40 classic inspirational idiom stories

The stories of 40 classic inspirational idioms are as follows:

1, a drop of water wears away the stone

Zhang Chengya returned to the lobby with a small official and ordered torture. The petty official is not convinced. A penny is nothing. You can only hit me, but not kill me.

Let a tree represent this letter

Shang Yang ordered someone to erect a 30-foot-long log outside the south gate of the capital, and made a promise in public, who can move this log to the north gate to enjoy things.

As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron bar is ground into a needle.

Legend has it that Li Bai didn't like reading when he was a child. One day he went to play and saw an old woman grinding an iron bar. He was curious and asked what grandma was doing. Grandma is grinding the needle. Li Bai couldn't believe it. Grandma said that no matter how thick the iron bar was, I'm afraid I wouldn't grind a needle every day. After that, Li Bai began to work hard and study hard, and finally became a poet.

Step 4 burn one's bridges

Once the Chu army crossed the Zhanghe River, and the soldiers were given a hearty meal, each with three days' dry food. Then he ordered the boat crossing the river to be chiseled into the river and the boiling pot to be smashed into pieces. After this battle, Qin Jun couldn't get up any more, and his morale was low. The name overlord is disheartening. Within two years, the Qin Dynasty was destroyed.

5, hanging beam stung people

In the Jin Dynasty, there was a young man named Sun Jing, who was diligent and studious. However, when reading in the middle of the night, I often doze off. In order not to affect her study, Sun Jing came up with a way. He found a rope, one end tied to his hair and the other end tied to the beam. In this way, whenever he wants to doze off, as long as he lowers his head and the rope pulls his hair and hurts his scalp, he will wake up and continue reading.

6. Smell the chicken dancing

Zuxun and Liu Kun were both generals in the Jin Dynasty. They are like-minded, and they all want to contribute to the country and make a great cause. They work together in the yamen during the day and sleep under a quilt at night. At that time, there was a struggle among the royal families in the Western Jin Dynasty for power and profit, and the leaders of various ethnic minorities took the opportunity to arise and make an insurrection. Zu invited and Liu Kun were very worried about this. Grandchildren and grandchildren said that this is not a bad voice, but a cry urging us to get up and exercise quickly.

7. diligence can make up for it

Zeng Guofan is one of the most influential figures in the history of China, but his talent was not high when he was a child. A thief came to his house and lurked under his eaves, hoping to get some benefits after the scholar slept. But wait and wait, just don't see him sleeping, or read the article over and over again. The thief was furious, jumped out and said what books to read at this level, and then recited the article and left.

8. Buy gifts and return pearls.

He is from the State of Chu and has a beautiful pearl, which he intends to sell. In order to get a good price, he tried his best to package the pearls. He feels that with noble packaging, the status of pearls will naturally rise. The Chu people carefully put the pearls in boxes and took them to the market for sale. Soon, many people gathered around to admire the Chu people's boxes. A Zheng people looked at the box for a long time and finally bought it at a high price.

9. Wait for the rabbit

According to legend, during the Warring States Period, there was a farmer in Song State who worked at sunrise and died at sunset. When the years are good, I just eat and wear warm clothes. In case of famine, you will starve to death. He wants to improve his life, but he is too lazy and timid. He is lazy and afraid of everything. He always wanted to meet unexpected wealth, and a miracle finally happened.

One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field and there were people hunting around him. The sound of shouting came one after another everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran desperately. Suddenly, a rabbit, impartial, bumped into his field root.

On the same day, he had a delicious meal. After that, he stopped farming. All day, looking at the magical roots, waiting for the miracle to appear.

10, teach fish to swim.

Lu Ban was a native of Lu during the Warring States Period. He is an expert in making exquisite musical instruments. People call him an able man, and people always regard him as the ancestor of carpenters.

Teach the axe to show off the skills of using the axe in front of Lu Ban, that is to say, to show off his skills in front of experts. This ridiculous behavior of being too modest is called teaching an axe in front of Lu Ban. This is similar to Guan Gong's saying that he was playing with a broadsword in front of him.

1 1, don't enter the house.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was civil strife in the State of Jin, and Jin Xiangong's son Zhong Er fled to Chu. King Chu Cheng received him and promised that if there was a war in Chu Jin, the Jin army would stay away from him. Later, with the help of Qin Mugong, Zhong Er returned to the State of Jin, which supported the conflict between Song and Chu, and the two armies met in Chengpu. Zhong Er stayed out of it, lured the enemy deeper and won.

