Chinese fables in primary schools

Chinese fable in primary school 1 A fox was caught by a wild animal and its tail was broken. He was insulted by this statement and found life very difficult. He decided to persuade other foxes to take off their tails, and everyone did the same, so that his shortcomings could be easily covered up. So he called all the foxes together and suggested that they cut off their tails. He said it was ugly and heavy. A fox chimed in and said, "Friend, if it wasn't good for you, you wouldn't persuade us to cut it down."

This story applies to those who advise their neighbors not out of kindness, but for their own benefit.

In order to build a house, Levin, a doctor in the Song Dynasty, sent someone to cut a batch of wood in his fief. As soon as the timber arrived at the homestead, he found craftsmen and urged them to start building the house on the same day.

The craftsmen can see at a glance that the wood piled on the ground is still some trunk with skin that has not even cleaned the branches. Where the bark falls off, a shiny, wet white wood core is exposed; At the break of the trunk, there is also a burst of resin fragrance. How can you build a house with this kind of wood at once? So the craftsman should say to Levin, "We can't do it yet. The freshly cut wood contains too much water, and its texture is flexible, so it is easy to bend after being smeared with mud to bear the load. At first glance, there is little difference between a house built with this kind of wood and a house built with dry wood, but after a long time, a house built with wet wood will easily collapse. "

After listening to the craftsman, Levin smiled coldly. He said smartly, "As you can see, isn't there a problem that wet wood bends easily after bearing the load?" However, you didn't expect that wet wood would become hard when it was dry, and thin mud would become lighter when it was dry. After the house was built, it didn't take long for the wood and soil to dry up. At that time, the house supported the lighter soil with hardened wood. How could it collapse? "In practice, craftsmen only know that houses built with wet wood have a short life, but they are also embarrassed to tell a detailed truth. Therefore, craftsmen have to follow Levin's instructions. Although it is inconvenient to level wet wood with axes and chisels, craftsmen still overcome all kinds of difficulties and build the skeleton of the house according to the size and specifications. After plastering the mud, the new house will be finished.

At the beginning of those days, Levin should be quite proud that he moved into a new house quickly. He thinks this is the result of persuading craftsmen with his own mind. But as time goes on, the new house that Levin responded to is more and more inclined to one side. Anxiety replaced his optimism. Levin moved out of the house for fear of an accident. Before long, the house finally collapsed.

Lai Wenying's house collapsed after living for a short time, which shows that we should respect practical experience and objective laws in everything we do, and we should not be subjective and reckless. Otherwise, there will be no impunity.

One day, Liu Zongyuan was seriously ill, with swollen spleen and frequent palpitations. He hurried to ask a doctor for treatment. After examining the condition, the doctor said, "According to your current situation, taking Poria cocos should be the most effective."

The next day, Liu Zongyuan sent someone to the market to buy some Poria cocos and fried them himself. Results After taking the medicine, the condition not only did not improve, but worsened. Liu Zongyuan was very angry and sent for a doctor, blaming him for his poor medical skills and prescribing the wrong medicine.

It's strange that the doctor listened to Liu Zongyuan. He has been practicing medicine for many years and has seen some of this disease. It is indeed the right medicine. He offered to see if he bought the wrong medicine. When the doctor saw the residue, he exclaimed, "Alas, these are all old sweet potatoes! It was the drug seller who lied to you, so you bought it without distinguishing the authenticity. You don't even know the goods yourself, and now you blame me. You have gone too far. "

Liu Zongyuan looked at the scum in surprise, ashamed, and slowly became angry again. Judging from this incident, many things are similar. There are many things in the world that make people's illness worse by selling old sweet potatoes as poria cocos. How many people can tell the truth from it?

Primary school Chinese fable story 4 exhausted donkey

Donkeys and horses carry things together. On the way, the donkey said to the horse, "I'm exhausted." Please help me move the goods for a while. " Ma agreed.

At the end of the race, the donkey wanted to take all the credit for himself, so he said to the horse, "Give it to me and your goods will be mine."

The horse felt very tired and put all the goods on the donkey.

At last, people saw that the horse had nothing to carry, but the donkey was so tired that he gasped and said, "This donkey is really strong. This horse is useless. Why use it? It seems that we can save the feed money for disassembly. "

People no longer use this horse, but put all the goods on the donkey.

