Interpretation: refers to businesses hoarding rare things and waiting for high prices to sell them. It is also a metaphor to gain fame and fortune by some unique skills and achievements.
Synonym: Waiting for the price to sell, hoarding.
Source: Sima Qian's Biography of Historical Records and Lv Buwei (Western Han Dynasty)
Zi Chu, Zhu Qin's sons are evil, and they are superior to princes. They are intolerant when riding and using their cars. They are trapped and they are not proud. Jia Hanhan, seeing it, pitied it and said, "This strange commodity can live in." . But he went to see Zi Chu and said, "I can open the door for my eldest son." Zi Chu smiled and said, "It's the gate of the Great King, the gate of the Great Self!" Lv Buwei said, "I don't know, but my door is very big for my son." Zi Chu knows the so-called, but leads and sits, deep language. Lv Buwei said, "The king of Qin is old, and Guo Jun is a prince. I overheard a Guo Junren who loved Mrs. Huayang. Mrs. Huayang had no children, and being able to set a suitable heir was the only one who could listen to Mrs. Huayang. Now the brothers are in their twenties, and the son is in the middle. He was unlucky and became a vassal for a long time. In other words, if Tai Wei and An Li are kings, the sons will compete with the eldest son and other sons for the crown prince in the former. " Zi Chu said, "Of course. Why? " Lv Buwei said, "I am poor, so I am here because I have to dedicate myself to my relatives and friends. Although Wei is not poor, please take your daughter as your son to travel to the west and serve Mrs. An and Huayang, so that your son can become a suitable heir. " Zi Chu nodded and said, "It must be like a monarch's policy. Please rate Qin Guojun. "
Zi Chu, the grandson of the Princess of Qin, was taken hostage in Zhao. He doesn't have rich chariots and horses and daily wealth. He is embarrassed and very dissatisfied. Lv Buwei went to Handan to do business. When he met Zi Chu, he liked Handan very much. He said, "Zi Chu is like a strange commodity, which can be stored in a strange place. In order to sell at a high price. " So he went to visit Zi Chu and said to him, "I can expand your family." Zi Chu smiled and said, "You can form your own family first, and then mine!" Lv Buwei said, "You don't understand, my door will light up only when your door is lit up." Zi Chu knew what Lv Buwei meant, so he sat down and went further with him. Lv Buwei said, "The king of Qin is old, and Guo Jun is a prince. I heard privately that Ann Guo Jun dotes on Mrs. Huayang very much. Mrs. Huayang has no son, and only Mrs. Huayang can choose a prince. Now you have more than twenty brothers, and you are in the middle. You are not loved by the king of Qin, and have been held hostage by the vassal States for a long time. Even if the king of Qin dies and Ann Guo Jun succeeds, you can't expect to compete with your eldest brother and other brothers who are around the king of Qin in the morning and evening. " Zi Chu said, "Yes, but what should we do?" Lv Buwei said, "You are poor and embarrassed, and you live here as a guest. You can't give anything to your parents or make friends. Although I am not rich now, I am willing to spend my daughter to lobby you to go west to the Qin State and serve Mrs. An and Huayang, so that they can make you a prince. " Zi Chu kowtowed and thanked him and said, "If your plan comes true, I am willing to share the land of Qin with you."