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Chapter 17 A meal is worth a thousand dollars

60 idiom stories 547Words 2018-03-20
Han Xin, the general who helped Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty conquer the world, was in a very difficult situation when he failed.At that time, he often went fishing in the city, hoping that with good luck, he would be able to settle his life.However, this is not a reliable method after all, so you often have to be hungry.Fortunately, in the place where he often fished, there were many floating mothers (grandmothers who cleaned silk cotton wool or old clothes) working by the river. eat.In the midst of hardships and hardships, Han Xin received the favor of the drifting mother who could only barely make ends meet with his hands through hard work. He was very grateful to her, and told her that he would definitely repay her heavily in the future.After hearing Han Xin's words, the drifting mother was very unhappy, and said that she did not hope that Han Xin would repay her in the future.

Later, Han Xin made a lot of contributions for the King of Han and was named the King of Chu. He remembered the kindness he had received from Piaomu, so he ordered his servants to give her food and wine, and gave her a thousand taels of gold as a thank you. This idiom comes from this story.It means to say: When receiving favors from others, never forget that although the favors we receive are very small, even a little help is very valuable when we are in trouble; When we use this idiom, we must understand its meaning thoroughly. First, a person who is sincere and helpful will never want others to repay him; second, the relief of the rich to the poor is a kind of This kind of donation, even if the poor one day becomes successful and repays him, it cannot be called "a meal with a thousand gold". Such help, in the eyes of others, is indeed "one meal" worth "thousands of gold".

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