成语“名列前茅”语见姚雪垠《李自成》2卷17章:“去年弟在京师,听说二公子中了秀才,且名列前茅,颇为学台赏识,实在可贺可贺。”成语大意是说,名字列在前面。《左传·宣公十二年》中,杜预注曰:“茅……或曰时楚以茅为旌识。”可见,茅确实是楚国人用来做旌旗的,没有错。那么,古代为何要用茅草做旌旗,并且把它高高举起,表示有敌情呢?举茅草示警确实 Idioms “Top ” See the words of Yao Xueyin, “Li Zicheng” 2 Volume 17: “Last year brother in the capital, I heard that the second son of the scholar, and among the best, quite Taiwan appreciation, it is indeed congratulated. ”Idiom to the effect that the name listed in the front. “Zuo Xuan Gong twelve years”, Du pre-injection said: “Mao ... ... or when Chu said with Mao as Jingzhi.” "Visible, Mao Chu is indeed used to do flags, there is nothing wrong . So, why did the ancient flag to make it with thatch, and put it aloft, that there is hostility?