[Edit this paragraph] Note
(1) xian (Yu)-sell.
2 word of mouth-praise.
3 trap-breakthrough. This means perforation.
(4) or yue-some people say.
Five months.-no, no.
6 response
7 or-someone
8 "The Name of Honor": pronoun, meaning shield.
9 "My Spears": Classical auxiliary words, meaningless.
10 "My shield is very strong": same as above.
1 1 company-company
12 band-band
Moral:
Tell the truth, do practical things, and don't violate the objective laws of things, because you can't convince yourself first.
[Edit this paragraph] Translation
A man selling spears and shields in Chu praised his shield and said, "My shield is so strong that no weapon can pierce it." He praised his spear and said, "My spear is very sharp, and there is nothing impenetrable." Someone asked him, "What would happen if you stabbed your shield with your spear?" Men are speechless. An unsinkable shield and an unsinkable spear cannot coexist.
Excessive enthusiasm will spoil things.
In the ancient Song Dynasty, a man was worried when he saw that the seedlings in his field were growing too slowly.
On this day, he simply went to the field and began to pull up the seedlings one by one. He came home exhausted and said to his family, "I'm exhausted today!" I let the seedlings grow a lot at once! "
Hearing this, his son hurried to the field to have a look. All the seedlings in the field have withered.
Moral: Everything has its own laws; Anyone who ignores the law will be punished.
Original text:
In the Song Dynasty, there was a man who fell in love with Qi Min's seedlings, but when he came back, he said, "I am sick today! Help the seedlings grow! " His son rushed to see it, and Miao was recruited.
Mencius' On Mencius' Gongsun Chou
Mencius (about 390- 305 BC) was born in Zou (now southeast of Zou County, Shandong Province) during the Warring States Period. He was the main representative of Confucianism at that time and was a guest of honor of Qi Xuanwang. After his death, his disciples edited his works into Mencius. Mencius, like The Analects of Confucius, is a transcript of questions and answers, but the length is slightly longer. The fables quoted in the book are profound and humorous, which indicates the maturity of China's fables.
People who would rather believe their size than their feet when buying shoes.
Once upon a time, there was a A Zheng man who wanted to buy a pair of shoes in the market. He first measured the length of his feet and made a ruler. But when he left, he accidentally left his ruler on the stool at home.
He went to the market and found a place to sell shoes. I was about to buy shoes when I found that I left my ruler at home. I said to the shoe seller, "I left my shoe size at home, so I will buy it when I get home." With that, he hurried home.
He ran home in a hurry, took a ruler and ran to the market in a panic. At this time, it was getting late and the market had already dispersed. He made two trips for nothing and didn't buy shoes.
Others know this, feel very strange, ask him; "Why don't you try on your shoes with your own feet instead of going home and getting a ruler?"
Zheng Guoren, who bought shoes, said, "I would rather trust a measured ruler than my feet."
Moral: People who stick to the rules and ignore the objective reality often do absurd things.
Original text:
Zheng people want to buy shoes, first measure their feet and let them sit down. Go to town and forget to fuck it. It was the day when I kept my promise: "I forgot to insist." Instead, it is. The anti-urban strike cannot be realized. People's Daily: "Why not try it?" As the saying goes, "reliability is not as good as confidence."
Han Fei's Theory of Han Feizi's Left External Storage
a battle between a snipe and clam
A clam is opening its two shells to bask in the sun, and a snipe flies over and sticks out its long mouth to peck at its meat. The clam suddenly closed its double shell and tightly clamped the snipe mouth.
The snipe said to the clam, "If it doesn't rain today, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, it will kill you!" "
The clam said to the snipe, "If I don't let you go today, if I don't let you go tomorrow, you will starve to death!" "
The two of them refused to give in and neither of them would let go. At this moment, an old fisherman came and caught them all at once.
Moral: Desperate and quarreling often lose both sides, and no one has a good result.
Original text:
When the clam is exposed, the snipe pecks at its meat, and the clam closes and grips its beak. The snipe said, "It won't rain today and tomorrow, but there are dead mussels." The clam, also called the snipe, said, "If you don't come out today, you will die tomorrow." If the two men refuse to give up, the fisherman will get the bird.
Yan Ce II of Warring States Policy
to gild the lily
There was a man in Chu who engaged in sacrificial activities. After the sacrifice, take out a pot of wine and distribute it to the people.
When they saw that there was only one pot of wine, they agreed with each other: "This pot of wine is definitely not enough for several people to drink together; If you drink alone, you will have some left. We can draw a snake on the ground together. Whoever draws the snake first will have this pot of wine to drink. "
So, everyone found branches and tiles and quickly drew them on the ground.
