What is the full text of "mantis catches cicada, yellowbird comes last"?

Chinese Pinyin Tang Lang B incarnation

Mantis was about to catch cicada, but I didn't know that the yellowbird behind me was about to eat cicada. Metaphor is short-sighted, only thinking about calculating others, but I didn't expect others to calculate him.

Source: Zhuangzi Sanmu: "When you see a cicada, you get a beautiful picture and forget its body. When you see it, you will forget its shape; Different magpies benefit from it, and forget the righteousness. " Han Han Ying's Biography of Han Poems: "Mantis wants to eat cicadas, but I don't know that the yellowbird is behind, so he pecks at it by holding his neck."

Canon out of the Warring States Zhuangzi Waipian Sam Twentieth "see cicada forget its body, mantis fight, see it forget its shape;" Different magpies benefit from it, and forget the righteousness. "

"Liu Xiang Shuo Yuan" Volume 9 Jian Zheng "There are trees in the garden and cicadas on the trees. Cicada is moaning and drinking dew. I didn't know mantis was behind! Mantis committed herself to cicada, completely ignoring knowing that yellowbird was around! Yellowbird craned its neck to peck mantis, but didn't know the projectile was under it! All three of them want their former benefits, regardless of their later problems. "

Ji Yun's Notes on Yuewei Caotang in Qing Dynasty, Volume 4, Huaixi Magazine 14: "In the next few years, I heard that a Taoist priest in Shandong was struck by lightning, or he committed suicide excessively and was punished by heaven." Mantis catches cicada, yellowbird is behind', bomber is behind, this is called. "

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the King of Wu wanted to attack the State of Chu and said, "Those who dare to remonstrate will die!" . At this time, there was a young man at the bottom, who knew that people were talking lightly and it was useless to persuade him. He would die suddenly. It was only the third time that I swam in the backyard with a slingshot and exposed my clothes. The king of Wu asked him and said to him, "There are trees in the back garden, and cicadas are drinking dew on them. I wonder if mantis will catch them in the back! And the mantis tried to pounce on it, and I knew that the yellowbird was creeping beside it! The yellowbird stretches its neck only to peck mantis, I don't know the slingshot under the tree! They all want to get the benefits of the past and ignore the troubles of the future! " After hearing this, the prince of Wu felt very reasonable and refused to send troops.

"The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellowbird is behind". Describe acting only before and after. Or short-sighted, only looking at immediate interests, but not knowing that future troubles will follow, this expression is often used.

This idiom comes from Liu Xiang's Talking about Zheng Yuanjian.

There is a story in the book: During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Shou Meng of Wu prepared to attack Jingdi (Chu State), which was opposed by ministers. The king of Wu was very angry and warned at the meeting of ministers: "Whoever dares to stop me from sending troops will be put to death!" "

Nevertheless, some people want to stop the prince of Wu from sending troops. A young bodyguard officer in the palace came up with a good idea: every morning, he wandered around the back garden of the palace with a slingshot and bullets, and the dew soaked his clothes and shoes for three days in a row. The king of Wu was surprised and asked, "Why is this?" The guard said, "There is a cicada in the big tree in the garden. It sings and drinks dew, but doesn't know that a mantis is approaching it. " Mantis wanted to catch cicada, but she didn't know there was a yellowbird beside her. And when the yellowbird is ready to peck the mantis, how does it know that my projectile has been aimed at it? All three of them only care about immediate interests and can't see the disaster behind them. "The prince was very encouraged, so he cancelled the military action.

"The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellowbird is behind" reminds people not to pay attention to immediate interests without considering future troubles.

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