12, set

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi bullied and attacked Lu. Duke Zhuang of Lu led an army to meet the enemy and the two armies met. The Qi army beat drums, while the Lu army did not beat drums under the guidance of Cao Gui. The morale of the Qi army was already very low when it beat the drum for the third time, and the Lu army beat the drum for the first time. With high morale, the Lu army defeated the Qi army.

13, darkness

At the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu claimed to be the overlord of the West Chu, betraying the agreement that the one who attacked Xianyang first was king. Liu Bang was extremely dissatisfied, led the army into Sichuan, burned the Bashu plank road along the way, and named it Hanwang. With the help of Han Xin, Liu Bang built a plank road in the open, and then made a detour to win Zhang Han, the general of Xiang Yu, so as to claim the title of Wang Zhongyuan.

14, three chapters

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang led the rebel army to garrison the overlord, and Zi Ying, the king of Qin, surrendered to Liu Bang, who captured Xianyang. In order to gain the support of the people, he retreated to hegemony, called a meeting of leaders in Guanzhong area and announced the abolition of torture in Qin Dynasty. In order to maintain local stability, at the same time, we made three chapters with them, killing, wounding and stealing compensation.

15, it's a long story.

During the Warring States Period, Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, succeeded to the throne at a young age, assisted by Lv Buwei, the prime minister, in order to win people's hearts and enhance their strength. Lv Buwei organized people to compile Lv Chunqiu, hung this 65,438+10,000-word book in a store in Xianyang, and announced who could point out the shortcomings in the book. If you add or delete a word, reward your daughter.

16, last stop

In the third year of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bangpa sent general Han Xin to attack Zhao, and Zhao, Xie and general Zhao led the troops with 200,000 troops to meet at Jingxingkou. Chen Yu didn't listen to Li Zuoche's advice. He fought to the death with Han Xin and was cheated to the river by Han Xin. Then he sent troops to take Zhao Zhai lightly, killed him, captured Liu Xie alive and destroyed Zhao.

17, the more the better.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Han Xin first defected to Xiang Yu, but he was not reused. He defected to Liu Bang and was highly recommended by Prime Minister Xiao He before becoming a general of the Han army. Liu Bang once asked Han Xin how many soldiers he could take. Han Xin replied that the more the better, so he offended Liu Bang. Later, after the unification of the Western Han Dynasty, Han Xin was named Huaiyin Hou, and was soon killed by the imperial court.

18, returned to Zhao intact.

When the King of Qin learned that King Hui of Zhao had obtained the Heshibi, he wanted to exchange 15 for Heshibi. King Hui of Zhao sent Lin Xiangru to trade, and the king of Qin got Choi without talking about the exchange of the city. Lin Xiangru designed and choi, cheat back, and sent and choi, overnight back to zhao. The king of Qin was so angry that he wanted to kill Lin Xiangru.

19, make the finishing point

Zhang Sengyou, a famous painter in Nanliang, is especially good at painting dragons, and Liang Wudi has a anrakuji in Jinling. Let Zhang Monk friend draw dragons on the wall. He drew four lifelike dragons, but none of them had eyes. Confused, they advised him to order longan. He just clicked the eyes of two dragons, and suddenly the lightning flashed and the two dragons left in the air.

20, alert.

Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, began to practice calligraphy at the age of 7. He practices calligraphy very hard. He often practices calligraphy by the pool, and the water in the pool is dyed black. At the age of 33, he wrote Preface to Lanting Collection, at the age of 37, he wrote Huang Tingjing, and later changed the book board. The craftsman found that Wang Xizhi's brushwork was very strong, and his handwriting had penetrated into the board for three minutes.

2 1, high mountains and flowing water

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Yu Boya, a doctor in the State of Jin, was very good at playing the piano. He went to Ma 'anshan, Chu and met Zhong Ziqi. They talked about the rules of piano very speculatively. When Boya saw mountains and flowing water, he played a song. Zhong Ziqi said happily that there were rivers in Mount Tai. The two became bosom friends. The following year, Boya visited Zhong Ziqi and learned that Zhong Ziqi had passed away. He sadly destroyed the piano at the grave.

