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Today's Three Kingdoms idiom story is found in the 119th time of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which occurred when Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei plotted a rebellion, and the relevant characters were Zhong Hui, Jiang Wei, Qiu Jian, and Hu Yuan. The original text is as follows:
The two men invited the generals to a feast. After a few rounds, he will cry with a cup. The generals were shocked to ask why, and they would know: "Empress Guo has a will here, for Sima Zhaonan Que Jun, the great rebellion, sooner or later will usurp Wei, order me to beg." Ru and others made their own names and made this happen together. Everyone was shocked and looked at each other. He would draw his sword out of its sheath and say, "Cut the disobedient!" "All the people were afraid, and they had to obey each other. After the painting has been completed, the will be trapped in the palace, and the soldiers will be strictly forbidden. Wei Yue: "I see that the general will not be convinced, please pit it." "I have ordered a pit to be dug in the palace, and thousands of sticks have been placed; if he does not obey, he shall be killed." ”
Sometimes there are henchmen who build the mound on the side. Jiannai was also an old man under Hu Lie's subordinates, and Hu Lie was also imprisoned in the palace. Jian Naimi reported what Zhong Hui said to Hu Lie. Lie was horrified and wept: "Wu'er Hu Yuan is leading the troops outside, will An Zhi have this in mind?" Ru Ke remembered the love of the day, and revealed a message, although there was no hatred in death. Jianyue: "Don't worry about the benefactor, let some figures out." Therefore, he issued a warning: "The lord and the soft overseers will be inside, and the water and food will be inconvenient, so that one person can pass back and forth." "Hui Su listened to Qiu Jian's words, so he ordered Qiu Jian to come to prison... Jian secretly ordered Hu Lie's cronies to enter, and Lie paid them with a secret letter. His men rushed to Hu Yuan's camp with a book, elaborated on the matter, and presented a secret book. Yuan was horrified, so he showed the camps to know it.
According to the plot of the novel, Zhong Hui conspired with Jiang Wei to rebel, and Zhong Hui would gather the generals in the army in the name of drinking and feasting, coercing them to participate in the rebellion, and the generals had no choice but to agree. In order to ensure the success of the rebellion, Zhong Hui imprisoned these generals and ordered his henchmen Qiu Jian to guard them. Who knew that Qiu Jian was originally a subordinate of the protector Hu Lie, and told Hu Lie's son Hu Yuan that Zhong Hui was about to rebel. Subsequently, Hu Yuan consulted with the overseer Wei Wan, sent people to launch an attack, killed Zhong Hui, Jiang Wei and others, and easily quelled the rebellion.
The idiom that this article is going to introduce is the look of the generals when they hear zhong hui personally say the news of the intention to rebel at the banquet, which is called "looking at each other", which means that you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know how to be good. Describe people looking at each other in fear or helplessness and not speaking. The earliest source of this idiom is the "Monk's Question: 'How are you a great doubtful person?' in the sixth volume of the Song Ren Shi Wei Bai's Records of the Continuation of the Lamps? The master said: "Bi Baoyan looked at each other in the middle." ’”
Zhong Hui conspired with Jiang Wei to rebel, which can be said to have been planned for a long time and carefully planned, but why did it end in failure so soon? Here we have to mention the little character mentioned in the novel: Qiu Jian. This character is not fictionalized in fiction, but is historically real. It was his actions that had a decisive impact on the quelling of zhong hui and Jiang Wei's rebellion.
Historically, the character of Qiu Jian first appeared in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Zhong Hui. According to the biography, Qiu Jian was originally a subordinate of Hu Lie, and was later recommended by Hu Lie to Sima Zhao. Before the Battle of Shu began, Zhong Hui asked Sima Zhao to let Qiu Jian join him in the battle. Since then, Qiu Jian has become a general under Zhong Hui's account. Zhong Hui greatly appreciated Qiu Jian's talents, deliberately reused them, and also trusted Qiu Jian very much, regarding him as his confidant.
When Zhong Hui plotted a rebellion with Jiang Wei, he imprisoned Hu Lie and other generals. When Qiu Jian learned that the old commander Hu Lie was also imprisoned, he could not bear it, so he persuaded Zhong Hui to leave a soldier to take care of Hu Lie's diet. Hu Lie, on the other hand, used this soldier to deliver news to his son Hu Yuan, causing the rebellion to be leaked, and the generals loyal to Sima Zhao suddenly attacked, eventually resulting in the killing of Zhong Hui, Jiang Wei, and others, and the rebellion was easily put down. If it weren't for this Qiu Jian, zhong hui and Jiang Wei's rebellion would most likely succeed, and then the world would look different.
Reference Books: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms