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máo suì jiàn
zhàn guó shí dài qín guó jūn duì gōng
zhào guó de chéng
zhào guó de píng yuán jūn suàn qīn
dào chǔ guó qǐng jiù bīng xiǎng tiāo
xuǎn jīng míng néng gān de rén
tóng qián
yǒu míng jiào máo suì de rén
gào fèn yǒng yuàn tóng
píng yuán jūn dào chǔ guó hòu chǔ
wáng tán le bàn tiān méi yǒu diǎn
jié guǒ máo suì chōng chōng
zháo bǎo jiàn jìn chǔ wáng
zhōng shǐ chǔ wáng yìng chū bīng
使
zhào guó lián gòng tóng kàng
qín guó
máo suì jiàn zhè chéng
yòng lái tuī jiàn
bié rén jiè shào
In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin besieged the capital of the State of Zhao.
Duke Pingyuan of Zhao planned to ask the ruler of the State of Chu personally for assistance.He wanted to select a capable man to go with him.
A man called Mao Sui volunteered.
When the negotiactions between the two states were stalled because the ruler of Chu hesitated to send troops, Mao Sui approached him, brandishing a sword. At that, the ruler of Chu agreed to help Zhao, against Qin.
This idiom means to recommend oneself.
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