Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong(xiàng　zhuāng　wǔ　jiàn，zhì　zài　pèi　gōng)

Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong

Xiang Zhuang danced his sword during the dinner and tried to assassinate Liu Bang. It refers to the real intention of speech and action. With "Xiang Zhuang sword dance, intended to Peigong.".

Idioms and allusions

[source]: the fourth chapter of Huang Xiaopei's damabian in the Qing Dynasty: "in Kang Youwei's mind, the ambition is to become famous (Yu Chengming), such as Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, the ambition is to be Peigong. Now I see that I will not move to become famous, so I feel sorry." [source] in the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's historical records, Xiang Yu's book: "today, Xiang Zhuang's sword dance often means Peigong."

Idiom story

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there were two greatest forces among the uprising forces, namely Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. They once agreed that whoever first attacked Xianyang, the capital of the Qin Dynasty, would be king in Guanzhong. As a result, Liu Bang broke Xianyang first and controlled Hangu pass. Xiang Yu was very angry. He thinks that I have 400000 troops that have not yet become the king, but you have 100000 people who have become the king! So I want to fight with Liu Bang. Xiang Bo, a distant uncle of Xiang Yu, is very close to Zhang Liang, Liu Bang's counselor. Hearing the news, he told Zhang Liang all night and advised him to leave as soon as possible. Zhang Liang didn't want to betray Liu Bang. After Zhang Liang's introduction, Liu Bang warmly received Xiang Bo and married him as a son and daughter. Xiang Bo advised Liu Bang to explain and apologize to Xiang Yu in order to avoid the war. The next day, Liu Bang took more than 100 people to Hongmen to apologize to Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu's counselor fan Zeng advised Xiang Yu to get rid of Liu Bang at the banquet. A group of warriors were ambushed at the banquet, and Xiang Yu agreed to raise his glass and start immediately. At the banquet, Liu Bang was humble to Xiang Yu and was careful with him everywhere. Xiang Yu was a straightforward man. He was coaxed by Liu Bang and became happy. He didn't want to kill him any more. So there was no response to fan Zeng's several gestures. Seeing that it was not going as planned, fan Zeng found Xiang Yu's cousin Xiang Zhuang and said, "Xiang Wang is too benevolent. Go in and kill Liu Bang in the name of sword dancing. " When Xiang Zhuang came back, he toasted at the banquet and asked for his sword dance. The sword was shining, and Xiang Zhuang danced closer to Liu Bang. Xiang Bo worried about the accident and said to Xiang Yu, "if you dance alone, you are not in high spirits. Let me dance with him." Xiang Bo also drew his sword and danced, secretly blocking Liu Bang with his body, making Xiang Zhuang unable to find a chance to start. Seeing this situation, Zhang Liang rushed out and said to Liu Bang's general fan Kuai, "now Xiang Zhuang dances sword, his intention is to kill Peigong." Fan Kuai immediately took up his arms and rushed to the banquet. Under the protection of Zhang Liang and fan Kuai, Liu Bang finally took the opportunity to leave the banquet and return to his barracks safely. This is the story of the famous "Hongmen banquet" in history. Later, Zhang Liang said that "today's Xiang Zhuang sword dance, its meaning is often in Peigong" evolved into the idiom "Xiang Zhuang sword dance, intended to Peigong". "Pei" was originally a place name, where Liu Bang once worked as an official, so Peigong referred to Liu Bang. This idiom is used to refer to actions or words that are vaguely directed at a person.

Chinese PinYin : xiàng　zhuāng　wǔ　jiàn，zhì　zài　pèi　gōng