1. When Li Bai was a child, he didn't like studying. He often played truant and wandered in the street. One day, Li Bai didn't go to class again. He wandered around the street and looked around, but he was outside the city. Warm sunshine, cheerful birds, and flowers swaying with the wind make me wonder, "How boring it is to study in the house all day in such fine weather?" Walking to the door of a broken hut, I saw an old woman with white hair grinding an iron pestle as thick as a stick. Li Bai walked over. "What are you doing, old woman?" "I want to grind it into an embroidery needle." The old woman looked up, smiled at Li Bai, and then lowered her head to continue grinding. "Embroidered needle?" Li Bai asked again, "Is it an embroidery needle for sewing clothes?" "Of course!" "But, the iron pestle is so thick, when can it be ground into a fine embroidery needle?" The old woman asked, "A drop of water can pierce a stone, and a foolish man can move mountains. Why can't an iron pestle be ground into an embroidery needle?" "But, you are so old?" "As long as I work harder than others, there is nothing I can't do." Li Bai was ashamed of what the old woman said, so he never skipped school again after he went back. I studied very hard every day and finally became a immortal poet. Of course, there is another story that the iron pestle turns into a needle: the emperor wants to take a concubine, and the ministers say, "Your Majesty, the iron pestle turns into a needle!" 2. Naoko suspected that there was a rich man in the neighboring Song State. Because of the heavy rain, the wall collapsed. His son said, "If we don't build it quickly, thieves will come in." The old man next door said the same thing. A lot of property was lost that night. The family admired their son's cleverness, but suspected that the old man next door had done the theft. 3. When riding the wind and waves in the ancient Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a general named Zong Mingqi in Song State. He was brave and ambitious since he was a child. One day, Zong Yi's uncle asked him what his ambition was, and Zong Yi replied, "I would like to ride the long wind and break the waves." It means: I must break through all obstacles, go forward bravely and do something. After studying hard and working hard, Zong Yi finally became a general who can recruit and fight well.

4. Kill the chicken to get the egg Once upon a time, there was a man who kept an old hen at home. This hen was very good at laying eggs, but for a while, it always didn't lay eggs and was sick. The man thought that it was useless to keep the chicken without laying eggs, so he killed the chicken. After breaking the chicken's stomach, he found that the reason why the chicken got sick was gallstones, which were like eggs. When I was killing the chicken, it happened that Sister Xianglin, a fast-talking woman next door, came to visit. After seeing it, he talked nonsense everywhere, saying that this man killed the hen that could lay eggs, and he was short-sighted and killed a good old hen. Once upon a time, someone raised a circle of sheep. One morning, he found that a sheep was missing. After careful investigation, it turned out that there was a hole in the sheepfold. At night, the wolf got in and took one of the sheep away. Neighbors advised him, "Repair the sheepfold quickly and plug the hole!" " The man refused to take advice and replied, "Why build a sheepfold when the sheep have been lost?" The next morning, he found another sheep missing. It turned out that the wolf got in from the hole again and took away a sheep. He regretted that he had not listened to his neighbor's advice, so he quickly plugged the hole and repaired the sheepfold. From then on, wolves can no longer get into the sheepfold and grab sheep. 6. Ye Gong loves dragons. Ye Gong likes dragons. The clothes are hooked, the wine vessels are engraved with dragons, and the rooms are carved and decorated with dragons. He loved dragons so much that he was known by the real dragons in the sky, and then he descended from the sky to Ye Gong's house. The dragon head was placed on the windowsill to visit, and the dragon tail reached the hall. When Ye Gong saw that it was a real dragon, he turned and ran away. He was scared as if he had lost his soul, terrified and unable to control himself. From this point of view, Ye Gong doesn't really like dragons. He just likes things that look like dragons but are not dragons. 