Messy cups and plates mean that the cups and plates on the table are messy, describing the scene of messy tableware during or after a banquet. The idiom comes from Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Funny Biography", "The wine is drunk at dusk, the respectful people are sitting, the men and women are seated together, the shoes are staggered, the cups and plates are messy, and the candles in the hall are extinguished." ”
The idiom "happiness gives birth to sorrow" also comes from this allusion.
Chun Yuji is a native of Huang County, Qi State, although he is a son-in-law, and less than seven feet tall, but he is a very famous scholar in the Jixia School Palace, he is not only knowledgeable, eloquent, but also very funny. Later, King Qi Wei recruited scholars in the Jixia School Palace, and Chun Yuji was recruited as a guest doctor.
In the early days of the reign of King Qi Wei, "good for the long night of lewd pleasure", he was lazy in national affairs, and handed over the affairs of the court and government to the ministers, while the officials were slack and corrupt, resulting in the decline of the national strength of the Qi State, and was repeatedly violated by the vassal states, even so, no minister dared to speak out to advise.
Chun Yuyan knew that King Qi Wei liked hidden words, so he decided to use hidden words to advise, he said, "There is a big bird in the country, inhabiting the king's court, and it does not fly or chirp for three years, does the king know why?" ”
King Qi Wei understood Chun Yu's intentions, so he also replied in a hidden language, "If this bird doesn't fly, it will soar into the sky, and if it doesn't chirp, it will be amazing." ”
Therefore, the king of Qi Wei summoned seventy-two county magistrates, rewarded one and executed one according to their political achievements. From then on, King Qi Wei cheered up and began to personally govern the government, regain the lost territory, and make the Qi State strong again.
In the eighth year of King Qi Wei (349 BC), the state of Chu launched a large-scale attack on the state of Qi, and the king of Qi sent Chun Yuqi to bring gifts to the state of Zhao to ask for help. Chun Yuji saw that the gifts were only 100 catties of gold and ten sets of carriages and horses, and he looked up to the sky and laughed so much that even the strap tied to the crown was broken.
King Qi asked, "Sir, do you think it's less?" ”
Chun Yuyu said: "How dare you? ”
King Qi said, "Then what are you laughing at?" ”
Chun Yuji said: "The minister has just come from the east, and he saw the people praying for farming by the side of the road, holding a pig's trotter and a bowl of wine, and praying, saying, 'The drought-prone highland grain is full of grain, the low-lying fields that are prone to flooding are full of grain, and the five grains are lush and abundant, and the abundance is so much that it fills the house.'" The minister saw that he was holding so few sacrifices, but he wanted to get so much, so he laughed at him. ”
King Qi Wei immediately understood the meaning of Chun Yuji, and hurriedly added a thousand gold yi, ten pairs of white bi, and one hundred sets of chariots and horses. Chun Yuji said goodbye and left, and finally succeeded in persuading King Zhao to send 100,000 elite soldiers and 1,000 chariots.
After the retreat of the Chu State, King Qi Wei was very happy and set up a banquet in the harem to entertain Chun Yuji. When Chun Yu arrived, King Qi Wei asked him, "How much can the gentleman drink to get drunk?" ”
Chun Yuyu replied: "The courtiers are drunk when they drink a bucket, and they are also drunk when they drink a stone." ”
King Qi Wei was a little strange: "Since Mr. is drunk after drinking a bucket, how can he drink a stone?" Is there any mystery in it? ”
Chun Yu replied, "I drank in front of the king, with the magistrate next to me and the imperial history behind, and I was afraid, but Ichito was already drunk.
If there are distinguished guests in the house, I carefully serve them, and they reward me with extra sake from time to time, so I will get drunk if I can't drink two buckets.
If friends reunite after a long absence, talk about the past at the wine table, and tell each other their heartfelt feelings, they will probably get drunk after drinking five or six buckets.
If it is a festival in the countryside, men and women sit together, unrestrained, while drinking, there are entertainment activities such as Liubo and pitching pots, you can drink with whoever you want, you will not be punished if you shake the hand of the opposite sex, and it is not forbidden to stare at others, there are earrings dropped by girls in front, and hairpins lost by women in the back, I like such a scene, I am afraid that only two or three points of drunkenness will take place until eight buckets.
It was getting late, and the banquet was about to disperse, so men and women sat down on their knees, their shoes folded on top of each other, their cups and plates scattered, the candlelight in the hall was extinguished, and the host kept me and sent the other guests away. The woman's thin shirt was unbuttoned, and I could vaguely smell the aroma, and then I was happiest in my heart, and I could drink a stone of wine.
So, if you drink too much, you tend to do messy things, and when you are very happy, you feel sad, and that's true of everything in the world. ”
Chun Yu Ji means that everything must be measured, not too extreme, too extreme will easily cause disaster, in order to advise King Qi Wei, saying that drinking should be modest. King Qi Wei understood what Chun Yu meant, nodded and said, "Well said! ”
As a result, King Qi Wei stopped the all-night banquet and appointed Chun Yuji as the host and guest of the princes. Since then, all the royal clans have held wine banquets, and Chun Yuyu often drinks with them.