Gather rice for a mountain

Gather rice for a mountain

Jumi Weishan, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ù m ǐ w é ISH ā n, refers to the image of the military situation, dangerous terrain. From the biography of Ma Yuan in the book of the later Han Dynasty, Ma Yuan in the Eastern Han dynasty built a mountain of rice instead of a terrain model to analyze the military situation and March plan for the emperor.

The origin of Idioms

In the eighth year of Ma Yuan's biography of Ma Yuan, Volume 24 of the book of the later Han Dynasty, the emperor made an expedition to the west, and most of the generals took the place of Wang Shi, so they should not go far into danger. The meeting called for help, and the night came, and the emperor was very happy. It was introduced, with the purpose of mass discussion. The reason for this is that the general of kuao has the character of collapse, and the soldiers will break if they enter. In front of the emperor, he gathered rice for the valley, and drew a picture of the shape of the cliff, which showed that the army had to go back and forth along the road. After analyzing the twists and turns, it was clear. The emperor said, "the captive is in my eyes. "Ming Dan, then March to the first, uproar all the great rout. In the eighth year of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor personally went to the west to fight against kaihuo and arrived at Qixian County. All the generals thought that Wang Shi was important and should not go deep into the danger. They hesitated about their plans. He called for Ma Yuan, who arrived at night, and the emperor was very happy to introduce him. He told everyone to comment and asked for his decision. Therefore, Ma Yuan said that the general of kaixiao had the potential to collapse, and if he entered the army, he would be broken. In front of the emperor, he gathered rice to make a model of the valley, pointed out the situation, pointed out which mountain road the troops should go in and which mountain road they should come out from, and analyzed the twists and turns. The emperor said, "the enemy has been in my eyes." The next morning, they marched to the first place, and the crowd broke down.

Homologous allusions

Gathering rice and gathering rice to recognize formation

Idiom usage

Example Yu Xin's "Prince Shaobao Dou Lu Gong Shen Dao Bei" in the Northern Zhou Dynasty: "the city base painting land, the mountain forest gathering rice." Liu Zhiji of Tang Dynasty wrote in Shi Tong Dian fan: "it's based on gathering rice for the valley, the reality of the bandits can be known; it's easy to know the situation of mountains and rivers by drawing a picture." Chen Hu's poem "Li Yingbi's map left by Tingwei" in Ming Dynasty: "no reply to Prime Minister Xiao after entering the pass, gather rice to think about Ma Fubo." Qian Qianyi of the Qing Dynasty wrote the preface to the record of Tong's Secret indignation: "at that time, the Duke of Tong raised the edge material enemies for Zhusheng and Yangsheng Kunren of tongshe, painted the ashes and gathered the rice, and had the ambition to sweep the plow."

Related people

Ma Yuan (14 B.C. - 49 A.D.), whose name is Wenyuan, was born in Maoling, Fufeng (now the northeast of Xingping, Shaanxi). He was a famous strategist in the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, he was worshipped as general Fubo and granted the title of marquis Xinxi. All his life, Ma Yuan made great contributions to the establishment and consolidation of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His generous sayings of "a horse is wrapped in a corpse" and "old and strong" have become models for later generations.