As a result, the donkey was exhausted alive.

If you are calculating others, you must be calculating yourself.

Fable stories of primary school Chinese 5. The goat posted an advertisement by the door, which read: "I, goat girl, have opened a tailor shop for everyone. Welcome."

The quick-talking sparrow spread the good news all over the forest.

These days, everyone is taking their children to make nice blouses. There are many animals coming and going at the goat gate every day, and there are a sea of people. Goats have been working hard these days, and they are too busy to even have time to eat.

Slowly, the goat became familiar with this life and could easily make a beautiful dress.

More and more animals make clothes, and goats earn more and more money. Before there was a tailor's shop, the goat was just a grazing sheep, and no one looked down on it.

It's different now. Wherever the goat goes, the animals warmly welcome it. Slowly, the goat became arrogant.

One day, the old cow came with her calf and asked the goat to make a beautiful shirt.

The goat thought, hum! You plow people's fields every day, and many people praise you, saying that you are the most useful animal. Who will be useful today?

The goat took a look at the calf and said, "Come and get the clothes in three days."

The old cow said, "How can you make clothes without measuring the height and thickness?"

The goat cried proudly and impatiently, "I see, let's go."

The old cow had to take the calf away.

On the third day, the old cow and calf came to get clothes. Look, the calf jumped up and down with joy and shouted, "I have new clothes!" " "

They came to the goat's house, and the goat proudly said, "Try it! I don't measure height or thickness, so I do it beautifully and properly. "

Goat girl boasted happily that she could do it. Suddenly, the calf shouted, "How is this done? Not at all! " "

The old cow helped the calf put it on, but it couldn't. The old cow took the calf and left angrily.

The goat girl looked at the back of the old cow and bowed her head in shame.

Goat girl thinks that the old cow cultivates the land every day, but people always praise him, so she wants to show her strength and not measure the calf to make clothes. As a result, it was a joke!

This story tells us that no matter how big or small, we should do it seriously, and we can't be complacent with our achievements, otherwise things will do the opposite.

On one occasion, Chu Zhuangwang was very happy, because he won a great victory, so he held a grand dinner in the palace to entertain his ministers, and the palace was in full swing. The king of Chu was also in high spirits. He called out his favorite concubine, Ji Xu, and took turns pouring wine for the ministers.

Suddenly a strong wind blew into the palace, the candles were blown out by the wind, and the palace was suddenly dark. In the dark, someone grabbed Ji Xu's sleeve and wanted to get close to her. Ji Xu tore off the tassel on the man's hat and ran away quickly. Then Ji Xu came to Zhuang Wang and told him, "Someone tried to tease me in the dark. I've pulled the tassel off his hat. Please hurry up and turn on the light to see who has no hat tassel and arrest him. "

King Zhuang said, "Wait a minute! Buy everyone a drink today. It is common to lose your manners after drinking, and it is not appropriate to blame. Besides, many soldiers serve our country. How can I humiliate my soldiers to show your chastity? " After that, King Zhuang quietly shouted to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'll treat you to drinks today. Everyone must have a good time. Please remove the tassel from your hat. If you don't pull out the tassel of your hat, you won't have enough fun! "

So all the ministers took out their hats and tassels, and King Zhuang ordered people to light candles again. There was laughter in the palace, and everyone broke up happily.

Three years later, the State of Jin invaded Chu, and Chu Zhuangwang personally led troops to fight. During the war, King Zhuang found that a general in his army was always desperate and invincible. Under his influence and drive, all the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, with high morale. This time, 8 jin j was defeated, and the Chu army won back North Korea.

After the war, Chu Zhuangwang called the general officer and asked him, "I saw you fighting bravely in this battle, but I didn't seem to give you any special benefits on weekdays. Why did you hit so hard? "

The general knelt on the steps of Zhuang Wang, bowed his head and replied, "Three years ago, I was rude after drinking in the Grand Palace and should be put to death. However, instead of pursuing and asking for sin, your majesty wants to save my face. I am deeply moved and remember your kindness. Since then, I have been prepared to repay the king's kindness with my life. This time I went to the battlefield, it was my chance to render meritorious service and repay my kindness. That's why I spare no effort to kill the enemy, even if I die in battle. Your Majesty, I am the sinner whose hat was pulled out by Wang Hao three years ago! "

Chu Zhuangwang and the soldiers present were deeply moved by these words. Chu Zhuangwang went down the steps to help the general who was already sobbing.