22, three care about the cottage

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Zhuge Liang built a thatched cottage in Longzhong and cultivated his own food, but he was very knowledgeable and was called Mr. Wolong. Xu Shu recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei personally went to Wollongong to see Zhuge Liang, but they didn't see him twice before. Finally, I saw Zhuge Liang for the third time and sincerely invited Zhuge Liang to come out of the mountain.

23, have answers

Su Shi and Wen Tong, literati painters in Song Dynasty, were both good at painting bamboo. Su Shi is used to painting ink bamboo, thinking that painting bamboo must be done first. Wen Tong planted a lot of bamboos in front of his house and observed the growth and changes of bamboos every day, so the bamboos he painted were vivid and varied. Painter Chao praised Wen Tong for painting bamboo.

24, cup bow snake shadow

This story is about a master named Du Xuan who mistook the bow reflected in the cup for a snake. But it was the county magistrate who invited him to drink. He dared not give up drinking, so he had to bite the bullet and drink the wine. Finally, he had a heart attack and always felt a stomachache. Nothing is useful. This story is a metaphor for a person who is paranoid because of delusion and scares himself.

25. Encourage the growth of seedlings.

This story is mainly about a farmer in the Song Dynasty during the Warring States Period. He is worried that his seedlings are not tall and goes to see them every day. A few days passed, and the seedlings didn't seem to grow at all. He's worried. One day, he thought of an idea and immediately rushed into the field to raise seedlings one by one. After a day, he finally raised a lot of all the seedlings.

26. walls have ears

Once upon a time, there was a curious man who always liked to ask about other people's secrets. I know too many secrets to keep in my heart. One day, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he finally couldn't help it, took his good friend and told everything he knew. Where does he expect it to be? On the other wall of the next room, someone clearly heard what he said. So before long, everyone knew his bad habit of talkative.

27. Play the lute to a cow

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a very famous musician named Gong in the State of Lu. Gong plays the piano very well, and the beautiful piano sounds flow from his hands, and the audience will be fascinated.

One spring, Gong and Qin went for a walk in the field. The spring breeze is soft and the grass is fragrant. Gong Yiming is relaxed and happy, so I can't help looking around. He found a cow grazing in the distance and turned a blind eye to his arrival. He had a sudden whim. In the past, he played the piano for people and got a lot of praise. If you play a song to this cow, will it listen? With this in mind, he set up the piano, tuned the strings and played in the field.

28. Cut the wall to get light.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a boy named Kuang Heng who was very studious. As his family is poor, he has to do a lot of work during the day to earn money. Only at night can he sit down and read. However, he can't afford candles, so he can't read when it is dark. Kuang Heng was heartbroken at this time-wasting behavior, and his heart was very painful. His neighbor's family is very rich. At night, light candles in several rooms to make them bright.

One day, Kuang Heng summoned up his courage and said to his neighbor, I want to study at night, but I can't afford candles. Can I lend you an inch of land? Neighbors have always looked down on people who are poorer than their family, so they sarcastically said, since they are too poor to buy candles, what books are there to read?

29. Bole Xiangma

On one occasion, Bole was entrusted by the King of Chu to buy a good horse that could walk thousands of miles every day. Bole explained to the king of Chu that swift horses are rare and hard to find. He needs to travel around the country. Please rest assured that the king of Chu will try his best to get things done.

Bole traveled to several countries and carefully inspected Zhao Yan, which is rich in famous horses. It's hard, but I still haven't found a good horse I like. One day, Bole came back from Qi. On the way, he saw a horse pulling a salt cart and struggling on a steep slope. This horse is tired and it is difficult to take every step. Bole has always been very close to horses and can't help walking up to him. When the horse saw Bole approaching, it suddenly raised its head, widened its eyes and screamed loudly, as if to tell Bole something.

30. read ten lines at a glance

Ruan Yuan has compiled many books and often asks a man named Yan Jie to help him proofread them. Ruan Yuan wrote a poem for him, which Yan Zi carefully proofreads. This is the longest poem in my day, and the proofreading text begins with ten lines. The school is proofreading and the library is accommodation. At that time, Yan Jie lived in Ruan Yuan's house. The most important thing in proofreading is carefulness. If you try to be quick and one-sided, some typos will be easily overlooked.

3 1, the sham as the genuine.

