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Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the "New Language of the World" written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which occurred in the thirteenth year of Emperor Jian'an (208 AD), and the protagonist of the story is Kong Rong, the leader of the Late Han Dynasty, and his two sons. The original text is as follows:
Kong Rong was collected, and The Chinese and foreign countries were terrified. Shi Rong'er is nine years old, the younger one is eight years old, and the second child is so nailed. No shame. The Messenger of Rong said, "If the sin ends in the body, can the second child get it all?" Er xu jinyue: "Don't you see that under the nest, there are complete eggs?" "Seek and receive.
The gist of this record is that Kong Rong was arrested, and both inside and outside the imperial court were very frightened. At that time, Kong Rong had two sons, the eldest was nine years old and the younger was eight years old, and the two of them were still playing the game of staring, without a little panic. Kong Rong said to the people sent to arrest him: "I hope that the sin will only be inflicted on me, and the two children will be able to save their lives?" The children calmly stepped forward and said, "Father, have you ever seen a well-to-do bird egg under the overturned nest?" Soon the two sons were also arrested.
The idiom to be said in this article is adapted from the words of these two eight- and nine-year-old children, called "no eggs under the nest", which means that the bottom of the nest is turned upside down, and the eggs are broken, which is a metaphor for a person's misfortune, and the whole family is not spared. This is also an idiom that these two children pioneered that is very familiar to future generations.
Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius. At the age of four, there was the amazing saying of "Kong Rong let the pear", and at the age of ten, there was the allusion of "hours", both in learning and personality, it was a famous scholar leader in the late Han Dynasty, known for its profound learning and uprightness.
Kong Rong, the old master, despised Cao Cao very much, and since emperor Jian'an was recruited by the imperial court as a general in the first year of jian'an (196 AD), he had repeatedly ridiculed Cao Cao. On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, he openly spread the words of defeat, which greatly annoyed Cao Cao. Later, when Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and Cao Pi forced Yuan Yu's wife Zhen Shi to be accepted, Kong Rong made another sarcastic remark. This situation continued until the outbreak of the Battle of Jingzhou in the thirteenth year of Emperor Jian'an (208 AD). In the end, Cao Cao could not bear Kong Rong and executed all of Kong Rong's family for the crime of filial piety. During Kong Rong's capture, there was this idiom story of "no eggs under the nest".
Kong Rong's two children, although young, know things well, and know that they will die like their father, so they are very calm. It is conceivable that if these two children can grow up, they will become a generation of celebrities.
Reference Book: The World Speaks a New Language