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To go south, but drive north.Metaphor action and purpose opposite. "Warring States Policy Wei Policy Four": "Today, when the minister comes, he sees people in Daxing, and he faces the north and holds his car. The minister said: "I want the Chu." The minister said: "The king's Chu, I will be Xi North?' Said: "My horse is good." The minister said: "Although the horse is good, this is not the way of Chu." Said: "I use it a lot." The minister said: "Although I use it a lot, this is not the way of Chu." Said: "My ruler is good." The better the number, the farther away they are from Chu. Now the king is motivated to become the overlord, and he wants to believe in the world. Relying on the size of the kingdom and the elite soldiers, he will attack Handan and use it to spread The earth honors the name, the more the king moves, the farther he is from the king. It is like going north to Chu."

The king of Wei planned to attack Handan, and Ji Liang hurriedly came to persuade him and said: "When I came to see you this time, I met a man on the road who was driving northward. He said to me: 'I want to go to Chu State. ’ I said: ‘Chu is in the south, why are you heading north?’ He said: ‘My horse is good.’ I said: ‘Although the horse is good, this is not the way to go to Chu.’ He also said: "I have sufficient expenses." I said: "Although the expenses are sufficient, this is not the way to go to Chu after all." He also said: "My groom is skilled in driving." Well, the farther away he will be from Chu. Now, my lord, you plan to become the overlord of the princes, and you want to establish trust in the world. If you attack Handan purely by relying on a large country and excellent weapons, you will expand your territory and make your reputation more noble. , then the more frequent your military operations, the farther away the reputation, faith and other things you want will be away from you, just like the man who thought of Chu but went north."

Run in the opposite direction If we ignore the objective laws and only rely on subjective imagination, the result will be the opposite. It is better to make jade and be broken than to make pottery.It is a metaphor that he would rather die for justice than take his own life. Tang Li Baiyao's "Northern Qi Book·Yuan Jing'an Biography": "A man would rather break jade than tile it." Yuan Jing'an was a native of the Northern Dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. He was originally a descendant of the royal family of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later served as an official in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi Dynasties.Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu of the Northern Wei Dynasty was originally supported by the powerful minister Gao Huan, but he later wanted to rely on Yuwentai who was entrenched in the Guanlong area to eliminate Gao Huan, and fled to Chang'an after his plan failed.From then on, the Northern Wei Dynasty began to split into the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty.In 534 A.D., Gao Huan established another Xiaojing Emperor Yuan Shanjian in Luoyang, which was the Eastern Wei Dynasty.In 535 A.D., Yu Wentai killed Emperor Xiaowu and set up another Yuanbao Ju for Emperor Wen, which was the Western Wei Dynasty.The Eastern Wei and Western Wei were actually controlled by Gao Huan and Yu Wentai respectively.After Gao Huan's death, his son Gao Yang replaced him to control the power of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.Later, Gao Yang was unwilling to be just a prime minister, so he abolished Yuan Shanjian in 550 AD and established himself as emperor. This is the Northern Qi Dynasty.

After the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Yang gradually eliminated the dissidents in the Yuan clan of the Northern Wei and Eastern Wei royal families, so that the Yuan clan was panicked at that time.Yuan Jing'an has a calm personality since he was a child, capable and strategic in his work, and is good at building interpersonal relationships.Seeing this situation in the family, Yuan Jing'an suggested changing Yuan's surname to Gao's to avoid disaster and preserve the family.But his cousin Yuan Jinghao firmly disagreed. He said: "How can you abandon your ancestors and follow someone else's surname? A man would rather be broken into jade than be preserved as pottery." After telling Gao Yang, Gao Yang arrested and killed Yuan Jinghao, and exiled his family to Pengcheng.As a reward, Gao Yang rewarded Yuan Jingan with the surname Gao.

death rather than surrender compromise It is better to live for broken pieces of jade than for tiles, to live shamelessly, life is better than death. His hair stood on end, and he lifted his hat.Describe the extreme anger. "Historical Records: Biography of Lian Po Lin Xiangru": "Xiangru stood up because he held a biscuit, leaning on a pillar, and rushed to the crown with anger." During the Warring States Period, King Qin Zhao heard that King Huiwen of Zhao had obtained He's Bi from Chu, so he sent a letter to King Zhao, expressing his willingness to exchange fifteen cities for He's Bi.Although He's Bi is the national treasure of Zhao State, but Qin State is powerful. Zhao Wang and his ministers knew that the conditions of the fifteen cities were false, but they had to agree, so they decided to plan and sent Lin Xiangru to bring He's Bi to Qin State for negotiation. .Lin Xiangru presented Bi to the King of Qin. The King of Qin was overjoyed, but he just passed it on to the beauties and ministers around him for viewing, and had no intention of appropriating the city.Lin Xiangru then stepped forward and said, "In fact, there are also small flaws on He's Bi, please allow me to point it out to you." King Qin handed the bi to Xiangru.When Xiangru got the bi, he immediately leaned his back against the pillar. At that time, his hair stood on end in anger, and he raised his hat.Xiangru said to the King of Qin: "You want this Heshibi, send someone to our King Zhao. The King of Zhao called the ministers to discuss, and the ministers all said: "Qin is greedy, relying on its own power, and using empty words to ask for treasures." Bi, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get the cities that I promised to exchange for Bi.’ But I think that people don’t deceive each other in their exchanges, let alone a big country like Qin? Besides, it can’t be because of a Bi. And made the mighty state of Qin unhappy. Therefore, in order to respect the majesty of the great country and show his own respect, King Zhao agreed to send me to present the treasure. Now that I am here, your attitude is arrogant. The woman around me is teasing me with this. I don’t think you intend to hand over those cities to King Zhao, so I took back this bi. If you force me, I will smash the bi and my head on this pillar today Go up." Lin Xiangru held the bi and looked at the pillar, intending to knock it against the pillar.The king of Qin was afraid that he would really break the jade, so he agreed to fast for five days before accepting the jade.Lin Xiangru knew that King Qin would not hand over the city after all, so he took the opportunity to send someone to quietly send Bi back to Zhao.

angry Half an hour later, the door was opened, and Sun Zengda rushed in, furious, and raised his hand to hit his wife, but seeing his tearful face, his heart softened.