fish in troubled water(hùn shuǐ mō yú)

fish in troubled water

Fishing in troubled waters, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ú nshu ǐ m ō y ú, which means to take advantage of chaos to get improper benefits. From "Chinese ballad materials: stuttering Chinese food".

Idiom usage

Ma Nan Tsuen's night talk on Yanshan Mountain: an egg's property: "and he plans to send the egg he picked up to his neighbor's hens and hatch it together. His purpose is to fish in troubled waters." The man who is greedy for profits always wants to fish in troubled waters and get a piece of it.

The origin of Idioms

"He Yingqin, light in bone, fish in troubled waters, ghost gate Scripture, stutters Chinese food, and wants to be a great" imperial army. "

Idioms and allusions

Cao Cao was defeated in the battle of Chibi. In order to prevent Sun Quan from going north, Cao Cao sent General Cao Ren to Nanjun (now Gongan County, Hubei Province). At this time, Sun Quan and Liu Bei were all thinking about Nanjun. Because of the battle of Chibi, Zhou Yu ordered to attack Nanjun. Liu Bei also transferred his troops to the mouth of the Youjiang River, and fixed his eyes on Nanjun. Zhou Yu said: "in order to attack Nanjun, I don't know how much Dongwu will pay. Nanjun is at your fingertips. Liu Bei will never dream of seizing Nanjun! " In order to stabilize Zhou Yu, Liu Bei first sent people to Zhou Yu's camp to congratulate him. Zhou Yu thought, I must meet Liu Bei and see what he plans to do. The next day, Zhou Yu went to Liu Bei's camp to thank him. At the banquet, Zhou Yu asked Liu Bei if he wanted to take Nanjun when he was stationed at youjiangkou? Liu Bei said: I heard that the governor wanted to attack Nanjun, so he came to help. If the governor doesn't take it, I'll take it. Zhou Yu laughs and says that Nanjun is just around the corner. How can we not take it? Liu Bei said: the governor can't underestimate the enemy, Cao Renyong can't stop him, whether he can capture Nanjun or not, I dare not say. Zhou Yu was always proud and conceited. He was not happy to hear Liu Bei say this. He blurted out: "if I can't attack Nanjun, I will let Yuzhou (i.e. Liu Bei) take it." This is what Liu Beipan said immediately: "the governor said well. Zijing (i.e. Lu Su) and Kongming were present to testify. I'll let you get Nanjun first. If you can't, I'll get it. You must not go back. " When Zhou Yu smiles, he does not care about Liu Bei. After Zhou Yu left, Zhuge Liang suggested that he should hold his ground and let Zhou Yu fight Cao Bing first. Zhou Yu sent troops and first captured the Yi Mausoleum (now Yichang, Hubei). Then he took advantage of the victory to attack Nanjun, but he was trapped by Cao Ren and returned by the arrow. Cao Ren was very happy to see that Zhou Yu was injured by a poisonous arrow. He sent people to call for a battle in front of Zhou Yu's camp every day. Zhou Yu just stuck to the camp gate and refused to fight. One day, Cao Ren personally led the army to challenge. Zhou Yu led hundreds of cavalry out of the camp to fight Cao Jun. Shortly after the war, he heard Zhou Yu yell, spat blood, fell under the horse, and was rescued back to the camp by the generals. It turned out that this was Zhou Yu's plan to deceive the enemy. At that time, it came out that Zhou Yu had died of arrow sores. When Zhou Yu's camp was in mourning, the soldiers all wore filial piety. Cao Ren was overjoyed at the news and decided to rob the camp and cut off Zhou Yu's head at the time when Zhou Yu had just died and the east Wu was unprepared. That night, Cao Ren led the army to rob the camp, leaving only Chen Jiao and a few soldiers to protect the city. Cao Ren's army rushed into Zhou Yu's camp in the dark. There was no one in the camp. Cao Ren was intrigued and quickly withdrew, but it was too late. With the sound of a gun, Zhou Yu led his troops out from all directions. Cao Ren finally rushed out of the encirclement and returned to Nanjun. When he was intercepted by the ambush of the eastern Wu Dynasty, he had to flee north. Zhou Yu defeated Cao Ren and immediately led his troops to Nanjun. When Zhou Yu led his troops to Nanjun, he saw banners all over Nanjun. It turned out that Zhao Yun had been ordered by Zhu Muliang to capture Nanjun easily when Zhou Yu and Cao Ren were in the middle of a fierce battle. Zhuge Liang took advantage of the military talisman he found and sent people to rescue him overnight, pretending to be Cao Ren. He easily cheated Jingzhou and Xiangyang. This time, Zhou Yu knew that he had been fooled by Zhuge Liang, and he was so angry that he fainted.

Analysis of Idioms

The difference between "taking advantage of a fire" and "fishing in troubled waters" lies in the different sources. One in China and one out, taking advantage of a fire has a tendency to cheat, and fishing in troubled waters is more direct.

Thirty six strategies

brief introduction

Fishing in troubled waters is a metaphor for seizing illegitimate interests at a time of chaos. Also known as "fishing in troubled waters.". "Thirty six strategies", or "thirty six strategies", refers to the Thirty-six Strategies of Military Science in ancient China, which originated from the southern and Northern Dynasties and was written in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a Book of war based on the excellent military thought and rich struggle experience in ancient China. It is one of the long cultural heritages of the Chinese nation.

