The Idiom Story of False Way to Destroy Guo

Idioms are a major feature of traditional Chinese culture. They have fixed structural forms and fixed sayings, expressing a certain meaning. They are used as a whole in a sentence and bear the responsibilities of subject, object, attributive, etc. Element. A large part of idioms are inherited from ancient times and represent a story or allusion. Some idioms are just miniature sentences. The following is the content of the idiom story I compiled, let’s take a look.

False way to destroy Guo

Pinyin

jiǎ tú miè guó

Definition

False: borrow; way : Road; Guo: a vassal state in the Spring and Autumn Period, located in the area of ??Pinglu, Shanxi and Sanmenxia, ??Henan. It generally refers to the destruction of this country in the name of borrowing roads.

Usage

As a predicate or attributive; it refers to destroying this country in the name of borrowing a road

List of idioms

This is " It is also a plan to destroy Guo by false means. In name only, Sichuan was collected, but in reality it was limited to Jingzhou.

Chapter 56 of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty

Idiom Story

In the early Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xiang of Jin actively expanded his army and territory in order to achieve hegemony. In order to seize the important territory of Weihan, they decided to go south to attack the Guo State. However, the Yu State was adjacent to the Guo State and was the only way for the Jin State to attack the Guo State. Duke Xian of Jin was afraid that the two countries would unite to resist Jin, so he adopted the strategy of Xun Xi, the official, to defeat them one by one.

So Duke Xiang of Jin sent general Rick to attack the Guo State, and first sent Xun Xi to borrow a road from the Yu State. Xun Xi said: "I need to use the jade of hanging thorns and the good horses produced by Qu Di as gifts to the Duke of Yu. If I go to borrow the road with heavy gifts, the State of Yu will be happy to agree." Duke Xiang of Jin said: "You want this Both items are treasures passed down from the palace. What if they accept our gift but don't lend it to us?" Xun Xi said, "If they don't lend it to us, they won't accept it. Our gift; if they accept our gift, they will definitely lend it to us, there is nothing to worry about." Duke Yu met Xun Xi in the palace. After he saw Baoyu and the horse, he agreed to Xun Xi's offer. ask. Minister Gong Zhiqi advised: "The state of Yu and the state of Guo are closely related. The state of Guo is not destroyed because of the state of Yu; the state of Yu is not destroyed because of the state of Guo. If we lend a road to the state of Jin, then If the state of Guo is destroyed in the morning, the state of Yu will also be destroyed in the evening." Duke Yu refused to listen to Gong Zhiqi's dissuasion, and lent his way to the Jin army, and expressed his willingness to send troops to assist the Jin state in fighting.

With the active cooperation of the Yu army, the Jin army made smooth progress and quickly captured Xiayang of the Guo state (today's Pinglu, Shanxi), controlling the strategic location between Guo and Yu in one fell swoop. The actual strength of the military forces of Guo and Yu was further explored.

Three years later, Duke Xian of Jin personally led the army to attack Guo State with great momentum and was determined to win. Jin State repeated its old plan and asked Yu again for help. The Jin army advanced rapidly, and soon came to the city of Shangyang, the capital of Guo (now in Shaanxian County, Henan Province). It was soon besieged and the Guo state was weak and helpless. It was destroyed by the Jin army a few months later.

On the way back to the court, the Jin army passed by the State of Yu. The State of Jin gave the captured singers and some of the looted treasures to the State of Yu. The State of Yu was very happy and allowed the State of Jin to station the army outside the capital. , as a sign of hospitality. One day, a gatekeeper came to report: "Gong Xiang of Jin has arrived with his army and is waiting for the king outside the city." Duke Yu hurriedly rode outside the city to welcome him. Jin Xian made a treaty with Duke Yu to come to Jishan for hunting. In order to show his grandeur, Duke Yu mobilized all the troops in the city and went hunting with him. When he returned to the gate of the capital after enjoying himself, he saw a majestic general standing on the tower. A closer look revealed that this person was none other than General Rick of Jin. He took advantage of Duke Yu's hunting trip and found the city empty, so he attacked and captured the capital of Yu State. Duke Yu was furious and ordered the army to attack the city. Arrows rained down from the city, and the soldiers who attacked the city fell down one after another. At this moment, Duke Xian of Jin personally led a large army and surrounded Duke Yu and his army under the city. General Rick took advantage of the situation and led his troops to rush out of the city and attack from inside and outside. The Yu army was defeated. Duke Yu ordered surrender and committed suicide. At this point, the state of Yu also perished.

At this time, Duke Yu was full of regrets and deeply blamed himself for not listening to the words of the minister Gong Ziqi, which led to such a tragic end. After seeing Duke Xiang of Jin, he had no choice but to bow his head and proclaim himself a minister. Duke Xiang of Jin smiled and said to him: "I came here to retrieve my precious jade and thousand-mile horse this time. But if you lend me the road, it can be considered a meritorious service. I can't forget your benefits, so I will give you another one." "A horse and a piece of jade."

Meaning of the idiom

Although the Yu State was weak and could easily become a target for annexation by big powers, this was not the fundamental reason for its failure, but the Duke of Yu. He was stupid and mediocre, coveting small immediate profits, destroying the strategic alliance with the Guo State, thus attracting the wolf into the house and ruining the Yu State. On the other hand, Duke Xiang of Jin took advantage of Yu's weakness of being greedy for profit and luring him to benefit, and cleverly concealed his true attempts to defeat each one with the illusion of borrowing money, so that he could use the strong to attack the weak and use big attacks with small strategic intentions. was successfully realized. "False Way to Destroy Guo" was also listed as one of the "Thirty-Six Strategies", which contains extremely rich and profound military struggle art, so it has been widely valued by military strategists of all ages.