21 The King of Wu wanted to attack the State of Chu, and warned the ministers to the left and right: "If anyone dares to remonstrate, let him die!" There was a young court attendant who wanted to remonstrate, but dared not. He went to the back garden with a slingshot and dew wet his clothes, so he spent three mornings. When the king of Wu knew it, he said, "Why did you get your clothes wet like this?" He replied, "There are trees in the garden, and there are cicadas on the trees. The cicadas are moaning and drinking dew on the high branches, but I don't know that mantis is behind them. Mantis leaned forward to catch cicada, but didn't know that yellowbird was beside it. The yellowbird stretched out its head and neck to peck at the mantis, but I didn't know there was a projectile in my hand under it. All three want their own benefits, regardless of the hidden disasters behind them! " The king of Wu said, "You speak well!" So he stopped fighting.
22 among the wild animals, there is (one kind of) named Lin, who is small and good at climbing trees and has sharp claws. The tiger's head itches, so it stops scratching, and there is a hole. The tiger is very comfortable and doesn't feel (scratched). Lin slowly took its brains to eat, and the rest was dedicated to the tiger, saying, "I got some delicious food by chance, but I dare not enjoy it privately." The visitor said, "Loyal is Lin! Love me and forget your appetite. " I haven't noticed it yet. After a long time, the tiger's head was empty, and the pain occurred, looking for traces of Lin. Lin has already run to the tall tree. The tiger jumped up and shouted and died.
23 There is an old man at the foot of a mountain. His wife died a long time ago, and only one daughter is far away. The hunter felt sorry for his loneliness, so he gave him a monkey. The old man likes it very much and treats it as if it were his own son. Every time he goes out, the monkey follows him. He doesn't need a chain or a rope, but he won't leave him. So five years passed.
One day, the old man died suddenly. The monkey closed the door and ran to the old man's daughter's house, crying like rain. (The old man's daughter) asked, "Father is dead?" The monkey nodded his head. So she went back with the monkey. The old man didn't have anything of value, and he didn't have the money to do the funeral for him. So the monkey cried in the village, and the people in the village gave him money to do the funeral for the old man. The old man's daughter wanted to take the monkey away, but the monkey refused, still guarding the old man's former residence and picking fruits for a living every day. Cry for the old man every five days, as if to commemorate the kindness of the old man who has raised him for five years. He looks very sad. So he died in front of the old man's grave in less than three months. People in the village felt sorry for him, so they buried him next to the old man's grave and set up a tombstone for him, which read: Tomb of the righteous monkey.
24 There was a butcher who was walking on the road at night and was closely chased by wolves. There was a shack left by a farmer by the roadside, so he ran in and hid in it. The wolf stuck a paw through the straw curtain in the shack. The butcher grabbed it quickly and wouldn't let it out. But there is no way to kill it. There is only a small knife less than an inch long, so use it to cut the wolf skin under the claws and blow air into it by blowing pigs. Blowing hard for a while, I felt that the wolf didn't move much, so I tied the blowing port with a belt. When I went out to see it, I saw the wolf expanding all over, just like a cow. Four legs couldn't bend back, and they couldn't close with their mouths open, so they carried it back. Not a butcher, who has this idea?
25 Gao Huai Middle School sells eel noodles in Xiaodongmen, Yangzhou. He kills dozens of eels every day, and one of his handmaids has pity. Every night, she secretly fished two or three eels out of the water tank and threw them into the river through the back window. It took about a year. One day, a fire broke out in the shop, and the maid ran away and was burned by the fire. She was very tired and lay by the river until midnight. After waking up, I found that not only the pain was relieved, but also the burned part was much better. Sludge from the river accumulates in the wound, and the ground leaves traces of eel walking. Only then did she know that it was the eel released before that came to save her. Gao Huai was moved by her handmaid's behavior, so she stopped working, dismantled the furnace, and put all the live eels in stock into the river.
26 Hui Shi became the state minister of Liang, and Zhuangzi went to visit him. Someone told Hui Shi: "Zhuangzi came to Liang and wanted to replace you as prime minister." So Hui Shi was so scared that he searched the capital for three days and nights. Zhuangzi went to see him and said, "There is a kind of bird in the south. Do you know its name? Taking off from the South China Sea and flying to the North Sea is not because the buttonwood tree doesn't live, the bamboo fruit doesn't eat, and the sweet spring water doesn't drink. At this moment, an owl picked up a rancid mouse, and an ostrich flew in front of it. The owl looked up and made a' scared' roar. Now you also want to use your Liang Guo to' scare' me? "
27 There was a rat infestation in Zhao's family, and he went to Zhongshan to look for a cat. Zhongshan people gave him a cat. The cat is good at catching mice as well as chickens. After more than a month, there were fewer mice and no chickens. His son was very worried and said to his father, "Why not drive the cat away?" His father said, "That's what you don't know. I'm afraid of mice, not chickens. With mice, they will eat my food, destroy my clothes, wear my walls and chew my utensils, and I will be hungry and cold. Isn't it more harmful than without chickens? There are no chickens, just don't eat them. It's still a long way from hunger and cold. Why should we drive the cat away? "
28 Pang Gong wanted to accompany the prince to Zhao as a hostage. Pang Gong said to Wang Wei, "Now, if someone says there are tigers in the market, do you believe it?" Wang Wei said, "No." Pang Gong said, "What if two people say it?" Wang Wei said: "Then I will be confused." Pang Gong added, "What if it is increased to three people? Do you believe it?" Wang Wei said, "I believe it." Pang Gong said: "It is very clear that there will be no tigers in the market, but three people say there are tigers, just like there are tigers. Now Zhao is far from the girder, far from the market than we are, and there are more than three people talking about me. I hope you can see clearly. " Wang Wei said, "I know what to do." So PangGong leave, and talk about his words soon spread to Wang Wei. Later, the prince ended his life as a hostage, and Pang Gongguo really couldn't see Wang Wei again.