The original code

Take advantage of its Yin and disorder, benefit its weak and have no master. With, to the obscure into the banquet.

notes

① By its Yin chaos: Yin, internal. Take advantage of the internal chaos of the enemy. (2) follow, to the obscure into the banquet breath: language out of the book of changes. With the hexagram. Following, hexagram name. This hexagram is a superposition of different hexagrams. In this hexagram, the upper hexagram is Dui, which means Ze; the lower hexagram is Zhen, which means Lei. Words thunder into Ze, the earth cold coagulation, everything dormant, so as the name "with". It means to be obedient. "With the hexagram" of the "elephant" words said: "Ze in the thunder, with, gentleman to obscure into the banquet It means that people should go to work and rest according to the time of day, and take a rest in the evening. This strategy uses this image theory, that is to say, when fighting, we should seize the enemy's available gap, and I take the opportunity to act in order to make chaos conform to my will, then I will take advantage of chaos.

source

"Fish in troubled waters" is selected from the "thirty six stratagems" in "thirty six stratagems", which is prior to the year of writing. The etymology can be traced back to tan Daoji, the general of Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty? In 436 AD), according to the biography of Wang Jingze in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty, "the Thirty-six Strategies of Tan Gong are the best. Your father and son should only listen." It means that the defeat is certain and irreparable. Only to retreat is the best policy. In Song Dynasty Huihong's lengzhaiyehua: "thirty six stratagems, walking is the best stratagem.". At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, more people quoted it. So people with a heart collected books and compiled "thirty six stratagems". However, it is difficult to know when and who wrote this book. the original book is divided into six sets according to its title, namely, victory plan, enemy plan, attack plan, melee plan, merge plan and defeat plan. The first three sets are used for advantages, and the last three sets are used for disadvantages. Each set contains six pieces, a total of 36 pieces. The explanation after the name of each plan is based on the change of yin and Yang in the book of changes and the transformation of the antagonistic relations between the ancient strategists, such as hardness and softness, Qi Zheng, attack and defense, self, virtual reality, subject and object, which contains the elements of simple military dialectics. The notes after the explanation mostly cite the war cases before the Song Dynasty and the brilliant sentences of Sun Wu, Wu Qi, Wei Liaozi and other strategists. There are also general remarks and postscripts in the book. Thirty six stratagems are the summary of ancient Chinese strategists' stratagems and the precious heritage of military strategy. In order to facilitate people to memorize these thirty-six stratagems, a scholar composed a poem in order: Jin Yu Tan Gong CE, in order to catch robbers, fish and snakes laughing in the sea, sheep, tiger, peach and mulberry separated, trees dark away, empty cauldron, beautiful corpses on the roof, attacking Wei Lian and Guo.

Notes

In times of turbulence, several forces collide with each other. The weak are disobedient and have no owners. They are scattered but not observed. I will take them. "Liu Tao" day: "the three armies are startled, the soldiers are uneven, they are afraid to be strong by the enemy, their words are unfavourable, their ears and eyes belong to each other, their evil words are endless, their mouths are confused, they are not afraid of the law, and they do not pay attention to their generals: This is also a weak sign." It's a fish. When it comes to scuffle, choose it. Such as: Liu Bei's Jingzhou, take Xichuan, all this plan.

story

To stir up the situation, Feishui failed Fu Jian.

War cases

The original meaning of fishing in muddy water is that fish can get unexpected benefits if they are confused in muddy water. This plan is used in military affairs. It refers to the strategy of seizing the opportunity to win when the enemy is in chaos. In the turbid water, the fish can't distinguish the direction. In the complex war, the weak side often wavers. Here is an opportunity. More often than not, we should not just wait for this opportunity, but take the initiative to create it. One side takes the initiative to muddle up the water, and everything starts to get complicated. Then it can take the opportunity to act. Zhang shougui planned to break the Khitan army. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Khitan rebelled and invaded the Tang Dynasty many times. The imperial court sent Zhang shougui as the governor of Youzhou to pacify the Khitan rebellion. Khitan general could attack Youzhou several times, but failed to. But Tu Gan wants to find out the truth of the Tang army. He sends an emissary to Youzhou, pretending that he is willing to return to the imperial court and never invade. Zhang shougui knew that Khitan's power was flourishing, and there must be deceit if he took the initiative to seek peace. He gave the envoy a polite reception. The next day, he sent Wang Hui to represent the imperial court to the ketugan camp to declare Fu, and ordered Wang Hui to find out the internal details of Khitan. Wang Hui was warmly received in the Khitan camp. He carefully observed every move of the Khitan generals at the reception banquet. He found that Khitan generals had different attitudes towards the imperial court. He also heard from a small soldier that Li GuoZhe, who was in charge of the army, had always been in conflict with Ke Tugan. They seemed to be at odds with each other. Wang Hui paid a special visit to Li GuoZhe and pretended not to understand the contradiction between him and Ke Tugan. In front of Li GuoZhe, he pretended to praise Ke Tugan's talent. After hearing this, Li GuoZhe was infuriated. He said that he could suddenly fight against Tang Dynasty, which made Khitan fall into chaos. The people resented him very much. He told Wang Hui that Khitan's request for peace was totally false, but Tugan had borrowed troops from Turks and would attack Youzhou in a few days. Wang Hui took the opportunity to persuade Li GuoZhe. The Tang army was powerful, but the sudden sweat was sure to fail. If he breaks away from Ketu Khan and makes great achievements, the imperial court promises to reuse him. Li GuoZhe was really excited and expressed his willingness to submit to the imperial court. Wang regret task completed, immediately bid farewell to King Qidan, return to Youzhou. The third

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