Mao Sui Self Recommendation Idioms

Idioms by The Free Dictionary ：毛遂自荐

Pinyin ：máo suì zì jiàn

Explanation ：Mao Suì self-recommendation. It is a metaphor for recommending oneself for a certain job.

Idioms by The Free Dictionary:

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qin army won a great victory over the Zhao army at the Changping line. Bai Qi, the general of the Qin army, led his troops to follow up the victory and surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao. The situation of Zhao was very critical. Zhao Sheng, the ruler of Pingyuan, was ordered by the king of Zhao to go to Chu to ask for troops to relieve the siege. Prince Ping Yuan gathered his followers together and tried to select 20 talented people in civil and military affairs to go with him. He picked and picked and picked, but in the end, there was still one person missing. At this moment, Mao Sui, one of his disciples, recommended himself and said, "I'll be one of them!" Seeing Mao Sui's repeated requests, Lord Ping Yuan reluctantly agreed. When he arrived at Chu, the king of Chu received only one person, Prince Ping Yuan. The two sat in the hall and talked from morning to noon, but there was still no result. Mao Sui took a big step up the steps and shouted from afar, "The matter of sending troops is either good or bad, or bad or good, simple and understandable, why is it discussed but not decided?" The king of Chu was very annoyed and asked Jun Ping Yuan, "Who is this man?" Lord Ping Yuan replied, "This man is called Mao Sui, and he is my disciple!" The king of Chu droned, "Get off quickly! I'm talking to your master, what are you doing here?" When Mao Sui saw that the King of Chu was angry, not only did he not retreat, but he walked up a few more steps. He pressed his sword in his hand and said, "Now within ten steps, the king's life is in my hands!" Seeing that Mao Sui was so brave, the king of Chu did not rebuke him any more, so he listened to Mao Sui's speech. Mao Sui then made a very incisive analysis of the reasoning that it was in Chu's favor to go out to support Zhao. Mao Sui's words convinced the king of Chu and he promised to send troops immediately. Within a few days, Chu, Wei and other countries jointly sent troops to help Zhao. The Qin army retreated. When Prince Ping Yuan returned to Zhao, he treated Mao Sui as his guest. He sighed and said, "As soon as Mr. Mao arrived in Chu, the king of Chu dared not underestimate the state of Zhao."

Originally

Qin's siege of Handan, Zhao made Yuanjun ask for help, and together from Chu, about 20 people with food customers who had the courage and strength to be prepared for martial arts with him. The king of the plains said: "If you can win in writing, then you are good to go. Wen can not win, then take a blood oath in the Chinese house under, must get fixed thus return. Scholar is not outside the demand, take under the door of the diners is enough." Nineteen people, the remaining no one desirable, not to full twenty people. Under the door, there is Mao Sui, before, praised himself to the Prince of Plains, said: "Sui heard that you will be together from Chu, about with the food customers under the door of twenty people with, not outside the demand. Now less than one person, I hope that you will be ready to Sui members carry on." Ping Yuan Jun said: "Mr. Sheng's door under the years in this?" Mao Sui said: "Three years here." Ping Yuan Jun said: "The wise man of the world, such as the cone in the bag, its end immediately see. Now Mr. Sheng at the door of the three years in this carry on, the left and right did not have to say recite, Sheng did not have to hear, is Mr. no all also. Mr. can not, Mr. stay." Mao Sui said, "I am asking you to be in the bag today. If I can get a place in the bag, I will be able to stand out from the crowd, not just the last to see it." Ping Yuan Jun even went with Mao Sui. The nineteen of them laughed at each other, but they did not stop.

