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Snake-like Reflection of a Bow in the Cup 　 　　 Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the Han Dynasty, there was a county magistrate called Ying Chen. One summer day, he invited his secretary Du Xuan to his house and treated him with wine. On the north wall of the room hung a red bow. It was reflected in Du Xuans cup. Du Xuan took the reflection for a squirming snake. He was very frightened but he dared not turn down Ying Chens offer because Ying was his superior. He had to swallow the wine with his eyes closed. 　　When he was back at home he felt so painful in his chest and stomach that he could hardly eat and drink any more. He sent for the doctor and took some medicine, but nothing could cure him. When Ying Chen asked Du Xuan how he got so seriously ill, Du told him he drank the wine with a snake in his cup the other day. Ying Chen found something strange about that. He returned home , thought hard, but he could not find an answer. Suddenly the shadow thrown by the bow on the wall caught his eye. Thats it! he shouted. He immediately sent his man to fetch Du Xuan. He seated him where he sat before and offered him a cup of wine. Du Xuan saw the snake-like shadow again. Before Du was scared out of his wits again, Ying Chen said , pointing at the shadow, The snake in the cup is nothing but a reflection of the bow on the wall! Now that Do Xuan knew what it was, he felt much easier. And strange enough, his illness disappeared the next moment. This story was later contracted into the idiom Bei Gong She Ying. It is used to describe someone who is very suspicious. It is like saying someone is afraid of his own shadow. 杯弓蛇影“杯弓蛇影”这则成语的意思是误把映入酒杯中的弓影当成蛇。比喻因错觉而疑神疑鬼，自已惊扰自已。 这个成语来源于东汉.应劭《风俗通义》，时北壁上有悬赤弩，照于杯，形如蛇。宣畏恶之，然不敢不饮。 有一年夏天，县令应郴请主簿（办理文书事务的官员）杜宣来饮酒。酒席设在厅堂里，北墙上悬挂着一张红色的弓。由于光线折射，酒杯中映入了弓的影子。杜宣看了，以为是一条蛇在酒杯中蠕动，顿时冷汗涔涔。但县令是他的上司，又是特地请他来饮酒的，不敢不饮，所以硬着头皮喝了几口。仆人再斟时，他借故推却，起身告辞走了。 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，皇上回到家里，杜宣越来越疑心刚才饮下的是有蛇的酒，又