Idioms in Romance of the Three Kingdoms

1, tripartite confrontation

[Idiom explanation] It is a metaphor for a situation in which three sides face each other.

[Source of allusions] "Historical Records Biography of Huaiyin Hou": Three points in the world, standing in the first step. "

Translation: There are three points in the world, and there are three pillars.

2, seven tackled seven vertical

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang sent troops to the south, captured Meng Huo, the local governor, seven times and released him seven times, which made him really surrender and was no longer an enemy. Metaphor is to persuade the other side with strategy.

[The source of allusions] Yuan Yiming's "Little Weichi" is the first fold: the whip of respecting morality is understandable and indispensable. You have to rush and bump, and time will catch you seven times.

Step 3 take care of thatched cottages

[Idiom Interpretation] Gu: Visit; A thatched cottage. It was originally a story about Liu Bei's visit to Zhuge Liang at the end of Han Dynasty. Metaphor is sincere and invited again and again.

[Source of allusions] The first fold of Ma Yuan Zhiyuan's "Blessing Monument": I live in a cottage, who cares about a cottage?

4. Long life.

[Idiom explanation] Dragon: refers to Gansu area; Shu: It refers to Sichuan area. After taking Longyou, we will take Xishu. Metaphor is insatiable.

[Source of allusions] Letters from Lu Xun to Tao: I really hope my brother is free and draw more, although it is too long to read.

5. Debate between Confucianism

[Idiom explanation] Debate: A heated argument; Confucianism: refers to scholars. Arguing with many people and refuting each other.

[Source of allusions] Ming Luo Guan Zhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Zhuge Liang quarreled with Confucianism."