毛遂自荐 (Máo Suì zì jiàn): Mao Sui recommends himself ; to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
毛遂自荐
Mao Sui recommends himself ; to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
Mao Sui put himself forward for a mission nobody had offered him, and carried it off. For volunteering yourself where waiting to be chosen would have meant not going at all.