If we can correctly analyze the problem, focus on the overall situation, and don't disturb our thoughts with small things in front of us, sometimes bad things can turn into good things.

The fable story of primary school Chinese 7 When Wei Linggong was in office, he didn't care much about political affairs. This provides opportunities for some people with political ambitions. They used corruption and flattery to please Gong Ling in exchange for Gong Ling's favor. In the struggle for power and money in feudal officialdom, Zixia Mi was the winner. He not only made Wei Linggong obey him, but even if he used his imperial power to do evil, Gong Ling didn't ask. Many people hate this.

Once, a dwarf asked to see Gong Ling. After entering the temple, he walked towards Gong Ling excitedly. In front of Gong Ling, he said mysteriously, "A dream I had yesterday has come true!" Gong Ling asked curiously, "What kind of dream is it?" The dwarf said, "I dreamed of a stove." This means I can see the king. Don't I see you now? This shows that my dream has come true. "Gong Ling was very angry. He said angrily: "people compare the monarch to the sun, but you associate the dream stove with asking me." Too outrageous! " The dwarf said, "please calm your anger." It makes sense for me to say so. Everyone knows that the sun shines all over the world, and nothing on the ground can stop its brilliance; The merits and demerits of the king overshadow the whole country, and no one can replace them. However, the stove is different. If a person sits in front of the stove and makes a fire, he can completely cover the mouth of the stove. Where can people in the back see the light in the stove? Isn't there always only one person around the king' lighting the fire'? In that case, I think you didn't dream about the sun before, but about the stove. What's wrong? "

This story captures the selfish psychology of feudal kings, and compares a bad king who ignores state affairs to a kitchen. Its moral is to despise and stimulate him, so as to get rid of the control of individual bad guys and revitalize the dynasty. At the same time, this fable also warns people that we should not despise Zixia Mi, an ambitious man who achieved fame and fortune by singing praises to the king.

A pair of good friends.

A quiet country road leads to a mysterious paradise. There lived Xiaohua Mall and Xiaohua Dog. They are good friends and often play and go out together.

One day, the dog wanted to treat Xiaohua Mall to a sumptuous dinner. So, it opened the refrigerator and found that there was little food left, only a few pieces of meat and bones that it loved to eat. Xiaohua Mall likes fish best, he thought. I'm going to buy him some big fish and make them into sweet and sour fish, braised fish, pond fish and pickled fish, which are absolutely suitable for Xiaohua Mall's taste. So the dog called Xiaohua Mall, "Hey! Xiaohua Mall, I want to invite you to dinner, but there is no food in my refrigerator. Would you please look after my house first and I'll buy some vegetables? " Xiaohua Mall agreed happily.

The dog came to the market, and people came and went in the market, which was very lively. The puppy bought a lot of vegetables and a few big fish. He also bought some fish food for his little goldfish. It loves its little goldfish very much and takes care of it very carefully. After selling everything, he is ready to go home.

Xiaohua Mall came to the puppy's house while shopping. The puppy's home is big and messy. Xiaohua Mall thought: He must be too busy to tidy up. I am his good friend. Let me help him clean up! So it picked up the broom and began to sweep the floor. After sweeping, it mopped the floor and cleaned the windows, and did many things. The house has become much cleaner. Xiaohua Mall was tired and sat on the sofa to have a rest. Suddenly he felt very hungry, so he went to the refrigerator to find something to eat. But there are only meat and bones that Xiaohua dog likes to eat in the refrigerator. What should I do? Suddenly, it saw a little goldfish swimming in the fish tank on the coffee table. The more it looks, the hungrier it gets. But it thought: This little goldfish is cute. It is the pet of its good friend. Should I eat it? But he was so hungry that he ate a little goldfish. There should be nothing wrong with it! So it grabbed the little goldfish and swallowed it in one gulp.

The puppy came back with heavy things. He said happily to Xiaohua Mall, "My house is really clean. You cleaned it. Thank you very much. I also bought you your favorite fish! " Xiaohua Mall bowed his head and said nothing. The dog picked up the fish food and prepared to feed the little goldfish. He looked, hey! Where is my little goldfish? Xiaohua Mall blushed and said guiltily, "I'm sorry, I was so hungry just now that I ate your little goldfish." The puppy didn't want to forgive him at first, but on second thought, now that he has admitted his mistake, I will forgive him once, because he is also my good friend.

