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Oct 24, 2016 2 min

投鞭断流

from 成语典故

投鞭断流 【释义】把马鞭子扔到江河里,就能把水流截断。比喻兵马众多和强大。 【出处】唐•房玄龄等《晋书•苻坚载记》 东晋时代,黄河流域以北的地方,都被匈奴、鲜卑、羌、羯、氐这五种胡人割据了,他们先后建立了许多个小国家。后来氐族中苻姓的人,建立了前秦。 前秦有一位知人善任的君主,姓苻名坚,他用王猛做宰相。王猛替前秦奠定了良好的政治基础,前秦便强大起来,吞并了其他的小国,统治着整个黄河以北,和黄河以南的东晋对立起来。后来王猛死了,那时东晋国力十分孱弱,苻坚便企图并吞东晋,统一整个中国。 当他准备大举兴兵南伐以前,他宗族中的大臣苻融谏阻他道:“晋是汉族统一的政府,而且占据着长江的险要,又获得人民的拥戴,我们是不能向它发动侵略的。” 苻坚凭恃着自己国势强盛,兵马众多,便很骄傲地回答道:“我统领着这百万大军,每人把他的鞭子投进长江的水里,也足够截断长江的水流(以吾之众旅,投鞭于江,足断其流)。”苻坚不听苻融的苦谏,还是发动了侵略战争,最后以失败告终。

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