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This idiom comes from the historic book Stories of Emperor Gaozu in the Historical Records. It depicted a story that happened in the 4th year of the Western Han Dynasty when the peace had befallen on the country.
Emperor Gaozu, whose name was Liu Bang, held a grand banquet in his palace to treat his ministers. After several rounds of drinks, Liu Bang put forward a question to his ministers,“Why could I get the success while Xiang Yu suffered the failure?”
Gao Qi and Wang Lin, two of Liu Bang’s ministers, said that Liu Bang could grant talented people important positions and ask them to seize cities and fortresses with great importance and gave these people making great contributions senior titles. These contributed to his great achievements. Xiang Yu, much to Liu Bang’s opposite, neither trusted talented people nor awarded meritorious people. Thus his loyal and skilful underlings did not gain his trust, which led to his final failure.
Liu Bang thought that they were right. But he believed that the key to his success lies in the appointment of suitable people. He thought highly of his Prime Minister Zhang Liang and said: “Zhang Liang could dispose wonderful strategies from within the tent and decide the situation of battlefields despite the miles’ distance. In that aspect I am far inferior to him.”
Later, people used this phrase to describe someone’s grand ability of commanding and management.
Emperor Gaozu, whose name was Liu Bang, held a grand banquet in his palace to treat his ministers. After several rounds of drinks, Liu Bang put forward a question to his ministers,“Why could I get the success while Xiang Yu suffered the failure?”
Gao Qi and Wang Lin, two of Liu Bang’s ministers, said that Liu Bang could grant talented people important positions and ask them to seize cities and fortresses with great importance and gave these people making great contributions senior titles. These contributed to his great achievements. Xiang Yu, much to Liu Bang’s opposite, neither trusted talented people nor awarded meritorious people. Thus his loyal and skilful underlings did not gain his trust, which led to his final failure.
Liu Bang thought that they were right. But he believed that the key to his success lies in the appointment of suitable people. He thought highly of his Prime Minister Zhang Liang and said: “Zhang Liang could dispose wonderful strategies from within the tent and decide the situation of battlefields despite the miles’ distance. In that aspect I am far inferior to him.”
Later, people used this phrase to describe someone’s grand ability of commanding and management.