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Asking an official to answer a flower is meant to be about an official, but the answer is about flowers. Metaphor, as an persuasion skill, means not to interpret another meaning and misinterpret the wonderful right.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi State, was a master who asked officials to answer questions and advised flowers. Han Shu Yi Wen Zhi: "Qi Huangong asked Guan Zhong what a monarch should pay attention to?" Guan Zhong said, "Pay attention to the sky." Qi Huangong looked up at the sky. Guan Zhong said, "I don't mean the vast sky. A monarch should regard the people as heaven. When the people are close to him, the society will be stable; Help him, and the country will be strong; It is dangerous to accuse him and rule; Betray him and the regime will collapse. " The poem says,' People are heartless and blame one side'. If a person is not kind, everyone on one side will resent him. People hate their kings, and they never fail. "
Qi Huangong once again asked Guan Zhong: "What is the biggest disaster in governing the country?" Guan Zhong replied: "The biggest disaster is the community rat." "Why is evil a community mouse?" Huan Gong was puzzled. Guan Zhong explained: "The country is a place where gods are sacrificed. It is made of wood as a pillar, covered with mud as a wall, and the mouse lives in a hole in the wall. Smoke it, lest it burn the wooden pillars; Fill it with water for fear of breaking the wall. Rats are in it, living and working in peace and contentment, having children, but people are helpless, all ...