Mao Suibi went to Chu, and discussed with the nineteen people, who were all convinced. The plain ruler and the Ch'u combined from, said its advantages and disadvantages, the sunrise to say, day in the middle of the indecision. The nineteen men said to Mao Sui, "Mr. Shang." Mao Sui pressed his sword and went up the steps, and said to Prince Ping Yuan, "The advantages and disadvantages of joining with Chu will be decided in two words. Today, he came out to say that he would go from, but he didn't decide in the middle of the day, why?" The king of Chu said to Jun Ping Yuan: "What is the guest for?" The king of Chu said: "What is the guest for?" The king of Ping Yuan said: "It's the Sheriff of Sheng also." The king of Chu scolded: "Hu not down! I am with and the king said, you what is the person also!" Mao Sui pressed his sword and said: "The reason why the king shouted at Sui, to the crowd of Chu also. Now within ten paces, the king shall not rely on Chu's crowd also, the king's life county in Sui hand. My king in front, scolding why? And Sui heard soup to seventy miles of land king of the world, King Wen to 100 miles of soil and vassal, not its soldiers are many, sincere according to its momentum and fight its power. Now Chu has a place of 5,000 li and a million halberds, which is also the capital of the king. With the strength of Chu, the world can't take it. Bai Qi, a small vertical son of an ear, led tens of thousands of people to raise a division to fight with Chu, a battle and raise Yanying Ying, another battle and burned Yiling, three battles and insulted the king's ancestors. This hundred years of resentment and Zhao's shame, and the king does not know the evil. The people from the Chu, not for Zhao. My king in front, scolding why?" The king of Chu said: "Wei Wei, sincere as Mr. words, I would like to dedicate to the gods of the earth and grain and to from." Mao Sui said: "From the fixed?" The king of Chu said, "It is settled." Mao Sui said to the King of Chu, "Fetch the blood of chickens, dogs and horses." Mao Sui served copper plate and kneeling into the king of Chu said: "The king should take the blood and set from, the second my king, the second Sui." The king said, "The king should take the blood oath, and the next one will be my king, and the next one will be Sui. Mao Sui left hand holding a disk of blood and right hand beckoned nineteen people said: "Gong Xiang and take this blood in the hall. The first thing you need to do is to take this blood oath.

The king of Pingyuan has decided to return here, return to Zhao, said: "Sheng do not dare to resume the photo. The first time I saw this, I thought I would not lose the world, and now I have lost it to Mr. Mao. Mr. Mao went to Chu, and made Zhao heavier than the nine tripods. Mr. Mao, with his three-inch tongue, is stronger than a million divisions. Sheng did not dare to reappear as a scholar." So I thought of him as a guest.

Translation

When the Qin army was besieging Handan, Zhao sent Prince Ping Yuan to ask for help, and went to Chu to sign a "joint column" treaty. The king agreed to go with twenty men who were both brave and skilled in civil and military affairs under his tutelage. Prince Ping Yuan said, "It would be great if we can succeed by peaceful means, but if not, I will take a blood oath under a big house and make sure that the treaty of "Combined Independence" is signed. I will return again. The attendants will not be sought outside, but will suffice to be chosen from among the diners under the door." Hirahara-kun found nineteen men, and there was no one to choose from among the rest; there was no way to fill the quota of twenty (men). A man named Mao Sui came up and recommended himself to Prince Ping Yuan, saying, "Mao Sui (I) heard that you were going to Chu to sign the treaty of 'combining the vertical and vertical columns', and I agreed to go there with twenty of my patrons, and I did not go out to look for them. Now there is still one person missing, so I hope that you will make up the number of people with (me) Mao Sui and set off!" Prince Ping Yuan said, "How many years has it been since you came under (my) Zhao Sheng?" Mao Sui said, "Three years now." The Prince of Ping Yuan said, "The presence of a capable scholar in the world is like the presence of an awl in a bag, the tip of which is immediately revealed. Now, it has been three years since you have been under (my) Zhao Sheng's tutelage, but the people on your right and left have not praised you, and Zhao Sheng (I) have not heard (such) praise, because (you) have no talent. You cannot (go) together, sir, please stay!" Mao Sui said, "I have only asked to be in the bag today. If I had been in the bag long ago, (I) would have been like the tip of a grain, with the whole sharp edge showing, not just the tip." Prince Ping Yuan finally traveled (to Chu) with Mao Sui. The nineteen men mocked him with glances at each other but none of them said anything.