Wang Weining, a real person, is good at writing poems and lyrics, especially cursive script, which is very exquisite. Wang's ancestral wealth left him tens of thousands of possessions. Weining has a bold personality and likes to drink and make friends. Every day, I have a banquet at home to entertain my friends. Guests come and go in an endless stream, often adding several tables. Someone advised Wang Weining to make some plans for the future. He replied: "A gentleman should be the master of money when he lives in the world. How can he be the slave of money?" After his fortune was exhausted, Wang Weining couldn't support himself, but he still drank a lot every day. Others advised him not to make a living by selling words. He replied, "I don't study calligraphy for a living!" " One day, Wang Weining had no wine to drink again, and felt very uncomfortable, so he went out for a stroll. He walked to the river and saw the setting sun shining on the water, sparkling and very beautiful. Weining was overjoyed and said, "It must be a good place in the water. The exotic palace of the Dragon Palace may give me joy." So he jumped into the water. So he died.
3 When Wen Yanbo was the assistant minister of the official department, Pei Lue, a candidate official, was not appointed. So he recommended himself to Yan Bo, saying that he was good at satirizing and joking with common sayings. Yan Bo asked him to mock the bamboos in front of the hall. Pei said, "Bamboo refuses to wither in the winter and the moon, and Xia Yue refuses to heat it. There is no room for the Chinese in the stomach, so there is no need to work outside the skin." Let him mock the screen wall again, and Pei said, "It's eight or nine feet high, six or seven steps east and west, and sitting in the hall suddenly, which is not enough to cover the way." Yan Bo said, "It seems that your sarcastic remarks are aimed at me." Peleo said, "It's already moving your ribs. It's more than hurting your arm." Wen Yanbo was ashamed and gave Pei a job.
31 Jubo Xun went to a distant place to visit his sick friend, and happened to meet the conference semifinals to attack the city. A friend said to Giant Bo, "I'm a dying man. Please go quickly!" " Jubo Xun said: "I came all the way to visit you, but you asked me to leave;" This kind of behavior that destroys morality for fear of death is what I Jubo Xun can do? " When the thief soldiers came, he asked Jubo Xun, "When the army arrived, the whole city fled. Who are you to dare to stay here alone?" Jubo Xun replied: "My friend is sick and I can't bear to leave him. I would rather exchange my body for my friend's life!" After listening to this, the thieves and soldiers said to each other, "We, the senseless people, have invaded this moral country!" " So the whole army withdrew from the town, and the whole city was saved.
32 Cai Hong came to Luoyang, and the local people in Luoyang said to him, "The official office has just been established, and all the officials are recruiting subordinates, seeking talents from humble origins and seeking heroes from Shan Ye hermits. You are a scholar in the land of Wu Chu, and you are a national subjugator. What special talents do you have to participate in the recruitment? " Cai Hong replied: "The night pearl is not necessarily produced in Mengjin River; The wall jade with a full grip doesn't have to be picked from Kunlun Mountain. Dayu was born in Dongyi, and Wen Wang was born in Xiqiang. The birthplace of sages need not be a fixed place. In the past, King Wu crusaded against Zhou Wang and moved the foolish people of Shang Dynasty to Luoyang. Are you the descendants of those people? "
33 Shi Chong and Wang Kai compete for wealth, and both of them use the most bright and gorgeous things to decorate their chariots, horses and clothes. Emperor Wu of Jin is Wang Kai's nephew and often helps Wang Kai. He once gave Wang Kai a coral tree two feet high. This coral tree has luxuriant branches, and there are few others in the world who are comparable to it. Wang Kai showed it to Shi Chong. After Shi Chong saw it, he knocked on it with a latte and broke it. Wang Kai felt sorry and thought that Shi Chong was jealous of his treasure. His voice and face were very harsh when he spoke. Shi Chong said, "It's not worth regretting. I'll pay it to you now." So I asked my men to take out all the coral trees at home. There are six or seven trees that are three feet or four feet high, and the trunks and branches are unparalleled and dazzling. There are even more like Wang Kai. When Wang Kai saw it, he was lost.
