1. Fang Xuanling is jealous
According to "Night Talk of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Fang Xuanling was not only an outstanding politician in the Tang Dynasty, but also a husband who loved his wife deeply. His reputation for fear of guilt even reached the ears of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. One day, Li Shimin saw Fang Xuanling's expression at the banquet, so he asked why. Knowing that Fang Xuanling was afraid of guilt, Li Shimin gave him two beauties in order to test him. Fang Xuanling naturally didn't dare to accept it, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, so he had to accept it. When this matter reached Mrs. Fang's ears, she was furious and went straight to the palace to reason with Li Shimin.
Seeing this, Li Shimin had a plan in his heart. He ordered someone to make a pot of vinegar wine, pretending to be poisonous wine, and said to Mrs. Fang: "You only have two choices, either drink this pot of poisonous wine, or take these two beauties away." Mrs. Fang had a strong personality, and without saying a word, she picked up the vinegar wine and drank it. After drinking half of it, I realized that it was not poisonous wine, but vinegar. Seeing this, Li Shimin laughed and had to retract his will. Since then, the word "jealousy" has spread and has become synonymous with describing quarrels between husband and wife due to jealousy.
2. Princess Wencheng enters Tibet
"Princess Wencheng entered Tibet" is not only a good story in the history of the Tang Dynasty, but also a model of friendly exchanges between the Han and Tibetan ethnic groups. During the Zhenguan period, in order to strengthen the connection with the Tang Dynasty, Songtsen Gampo sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask for marriage. In order to maintain border stability, Tang Taizong decided to make the woman of the clan title Princess Wencheng and marry Songtsen Gampo.
After Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she brought a large amount of Han culture and technology, which had a profound impact on the economy, culture, and military aspects of Tibet. She not only promoted the exchanges between the Chinese and Tibetan ethnic groups, but also promoted the progress and development of Tibetan society. Her story has been passed down through the ages and has become a symbol of national unity and friendly exchanges.
3. Sharpen an iron pestle into a needle
The story of the iron pestle grinding into a needle originates from Zhu Mu's "Fang Yu Shenglan" in the Southern Song Dynasty. This story tells the story of the great poet Li Bai who had the idea of giving up when he was a child because he did not go well in his studies. One day, on the road, he met an old woman who was sharpening a needle with an iron pestle. Li Bai was very curious, so he stepped forward to ask. The old woman told him that with perseverance, an iron pestle could be sharpened into a needle. Li Bai was deeply inspired and decided to pick himself up again and continue to study hard.
This story teaches us that with determination and perseverance, even the most difficult things can be successful. It has become a famous aphorism that inspires future generations to persevere in their studies.
4. Please enter the urn
The story of inviting the gentleman into the urn originates from the story of Zhou Xing, a Tang Dynasty official, and Lai Junchen, quoted in the Taiping Guangji. Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen were both well-known cool officials during the Tang Dynasty, and they often used brutal methods to extract confessions from prisoners. Once, in order to rectify Zhou Xing, Lai Junchen designed an ingenious trap.
He had a large urn prepared and then lit a charcoal fire around it. When the urn was burned red, Lai Junchen said to Zhou Xing: "Someone accuses you of rebellion, if you don't confess, I will put you in this urn." When Zhou Xing heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly confessed his crime. The story later evolved into the idiom "please enter the urn", which is used as a metaphor for using someone to rectify others in order to rectify himself.
5. Thousands of dollars buy walls
The story of the daughter buying the wall originates from the love story of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai and the talented daughter Zong Yu of Liang Yuan. During the Tianbao period, Li Bai and his friends Du Fu and Gao Shi came to Shangqiu Liang Park for a tour. In the garden, they heard a beautiful sound of the harp and followed it. I saw a beautiful girl playing the piano, she was Zong Yu.
Li Bai was attracted by Zong Yu's beauty and talent, so he stepped forward to talk to her. The two talked happily, and Li Bai wrote a poem "Liang Yuanyin" and gave it to Zong Yu. Zong Yu also admired Li Bai's talent, so he bought this wall to protect the poems on it. After the news spread, people praised Zong Yu's talent and vision. The story of the daughter buying the wall has also become a good story for future generations.
