导语：成语故事是我国历史的一部分，成语是历史的积淀，每一个成语的背后都有一个含义深远的故事，是我国几千年以来人民智慧的结晶。以下是小编整理简短历史成语故事的资料，欢迎阅读参考。
成语故事：百川归海
出处《淮南子·记论讯》
百川异源，而险归于海。
释义 表示众多的事物汇集一处，也用来比喻大势所趋，众望所 归。
故事 西汉的思想家、文学家刘安，是汉高祖刘邦的孙子，袭父封 为淮南王。他爱好读书鼓琴，才思敏捷，曾召祟兵客和懂得天文、医 学、历算、占卜等数千人，集体编写了一部数十万字的书《鸿烈》，也 称《淮南子》 《淮南子》中有一篇《记论训》，讲了人类社会发展的一些情况， 它的基本观点是符合历史唯物主义的。文章中写道：我们的祖先早 先住在山洞里和水旁边，衣着非常简陋，生活十分艰苦。后来出了圣 人，他们带领人们建造宫室;这样人们才从山洞里走出来，住进了可 以躲避风雨寒暑的.房子。圣人又教人们制造农具和兵器，用来耕作 和捕杀猛兽，使人们的生活比过去有了保障。后来，圣人又制礼作 乐，订出各种各样的规矩，使人们有了礼节和约束。由此可见，社会 是不断发展的，人们不是老是用一个方式生活。所以对古时候的制 度，如果不再适合使用，就应该废除，而对于现在的，如果适合使用， 就应该发扬。以上的一切都说明，像千百条来自不同源头的江河，但 最后都会归流入大海一样，各人做的事不同，但都是为了求得更好 地治理社会，过更美好的生活。
成语故事：不屈不挠
出处:《汉书·叙传下》 乐昌笃实，不能不离。遭闲既多，是用废黜。
释义:“挠”，弯曲，屈服。形容在恶势力和困难面前不屈服，不低 头。
故事: 王商，字子威，继承父亲的封号为乐吕侯，是汉成帝的丞 相，他为人耿直，作风正派。
汉成帝三年的秋天，京城长安城中忽然有传言说要发大水了， 长安城就要被水吞没了。刹时间，整个长安城的老百姓都惊慌起来 大家扶老携幼，争相逃命。
消息传到宫中，汉成帝立即召集文武百官到宫中议事，商量对 策。成帝的舅父、大将军王凤也惊慌失措，劝成帝、太后赶快躲到船 上去准备撤离。大臣们也纷纷附和王凤的意见。只有孙丞相王商坚决 反对，他认为大水不可能突然而来，一定是谣传，在这个关键时刻 更不能轻易撤离，这样只会使人心更加慌乱。成帝采纳了王商的意 见，过了一会，城里也没见大水来，谣言不攻自破，城里的秩序也慢 慢恢复了。调查下来，确实是传言失实。成帝对王商能力排众议很赞 赏。王凤却认为是王商使他下不了台，因此心怀不满。
王凤有个亲戚叫杨肜，是琅那太守，因为没有把他管辖的地方 管理好，王商要办他的罪，王凤为此亲自跑到王商面前，替杨肜说 情，为他开脱。王商坚持原则，免去了杨肜的官职，王凤更加怀恨在 心，千方百计想要打击报复。于是他勾结了同伙，诬陷王商。汉成帝 最后听信了谗言，罢免了王商的丞相职务。
但是，是非自有公论。《汉书》的作者班固在撰写王商的传记时 对王商的评价是：为人诚实公正，不屈不侥。这样的评论是很客观公 正的。
成语故事：东施效颦
说春秋时候，越国有个名叫西施的姑娘，她非常美丽、漂亮，一举一动也很动人。他有心口疼的疾病，犯病时总是用手按住胸口，紧皱眉头。因为人们喜欢她，所以她这副病态，在人们眼里也妩媚可爱，楚楚动人。 西施的邻村有个丑姑娘叫东施，总是想方设法打扮自己。有一次在路上碰到西施，见西施手捂胸口，紧皱眉头，显得异常美丽。她想难怪人们说她漂亮，原来是做出这种样子。如果我也做这个姿势，肯定就变漂亮了。于是她模仿西施的病态。结果人们见了原来就丑的她，现在变成这种疯疯癫癫的样子，象见了鬼一样，赶紧把门关上。
成语故事：才高八斗
出处： 南朝·宋·无名氏《释常谈·斗之才》文章多，谓之八斗之才。谢灵运尝曰：“天下才有一石，曹子建独占，“斗，我得一斗，天下兵分一斗。”
释义： 比喻极有才华。
故事： 南朝宋国有谢灵运，是我国古代著名的山水诗作家。他的诗，大都描写会稽、永嘉、庐山等地的山水名胜，善于刻划自然景物，开创了文学史上的山水诗一派。
他写的诗艺术性很强，尤其注意形式美，很受文人雅士的喜爱。他的诗篇一传出来，人们就竞相抄录，流传很广。宋文帝很赏识他的文学才能，特地将他召回京都任职，并把他的诗作和书法称为“二宝”，常常要他边侍宴，边写诗作文。
一直自命不凡的谢灵运受到这种礼遇后，更加狂妄自大。有一次，他一边喝酒一边自夸道：“魏晋以来，天下的文学之才共有一石(一种容量单位，一石等于十斗)，其中曹子建(即曹植)独占八斗，我得一斗，天下其他的人共分一斗。”
成语故事：不寒而栗
汉武帝时，有一个人名叫义纵，因为受到太后的恩宠，做了上党郡某县令。上任以后，公务办得很出色，案子处理上敢作敢为，不论是有钱有势的豪绅，还是平民，只要犯了法，义纵秉公审办，皇上很赞赏他，调他做河内郡都尉。一到任，他立即把祸害一方的豪门大族满门抄斩，一时间，河内郡的治安和社会风气大有好转，有人不慎把东西失落在道路上，也没有人抢走据为已有
义纵调到南阳任太守时，一个做恶多端的豪强地主宁成，正在南阳居住。宁成为了讨好义纵，每次迎送都装出谦恭的样子。但是，义纵对他的恶行早有所闻，到南阳后立即展开调查，很快就查清他的罪行，把他关押起来。
后来，汉武帝又任命义纵做定襄太守。当时定襄的社会治安历史学家混乱。义纵到任以后，把押在狱中的没有加开具的二百多名重犯，以及为重犯开脱罪责进行贿赂的二百多名门客亲属，一律严加追究，拘捕治罪，一天之内处死的就有四百多名。从此以后，定襄的人一听到义纵的名字就“不寒而栗”--天气不冷却浑身发抖。
延伸阅读（英语版）：
All the way to the sea
From the source "huainan zi"
The danger is to the sea.
Paraphrase means that many things come together in one place, which is also used to describe the general trend.
The story of liu 'an, the thinker and writer of the western han dynasty, was the grandson of liu bang, the father of the han dynasty. His hobby is reading drum music, quick-minded, Ceng Zhao special soldiers and understand astronomy, medical science, calendar calculation, divination, such as thousands of people, the collective has written a book of hundreds of thousands of words "hon strong", also known as "huai south son" "huai south son" in an article "the theory of ji xun," about some cases on the development of human society, its basic idea is to conform to the historical materialism. Our