Once upon a time, there was a man named Yuan Man. He bought a big and bright pearl, and often played alone, never letting others see it. His neighbor picked up a big pearl from the road and treasured it. Later, both of them got the same disease. The doctor said that pearl powder should be used as medicine, so he had to take out the hidden pearls. The doctor smiled and said to Shouliang, this is not a pearl, but a fish eye.

32. rumors

In ancient times, there was a Qi called Pore. He told a man named Shorty that a piece of meat had fallen from the sky. It is 30 feet long and 10 feet wide. Seeing Ai Zi's disbelief, he changed his tune: Twenty zhangs, then. See YiZi still don't believe it, said, ten zhangs, then. Ai Zi asked where the meat had fallen, but he couldn't answer, so he had to admit that he heard it on the road.

33. tremble

In the Western Han Dynasty, there was an official named Zong Yi who was cruel and vicious. On his first day in office, he ordered more severe punishment for more than 200 prisoners held in local prisons. Relatives and friends of these prisoners came to visit the prison and were arrested by him. Later, he still felt that it was not enough, so he killed the prisoners and their relatives and friends. When people knew about it, they trembled and were very scared.

34. gild the lily

During the Warring States period, there was a man in charge of the ancestral temple in the State of Chu. After the sacrifice, he sent wine to the people who worked under the tree, but there was not enough wine. So they came up with a way to draw a snake on the ground, so that the fastest person can drink water.

One of them painted the fastest and was about to drink. Seeing that the others had not finished painting, he added feet to the snake. At this time, just after another person finished painting, he snatched the wine from his hand and said, snakes have no feet, so why add feet to them? Then he drank wine.

35. An old horse knows the way

During the ancient Warring States Period, Qi sent troops to attack another country. When the Qi army returned smoothly, because they were not familiar with the terrain, they walked into a dangerous valley and lost their way. The resourceful Qi strategist said that no matter how far the old horse goes, he can always walk back along the route he came from. Sure enough, the Qi army followed the old horse out of the dangerous valley. The soldiers praised them cheerfully, but they still knew the way when they were old.

36, wai Wei to save Zhao

During the Warring States Period, Pang Juan, the general of Wei, led an army to surround Handan, the capital of Zhao. Zhao hurried to Qi for help. Qi Weiwang appointed Tian Ji as general, Sun Bin as strategist, and led the troops to save Zhao. Tian Ji is ready to face Wei Jun's first team. Sun Bin said that now the main force of Wei is attacking Handan, and the girders of Wei's capital must be empty. If we attack the girder directly, Wei will definitely retreat back to the girder, which will not only save Zhao, but also deal a great blow to Wei. Tian Ji took Sun Bin's advice, and Pang Juan got the recruit, withdrawing troops to save the girder, and was ambushed by the Qi army on the way.

37. Skills of killing dragons

There is a man named Zhu. He wants to learn an amazing skill. He heard that Pianyi could kill dragons, so he went to worship Pianyi as a teacher and learned from him the skills of killing dragons. Zhu studied clothes binding for three years, and after spending all his possessions, he learned the skill of killing dragons. But there is no dragon in the world, where can he display his magical skills?

38. The meaning of drunkenness is not in wine.

Zuiweng Pavilion is about the beautiful scenery in the west of Chuxian County, Anhui Province. There is a pavilion there, which is said to have been built by a monk in the mountains. Ouyang Xiu named this pavilion Zuiweng Pavilion, because Ouyang Xiu often comes here to drink with friends. Ouyang Xiu is a small drinker and easily drunk, but why does he still like to drink? The article said that the original intention of drunkards is not to drink, but to enjoy the scenery there. He got the pleasure of enjoying the scenery by drinking.

39. Don't be afraid of difficulties

Confucius traveled around the world, passing through Kuang Di. Because Confucius and Yanghu are similar in appearance, Yanghu once invaded here. So, the locals surrounded Confucius. When Luz, a student of Confucius, came to save him, he found the teacher talking and laughing and asked him why he still had such an interest. Confucius replied that those who are not afraid of great difficulties are brave saints. After listening to the teacher, Luz admired Confucius very much.

40 years old, grovelling

Chen Zhongwei, the minister, knew that the situation was very serious and told the emperor that when the Emperor was in power, the monarch and his subjects were very fatuous. When the enemy attacked, those people knelt down and surrendered to the enemy, grinning like slaves and kneeling for mercy like handmaids. We should take a warning, but the fatuous Song Jun didn't take it to heart at all, and finally the Southern Song Dynasty perished.