when Wang Xizhi was 1 years old, the general loved him very much. Often let him sleep in the tent. Wang Dun once got up to pay the bill first, but Wang Xizhi hasn't got up yet. After a while, Qian Feng came in to discuss important matters, forgetting that Wang Xizhi was still in the account, and talking about the plan to betray the court. When Wang Xizhi woke up, he heard what they were talking about. When he was horrified, he knew that he had no life, so he spat on his face and bedding and pretended to be asleep. Wang Dun and the others had just been in the middle of their plot when they remembered that Wang Xizhi had not yet got up. They were very alarmed, fearing that the child would leak out, and they all said, "We have to get rid of him!" When I opened the curtains, I saw Wang Xizhi spitting all over his face, believing that he was really asleep, so he was saved. Praise him for his cleverness at that time.
35 Ban Chao is ambitious and doesn't care about small things. However, filial piety and diligence at home often lead a hard life, and labor is not a shame. He is eloquent and has a rough look at many historical classics. In 62 A.D. (the fifth year of Yongping), my brother Ban Gu was recruited as a school book boy, and Ban Chao and his mother also went to Luoyang with their classmates. Because the family is poor, Ban Chaochang copied books for the government to earn money to support his family. He has been copying for a long time, and he has worked hard. On one occasion, he stopped his work and threw a pen and sighed: "If a gentleman doesn't have a better ambition and strategy, he should make great achievements in a foreign land like Fu Jiezi in the Zhaodi period and Zhang Qian in the Wudi period, so as to get a seal. How can he be busy between pens and inkstones for a long time?" Everyone around him laughed at him. Ban Chao said, "How can a boy understand the ambition of a strong man!"
at the end of the Han dynasty, there was a man named Lu mingji, who was a native of Wu county. His father's name is Lu Kang. He used to be a magistrate in Lujiang, and he was very close to Yuan Shu.
When Lu Ji was only six years old, he would visit Yuan Shu in Jiujiang. Yuan Shu took out many oranges and gave them to Lu Ji. Lu Ji secretly put three oranges in his sleeve, and when he said goodbye, he went to Yuan Shu to thank humbly. Unexpectedly, these three oranges fell to the ground from their sleeves.
Yuan Shu said with a smile, Lu Lang, you are a little guest, but you secretly hid the owner's oranges, so as not to prevent others from laughing at you for stealing oranges. Lu Ji knelt on the ground and replied, my mother's temper is very fond of eating these things. For this reason, I thought of taking some back for my mother to eat. Yuan Shu was greatly surprised at this.
37 Wei Law knew that Su Wu could not surrender by coercion after all, and reported Khan. Khan wanted to make him surrender more and more, so he imprisoned Su Wu and put him in a big cellar without giving him anything to drink or eat. When it snowed, Su Wu lay chewing the snow, swallowed it with felt wool to satisfy his hunger, and he would not die for several days. The Huns thought it was magical, so they moved Su Wu to a place where there was no one by the North Sea, and let him graze the ram, saying that it would not be returned to Han until the ram gave birth to a lamb. At the same time, his subordinates and their entourage Chang Hui were placed in other places. After Su Wu moved to Beihai, the grain could not be delivered, so he had to dig up the wild fruits stored by wild rats to eat. He leans on Fu Jie of Hanting to shepherd the sheep, and holds it when he sleeps and gets up, so that all the yak tail hairs tied to the joints are taken off.
38 King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu, "Did you have any disorderly behavior? Why don't the scholars and the people praise you? " Song Yu replied: "Yes, that's right, there is this situation. I hope your majesty will forgive me for my sins and allow me to finish. A guest was singing in the capital. At first, he sang "Xiali" and "Ba People", and there were thousands of people singing with him in the city. He sang "yang a" and "Lu Lu", and hundreds of people sang with him in the city; He sang "Yangchun" and "Snow White", but dozens of people sang with him in the city; Quoting the business voice, depicting the feather voice, and using the flowing voice, there are only a few people in the city who should be with him. It seems that the more elegant the song is, the fewer people will sing it.
39 Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was two years old, and his family was poor and helpless. When he was young, he had great ambitions and often washed his face with a cold water punch. I often can't even eat rice, so I eat porridge and insist on reading. After he became an official, he often talked about world affairs and risked his life. So that some people were demoted for saying bad things, and they were demoted as the governor of Dengzhou by participating in government affairs. Fan Zhongyan tempered himself hard, eating little meat, and his wife and children only took care of themselves. He often recites two sentences in his works: "A scholar should worry before the world worries, and be happy after the world enjoys."
4 people are not afraid of difficulties and obstacles before they are 14 years old. It is often said that if people don't study, what can they succeed? So I often lean under the tree, weave Mao as an temple, cut Jing as a pen, and squeeze out tree juice as ink. Read by starlight at night. If it is too dark, use Artemisia for lighting. What you have learned from reading is written on your clothes so that you can remember it well. Seeing his diligent study, his classmates often lend him clean clothes to wear. last