What is the story of the fight between the frog and the bull?

Translation of "Frog and Bull Fight":

A frog was in the grass and saw a cow approaching slowly. The cow was a huge monster, and the frog was very jealous of it. So the frog inhaled the air to expand its belly, hoping to surpass the cow. It said to its partner: "My belly is getting bigger and bigger, does it look like a cow?" The partner said: "It's not even close."

The frog was angry, and he inhaled air again to inflate his belly, and said: "How are you now?" (Partner) said: "It's no different from before." The frog suddenly jumped up, inhaled air again to inflate its belly, and after a while, the frog's belly burst. And died. The cow passed by the frog and trampled its body into the soil.

This can be called a frog who overestimates his capabilities.

"Frog and Bull Fight" is an article written by Feng Menglong and included in "Guangxiaofu".

Original text:

A frog in the grass looks at the approaching cow, looking at it as a gigantic creature, and is jealous of it. Then he inhaled to expand his belly, hoping to surpass the cow, and said to the gangster: "My belly is a little bigger, like a cow?" The gangster said, "Go far away!" The frog was angry, and he breathed in again to puff up his belly, and said, "How are you now?" : "It's the same as before." The frog burst out, inhaled and bulged its belly again, and after a while, it died of abdominal rupture. The cows walked beside him and trampled the corpses of frogs in the mud.

This is called a person who does not overestimate his own capabilities.

Extended information

Meaning, inspiration and truth

Meal: You have to do everything according to your own ability, and in the end only you will taste the bad consequences. The frog in the article miscalculated himself, and ended up dying from "gastroschisis".

Enlightenment: Don’t blindly compare, consider your own actual situation, use your strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Principle: Only by knowing oneself and the enemy, fully understanding the strengths and weaknesses of oneself and others, and then targeting one's strengths and attacking the enemy's weaknesses can one be invincible. Moreover, you must not act on impulse, otherwise not only will you not be able to defeat the enemy, but you will be put into an extremely disadvantageous situation.

About the author

Feng Menglong (1574-1646) was a writer, thinker and dramatist in the Ming Dynasty. His works emphasize emotions and behaviors, and his most famous works are "Essays to Tell the World", "Words to Warn the World", and "Essential Words to Awaken the World", collectively known as "Three Statements". San Yan, together with Ling Shuchu's "Surprise at the First Moment" and "Surprise at the Second Moment", are collectively known as "San Yan Two Pai" and are classic representatives of Chinese vernacular short stories.

Feng Menglong made unique contributions to Chinese literature through his creation, collection, arrangement and editing of novels, operas, folk songs, jokes and other popular literature. My brother Menggui is good at painting. My younger brother Mengxiong, a student of Taipei University, once studied "Spring and Autumn" from Feng Menglong, and has poems handed down to the world. The three brothers are collectively known as "Wu Xia San Feng".

Underestimating one's own strength: It means not being able to correctly estimate one's own strength.

Pinyin: bù zì liàng lì.

Citation: "Zuo Zhuan·Yin Gong Eleventh Year" by Zuo Qiuming in the Spring and Autumn Period: "Zheng and Xi violated their words, and Xihou attacked Zheng. Zheng Bo fought with him, and Xi's army was defeated and returned. . It is not appropriate for a gentleman to know that he is about to perish. He does not show his virtue, does not measure his ability, does not kiss his relatives, does not pay tribute to his relatives, does not detect his guilt, and kills his master if he commits the five crimes."< /p>

Translation: There was a disagreement between Zheng Bo and Xihou, so Xihou led his troops to attack Zheng. Zheng Bo fought at the border of Zheng, and Xi's army was defeated and returned. The gentlemen therefore knew that the country of Xi was about to perish. He did not consider Uncle Zheng's reputation, did not measure his own strength, did not get close to Zheng Guo (Zheng and Xi share the same surname), did not testify to the actual reasons for the discord, and did not investigate guilty matters. He committed the "Five Major Mistakes" "But he wants to attack others. Shouldn't such a person lose his army?

Example sentence: What you do is equivalent to throwing an egg against a stone. You are overestimating your capabilities; ants are at war with humans without overestimating their capabilities.

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