经典历史成语故事

中国历史悠久，从盘古、女娲、后羿等神话时代算起约有5000年。中国历史太长，讲历史多离不开秦皇汉武唐宗宋祖的皇皇盛世，几乎一样长久的变乱年代则常被轻描淡写。新一段历史的起草往往不在盛世之初，而在乱世之末。在这悠长的历史长河中，中国有着不少经典的历史故事值得后人思考。下面本站小编为大家带来中国经典成语故事，欢迎大家阅读!

　中国经典成语故事：横槊赋诗

This is a story from Three Kingdoms. After suppressing the separatist(分离主义的) forces in the north and taking control of the court, Cao Cao led his 830,000-strong army to the north bank of the Yangtze River, aiming to destroy Sun Quan and Liu Bei who were on the other side of the river. It was the thirteenth year of Jian Ah, the fifteenth day of the eleventh month. The weather was clear and bright, the wind calm, the waves still. Cao Cao ordered a feast and entertainment for the commanders that evening. The moon was bright and the GRE at River lay slack, like a belt of white silk unrolled. Aboard ship, all the attendants were in damask(锦缎) coats and embroidered(绣花的) jackets.

曹操平定了北方割据势力，控制了朝政。他又亲率八十三万大军，直达长江北岸，准备渡江消灭孙权和刘备，进而统一全中国。建安十三年(公元208年)，冬十一月十五日，天气晴朗，风平浪静，曹操下令："今晚在大船上摆酒设乐，款待众将。"到了晚上，天空的月亮非常明亮，长江宛如横飘的一条素带。再看船上众将，个个锦衣绣袄，好不威风。

Cao Cao spoke to the assembly: "We have raised this force to purge(净化，清洗) evil, dispel threats to the ruling family and to calm the empire. The Southland alone remains outside our sphere. Today I invite you to join me. When we have received the submission of the Southland and the empire is at peace, we shall share with you the enjoyments of wealth and glory." The audience rose as one to give Cao Cao thanks. Cao Cao was gratified and offered wine to the river. Then he quaffed(痛饮) three full goblets(酒杯) and, leveling his spear, said to his commanders, "Here is the weapon that broke the Yellow Scarves, took Lu Bu, eliminated Yuan Shu, subdued Yuan Shao, penetrated beyond the northern frontier, and conquered the east as far as Liao dong. In the length and breadth of this land no man has withstood me. My ambitions have always been those of a man of action, a leader among men. And now the scene before us fills my soul with profound passion. I shall perform a song, and you must join me."

曹操告诉众将官：我自起兵以来，为国除害，扫平四海，使天下太平。现在只有南方我还没得到，今天请你们来，为我统一中国同心协力，日后天下太平，我们共享荣华富贵。文武们都站起来道谢，曹操非常高兴，先以酒奠长江，随后满饮三大杯。并横槊告诉众将说：我拿此槊破黄巾，擒吕布、灭袁术、收袁绍，深入塞北，直达辽东，纵横天下，颇不负大丈夫之志，在这良辰美景，我作歌，你们跟着和。

Cao Cao recited：Here before us, wine and song!For man does not live long.…It southbound circles thrice(三次) a tree,That offers him no mountaintop no beight eschews(避免) ,the sea eschews no the Duke of Zhou spat out his meal,An empire's trust to keep.

接着，他唱曰："对酒当歌，人生几何……绕树三匝，无树可依，山不厌高，水不厌深，周公吐哺，天下归心。"

As Cao Cao finished, Liu Fu, an imperial inspector, pointed out ominous(不吉利的) words in the ode. Cao Cao, already drunk at that time, pierced Liu Fu through with his spear, killing him. Lin Fu's words were proved later in the battle at Chibi, where Cao Cao almost lost his life.

歌罢，刺史刘馥说，此歌不祥。曹操乘醉，将他用槊刺死。果不出所料，曹操乐极生悲。赤壁一战，险些丢了性命。

中国经典成语故事：狼狈为奸

A wolf and a jackal(豺，走狗) often went hunting together. Once they came to a sheepfold(羊圈) the walls of which were frimly built and too high for them to get over. Then they had an idea: Since the wolf had long forelegs and short hindlegs, while the jackal had short forelegs and long hindlegs, the wolf stood on the necks of the jackal, and the jackal stood up on its hindlegs. In this way the wolf climbed over the wall to where the sheep were.

This idiom is used to describe doing evil things in collusion with others.

传说古时候，有狼和狈两种野兽。狼的前肢长，后腿短;狈的前肢短，后腿长。有一次，狼和狈一道去偷羊，但羊圈又高又结实，既跳不进，也撞不开。于是它们就想出了一个办法：狼骑到狈的脖子上，狈用两条后腿站起来，把狼拖得很高，然后狼就用它的两条前肢攀上羊圈，把羊拖走。根据狼和狈勾结干坏事的传说，人们创造了成语狼狈为奸。

狼狈为奸比喻坏人互相勾结做坏事。

中国经典成语故事：画蛇添足

In the Warring States Period, a man in the state of Chu was offering a sacrifice(祭品) to his ancestors. After the ceremony, the man gave a beaker of wine to his servants. The servants thought that there was not enought wine for all of them, and decided to each draw a picture of snake; the one who finished the picture first would get the wine. One of them drew very rapidly. Seeing that the others were still busy drawing, he added feet to the snake. At this moment, another man finished, snatched the beaker(烧杯，大口杯) and drank the wine, saying,"A snake doesn't have feet. How can you add feet to a snake?"

This idiom refers to ruining a venture by doing unnecessary and surplus things.

楚国有一家人，祭过了祖宗之後，便将一壶祭祀时用的酒，留给办事人员喝。办事人员很多，仅仅一壶酒，到底给谁喝呢?有人提议让每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得快画得好，就把这壶酒给他。大家都认为这办法很好。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。这壶酒就归他所得。这时，他回头看别人，都没有画好，就得意扬扬地说："你们画得好慢呀ⅵ等我再画上几只脚吧ⅵ"正在他画蛇脚的时候，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人把酒壶夺了过去说："蛇是没有脚的，你怎麽画上了脚?"说罢，就喝起酒来。