7. Frog at the bottom of a well There lived a frog in an abandoned well. One day, the frog met a big turtle from the sea by the well. The frog boasted to the turtle, "Look, how happy I am to live here! Sometimes when I am happy, I jump for a while at the edge of well field; Tired, I went back to the well and slept by the brick hole for a while. Or just show your head and mouth and quietly soak your whole body in water: or take a walk in soft mud, which is also very comfortable. Look at those shrimps and tadpoles, no one can compare with me. Moreover, I am the owner of this well, and I am extremely free in this well. Why don't you come to the well to enjoy it often! " The turtle listened to the frog and really wanted to go in and have a look. But its left foot has not been fully inserted, and its right foot has already stumbled. He quickly took two steps back and told the frog about the sea. "Have you seen the sea?"? The vastness of the sea does not stop thousands of miles; The depth of the sea, which one is thousands of feet. In ancient times, there were nine floods in ten years, and the water in the sea did not rise much; Later, there were seven years of drought in eight years, and the water in the sea was not so shallow. It can be seen that the sea is not affected by drought and flood. Living in such a sea is really happy! " The frog in the well listened to the turtle's words and stayed there in surprise. There was nothing more to say. 8. Carving a boat for a sword There was a man crossing the river in Chu, and his sword fell from the boat into the water. He quickly marked the place where his sword fell with a knife on the side of the boat and said, "This is where my sword fell." The ship stopped at its destination, and the Chu man jumped into the water from the place where he carved the mark to look for the sword. The ship has already moved, but the sword has not moved. Isn't it silly to look for the sword like this? 9. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhao, a family of Jin Dynasty, destroyed Fan. Someone took the opportunity to run to Fan's house to steal something and saw a big clock hanging in the yard. The clock is made of fine bronze, with exquisite shapes and patterns. The thief was so happy that he wanted to take this beautiful clock back to his home. But the clock is so big and heavy that it can't be moved. There is only one way for him to think about it, and that is to break the clock and then move home separately. The thief found a big hammer and threw it at the clock desperately. There was a loud bang and he was shocked. The thief panicked and thought, this is bad. Isn't this bell equivalent to telling people that I am stealing clocks here? In a hurry, he threw himself on the bell and tried to cover it with open arms, but how could the bell be covered? The bell is still lingering in the distance. The more he listened, the more afraid he became. He involuntarily withdrew his hands and covered his ears hard. "Hey, the bell is getting smaller and I can't hear it!" The thief was happy. "Wonderful! Cover your ears and you won't hear the bell! " He immediately found two cloth balls and plugged his ears, thinking that no one could hear the bell. So I let go and hit the bell, and once it rang, it spread loudly to far away places. People heard the bells rushing in and caught the thief. 11. There was a man with a poor family and poverty. He read Huainanzi, and saw a record in the book that mantis covered his body with leaves when catching cicadas, so other small insects could not see it. If someone could get the leaf, he could hide his body with it. He was very happy, so he ran to a tree and looked up, hoping to find the leaf that mantis used to cover himself when catching cicadas. I found it by accident, so I reached out and took it off. Unexpectedly, the leaf fell to the ground by mistake. There are fallen leaves under the tree, which can no longer be recognized when mixed together. So, he simply swept up all the fallen leaves and collected a few buckets to go home. After taking it home, he took turns to cover his eyes with leaves one by one and asked his wife, "Can you still see me?" At first, my wife kept saying, "I can see." Later, after tossing for a whole day, his wife was so tired and impatient that she lied to him and said, "I can't see!" " Hearing this, the man secretly rejoiced, and hurriedly put the selected leaves in his arms and ran into the street. In the downtown area, he held up leaves and took other people's things to his face, no one was watching. The result was caught red-handed by the government officials and escorted to the county government. When the county magistrate questioned him, he honestly