Mao Sui self-recommendation is a very famous idiom, and the origin of this idiom is related to a person named Mao Sui. Today, Mao Sui's self-recommendation has become one of the idioms, mostly used as a metaphor for recommending himself, and the earliest Mao Sui self-recommendation comes from the "History of the Plains Junyu Qing Lie". Mao Sui was a protégé of the Zhao Pingyuan Jun during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
If there is no allusion to Mao Sui's self-recommendation, I am afraid that Mao Sui will also be unknown in history. In the ninth year of Zhao Xiaocheng's reign, Qin soldiers attacked the State of Zhao. At this time, Zhao Sheng, the Prince of Pingyuan, went to the Chu Kingdom to ask for help, and at such a critical moment, Mao Sui took the initiative to stand up. Yuan Jun's negotiations with the King of Chu were fruitless for half a day, and Mao Sui was in a hurry.
Mao Sui walked to the palace with a sword in his hand and stated the stakes, at this time Mao Sui deeply impressed the King of Chu, so the State of Zhao and the State of Chu jointly sent troops to fight against the State of Qin. Mao Sui volunteered to go to the State of Chu to persuade and help the State of Zhao to defend against the State of Qin, so after Mao Sui introduced himself, what was his fate? After proposing himself, Mao Sui was sent by King Zhao to serve as a military general, but he was defeated and committed suicide and martyrdom.
Before Mao Sui, Pingyuan Jun knew the importance of talents, and in such a situation, PingYuan Jun constantly recruited sages, so there were thousands of customers, including Mao Sui. The State of Zhao and the State of Chu had to unite to resist the State of Qin, but King Zhao sent Pingyuan Jun to follow him on his mission to the State of Chu, but out of thousands of guests, only nineteen were selected.
Then at this time, Mao Sui took the initiative to stand out, so there was Mao Sui's self-recommendation. In the face of Mao Sui, PingYuan Jun did not think so, pingyuan Jun was not very willing to take Mao Sui, after all, this was just a nobody. However, Mao Sui's words touched Pingyuan Jun. At that time, Mao Sui had been under the Pingyuan Junmen for three years, but pingyuan Jun still did not remember Mao Sui.
At this time, Mao's self-recommendation is tantamount to crashing into the muzzle of the gun. At that time, Pingyuan Jun became suspicious of Mao Sui. Pingyuan Jun said to Mao Sui, "My right and left courtiers have never praised and recommended you, and I have never heard of you, because you have no strengths." There was nothing wrong with this sentence at first glance, but Mao Sui was not willing.
Mao Sui said, "The minister is invited to put the ear in the bag today." So that the flea is in the pocket, it is Ying Ying out of the bag, not the special last sight. The meaning of this sentence undoubtedly reveals Mao Sui's self-confidence. It means "I was only put in the bag today, and if I had been in the bag earlier, my shining point would have been revealed long ago." "First of all, it is certain that Mao Sui's self-recommendation is not blind self-recommendation.
That is to say, the self-recommendation must be above his own strength. So there are thousands of disciples in the hands of the Plain King, why has Mao Sui not come to the fore? This is related to the environment at that time. Some scheming doormen deliberately did not let the magi emerge, so as not to overshadow their own edge. Under such circumstances, some of the doormen left the Plain Jun.
Mao Sui's self-recommendation is the success of Self-recommendation under the condition that Mao Sui has a certain ability. From his later persuasion of the King of Chu, it can be seen that he has this talent. So why wasn't such a talent discovered by the Plains Emperor very early? There are thousands of people in the plains, and in such a place, they are generally fighting openly and secretly. You are capable, others may not necessarily cite meritocracy, and may even hate you and secretly trip you up.
It is undeniable that Mao Sui is a talent. After Mao Sui proposed himself, he sent an envoy to the State of Chu, but later, in the second year after the envoy to the State of Chu, the State of Zhao again spread a border attack, and the State of Yan attacked the State of Zhao. King Zhao remembered Mao Sui for the first time and sent him as a general to lead troops to resist the Yan army. Mao Sui knew that he was not a general, but just a man with a strategy.
Mao Sui had self-knowledge, so he went to king Zhao and said that he was not a general. It was such a move that made King Zhao suspicious. King Zhao believed that he was of extraordinary ability, so he arbitrarily sent Mao Sui to the front line to lead the troops. However, Mao Sui had no experience in leading soldiers to fight, and eventually because of his lack of ability, Mao Sui committed suicide. A generation of strategists fell.