What is the meaning of the wind and trees?

Interpretation] 唳: Birdsong. When they heard the wind and the cranes, they all suspected that they were chasing soldiers. Describes people who are suspicious when they are panicked.

Source] "Jin Shu Xie Xuan Biography": "When I heard the rumors, I thought that the king had arrived. Jin Shu Fu Jian Records": "Jian and Fu Rong went to the city and looked at the king's division, and saw that the troops were neat and the soldiers were elite; Looking north at Bagong Mountain, the plants and trees are all humanoid. ”

Later generations used the idiom "all plants and trees are soldiers" to describe the appearance of people who are suspicious and suspicious when they are in extreme panic; The term "rumors" is used to describe people who are so panicked that they are disturbed by each other.

Afraid of one's own shadow. Crane: Crane call.

The Book of Jin and the Biography of Xie Xuan records that during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Qin lord Fu Jian led the crowd to attack the Jin Dynasty and lined up in the water, Xie Xuan and others led the elite soldiers to break the Qin army, and the Qin army was extremely panicked or disturbed on the way to defeat. "When I heard the rumors, I thought that the king had arrived."

Described as very flustered, to the point of self-alarm.

Meaning: 唳: birdsong. When they heard the wind and the cranes, they all suspected that they were chasing soldiers. Grass and Trees: Treat both grass and trees as enemy soldiers. Describes a person who is suspicious when he is extremely panicked.

From: "The Book of Jin: The Biography of Xie Xuan", one of the twenty-four histories of China in the Book of Jin, co-authored by Tang Fang Xuanling and others, with a total of 21 authors. Excerpt from the original text:

The Qin soldiers retreated, and they could not be stopped, and Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, and Huan Yi led troops across the water to attack them. Rong Chi rode a little formation, and those who wanted to retreat with a handsome man fell down and were killed by the Jin soldiers, and the Qin soldiers were defeated. Xuan and others took advantage of the victory to pursue, as for Qinggang.

The Qin soldiers were defeated, and the dead were in the wilderness. When the people who walked away heard the wind and the rumors, they all thought that the Jin soldiers were coming, and they did not dare to rest day and night, and they slept in the open air, and they were hungry and cold, and the dead were seventeen or eighteen.

Translation: The Former Qin army retreated and could no longer be stopped. Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, Huan Yi and others led the army to cross the river and attack the former Qin army. Fu Rong rode his horse and galloped around the position, trying to command and restrain the retreating soldiers, but the horse fell.

Killed by the Jin soldiers, the Former Qin army was defeated. Xie Xuan and others took advantage of the victory to pursue and arrived at Qinggang. The Qin soldiers were defeated, and they trampled each other to death, covering the fields and blocking the rivers. Those Qin soldiers who had fled in defeat heard the wind and the cries of cranes.

They all thought that the pursuers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were about to arrive, and they did not dare to rest day and night, marching in the grass, sleeping in the dew, and starving and freezing, seven or eight out of ten people died.

Afraid of one's own shadow.

Described as panicked, or self-alarmed.

The grass and trees are all soldiers, and the plants and trees on the mountains are regarded as enemy soldiers. Describes people who are suspicious when they are panicked.

Birdsong. When they heard the wind and the cranes, they all suspected that they were chasing soldiers. Grass and Trees: Treat both grass and trees as enemy soldiers. Describes a person who is suspicious when he is extremely panicked.

It's really scary, whew, these things are made of air, otherwise how could they. In this way, I thought it was a soldier invasion, and you didn't even know if it scared you to death!

They are all described as suspicious and suspicious, and afraid of the enemy.

It's all about people being very scared and afraid.

Pinyin】 fēng shēng hè lì, cǎo mù jiē bīng

Explanation] 唳: Birdsong. Hearing the sound of the wind ruler disguising and the sound of the crane bridge judging, they all suspected that it was a pursuer. Describes people who are suspicious when they are panicked.

Example] A gangster fleeing in disarrayThe wind is loud, and the grass and trees are soldiers, frightened to the soul.

Related] "The wind is loud and the cranes are singing, and the plants and trees are soldiers".