The dog forgave Xiaohua Mall and cooked a big dinner. They finished their dinner happily and then said goodbye.

Once upon a time, there was a quiet little village where life was very leisurely and happy.

One day on the road, a well-dressed man and a man in rags walked towards each other. There was an ingot of gold on the ground.

The two men saw gold at the same time, and they immediately fought for it. The well-dressed man said, "This gold is mine."

The man in rags said, "I saw it first." This piece of gold should be mine. "

When passers-by saw the two men fighting, they all accused the neatly dressed people. They think that if they dress so neatly, they must be rich. That slovenly man must be a poor man. As a rich man, why rob the poor of their little wealth? Why don't you know how to sympathize with the poor and help them?

Everyone suspects that a well-dressed person must be a miser.

The two men argued endlessly, and neither would let the other. Finally, they had to go to the local government and let the judge decide.

After some verification, the judge finally said to the man in rags: "Although you are disheveled, you are a rich boy in the local area. It is really shameful to compete with a poor man for gold."

Later, people learned that this disheveled man was the owner of the local rice shop and was very rich. He is dressed in rags only because he is sloppy and doesn't like dressing up.

A well-dressed man is a poor man. Because his mother was ill, he borrowed this ingot of gold everywhere, but he accidentally left it on the road. Although he is poor, he does not forget to take care of himself.

Finally, the official returned the gold to the well-dressed man. Only then do people realize that what they see outside is not necessarily true. Before they know the truth, they must not jump to conclusions to judge who is right or wrong.

Elementary school Chinese fable story 10 story of hands and feet

Hands and scripts are good brothers. They get along well. They cooperate with each other every day and help the master to do many things together.

However, due to their increasing contributions, they fought for fame and fortune. My hand thinks: It's wrong that my feet wander around all day, instead of doing good for my master, they often get into trouble. My hands couldn't swallow these grievances, so I said what I thought. Hearing this, my feet flew into a rage and stared at my opponent. How much do you think you are better than me? Without me, the host can't leave and take you to play ball. Don't even think about these things No, flexibility is useless!

Hearing this, the hand gnashed its teeth and said, without me, the master can't do sports, organize files, get on the bus or do anything else. What is the contribution of feet? Even worse. How dare you shout here?

Feet also continue to argue. They quarreled for a long time, and things couldn't be solved. Finally, they decided to use the method of competition to decide who won or lost.

Soon, their master decided to take part in a grand relay race. Both hands and feet think that this time, we must show our talents well and let the other party make a fool of themselves in full view. In the game, my feet rushed forward desperately, thinking that the game was relieved. As expected, I ran to the first place, but when I picked up the stick, I refused to catch it because I was jealous of my hands and feet, so a very good opportunity ran away. Finally, the heart seriously said to the opponent and the foot: you two are friendly brothers. You shouldn't quarrel about these trifles. We should work together in Qi Xin and do our duty. Hearing this, they thought for a moment and immediately apologized to each other.

Chinese fables in primary schools 1 1 Three Guarantees of Life

There is a man who wants to cross the desert. The man is carrying a bag full of food and water. At first, he walked towards the north of the desert, but a sandstorm suddenly broke out at night. The next day, after he came out of the sand dunes, he looked at the yellow sky and didn't know where to go.

There is a man who also wants to cross the desert. The man is carrying a bag with a compass in it. He thought he could get out of the desert that day, but the sandstorm blocked his trip. When the sandstorm stopped, it was the next morning. The man walked in the desert with one foot deep and one foot shallow. Until the next evening, he had not reached the center of the desert. Later, tired and hungry, I finally fainted on the third day.

Another man also crossed the desert. He has two bags. One bag has a compass, so he has a good sense of direction. There is food and water in the other bag, so he is not hungry. At first, when a man met a lost man in the desert, he turned a blind eye; Then, I met the man who was lying on the sand dunes and dying because he didn't bring food or water. He also took a cold look and left. Later, he surpassed several people in need and ignored them. The next day, the man met a group of robbers. Not only the camel was robbed, but also two bags were taken away. Without a compass, the man walked blindly like the first man. Three days later, like the second man, he was starving to death.

