Zhuangzi's family is too poor to open the pot. In desperation, they had to bite the bullet and borrow food from the officials who supervised the river.

Seeing Zhuangzi coming for help, the river supervisor readily agreed to borrow food. He said, "Yes, I will lend you three hundred and twenty pieces of silver as soon as I collect the tax."

Zhuangzi turned from joy to anger, and his face turned pale with anger. He said angrily to the river supervisor, "I was on my way to the mansion yesterday when I suddenly heard a cry for help." Looking around, there was no figure. Looking around again, there was a crucian carp lying in the dry rut. "

Zhuangzi sighed and then said, "He saw me and asked me for help like a savior. It is said that this crucian carp originally lived in the East China Sea, but unfortunately it was caught in a rut and could not extricate itself, and it was about to dry up. Ask passers-by to give some water to help. "

The supervisor listened to Zhuang Zhou and asked him if he had given the crucian carp water to drink.

Zhuangzi gave the river a white look and said coldly, "I said yes. When I get to the south, I will persuade the King of Wu and the King of Yue to bring you the water from the Xijiang River and take you back to your hometown in the East China Sea! "

Jiang Hehou listened stupidly and thought Zhuangzi's rescue method was ridiculous: "How can that be done?"

"Wow, crucian carp listened to my idea and immediately opened his eyes with anger, saying that there is no water at the moment and there is no place to live. It took only a few buckets of water to solve the problem. The so-called water diversion you said is empty talk. I have become a dried fish in the fish market before I have time to draw water! "

It is common sense that far hydrolysis cannot quench thirst. This story exposes the hypocrisy of generosity and meanness. It satirizes the usual tricks of people who talk big and empty words and don't solve practical problems. The attitude of honest people is to talk less and do more practical things.

Fairy flying alone and chicken and dog

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu An, king of Huainan, believed in monasticism and alchemy. He once met eight blond old men and worshipped them as teachers to study monastic alchemy. After the elixir was refined, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent someone to arrest him. He drank the elixir in a hurry and became a fairy. His relatives and friends also quickly drank the medicine to become immortal. Liu's chickens and dogs became immortals because they ate the Dan medicine in the alchemy pot.

One person in power, the fairy and the chicken and dog mean: [explanation] used to describe one person in power, and all people related to it will also make a fortune. How ironic. The same as "one person gets the Tao, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."

Zizhimei

Yuan was a native of Henan in the Tang Dynasty. He is generous and not so flashy.

When Yuan ordered the attack on Lushan County, a man in the county was arrested for stealing. At that time, there was a tiger in Lushan Mountain, and the man demanded that the tiger be tied up to atone. Yuan agreed. The official advised him, "This is the man's trick. He tried to escape. Not afraid of being implicated? " Yuan said to him, "Be honest. If there is any mistake, I will bear it alone and will never implicate others. " The next day, the man came back with a dead tiger on his back, and everyone in the county sighed.

Due to Yuan's daily care for orphans in the county, when he left office, all his property was just a good silk horse, sitting on a firewood cart. Because she likes Lu Hun's landscape, Yuan went there to live in seclusion. There are no walls, locks and servants in the house. In times of famine, sometimes there is no food for a day. Yuan likes drinking and often plays the piano to amuse himself. The prime minister's room? G Every time he sees Yuan De's show, he sighs: "Seeing Zizhi's brow (the word of Yuan De's show) makes people's hearts full of fame and fortune."

"Administering Mei Yu" describes people's noble character.

(from "New Tang Book"? Yuan De Show ")

Zizhimeiyu means: [explanation] a word that praises people's virtue and nobility.

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/GS/ Cheng Yu/