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Idiom story: Go to the soup and fight the fire

Source: "The Book of Han and the Biography of Chao"

Interpretation: Boiling water dares to wade, fire dares to step. The metaphor does not shoot any difficulties and obstacles, and does not care about oneself.

Allusions: During the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, Chao mistakenly endured The Imperial History Doctor. Because Chao was a man of integrity and dared to speak out, plus he was a teacher when Emperor Jing was the crown prince, Emperor Jing respected him very much and always obeyed his words.

Chao's ideas of weakening the princes and strengthening the centralization of power have caused the interests of many princes to be damaged, so they have a grudge against Chao's mistakes. Among them, Liu Hao, the king of Wu, Liu Peng, the king of Chu, and others, under the banner of "The Side of the Qing Dynasty", jointly rebelled and directly aimed their spearheads at Chao.

When Chao's father learned of his son's dangerous situation, he warned him to be less nosy, but Chao Que said: "Those who can win the battle and hold the city should be promoted, and those who break through the ground should be rewarded, so that the soldiers can rush to the pond and throw themselves into the fire." ”

Later, in order to alleviate the contradiction, Emperor Jing had to put Chao wrong to death.

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