The original text and appreciation of classic books, fables, small fish don't listen to big fish.

The original text and appreciation of classic books, fables, small fish don't listen to big fish.

In the past, there was a water area where big fish were spared. At that time, the big fish said to the small fish, "Don't leave here and go to other places for the wicked." At that time, the small fish did not teach from the big fish and went to other places. At that time, the fisherman caught the fish with a net of rice. Small fish will be interested in big fish when they see it. The big fish saw the little fish coming and asked the little fish, "Why don't you leave here and go somewhere else?" At this time, the small fish answered the big fish and said, "We are coming to find him." The big fish said to the small fish, "Why don't you go to him and get caught in the net?" The little fish replied to the big fish, "I will wait there, and I won't be caught;" But, look at me for a long time. The big fish said to the small fish, "You think you are hurt. So: you look at the route to find a successor from a distance. Ancestors, fathers and mothers were all hurt by this line. You will get hurt today. You are not my son! "At that time, all the small fish were caught by fishermen and carried to the shore. If so, there are many dead fish.

This article is selected from "Buddha said that big fish happened". This original work was translated by Tan Wulan, an Indian monk who came to China during the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

This is an independent Buddhist fable, which uses big fish and small fish to compare big monks and small monks.

Small fish is simple and naive. Although the big fish warned them from the beginning, they swam to the wrong place with curiosity. Although it was not the first time that the fisherman caught it, it returned to the big fish. The big fish warned them what their ancestors had done to the fish, but the naive little fish didn't know the real power. And the fish owner-the wicked also took advantage of this point of small fish and killed many small fish.

Similar things also appeared in the fourteenth volume of Chu Jingyao translated by Zhu Funing at the end of Qin Dynasty, except that "big fish" and "small fish" have been replaced by "turtle" and "philosopher". It can be seen that Buddhism attaches importance to this content.

Bhikkhu is a transliteration of the Sanskrit "Bhikkhu", which is also translated as "Cuochu", "Cuochu" and "Preparation". Free translation is "beggar", "beggar man" and "heavy smoker". Point out the male monks who had anklets at home. "Having sufficient precepts" refers to the precepts that Buddhist monks and nuns must abide by. Because they have enough commandments, compared with Misha and Shamini's Ten Commandments, they are called. Generally, monks in China are ordained according to the four-point method, with 250 monks and 348 monks. Monks who hold this precept according to the precept law obtain formal qualifications as monks and nuns. From this point of view, it is not easy to truly become a "bhikkhu". According to the Great Wisdom translated by Kumarajiva, the name "Bhikkhu" has five meanings: begging for food for a living, breaking troubles, becoming a monk, living a clean life and fearing demons. Becoming a monk is not easy. A monk was over 20 years old, and with the consent of the monk, he called ten elders of Dade to give him the precepts of becoming a monk and let him become a monk. Becoming a monk is not easy. He must strictly abide by the rules and regulations in his daily life, lead an honest and clean life, study hard and study hard: learn teachings and practice meditation. In this way, people who have been banned by monks for more than 10 can be called elders, and people who have been called big seats or big elders for more than 20 years can naturally be called "big monks." They are respected monks who have given up for a long time. Relatively speaking, the "young monk" is naturally a person who has a short abstinence and is not enough to practice enlightenment. Because of this, they don't have a pair of keen "eyes" to observe things and know the truth. Naturally, it is difficult to distinguish between "evil spirits and heretics" and it is easy to be fooled and victimized. If they don't listen to the monk's teachings, they are more likely to have a "small fish" disaster.

This is a story with "lesson" significance, and its theme can be summarized by a folk proverb in China: "If you don't listen to the old man, you will suffer." . The author tells readers this simple truth in the form of fable, with plain and simple style and eloquent narration.

Mr. Shen Congwen, a famous novelist in the history of modern literature, commented on this kind of Buddhist stories: "These stories with lessons are not long, but often in a short chapter, they can organize extremely moving plots. The theme, from a modern perspective, may not conform to the trend of the times. But from the emperor to the insects, the story layout is often unparalleled. As far as the mode of organizing stories by controlling materials is concerned, it can also be used as a reference for those who talk about' popular literature',' fairy tale education literature' and' humorous literature'. " This is really a fair evaluation, and the article "Small fish don't listen to big fish" is a good example. The artistic techniques of this kind of Buddhist stories have a great influence on China's popular literature (such as "popular literature", "fairy tale education literature" and "humorous literature" as Mr. Shen said).

What needs to be explained is that this fable must be created by the people, and it is a real folk literature. Buddhists spend a lot of time collecting, adapting and creating these stories in order to promote religion and manage them carefully, thus becoming Buddhist literary works. For example, this article uses "big fish" and "small fish" to describe "big monk" and "little monk". This makes it more or less painted with a religious color. After reading these works today, we can get rid of this color after understanding their metaphorical meaning, so we will find that many of them are full of life, full of human touch, vivid humor, and sometimes bring some useful enlightenment. The article "Little Fish Don't Listen to Big Fish" is also an excellent example in this respect.