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投笔从戎tóu bǐ cóng róng后汉班超家境穷困,在官府做抄写工作,曾经掷笔长叹说,大丈夫应当在边疆为国立功,哪能老在笔砚之间讨生活呢!(见于《后汉书·班超传》)后人把文人从军叫做投笔从戎。{(of a man of letters) throw away the writing brush and take up the sword. According to History of Later Han·Biography of Ban Chao, Ban Chao, a man of the Eastern Han Dynasty who came from a poor family, was copying documents in a local government for a living. One day, he cast aside his brush and heaved a deep sigh, saying, ‘How can a man continue to make a living with the writing brush and ink slab instead of contributing to the country's efforts to defend the border regions?’ He joined the army and eventually emerged as a general of the Eastern Han Dynasty.} |