerning, and the trial of history is merciless. Once it becomes a loss of principle and bottom line, it will be branded indelibly, and it may be seriously nailed to the shame column of history, and it will never turn over and become a laughing stock and a talk after dinner.