Seeing is believing.(bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn)

Seeing is believing.

It's a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is B ǎ IW é Nb ù R ú y í Ji à n, which means that it's better to listen to others many times than to read it yourself. It means that listening more is not as reliable as seeing it yourself. It comes from the biography of Zhao Chongguo in the history of Han Dynasty.

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Smell: hear. It's better to hear a hundred times than to see once, which means that more listening is less reliable than seeing. example: Once upon a time, the lion's shape was always hairy. I don't think that's what the lion looks like, so ~. (Chapter 36 of the romance of Empress Dowager Cixi).

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"Han Dynasty · Zhao Chongguo biography" says: "it is better to see a hundred news than to see a hundred news. It is difficult for a soldier to fight. I am willing to gallop to Jincheng. The general plan on the map." allusions in the late period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, Qiang people living in present-day Qinghai Province often intruded into the inland and conquered cities and lands. The Huns also wanted to unite with the Qiang people to invade the Han Dynasty. In the face of this situation, Emperor Wu once proposed to cut off the right arm of the Huns, which was exactly this kind of alliance, but the soldiers sent were also defeated by the Qiang people. At this time, the Qiang people gradually moved to the north of Huangshui River, looking for places where farmers abandoned their farmland to graze. At the same time, the tribes of Qiang people also had the trend of uniting, and the county officials could not prohibit it. At this time, Xiongnu wanted to collude with Qiang people to expand the invasion of Western Han. The army sent by the Han Dynasty to Haojiao (today's East Bank of Datong River in Qinghai Province) was defeated by the Qiang people and suffered great losses. During the reign of Emperor Xuan, yiqu'an, a senior official of Guanglu, sent an envoy to the Qiang nationality. The chieftains of Xianling tribe of the Qiang nationality told him that they wanted to cross the Huangshui River northward to raise livestock where the Han people did not farm. Yiqu Anguo reported the situation to the imperial court. Zhao Chongguo impeached Yiqu Anguo for dereliction of duty. From then on, the Qiang people crossed the Huangshui River without permission according to the previous words, which could not be forbidden by the local county governors of the Han Dynasty. In the third year of Yuankang (63 BC), Xianling tribe and more than 200 chieftains of various Qiang tribes "JieQiu Jiaozhi" entered into an alliance to invade the Han Dynasty. In the spring of the first year of shenjue (61 BC), the two central governments (prime minister and censor) of the Han Dynasty recommended yiqu'an as an envoy to the Qiang people to understand the trend. As soon as he arrived at the Qiang tribe, he called in more than 30 leaders of the Xianling tribe and beheaded them all for their disobedience. More than 1000 people were killed in the war. As a result, all the Qiang tribes and Yang Yu, the Guiyi Qiang Marquis, were terrified. They left the area, plundered other small tribes, violated the Han frontier fortress, attacked cities, killed the chief official Yi qu'an, and led 3000 cavalry troops to guard the Qiang people. They were attacked by the Qiang people and suffered heavy losses. He led the troops to retreat to lingju and reported to the emperor. In the face of the Qiang people's suffering, Emperor Xuan intended to use Zhao Chongguo, a distinguished veteran, to lead the army to fight against the rebellion. However, when Zhao Chongguo was over 70 years old, Emperor Xuan sent the imperial historian Bingji to ask who could be the general. Zhao Chongguo confidently replied, "no more than an old minister." (I think it's most appropriate for me to go) Emperor Xuan sent someone to ask, "what's the general's plan for the Qiang people? How many people should he use?" (general, please estimate the situation of Xiqiang, their strength and how many people should be sent?) Zhao Chongguo replied: "seeing is better than hearing. When the soldiers are in difficulty, the officials are willing to gallop to Jincheng Seeing is better than hearing. It's hard to accurately estimate the military situation of the other side in the rear. Let me go to Jincheng in the front to learn about it and then make a strategy. He asked Emperor Xuan to give him the task, so there was no need to worry. Emperor Xuan agreed with a smile. In April, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty officially sent his later General Zhao Chongguo and more than 10000 cavalry troops to suppress it. After arriving at Jincheng (now northwest of Lanzhou, Gansu Province), Zhao Chong's soldiers crossed the Yellow River to the West and led the army to Luodu (now Ledu, Qinghai Province) by night. Seeing that the Qiang people did not guard the danger, they went west to Duwei mansion (governing Qiang County, now southeast of Huangyuan, Qinghai Province) to build walls and camp. The Qiang army challenged many times, but the Han army could not hold on. Zhao Chongguo adopted the strategy of both en and Wei to recruit and surrender the Han, Kai Qiang and other Qiang people who were threatened by the first zero, and disintegrate the Qiang army. In July, he led the army to the first zero area. The Qiang people have been garrisoning troops for a long time, and their guard is lax. Suddenly, the soldiers of the Han army came and hurriedly abandoned their chariots and horses, crossed the Huangshui River and retreated. Because of the narrow road, Zhao Chongguo was afraid of being forced too quickly, and forced the Qiang army to have no way out. He turned back to fight to death and ordered his troops to pursue him slowly. The Qiang army fell into the river and drowned hundreds of people. More than 500 people surrendered and were killed by the Han army. More than 100000 livestock and 4000 vehicles were lost. The Han Army chased the Han and Qiang people, and Zhao Chongguo prohibited soldiers from burning houses and cutting grass to graze. In December, Emperor Xuan broke the Qiang general Xin Wuxian and the strong crossbow General Xu Yanshou again, and joined forces with Zhao Chongguo to attack first. In view of the fact that the Qiang army had been badly damaged, Zhao Chong asked for the removal of cavalry and garrison with infantry. Emperor Xuan issued an imperial edict to adopt Zhao Chongguo's suggestion. At the same time, he also ordered general Xin, General Xu and General Zhao Yin of Zhonglang to continue to attack the Qiang people. General paoqiang led his troops to attack and recruited more than 4000 people; general qiangliu killed more than 2000 Qiang people; and Zhao Yin killed and recruited more than 2000 people. Zhao Chongguo and his troops in tuntian also recruited and surrendered more than 5000 soldiers. So far, 50000 Qiang people have been killed, 7600 have been killed, 5000 or 6000 have died of drowning or starvation, 31200 have been killed, and only more than 4000 have escaped. Emperor Xuan ordered Zhao Chongguo to continue to lead troops to garrison in the fields, and Yu Jun to strike. In the autumn of the second year of shenjue, all the Qiang people killed Yufei and Yang Yu, the leaders of the former Qiang people, and surrendered to the Han people. In the Han Dynasty, Jincheng (Junzhi Yunwu, near the xiachuankou of Minhe in Qinghai, northwest of Yongjing in Gansu) was established as a vassal state, and the garrison troops were removed. Zhao Chongguo said that "seeing is better than hearing" later became a proverb and idiom. It means that it is better to go to see it in person than to hear it a hundred times. Hearing is false, seeing is true, and everything needs to be investigated and studied before a conclusion can be drawn.

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