What is the moral of Crossing the River by Chu People?

Zhu Shuman sold his family property and took 1,2 gold to worship Fenyi as a teacher to learn the skill of killing dragons. In three years, I returned after learning. Someone asked him what he had learned. As he answered, he showed everyone the skills of killing dragons-how to hold down the dragon's head, how to step on the dragon's tail, how to operate from the dragon's neck, etc. Everyone asked him, where is the dragon to kill? Only then did he realize that there was no such thing as a dragon in the world, and his skills were learned in vain.

[ Teaching content] The existence and development of nature is objective

[ Brief analysis] It is the need of human survival and development and the embodiment of human essential ability to consciously use and transform natural objects and obtain from nature. But if people want to use and transform nature, they must first have the objective existence of natural objects: to kill dragons, they must first have the existence of dragons. This is exactly what this fable tells us. Acknowledging the objectivity of nature is the basic premise for human beings to consciously deal with the relationship between man and nature.

the fable tells the story of man and the fish goose

There was a family named Tian in Qi State, who had a big banquet at home. Some of the guests presented fish and geese as gifts. The host was very happy to see it: "One day is really generous to us! You see, these fish and geese are not all born for our appetite? " The guests listened and echoed. There was a Bao child in the seat, only twelve years old, who stood up and said, "I don't agree with you." Man is also one of the worlds. Due to the difference in intelligence, there are cases of the jungle in the biological world, but there is no truth that God predestines who lives for whom. Humans choose edible things to make food. Are these things specially created by God for human beings? Just as mosquitoes drink people's blood and tigers and wolves eat people's meat, is it also God's intention to give birth to people to cook for them? "

[ Teaching content] The existence and development of society is objective

[ Brief analysis] Idealists and theists always regard everything in the world as a "masterpiece" of God or God, and deny the objective materiality of human society. Materialists believe that human society is the inevitable result of the development of the objective world and the advanced stage of the development of the material world. Can't the words of the Bao children explain this point forcefully?

It is easiest to draw ghosts in fables and allusions

A guest painted for the King of Qi. King Qi asked him, "What is the hardest thing to draw?" He said: "It is the most difficult to draw a dog and a horse." The king of Qi asked again, "So what is the easiest thing to draw?" The guest said, "It's easiest to draw ghosts. Because dogs and horses can be seen and put in front of people every day, it is not easy to draw them vividly. As for ghosts, they are invisible and invisible. No one has ever seen them before, and no one can prove that they are not like ghosts, so it is the easiest to draw. "

[ teaching content] The existence and development of society is objective

[ brief analysis] This fable shows that there are no ghosts and gods in the world, and such things are nothing more than people's subjective imagination, not objective reality. The emergence of society is neither a masterpiece of gods nor the creation of human consciousness, but the inevitable result of the long-term effect of the objective world's own strength.

fables and allusions are pushed away from elephant chopsticks

Zhou Wang made a pair of ivory chopsticks, and ji zi was very worried when he saw them. He thinks that once you have ivory chopsticks, you will never use clay bowls to hold meals again. You must have cups and saucers made of clear rhinoceros and jasper to match them. If you use jade cups and ivory chopsticks, you will never serve millet vegetables. Be sure to pack delicacies like tail leopard tires. After eating the elephant-tailed leopard tire, you will never wear coarse cloth to live in the toilet again. You must wear jinyi and live in the building. In this way, the desire to enjoy will continue to expand, and it is bound to fill a person's desire with the world's people's cream, and the country is in danger. Sure enough, Zhou Wang finally died. Therefore, the so-called sage is to see the micro-knowledge and infer the consequences from the clues.

[ teaching content] consciousness is the reflection of objective things in the human brain

[ brief analysis] Future things will only appear in the future, but people can imagine the state of future things, predict the development trend of things, and put forward plans for the actions they will take. Is this consciousness a reflection of objective things? This fable tells us that ji zi's worries are not born out of thin air, but are derived from the "image", which is a reflection of objective things in the human brain.

The fable and allusion garden is too big

Qi Xuanwang asked Mencius, "I heard that the hunting garden in Zhou Wenwang is surrounded by 7 miles. Is there such a thing?"

Mencius said, "It is recorded in the book."

"Is it really that big?"

"At that time, ordinary people were still too young."

Qi Xuanwang said with a sigh, "My hunting park is only 4 miles around, and the people think it's too big. Why?"

Mencius said, "Although King Wen's hunting garden is 7 miles in Fiona Fang, ordinary people can go in and cut firewood. King Wen and the people use this hunting garden together, so people think it is too small. And you? When I first came to Qi, I didn't dare to enter the country until I knew the ban. I heard that the people in the hunting garden of the King were not allowed to cut wood and collect grass, and they were not allowed to go in and out at will. Killing an elk would be condemned to death. Isn't this a trap of forty miles in Fiona Fang? People think it is too big, is it unreasonable? "

[ Teaching content] consciousness can correctly reflect objective things

[ Brief analysis] People think about the same objective thing. Due to the constraints of subjective and objective conditions, there will be right and wrong points. Subjectively speaking, it is mainly different positions, world outlook, outlook on life, thinking methods and knowledge composition. Facing the same hunting park, Qi Xuanwang is too small, while the common people are too big. What are the reasons? Class positions are different.

