Fables about jokes

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The "secular things" here refer to the secular situation and the philosophy involved. This part of the works can be roughly divided into two categories.

A philosophy that express human feelings. Such jokes are often fables at the same time, but there is a difference with general fables.

The same can make people laugh.

Jokes in China's pre-Qin and later classics are closely related to fables, often to illustrate a truth.

Yes, it can be regarded as a visual explanation of some philosophy.

For example, the following "Encourage Miao" is to tell people that the development of things has its inherent laws.

Laws, if people want to promote the development of things, they can only follow and apply these laws, but not violate them. Violate objective laws

If you do something, you will be punished regularly. Another example is "carving a boat for a sword", which shows that the objective situation is always changing.

Yes, then you should constantly change your practices according to the ever-changing objective situation to adapt to the new situation. If you ignore it

If the objective situation changes, it is foolish and will not succeed.

These fables are good jokes because they all use the same table.

The current method is to show the stupid behavior that violates the objective law in an exaggerated, vivid and intuitive way.

In front of readers.

Another kind of works shows some very ordinary and seemingly ordinary things in people's daily life. These things

Love, because people watch too much, is too common, and may not notice the funny place. But after the author's account

And artistic treatment, in which jokes suddenly appear. These things seem to happen in our lives. such

Jokes often look bland, but they are very intriguing to appreciate.

Try to pull up to help the buds grow-rushing will make things worse.

There was a man in the state of Song who was worried that his seedlings would not grow fast, so he went to the field to pull them up little by little. After pulling it out,

He came home exhausted and said to his family, "I'm exhausted today!" " I helped the seedlings grow taller! "The son listened to, quickly.

I rushed to the field and saw all the seedlings withered.

-Pre-Qin Mencius

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A man steals a chicken from his neighbor's house every day. Someone said to him, "stealing is not the behavior of decent people." Chicken thief

He said, "Then I will correct this mistake and steal one every month."

-Pre-Qin Mencius

Chaos and enlightenment

The emperor of the South China Sea is called Shu, the emperor of the North China Sea is called Hu, and the emperor of the Central China is called Chaos. Shu and Hu often go to chaos to get together.

Chaos is good for them. Shu and Hu discussed how to repay this chaotic friendship. They said, "People have eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

Knowledgeable person is used for seeing, listening, eating and breathing, but there is nothing in the chaos, so let's try to cut seven holes for him. "So he

We dug seven holes for chaos, one hole a day. On the seventh day, when all seven holes were drilled, chaos died.

-Pre-Qin Zhuang Zhou's "Zhuangzi"

Can't blame the dog.

Yang Zhu's younger brother Yang Bu went out in white. It rained and got wet, so he took off his clothes outside.

Clothes, show the black clothes inside and go home. His dog didn't know him and barked at him. Yang Bu was furious and was about to hit that one.

Dogs. Yang Zhu saw it and said, "No, it's the same. If your dog is white when he goes out, but when he comes back,

Don't you think it's strange that it's dark? "

-Han Fei's "Han Fei Zi" in the pre-Qin Dynasty

Immortal art

There was a guest in Yan State who claimed to be a fairy. So the prince sent someone to learn from him, intending to return after learning.

Self-study However, the guest died before the person who was sent had time to know. The prince was furious and blamed the people who were sent to study.

He was severely punished for speaking too slowly.

-Han Fei's "Han Fei Zi" in the pre-Qin Dynasty

There is no time for idle talk.

Zheng has a man to sell pigs. It was getting late and he didn't sell them, so he hurried home. Just then, there was one

The buyer came to ask the price, and the pig seller said impatiently, "I have a long way to go home, and it will be dark soon." How can I have leisure time with you? "

Bullshit! "

-Han Fei's "Han Fei Zi" in the pre-Qin Dynasty

Useless advice

A girl is getting married. Others said to the girl's parents: "After a daughter gets married, she may not be able to have a son. So ping

We should let her steal more clothes and utensils from her husband's family and hide them outside, in case she has no son and is driven out by her husband's family.

There will be a landing. "

The girl's parents think this idea is right, so they often let their daughters hide their private money outside. The girl's in-laws found this.

Things, he said: "to be my daughter-in-law, but with ulterior motives, how can such a daughter-in-law want it?" So he divorced her.

The girl's parents admired the foresight of the person who gave them advice, so they told him about their daughter's divorce and approved it.

Because that man is loyal to himself, he has always been kind to him.

-Han Fei's "Han Fei Zi" in the pre-Qin Dynasty

Carve a mark on the side of the moving ship to show where someone's sword fell ―― take measures regardless of the change of environment.

A man in the state of Chu crossed the river by boat and accidentally dropped his sword into the river. He quickly carved a mark on the boat string and said

Tao: "This is where my sword fell." When the ship reached the other side and stopped, the man jumped into the water at the mark.

Go find your own sword.

-"Lv Chunqiu" edited by Lv Qin Buwei.

Rich people redeem their bodies.

There is a lot of water in the Weihe River. Zheng has a rich family. Someone fell into the Weihe River and drowned. Others got the body of the deceased. rich person

When he heard about it, he came to ask for the redemption of the body, but the person who got the body asked too much, and the matter was not done.

The rich man told Deng about it and asked him what to do. Deng said to him:

"Don't worry, others will definitely not buy the body."

In this way, the person who got the body became worried, so he also asked Deng what to do. Deng went on to say, "Don't worry, rich man."

I won't buy other people's bodies. "

-"Lv Chunqiu" edited by Lv Qin Buwei.

Cheap you.

There was a man named Cheng Zi in Song State. He lost a black dress. He was looking on the road and met a woman in black.

He grabbed other people's clothes and said, "I lost a black skirt!" " "

The woman argued: "Although the clothes my husband lost are black, what I am wearing now is really my own!" " "

Cheng Zi said, "You might as well give me the clothes quickly. What I lost was a black jacket, and yours was just a thin coat. Working with worksheets

Wouldn't it be cheaper for you to add a jacket to your coat? "

-"Lv Chunqiu" edited by Lv Qin Buwei.

Decorate yourself with borrowed feathers

Tigers catch all kinds of wild animals to eat and catch a fox. The fox said, "You dare not eat me. God sent me to be the official of all animals.

Chang, if you eat me, you will violate the orders of God. If you don't believe me, I'll go ahead and you'll follow and see those wild animals.

Do you see that I dare not run? "Tiger, then walk behind the fox. When the wild animals saw it, they all ran away. Laohubao

Know that wild animals run away because they are afraid of themselves and think they are really afraid of foxes.

-The Warring States Policy, which was anonymous in the pre-Qin period.

Lingnan woman

In this land of Lingnan, no matter rich or poor, women do not regard needlework as their own skill, but let them do the work in the kitchen. arbitrarily

A good woman can only be considered if she has been fried for a long time. When local people discuss their children's marriage together, they often say:

"My daughter can't do tailoring and sewing coats, but it would be better if she played with water snakes and eels.

One! "

-Kao Sung-yi "Living in Groups"