A man first drew a snake and picked up the wine and was about to drink it. He found that no one else had finished painting, so he held a hip flask in one hand and painted in the other, proudly saying, "I can add some feet to the snake!" " "
Before he could draw the snake's foot, another person had finished drawing it. He grabbed the hip flask and said, "Snakes have no feet. How can you draw its feet? "
Then he raised his neck and gulped down the wine. The person who added feet to the snake stood by, staring at the lost opportunity to drink water.
Moral: If you use kung fu to do meaningless things, you will lose precious opportunities.
If there is a temple in the state of Chu, give the other person a glass of wine, and the other person will say, "A few people don't drink enough, but one person can drink more. Please draw a snake and drink the first one. " A snake came first, so he took out the wine and drank it. Holding the swastika in his left hand, he drew a snake in his right hand and said, "I can do it." Before it was finished, a snake succeeded and was robbed, saying, "One snake is not enough, but Zi An can?" Then drink its wine. The man who makes snake feet will eventually die of his wine.
Frog living at the bottom of the well-depicting an ignorant man
A frog living in a shallow well boasted to a big turtle from the East China Sea, "I am so happy here! When you are happy, jump out of the well and climb onto the railing to have fun. When you are tired of playing, go back to the well, hide in the hole on the wall and rest comfortably. When I jumped into the water, the well water only submerged my armpit and gently held my chin; Mud just passed my foot, soft and comfortable. Look at the shrimps, crabs and tadpoles around. No one is as happy as I am. Besides, I own a well water and enjoy it to my heart's content. This kind of life is really beautiful. Why don't you come in and have a look! "
The giant turtle accepted the invitation of the well frog and was ready to go to the well to have a look, but its left foot had not stepped in, and its right leg had been caught by the railing by the well, so it had to slowly back off, stand by the well and tell the frog about the wonder of the sea: "How big is the sea?" Even using thousands of miles to describe it can't express its grandeur, and using a mountain as a metaphor can't compare with its depth. In the Yu Xia era, there were nine years of heavy rain and floods in ten years, and the sea level did not rise at all; When I was in Shang Tang, there were seven years of drought in eight years, the ground cracked and the coast didn't drop at all. It will not change because of the length of time, nor will it increase or decrease because of the amount of rainfall. Living in the East China Sea is really happy! "
Well frog listened, surprised for a long time and didn't speak. Only then did it know how small it lived.
Moral: If people confine themselves to a narrow world for a long time, they will become short-sighted and complacent.
Original text:
The frog in the well ... called the turtle in the East China Sea and said, "I am very happy! Jump out of the beam, go up to the shaft, go into the rest, and go up to the cliff (); If you go to the water, you will hold your arms, and the mud is not enough to destroy; There is nothing I can do to fight shrimp, crab and family. And my husband loves the water in a ravine, but he enjoys crossing the well () (), which is also very good. " Mr. Xi comes to see us from time to time! "The turtle in the East China Sea has not entered his left foot, but his right knee has been embarrassed. So he wandered around and said to the sea, "a thousand miles is not enough;" A thousand meters high is not deep enough. At that time, ten years and nine years, water benefits; There was seven droughts in eight years in the soup, and the cliff was not damaged. "It is a great pleasure for the East China Sea to wait for a long time and not advance and retreat many times." So () the frog in the well heard it, but he was shocked and lost the rules.
Waiting for exemption
There was a farmer in Song State. There is a tree in his field.
Once, a rabbit came running. Because it ran too fast, it hit a tree, broke its neck and died. The man found the free child easily.
From that day on, he simply put down his farm tools, even quit his job and stayed under this tree every day, hoping to find the dead rabbit.
The rabbit can no longer be detected, but his behavior has become a joke of the Song people.
Moral: Harvest comes from labor. Don't give up the virtue of hard work because of an accidental harvest.
Original: Song people have cultivators. There is a plant in the field. Rabbits will break their necks and die when they walk. Stand by and watch because you released this plant, hoping to get the rabbit back. You can't have a rabbit, but as a small fruit of a song.
Yang bu hits the dog
Yang Zhu's younger brother is called Yang Bu. One day, he went out in a white dress. It was raining, so he took off his white clothes and went home in a black suit. His dog didn't recognize Yang Bu, so he called him and barked at him. Yang Bu was so angry that he picked up a stick and wanted to hit the dog.
Yang Zhu saw it and said, "Stop hitting the dog, you will be like this yourself. Can you not be surprised if your dog goes out white and comes back black? "
Moral: When friends misunderstand themselves, don't get hot-headed and angry; Instead, we should put ourselves in the other's shoes.
Original text:
Yang Zhu's brother, Ella, came out dressed in white. When it rained, the clothes were taken off and turned upside down. His dog didn't recognize him and rushed forward to call him. Yang Bu will pounce angrily. Yang Zhu said, "I can't jump, but I'm still alive." Isn't it strange that your dog was white when he left and black when he came? "
Liezi Fu Shuo