Fable story Chicken thief

There was a man who stole his neighbor's chicken. Someone advised him: "Stop stealing, it's immoral." He said: "I'm determined to mend my ways, but I'm addicted to stealing, and it's difficult not to steal at once." Tell you what, from today on, I'll steal one in January, and I won't steal it next year. Knowing that it is immoral, you should correct it as soon as possible. Why wait until next year? "

[ Teaching content] consciousness can react to objective things

[ Brief analysis] Correct consciousness can guide people to carry out practical activities effectively and promote the development of objective things; Wrong consciousness will lead people's activities astray and hinder the development of objective things. Therefore, we must attach importance to the role of consciousness, the strength of spirit, consciously establish a correct ideology and overcome the wrong ideology. The protagonist in the story clearly knows that it is wrong. Why not correct it in time and wait until next year?

The wrong person died in fables and allusions

The mother-in-law of a neighboring family in the east died, so the family needed a eulogy during the funeral, so the family asked the teacher of a private school to help write one. Shu Shi copied an article from the ancient book, but I didn't expect to copy the memorial to Yuezhang by mistake. While the funeral was going on, the literate found that the eulogy was completely wrong. The family ran back to the private school and scolded the teacher. The teacher explained: "The eulogy in the ancient book is published, and it can't be wrong anyway. I'm afraid the wrong person died in your family."

[ Teaching content] Subjectivity must conform to objectivity

[ Brief analysis] Everything should proceed from reality, that is, we should take the objective practical things as the fundamental starting point when we think about problems and do things. It requires us to decide our subjective thoughts and actions according to the objective facts. The hero in the story, however, took everything as the standard and copied it, but didn't look at the objective reality in front of him at all, and finally made a big joke.

fable allusion Yu Taojun

There is a law in Weiguo: whoever steals the king's carriage will have his feet cut off. At that time, Zixia Mi was very popular with the king. Late one night, someone from the countryside came to report that Zixia Mi's mother was seriously ill. Zixia Mi ran to the palace, stole the king's carriage, and went back to the countryside on a starry night. After hearing this, the king praised him and said, "What a rare dutiful son. For the sake of his mother, he forgot that he would be punished by cutting off his feet." Once again, Zixia Mi was playing with the king in the orchard. Zixia Mi ate a big, sweet peach and sent it to the king with half a leftover peach, asking him to taste it. The king smiled and said, "Zixia Mi really loves me! I just wanted to let me taste the sweetness and forgot that his saliva was still on the left peach. " After a few years, Zixia Mi gradually lost the king's favor and offended him. The king said, "You were very arrogant when you stole my carriage;" What should I do to insult me by letting me eat your leftover peaches again? " Zixia Mi's behavior hasn't changed, and he was considered virtuous before, but later he was convicted for it. Only that the king's likes and dislikes have changed.

[ Teaching content] Subjectivity must conform to objectivity

[ Brief analysis] Insisting on proceeding from reality and making subjectivity conform to objectivity is the fundamental foothold for people to correctly understand and transform the world. The king in the story judges right and wrong entirely by his personal likes and dislikes, not from reality, but from subjectivity, which will definitely bring disaster to the country and the people.

Allegory allusion Suspected person steals axe

A man lost an axe. He suspected that the son next door had stolen it, so he paid great attention to him. He always felt that he walked and talked like a man who stole his axe. Soon, the old man found an axe in the valley where he went up the mountain to cut wood. If he pays attention to his neighbor's son's attitude, there will be no place like an axe thief.

[ Teaching Content] Fundamental Differences between Materialism and Idealism

[ Brief Analysis] It is very important to adhere to materialism against idealism and to oppose subjectivism from reality, that is, to look at people and things around you objectively, and to be conscientious in doing things. But some people tend to look at people and things around them with their own prejudices, which is unacceptable.

The fable refers to Wang Gu. He

Mencius said to Qi Xuanwang, "You have a courtier who entrusted his wife and children to a friend to take care of him and went to visit Chu by himself. When he came back, his wife and children were starving and freezing. What should I do with such a friend? " King Qi said, "Break up with him." Mencius said, "What if the officer in charge of punishment can't manage his subordinates?" "Get rid of him." "If politics in a country is very bad, what should be done?" The king of Qi turned around and looked around, and took the topic to other places.

