Dare not cross the thunder pool(bù gǎn yuè léi chí yī bù)

Dare not cross the thunder pool

Dare not step over Leichi: Yue, cross, Leichi, an ancient place name, is now located in the water area of Longgan Lake. This is a metaphor for not daring to cross a certain boundary. Most of them are conservative and rigid, or make the enemy afraid to invade. There are also "no more steps". find by hard and thorough search. The former "ancient Leichi" is now in Leichi Township, Wangjiang County, Anhui Province.

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In the biography of Yu Liang in the book of Jin: "Liang didn't listen, but reported to Wen Qiao that he said:" I worry that the western border is too sunny, and I will never cross the Leichi. "

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It is used to criticize those people who have learned a lot but "dare not go beyond the thunder pool" and are Chen Xiangyin in artistic techniques. (Qin Mu's original style)

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During the reign of emperor Cheng of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yu Liang served as the commander of the imperial court. In order to guard against the invasion of the western border by the enemy, he recommended Wen Qiao to be an official in Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province) to strengthen his defense. Soon after Wen Qiao took office, Yu Liang got a report that Su Jun, the prefect of Liyang, attempted to rebel. It turns out that Su Jun is ready to move for a long time. Yu Liang pretends to be smart and wants to cheat Su Jun to leave Liyang and go to Kyoto Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) to be a big Si Nong. The ministers thought it was not right. Wen Qiao wrote to Yu Liang to dissuade him, but Yu Liang didn't listen. Su Jun didn't want to go to Kyoto. On the contrary, he saw that the imperial court was suspicious of him, so he set up a rebellion and sent troops to attack Kyoto. Wen Qiao learned that Su Jun was rebellious, and immediately called on his men to fight hard, intending to enter Jiankang by water to protect the capital. Yu Liang underestimated Su Jun's rebellion and wrote to Wen Qiao, saying, "I'm worried that the western border is too far away from Liyang, and I'll never go beyond Leichi." (it means that I'm worried that Xijing is more important than Sujun's rebels. You must stay where you are and don't cross the Leichi River to Kyoto.) it's a strategic mistake for Yu Liang to call Wen Qiao "no more than the Leichi River". Su Jun's offensive was fierce and soon approached Jiankang. Yu Liang led the Jin army to meet him. He was killed and defeated, and Kyoto fell. Yu Liang, with guilt, defected to Wen Qiao. Wen Qiao didn't blame him. He asked him to guard Baishi's barracks. He stepped up his training of the water army and prepared to fight to the death with Su Jun's rebels. Su Jun sent ten thousand infantry to encircle Baishi from all sides, fighting desperately. Yu Liang had only two thousand men under him, and gradually he couldn't support him. Yu Liang took the lead and rushed with his sword regardless of himself. The Jin army was encouraged to fight more bravely and finally fought back the rebels. Yu Liang saw that the rebels were defeated. He yelled and led the Jin army to rush out of the barracks, pursued closely, killed hundreds of enemies and won a great victory. Finally, Yu Liang, Wen Qiao and others finally killed Su Jun, put down the rebellion, and made up for the loss caused by the strategic mistake of "no more than Leichi".

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However, it is not because of these that future generations can really remember Leichi, but because of the sentence "dare not cross Leichi" which has been circulating for thousands of years. In the second year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (327 AD), Su Jun, a general of Liyang (Hexian County, Anhui Province), rebelled and invaded Jiankang (Nanjing). Wen Qiao, the governor of Jiangzhou, wanted to lead the troops eastward. Zhongshu ordered Yu Liang to fear that Tao Kan, the governor of Jingzhou, would take advantage of the situation. In baowenqiao Shu, he said: "I worry about the western border. I'm too worried about Liyang, and I'll never go beyond Leichi." Taiping Yulan (Volume 65) quoted the biography of Xiaozi as saying, "Mengzong was the supervisor of Leichi. He made a vessel to leave his mother, but his mother didn't accept it." Meng Zong, also known as Meng Ren, was born in Jiangxia (now northwest of Huanggang, Hubei Province) during the Three Kingdoms period. He once served as a fish supervisor in Leichi, Wangjiang. This is also recorded in Wu Zhi, the annals of the Three Kingdoms. That is to say, in the Three Kingdoms period at the latest, there was Leichi and administrative officials were set up. That is to say, the ancient Leichi had existed as early as 1700 years ago in the land of Jianghuai. Therefore, Leichi has become a well-known historical book, and "no more than Leichi" has become a familiar idiom for later generations.

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