The origin of the phrase success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He .

This is to say Han Xin, Han Xin was young and defected to Liu Bang, but Liu Bang did not reuse him, so Han Xin was discouraged, Xiao He knew Han Xin's talent, so Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon, and Liu Bang reused Han Xin, the so-called Cheng is also Xiao He.

Later, Liu Bang won the world, Han Xin rebelled, it was Xiao He who offered a plan, tricked Han Xin into the palace alone, and was killed, and the so-called defeat was also Xiao He.

Cheng also Xiao He, also defeated Xiao He" was first written by the Western Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian's "Historical Records: The Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin", which is a sentence commenting on the military genius Han Xin. It is said that Han Xin's career was because of Xiao He, and he was killed because of Xiao He, which is a metaphor for the good or bad, success or failure of things all depend on one person.

This sentence is circulated among the people, and it is impossible to verify who said it, Han Xin became a celebrity around Liu Bang because of Xiao He's recommendation, and he also lost his life because of Xiao He, so he said so.

This sentence is actually a proverb, from an article by Hong Mai of the Song Dynasty. Because if it weren't for Xiao He, he wouldn't have succeeded, and if it wasn't for Xiao He, he wouldn't have died.

This was said by Han Xin. Because of Xiao He's recommendation, Han Xin achieved a success. But in some wars, it was also because of some of Xiao He's tactics that led to the decline of Han Xin.

What Han Xin said was that he later saw some things that happened to Xiao He, and he also expressed some of his opinions on these things.

1, success is also Xiao He defeat Xiao He Interpretation: success is due to Xiao He, and failure is also due to Xiao He. The success and failure of the parable are caused by this one person.

2. Idiom allusions:

At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Han Xin in Huaiyin (now Jiangsu Province), who lived a lonely life and was looked down upon by others when he was young. Later, Han Xin defected to Xiang Yu and participated in the anti-Qin campaign. He had made some combat suggestions to Xiang Yu, but none of them were accepted.

Han Xin saw that his talents could not be displayed, so he switched to Liu Bang.

At the beginning, Liu Bang did not reuse Han Xin, only made him a petty officer, once violated military law, and was almost tortured to death. After his death, he was only allowed to serve as a petty official in charge of grain and grass (Zhisu Duwei). By chance, Han Xin met Xiao He.

Xiao He is Liu Bang's confidant, and Liu Bang can be said to be obedient to him. After Xiao He had a long talk with Han Xin, he admired Han Xin very much and thought that Han Xin was a rare military genius. However, just as Xiao He decided to recommend Han Xin to Liu Bang, Han Xin ran away.

It turned out that most of Liu Bang's subordinates were people from Xuzhou, and Liu Bang was named the king of Han, and his fief was in Hanzhong, and the region was narrow and difficult to develop. As a result, his subordinates fled because they were homesick. Han Xin saw that Liu Bang didn't mean to reuse himself, so Huai Wei ran away.

When Xiao He learned the news of Han Xin's escape, he was so anxious that he didn't have time to report Liu Bang, so he jumped on his war horse and chased Han Xin back overnight. Liu Bang originally thought that Xiao He had also run away, and he was very angry. Later, I learned that Xiao He personally recovered such an inconspicuous petty official as Han Xin, and scolded Xiao He for making a big fuss.

Xiao He gave Liu Bang a detailed introduction to Han Xin's situation, and then said: "Han Xin has outstanding military talents, not ordinary talents. If you are willing to be the king of Hanzhong for the rest of your life, if you want to seize the world, you must reuse this person.

Due to Xiao He's strong recommendation, Liu Bang finally agreed to worship Han Xin as the general, and chose the auspicious time to hold a grand ceremony to worship the general.

After Han Xin was worshiped by Liu Bang as a general, he gave full play to his military talents and made great achievements for Liu Bang to unify the world and establish the Han Dynasty. But after Liu Bang became the emperor, he became more and more uneasy about Han Xin. First of all, Han Xin's military power was relieved, and he was renamed "King of Qi" to "King of Chu"; Soon after, Han Xin was arrested again; After the pardon, he was only named the "Marquis of Huaiyin".

Han Xin lived in Chang'an, was depressed, was framed for rebellion, and denounced Liu Bang's wife, Empress Lu Pheasant. Empress Lu Pheasant wanted to summon Han Xin to get rid of him, but she was afraid that he would not give in, so she discussed with Xiao He. In the end, Xiao He designed to deceive Han Xin into the palace, and Empress Lu Pheasant killed Han Xin in the bell room of Changle Palace on the charge of rebellion.

According to this history, later generations have introduced the idiom "success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He", which is a metaphor for the success or failure of things or the good or bad because of the same person.