Chinese History Stories (100 words or so will do)

1. White Clouds and Pale Dogs. In the early years of Emperor Taizong's Dali reign, Wang Jiyou was serving in the Yuzhang County Curatorate. Poet Du Fu and Wang Jiyou have friends, pity his erudition but disappointment, but also by his wife away from the unfortunate, made "sigh" a poem lyric, the first four lines: "the sky like white clouds, Ssu change as the Cangdog. In the past and present **** a time, all things in life are not." The poem uses the change of the clouds in the sky as a metaphor for the impermanence of life.

"White clouds and pale dogs" was later used to describe the ever-changing world affairs. In the Song Dynasty, the poet Zhang Yuan Gan wrote, "The white clothes and the pale dog have changed into floating clouds, and a thousand years of fame have been gathered in a single dust". The idiom of the song is "Du Gongbu ji" (The Collected Works of Du Gongbu).

2. Bow down with all one's heart and soul, and then die. Three Kingdoms - Shu - Zhuge Liang "after the division table": "I bow and exhaust myself before I die." Meaning, I will be diligent, tireless, careful and prudent in my work, and exhaust my strength for national affairs until I die.

3. Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Butterfly. During the Warring States period, the philosopher Zhuang Zhou advocated the right and wrong QiYi, the two things I forget. Zhuangzi" in a parable of this theory: Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he turned into a butterfly, fluttering, happy. After waking up from the dream, he was still Zhuang Zhou. Therefore, I don't know whether Zhuang Zhou turned into a butterfly or the butterfly turned into Zhuang Zhou. In later times, "Zhuangzhou dreaming of butterflies" was used as a metaphor for life as a dream, which is difficult to investigate.

4, the country and the city. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Yannian, a lieutenant of the Concordance, once composed a song in front of Emperor Wu, saying: "There is a beautiful woman in the north who is absolutely independent of the rest of the world. One ancient city, and then the country. I would rather not know that it is hard to find a beautiful woman again." Emperor Wu was endlessly mesmerized, and sighed for a long time, saying, "Is there such a person in the world?" Princess Pingyang said, said Li Yannian has a sister, the appearance of a great generation, wonderful good dance.

5, both born Yu, why born Liang. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhou Yu with its classic quote "both born of Yu, why bright" for the party of the play is not good. The reason is simple, because he did not have the right mindset. In the face of a talent and wisdom are higher than their own people he is not to ask for advice, but chose to be jealous and find ways to fight with or even set up, this kind of mindset is not good to end up making their own wishes difficult to fulfill under the untimely death.

6, the birth of a son like Sun Zhongmou. Cao Cao and Sun Quan held in Moo Shu, Cao Cao attacked and could not break, and see the Wu army formation, Sun Quan extraordinary martial arts, y envious. Cao Cao was envious of Sun Quan's valor and envied him. He then praised Sun Zhongmou, saying that his son should be like Sun Zhongmou. This later people often use this metaphor to hope that the younger generation Yingxian. Now more used to praise or motivation.