6. Peach and plum all over the world
The story of the peach and plum all over the world originated from Di Renjie, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Di Renjie was an outstanding politician and military strategist of the Tang Dynasty, who dedicated his life to the country and died. During his reign, he selected a large number of talents to serve the country, and these talents were all over the government and the opposition.
Di Renjie's students have gone on to become pillars of the country, and they have achieved outstanding achievements in their respective fields. Di Renjie is therefore known as "the world full of peaches and plums", which means that the students he cultivates are as lush as the peaches and plums in the garden. This story also became an idiom used to describe the large number of students trained by the teacher.
7. Unselfish Old
The story of the old is derived from the story of Pang Xiangshou in Puzhou, the Tang Dynasty. After Pang Xiangshou was dismissed from his official position for corruption, he asked Tang Taizong for help. After Tang Taizong learned that he was his old subordinate, he wanted to reactivate him. But Wei Zheng dissuaded: "If you reactivate him because he was once your subordinate, then other righteous people will be cold." ”
After listening to Wei Zheng's words, Tang Taizong felt that it made sense, so he decided not to use Pang Xiangshou anymore. He also said to Pang Xiangshou: "In the past, when I was the king of Qin, I was the lord of a mansion; Now as the emperor is the lord of the world, he can't take care of his old subordinates because of personal feelings. "This story teaches us the importance of a clear distinction between public and private and the impartial qualities that a leader should have.
8. Wrestlers take off their shoes
The story of Lux taking off his boots takes place between the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai and the eunuch Gao Lishi. In 742 AD, Li Bai was summoned into the palace by Tang Xuanzong to compose poems for Yang Yuhuan. Since he was too drunk to change his clothes, he asked Colliers to take off his boots for him. Although Gao Lishi regarded himself as noble, he responded to it because of the Tang Emperor. However, afterwards, he held a grudge and slandered Li Bai in front of Yang Yuhuan. As a result, Li Bai was not reused and appreciated by Tang Xuanzong.
9. Enforcement is like a mountain
The allusion to "Law Enforcement Like a Mountain" comes from a long vernacular novel written by Li Haiguan (Li Luyuan) in the Qing Dynasty, which means to act strictly according to the law and unwaveringly. In the second year of Tang Zhongzong Shenlong, in the winter of November, Princess Taiping went to Yongzhou to play, fell in love with a water mill in the local temple, and without the consent of the monk of the temple, she ordered her entourage to prepare to be forcibly transported to the capital and belonged to herself. The monk of the temple was not satisfied, and immediately sued Li Yuanhong, who had an upright personality and was not afraid of power, and immediately sentenced the water mill to the monk of the temple. This verdict frightened Li Yuanhong's immediate boss, Yongzhou Thorn Shi Dou Huaizhen, who has always tended to cling to the powerful. He immediately ordered Li Yuanhong to change the sentence to Princess Taiping. Li Yuanhong was extremely indignant at this kind of behavior of bullying the weak and flattering the superior and bullying the subordinates. Without saying a word, he immediately waved his pen and wrote in the blank space of the original verdict the eight big characters "Nanshan can be moved, this judgment is not moved", and resolutely upheld the original verdict. Later generations gradually condensed these eight words into "law enforcement is like a mountain".
10. Take a look
Watching the flowers, this work is an idiom, which comes out of Tang Mengjiao's poem "After Dengke", "The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day." Tang Dynasty poet Meng Jiao, he was born poor, diligent and studious since childhood, but his career has been very unsmooth, once twice failed to win, and then finally at the age of forty-six high school jinshi, the release of the list is in the spring, at this time the capital Chang'an flowers are blooming, everyone is on the street to enjoy the pleasant scenery, and Meng Jiao also rides a fast horse, facing the spring breeze, proudly around the tour, one day to see the flowers of Chang'an. After that, he couldn't hold back his joy and pride, so he wrote a unique little poem "After Dengke".
Although this story has a certain legend, it also reflects the complexity of some political struggles and power struggles in the court at that time, as well as Li Bai's uninhibited character and unique charm. At the same time, it has also become one of the synonyms used by later generations to describe the poet's talent and informality.