Of the three people, the first one got lost because he didn't have a compass. The second person can't go on living because of lack of enough food and water; The third kind of people, although they have a compass and have enough food and water, lack love. Therefore, his ending is the saddest.

A person's life is actually a trip. Starting from the starting point of life, you should take three bags, one for compass, one for food and water, and one for love.

Chinese Fable Story in Primary School 12 Sean was an important counselor of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu. When he was young, there was such a story.

At that time, Sean was just a very ordinary young man. One day, he strolled to a bridge and an old man in rags came over. When the old man walked beside Sean, he suddenly took off his broken shoes and threw them under the bridge. He also said to Sean, "Go and get them back for me!" "Sean was very strange and angry. He thought the old man was insulting himself, and he really wanted to go up and hit him a few times. But when he saw that the old man was very old, he had to swallow his pride and take his shoes back from the bridge. Unexpectedly, the old man pushed his foot and said, "Put it on for me!" " "Sean is even more surprised. It's completely inexplicable. Although Sean was very angry, he thought about it and decided to help him to the end. He knelt down to help the old man put on his shoes.

The old man put on his shoes, stamped his feet and walked away with a smile. Sean looked at the old man's back and didn't look back. He didn't even say thank you. He was wondering when he saw the old man turn around and come back. He said to Sean, "Young man, I think you have the value of further study. Tell you what, in the morning five days later, you come here and wait for me. " Zhang Liang was deeply puzzled and bowed sincerely and said, "Thank you, sir. I am willing to listen to your advice. "

Early in the morning on the fifth day, Sean came to the bridge and saw the old man waiting on the bridge first. When he saw Zhang Liang, he angrily blamed Sean and said, "It's too late to date old people. What is this like? " Then he got up and left. After a few steps, he turned to Sean and said, "Let's meet again in the morning in five days."

Sean has some regrets, but he can only come back in five days.

On the fifth day, just before dawn, Sean came to the bridge, but unexpectedly, the old man arrived before him. When he saw Zhang Liang, the old man scolded him with an expression: "Why are you late again? It's really outrageous! " Say that finish, very angry and left. Finally, I left a sentence "Come early in five days."

Sean was ashamed. Five days later, Sean just lay down and slept for a while. Before midnight, he rushed to the bridge in the dark. He can't make the old man angry any more. After a while, the old man came and saw Sean waiting on the bridge. He said happily, "It should be like this!" Then, the old man took out a book from his arms and handed it to Sean, saying, "After reading this book, you can help the king govern the country and level the world." Say that finish, the old man drifted away, but before Sean woke up, the old man was gone.

At dawn, Sean opened the book in his hand. He was surprised to find that what he got was Sun Tzu's Art of War, which has long been lost in the world. Sean was surprised.

Since then, Sean has been studying the art of war day and night. Later, he really became a great strategist, became Liu Bang's right-hand man, and made great contributions to the establishment of the Han Dynasty, making him famous all over the world.

Sean can tolerate others, be sincere and trustworthy, and work hard, so he can achieve great things. This also tells us how important it is for a person to strengthen his self-cultivation.

Once upon a time, there lived many animal villagers in a small town. They are happy and United every day.

Only the fox and the chicken hardly get along, and they will quarrel as soon as they meet.

Once, the fox wanted to cross the river to see his grandmother on the other side, while the chicken wanted to see his friends on the other side. Two animals met.

The chicken said, "I have to go first, because don't you think I am younger than you?"

The fox said, "No, you were great when you were young."

In this way, I wonder how long the quarrel lasted. Anyway, the last two people walked together. They crossed the river side by side, but it was already dark.

In this way, they quarreled every day and every month, which exhausted all the animals in the town and protested. The chicken and the fox almost never quarreled, but they always looked at each other with their eyes closed.

Once, the chicken went to the outer river to wash clothes and happened to meet the fox playing with his children by the river.

Thinking that the fox was going to throw his child into the river, the chicken waddled over and shouted, "smelly fox, what are you doing?" Put down my child, or I'll be rude to you. "

When the fox saw the chicken coming, he was about to give it back to her, but he was dizzy by this sentence.

When the chicken's child saw his mother coming, he quickly said, "Mom, Sister Fox is chatting with me and playing with me." The chicken was embarrassed to hear that.

