2014年12月3日星期三

Stories of Chinese word and term (39)

 挥泪斩马谡behead 马谡 with tear, this story was from the ‘The Three Kingdoms’  馬謖(190228was a famous strategist at his time. He was the favourite general of 诸葛亮. One day 馬謖 was ordered to defend a town called 街亭.  诸葛亮 told him to be stationed under the mountain. But he was a person of self-assertion, he believed to be stationed on the mountain would be better. Later his enemy cut off his water supply and his soldier could not fight in thirsty. He lost the town of街亭.

According the rule he had to be beheaded. But诸葛亮 didn’t want to do it. He killed him with tear.
 Pic from: http://www.e3ol.com/topics/upfiles/2011/201132315354565318.jpg

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