[ Teaching content] The fundamental difference between materialism and idealism

[ Brief analysis] People often see the shortcomings of others clearly, but they often don't know their own shortcomings and mistakes clearly, or whitewash them. However, to persist in materialism against idealism and subjectivism from reality, it is very important to correctly evaluate and treat oneself

fables and allusions to save Zhao from Wei

The state of Wei surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao, and Zhao rushed to Qi for help. Tian Ji, the general of Qi, was ready to lead the army to Zhao, and Sun Bin, the counselor, dissuaded him: "To solve the messy disputes, you can't hold on to your fists; To save those who are fighting, don't make a gun with a knife. If you avoid reality, you will be empty, posing a threat to the enemy, and the siege of Handan will be self-solved. Now that Wei Jun is fully attacking Zhao, the elite soldiers and sharp soldiers are bound to rush out, and there must be only old and weak soldiers left in China. It is better for the general to dash lightly to the beam of Weidu, occupy the dangerous position and attack its imaginary place. The enemy will save himself, so that we can untie the siege of Handan in one fell swoop and wipe out Wei Jun when he is tired. " Tian Ji was arranged by Sun Bin. Wei Jun was hurriedly li, line to the ground of guiling, qi, trounced Wei Jun. The siege of Handan is also solved.

[ Teaching content] Things are generally related

[ Brief analysis] Why did the Qi army attack the capital girder of Wei, but the siege of Zhao and Handan was solved? Because there is a relationship of mutual restriction and influence among Zhao, Wei and Qi, that is, contact.

there is no fable like killing people.

there is a man who likes to talk about reincarnation, and he persuaded everyone to accumulate virtue and not kill. Because the Buddhist scriptures say that what you kill will become what you will become in the afterlife; Kill a cow to become a cow, kill a pig to become a pig, even if you kill a mole rat and an ant. A gentleman surnamed Xu said, "then don't kill anyone, it's better to kill someone." Didn't he say he would change whatever he killed? So killing people in this life and changing people in the afterlife is not very good? "

[ Teaching Content] Grasping the Causality of Things

[ Brief Analysis] Causality is universal, and it is independent of human will. When we know something, we should not only see that it has objective reasons, but also see that it will cause certain results. The reincarnation retribution in Buddhism, in fact, is subjectively imagined by some people, and it has become so vulnerable in this fable.

fables and allusions break pots

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man named Meng Min bought a clay pot and accidentally broke it on the way. Meng Min didn't even look at it and went away. Passers-by felt strange and went over to ask him, "Your jar is broken, why don't you even look at it?" Meng Min replied, "The jar has been broken. What's the use of looking at it?"

[ Teaching content] Grasp the causal relationship of things

[ Brief analysis] Only by correctly grasping the causal relationship can people's activities, consciousness and foresight be improved. If the jar is broken, it can't be restored, but we can learn a lesson from it and analyze the reasons for breaking it, so as to avoid similar mistakes in the future, thus improving the consciousness of the activity.

fables and allusions cure hunchback

once upon a time, there was a doctor in the plain city of Shandong province who claimed to cure all hunchbacks well, and the operation was simple and the price was reasonable. A man hunched six feet straight and eight feet horizontally. When he heard that there was such a wonderful doctor, he quickly prepared a gift to seek treatment. The doctor told him to get down on the ground, then jumped on it and stepped up. The hunchback cried, "You are going to kill me!" The doctor said, "My signboard clearly says to straighten the hunchback. As for your life or death, what does it have to do with me?"

[ Teaching content] To grasp the relationship between things as a whole

[ Brief analysis] The relationship between the whole and the parts requires us to proceed from the whole, comprehensively examine the objects in the mutual connection and restriction of the whole and the parts, base ourselves on the whole and plan the overall situation in order to achieve the optimal goal of the whole or system. It is ridiculous and harmful for the doctor in the story to only solve the immediate and local problems, regardless of whether it will hinder the long-term and overall aspects.

fable allusions fight or never fight

in ancient times, a man borrowed money from others, and the due creditor came to collect debts. The debtor said, "Everything is changing. I am not the one who borrowed money. Therefore, I don't owe you a debt. " The creditor lost his temper and hit him, and the two men tore and twisted to the court. The judge asked the debtor why he didn't pay back the money, and he said the reason again. The judge asked the creditor why he started to hit people, and the creditor also said, "Everything has changed. I am not the one who hit people now, so I didn't hit people."

[ Teaching content] Movement is the fundamental attribute of matter

[ Brief analysis] Movement is unconditional and absolute, and stillness is conditional and relative. There is stillness in movement and stillness in movement. The existence and development of everything in the world is the unity of absolute movement and relative stillness. How absurd it would be to deny relative stillness and the stability of things.

scary names in fables and allusions

There lived an old man in the street. He bought a furniture named "Good Beat" and got a watchdog named "Good Bite". Since then, all the guests and friends have stopped coming to his home for three years. He was very strange, so he asked his old friends. His friend said to him, "You chose the name.