This story turned out to be the idiom "Bei Gong She Ying".

本文为记叙文，通过一个故事说明成语“杯弓蛇影”的来历。

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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."

这个故事就是后来我的们成语“杯弓蛇影”，它常用来描述一个人的疑心重，总是在自己的阴影中害怕。

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