ancestors first lived in caves and water, and were poorly dressed and hard to live, the article said. Then came the saints, who led the people to build the palace; So people came out of the cave and lived in houses that could escape the wind and rain. The saints also teach people to make farm tools and weapons, to cultivate and kill animals, and to make people's lives more secure than they used to be. Later, the saint made music and ordered all sorts of rules, which led to etiquette and restraint. It can be seen that society is constantly evolving and people don't always live in one way. So the old system, if it is no longer suitable, should be abolished, and for now, if appropriate, it should be developed. Above all, like one thousand rivers from different sources, but in the end will be into the sea, every man to do different, but all is in order to have better governance society, a better life.
indomitable
Provenance: the book of han dynasty. Being idle is much, and is used to dethrone.
Paraphrase: "scratching", bending, yielding. Describe the unyielding and unyielding of the evil and the difficulties.
The story: wang shang, zi wei, inherit his father's title as le luhou, is the cheng of han cheng di, he is upright, the style is decent.
In the autumn of the three years of han dynasty, there was a rumor in the city of chang 'an that it was going to be flooded, and the city of chang 'an would be swallowed by the water. Suddenly, all the people in changan city were frightened and they were young and running for their lives.
When the news reached the palace, han cheng immediately summoned the officials to the palace to discuss the policy. The emperor's uncle, general wang feng, was also alarmed, and tried to persuade him to go to the boat to prepare for the evacuation. Ministers also echoed wang's advice. Only sun's prime minister, wang shang, was firmly opposed. He thought that the water could not suddenly come, it must be a rumor that it would not be easy to evacuate at this critical moment, which would only make people more confused. After a while, the city didn't see much water. The rumors broke down and the order of the city was slowly restored. The investigation, indeed, was false. Cheng was very much admired for his ability to stand on the line. Wang feng thought it was wang shang who made him not get down, so he was dissatisfied.
Wang Fengyou a family name is Yang Rong, the satrap, because there was no place to manage his jurisdiction, shang king to do his sin, and the phoenix for this personally ran in front of the king of shang, for Yang Rong said, excuse for him. Wang, who insisted on the principle, relieved Yang from his official position, and wang feng became more resentful and tried every means to fight back. So he colluded with his accomplice to frame the king's business. Hancheng finally listened to the slanders, deposed wang shang's prime minister.
But, it's not private. The author of "the han book", in his biography of wang shang, said to wang shang that he was honest and fair. Such comments are objective and objective.