When Mao Sui arrived in Chu, he talked to the nineteen men, and all nineteen were convinced. The 19 men said to Mao Sui, "Mr. Ping Yuan, who had been negotiating with Chu about the contract of "Combined Columns" (合纵), and (repeatedly) explaining the advantages and disadvantages of "Combined Columns" (合纵), and had been expounding these reasons since the sun came up, and had not yet made a decision by the time the sun was in the sky, said to Mao Sui, "Mr. Mao Sui! Go up!" Mao Sui ascended the steps with his sword in his hand, and said to Prince Ping Yuan, "The merits and demerits of 'Combined Indulgence' can be decided in two words. Today, when the sun comes out, we talk about 'combining the vertical and vertical', but when the sun reaches the middle of the day, we still can't make a decision, (why is this)?" The King of Chu said to Jun Ping Yuan, "What does this man do?" Lord Ping Yuan said, "This is (my) Zhao Sheng's servant." The king of Chu angrily rebuked him, "Why don't you go down? I'm talking to your sovereign, what are you?" Mao Sui stepped forward with his sword hilt in his hand and said, "The reason why the king (you) dared to rebuke (me) Mao Sui is because there are many people in Chu. Now, within ten paces, your majesty cannot rely on the Chu's crowd. Your majesty's life hangs in (my) Mao Sui's hands. My lord is in front of me, why are you rebuking me? Moreover, I have heard that Tang united the world with 70 li of land, and King Wen made the vassals submit to him with 100 li of land, is it because of the large number of soldiers? It was because (they) were able to develop their power on their own terms. Today, the state of Chu has a land area of 5,000 li and millions of soldiers with halberds, which is the capital of the king! With the power of Chu, the world can't resist it. Bai Qi, who is just (a) small vertical son, led tens of thousands of troops to fight with Chu, took Yan and Ying in one battle, burned down Yiling in the second, and insulted the king's ancestors in the third. This was the hatred of a hundred generations, and it was something that all the state of Zhao felt ashamed of, while the great king knew no shame. This matter of 'combining the columns' is for the sake of Chu, not for the sake of Zhao. My sovereign is before me, what are you rebuking (me) for?" The king of Chu said, "Yes, yes! As you said, I would like to make a 'joint-column' covenant with the state of our country." Mao Sui asked, "Have you decided on the treaty?" The king of Chu said, "It has been decided." Then Mao Sui said to the men on the right and left of the king of Chu, "Fetch the blood of chickens, dogs, and horses." Mao Sui held a bronze disk and knelt to offer it to the king of Chu, saying, "The great king should take blood to sign the covenant of 'Combined Columns,' followed by my sovereign lord, followed by (me) Mao Sui." So Mao Sui signed the 'Combined Vertical' covenant at the palace. Mao Sui held a copper plate and blood in his left hand, while with his right hand he beckoned the nineteen men, saying, "Gentlemen take blood one after another under the hall. The gentlemen are bumbling about, and this is what people call a man who depends on others to get things done."

The king of Ping Yuan returned to Zhao after signing the treaty, and said, "Zhao Sheng does not dare to choose talents anymore. I thought I had not lost the talents of the whole world, but I have lost them to Mr. Mao today. As soon as Mr. Mao came to Chu, he made Zhao's prestige higher than that of the Nine Tripods and the Great Lü. With a tongue three inches long, Mr. Mao is as strong as an army of millions. Zhao Sheng (I) dare not identify and select talents any more." So he treated Mao Sui as a superior guest.

"Mao Sui recommended himself" is a metaphor for recommending oneself.

Explanation

It refers to recommending oneself to take up a certain job or position.

Idioms by The Free Dictionary

During the Warring States period, the Qin army surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao. The king of Zhao sent Prince Ping Yuan to persuade the king of Chu to ally with Zhao to send troops to rescue Zhao. The king of Ping Yuan planned to choose 20 people from his 3,000-odd disciples to be his entourage, but only 19 of them met the requirements, and when he was in a hurry, a disciple named Mao Sui recommended himself and said, "Let me go!" Prince Ping Yuan smiled and said, "Anyone who is capable of going anywhere is like an awl placed in a sack, which will surely reveal its sharp edge. But you've been here for three years, and no one talks about your great name, so it's obvious that there's no talent." Mao Sui said, "If I had been put in a sack, I would have stood out long ago, and I would have shown more than a little sharp edge!" Seeing that he had a point, the Prince of Ping Yuan brought Mao Sui and twenty others to the state of Chu.

Prince Ping Yuan asked the king of Chu to ally his troops, and talked about it from morning to noon, but there was no result yet. The nineteen disciples were very anxious, but were out of ideas.

Mao Sui pressed his sword and came forward and said, "The matter of making an alliance is either benefit or harm, or harm or benefit, nothing but the word benefit or harm, so I understand why I don't decide now!" The king of Chu was furious and rebuked, "I am talking with your master, what are you doing here? You are still not with me to retreat!"

Instead of retreating, Mao Sui took a few steps forward and said, "Now the king's life is in my hands, and your 100,000 soldiers are useless!" The king of Chu knew that he was at a disadvantage and was afraid that Mao Sui would really use force, so he was speechless for a while. Mao Sui continued to press, "In fact, Chu has 5,000 li of land and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, why should it be afraid of Qin when it is such a powerful country? If the king does not agree to the alliance of Chu and Zhao, should he wait for Qin to break them one by one and sit back and wait for death?" The king of Chu listened to this and nodded his head, agreeing to make an alliance with Zhao and send troops to relieve Zhao's siege.