described the whole story. Hearing this, the county magistrate couldn't help laughing. Knowing that he was a bookworm, he was reprimanded and released without punishing him. 11, cross the rubicon Xiang Yu is a native of Chu, a young martial artist, who can hold a hundred Jin Ding high above his head. When I grew up, I followed my uncle to participate in the uprising to overthrow the Qin Dynasty. On one occasion, Qin Jun captured Zhao, and the prince of Zhao fled to Julu, and quickly sent someone to the State of Chu for help. The king of Chu sent Xiang Yu to lead twenty Wan Chu troops to save Zhao. Xiang Yu first sent two generals, Ying and Pu, to lead 21,111 people as pioneers, and then he led the main force to cross the river. After crossing the river, Xiang Yu ordered the soldiers to take three days' dry food each, smashed all the rice cookers in the army and sank all the boats crossing the river. He said to the soldiers, "We'll cross the rubicon, and we won't retreat. Within three days, we must beat back Qin Jun! Otherwise, you will only starve to death here! " Xiang Yu's determination and courage have greatly encouraged the soldiers. ChuJun all morale, one person is worth ten, ten people are worth a hundred, the more brave the Vietnam War, and finally beat Qin Jun and fled. After this campaign, Xiang Yu gained great fame and became the commander-in-chief of various anti-Qin movements. 12. last stand Han Xin led tens of thousands of newly recruited Han troops across Taihang Mountain and attacked Zhao to the east. Cheng Anjun Chen Yu concentrated 211,111 troops and occupied Jingxingkou, a throat area east of Taihang Mountain, ready to fight. To the west of Jingxingkou, there is a narrow road about a hundred miles long, with mountains on both sides and narrow roads, which is the only place for Han Xin. Li Zuoche, the counselor of the Zhao army, offered a plan: to defend the war head-on, send troops around the back to cut off Han Xin's grain route and trap Han Xin in Jingxing narrow road. Chen Yu didn't listen and said, "There are only a few thousand people in Han Xin, and it's a thousand miles away. If we avoid hitting, wouldn't we let the princes see the joke?" After Han Xin found out the news, he quickly led the Han army into Jingxing Narrow Road, and set up camp 31 miles away from Jingxing mouth. In the middle of the night, Han Xin sent two thousand light riders, each with a flag of the Han army, to ambush the rear of the Zhao army's camp from a small road. Han Xin warned: "When we are in battle, the Zhao army will definitely rush to catch up with our army. You rushed into the camp of the Zhao army, pulled out the flag of the Zhao army and erected the red flag of the Han army." After eating some simple dry food, the rest of the Han army immediately headed for Jingxingkou. When they arrived at Jingxingkou, the brigade crossed the water and lined up behind the water. When Zhao Jun at a high place saw it from afar, they all laughed at Han Xin. After dawn, Han Xin set up the general's flag and ceremonial, and led the people to leave Jingxing. Chen Yu led the whole army to rush out to capture Han Xin alive. Han Xin pretended to abandon the flag and fled back to the position by the river. Chen Yu ordered Zhao to attack the whole battalion, which matched the position of the Han army. Because of no way back, the Han army fought bravely for the first place. The two sides fought for half a day, and Zhao Jun could not win. At this time, Zhao wanted to return to the camp, only to find that his camp was full of flags of the Han army, and the team was immediately in chaos. Han Xin tried to fight back, Zhao was defeated, Chen Yu was killed and the prince of Zhao was captured. After the war, someone asked, "It is said in the art of war that we should fight with our backs to the mountain and face to the water. This time, we fought with our backs to the water and actually won. Why?" Han Xin said: "Isn't it also said in the art of war that' you will be born after you are trapped in death, and you will be left behind after you die'? It's just that you didn't notice. " 13. Smith Chu Xuanwang asked his ministers and said, "I heard that the governors in the Central Plains are afraid of Chu Ling Yin Zhao Xi's sympathy. Is this really the case?" No one answered the ministers. Jiang Yi (1) replied: "Tigers catch all kinds of wild animals to eat. After catching a fox, the fox said to the tiger,' You shouldn't eat me. God sent me to be the leader of the animals. If you eat me, it will violate God's orders. If you don't believe me, I'll go