This story tells us not to just look at the usual attitude, because it is often in difficult times that a person's courage and personality can be reflected!

During the reign of 14, one year, Chu sent troops to invade Qi. Qi's army was far from being an opponent of Chu, so he had to send someone to Zhao for help.

King Qi gave Chunyu Kun 65,438,000 taels of gold and 65,438,000 chariots and horses as gifts, and asked him to send these gifts to Zhao for help.

Chunyu Kun looked at this 100 two gold, 10 chariots and horses, and immediately burst out laughing, breaking the hat tassels on his head.

Qi Weiwang was puzzled by the laughter and asked Chunyu Kun, "Why do you laugh so much?" ? Do you think the gift is too thin? "

Chunyu Kun stifled a laugh and replied, "How dare I!"

Qi Weiwang asked again, "Then why are you laughing so hard?"

Chunyu Kun replied, "I remembered something I saw this morning and thought it was funny."

Qi Weiwang asked, "What is it?"

Chunyu Kun said, "This morning, on my way to the court, I saw a farmer kneeling on the roadside to offer sacrifices to the fields. There were three sticks of incense burning in front of him and a small glass of wine. He raised a pig's paw in his right hand, slapped it with his left hand, and prayed,' God, please bless me with good luck, so that I can have a whole circle of fat pigs, full of Man Cang and gold and silver, live a long life, and have a full house of children and grandchildren, and also bless my children and grandchildren to be extremely rich.' Seeing that his sacrifice is humble and meager, but his expectations are higher than the sky, I can't help but feel more and more funny. "

Hearing this, Qi Weiwang suddenly realized that he was ashamed. So he hurriedly ordered people to prepare 1000 Jin (Yi), 10 pairs of white walls and 100 chariots and horses, and gave them to Chunyu Kun for Zhao.

Chunyu Kun took these things to Zhao overnight and asked the prince of Zhao for help.

After receiving the gift, Zhao Wang quickly sent 65,438+10,000 elite soldiers and 1000 chariots to reinforce Qi. When Chu learned that Zhao had sent troops, he withdrew his troops overnight and returned to China. Qi avoided the loss of a war.

It turns out that trying to exchange a small gift for the rescue of the Zhao army is tantamount to the behavior of a stingy farmer. If it weren't for Chunyu Kun's wisdom, the loss suffered by Qi was far from the value of those gifts. Therefore, if a person is not generous to others, but wants others to be very generous to himself, it is actually wishful thinking.

Chinese fable in primary school 15 A man came to Chu with an elixir of life, and he wanted to dedicate this elixir to the king of Chu.

The court gatekeeper entered the palace with medicine and met the guards in the palace. The guard asked, "What good things do you have?"

The gatekeeper said, "This is the elixir of life."

Wei Tu said, "Is it edible?"

The doorman said, "Of course you can eat."

So the guard took the medicine from the gatekeeper and ate it.

The king of Chu was very angry when he learned about it. He immediately sent someone to arrest the guards and behead them. But the guard unhurriedly said to the king of Chu:

"Please calm down and listen to me. I asked the doorman if I could take this medicine, and he said yes, so I took it. I am a junior official under the gatekeeper. I took the medicine with the consent of the gatekeeper, so I am innocent. If the medicine is dedicated to the king and it is a crime for others to eat it, then the responsibility should be borne by the gatekeeper. On the other hand, if the medicine that that man gave your king is really immortal, you shouldn't kill me, because if you kill me, isn't that a dead medicine? In this way, the man described the medicine he gave you as an elixir, and the king wanted to reward him, which showed that he was obviously cheating you. Your Majesty, if you kill an innocent junior minister, it is tantamount to announcing to the world that you have been cheated. How can a wise monarch like you be cheated? You might as well forgive me and let me go, so that the world will praise your wisdom and generosity. "

The king of Chu listened to the words of the guards and felt very reasonable, so he ordered the guards to be released.

In fact, this guard survived, not because of the magic of the "elixir of life", but because of the cleverness of the guard itself. He argued with the king of Chu with a logical dilemma and debunked the lie of "the elixir of life". This fable tells us that as long as we have a scientific mind, a "nobody" can make a contribution in the struggle to uphold the truth without being afraid of the monarch.