ahead and you'll follow me. See if any of the animals dare not run away when they see me.' The tiger believed it, so he walked with the fox. When the animals saw the tiger, they all fled. The tiger didn't understand that the animals fled because they were afraid of themselves, but thought they were afraid of the fox. Now, the King owns 5,111 miles of land and millions of mighty divisions, all of which are in the charge of Zhao Xi-t-shirt. Therefore, the people in the north are afraid of Zhao Xi's shirt because the military power of the king is in his hands, that is to say, what they are afraid of is actually the king's army! Just as all animals are afraid of tigers. There was a jeweler in Chu who sold his jewels to the people of Zheng. He made a box for jewelry with fragrant magnolia wood, smoked the box with spices prepared by cinnamon and pepper, decorated it with pearl jade, decorated it with rose jewels and decorated the edge with jade. A Zheng bought a box, but returned the beads in the box to the Chu people. This can be said to be good at selling boxes, not beads. In ancient times, there was a family in the state of Chu. After offering sacrifices to their ancestors, they prepared to give a pot of wine for the sacrifice to their clerks. There are many people attending. If everyone drinks this pot of wine, it is not enough. If one person drinks it, he can have a good time. Who is this pot of wine for? Everyone was quiet. At this moment, it was suggested that everyone draw a snake on the ground, and whoever draws quickly and well will have this pot of wine for him to drink. Everyone thinks this method is good and agrees to do it. So, draw a snake on the ground. A man painted very fast, and in a blink of an eye he painted first, so he picked up the hip flask and asked for a drink. But he looked back at others, and they were not finished yet. I thought to myself: they draw so slowly. He wanted to show his skill again, so he took a hip flask in his left hand and a branch in his right hand, drew his feet for the snake and said proudly, "You draw so slowly! It's not too late for me to draw a few more feet for the snake! " Just as he was drawing his feet and talking, another person had already done it. The man immediately snatched the hip flask from his hand and said, "Have you ever seen a snake? A snake has no feet. Why do you want to add feet to it? So the first person to draw a snake is not you, but me! " The man looked up and gulped down the wine. 16. Waiting for the Rabbit There was a farmer in Song State, and there was a stump in his field. One day, a fast-running rabbit ran into a stump, broke its neck and died. So the farmer put down his farm tools and stood by the stump day and night, hoping to get another rabbit. However, it is impossible for the hare to get it again, and his field is full of weeds. 17. Wang Wei wanted to attack Handan. When Liang Ji heard about it, he returned halfway. He didn't have time to flatten the shriveled clothes and remove the dust on his head. He went to see Wang Wei and said, "When I came back today, I met a man driving north on the road. He told me,' I want to go to Chu.' I said,' Why did you go north when you went to Chu?' He said,' My horse is fine.' I said,' even if the horse is good, this is not the way to Chu!' He said,' I have a lot of travel expenses.' I said,' even if the toll is high, this is not the way to Chu.' He said,' My groom is good at driving.' The better these are, the farther away he is from Chu! Now the king wants to be the overlord, and he wants to win the trust of the world. Relying on the strength of Wei and the excellent army, the more actions we take to attack Handan to expand the land and make the king famous, the farther away we will be from the cause of being king. It's like thinking of going to Chu but going north. In ancient times, Qi Xuanwang, the monarch of the State of Qi, loved music, especially listening to the music playing, and there were less than 311 musicians who were good at it. Qi Xuanwang likes to be lively and ostentatious, and always wants to show the majesty of being a monarch in front of people, so every time he listens to the flute, he always asks less than 311 people to play together for him. A Chu Shi named Nan Guo heard that Qi Xuanwang liked to listen to ensemble, and thought it was a good opportunity to make money. He ran to Qi Xuanwang and boasted that he said, "Your Majesty, everyone who has heard me play the flute is not moved, even birds and animals will dance after listening to it, and flowers and plants will meet the festival."