Pot calling the kettle black's fable

Fable story is a kind of literary genre with fable or obvious teaching significance. Its structure is short, and metonymy is often used to reflect educational themes or profound truths in simple stories. The story setting of fable is related to the future of fable. Let's look at pot calling the kettle black's fable.

Pot calling the kettle black's fable 1 Liang said: "I am committed to governing the country. There was a famine in Hexi, so I moved the victims to Hedong and transported the food to Hexi; Hedong famine, so am I, but the people in neighboring countries will not decrease, and my subjects will not increase. Why? "

Mencius replied, "Your Majesty likes fighting. Please let me use the metaphor of war. When the drums sounded, the two sides had already confronted each other, and the combatants abandoned their armor and dragged their weapons back. Some stopped after running a hundred paces, while others stopped after running fifty paces. What if people who run 50 steps laugh at people who run 100 steps? "

Liang said to him, "No, people who run 50 steps just don't run 100 steps. This is also an escape. "

Mencius said: "since you understand this truth, you should not expect your subjects to be more than your neighbors."

This fable tells us that later generations use "pot calling the kettle black" as a metaphor and explanation. Although the number is different and the degree is different, the essence is the same thing and phenomenon.

Pot calling the kettle black Fable Story II During the Warring States Period, King Hui of Liang was good at driving people to fight against neighboring countries.

On one occasion, King Hui of Liang summoned Mencius and asked, "I am ruling the country wholeheartedly. In Hanoi (now the north bank of the Yellow River in Henan Province), famine occurred all the year round, and the harvest was not good. So I moved some people there to Hedong, where the harvest was good, and transported some food from Hedong to Hanoi, so that people in famine areas in Hanoi would not starve to death. Sometimes there are disasters in Hedong, and the harvest is poor. I do this too. I transported the grain from other places to Hedong to solve the problem that people have no rice to eat when cooking. I have also seen the practices of the authorities in neighboring countries, and no one tries his best to think of his own people like me. But the number of people in neighboring countries has not decreased, and my number has not increased. What is the reason? "

Mencius replied: "Your Majesty likes to fight, so I will take war as an example. On the battlefield, the two armies confronted each other. As soon as the battle started, the drums were ringing, and the two sides fought each other and bravely assassinated each other. After a fierce battle, the winner pursued fiercely, and some people on the loser side abandoned their armor and dragged their weapons to escape. Some escaped soldiers ran very fast and stopped after running a hundred steps; Some run very slowly, and then stop after fifty steps. At this time, the slow soldiers laughed at the soldiers who ran a hundred steps because they only ran fifty steps. Do you think this ridicule is right? "

Liang said to him, "No, they just didn't run a hundred paces, but this is also chicken out!" "

Mencius said: "If your majesty understands this truth, then there is no need to hope that there are more people in your country than in neighboring countries."

The moral of this story:

This fable shows that we should see the essence and overall situation of things, not just the surface and parts. The monarch of a neighboring country, regardless of the lives of ordinary people in famine years, is a monarch who does not love the people. King Hui of Liang often mobilized the people to fight, which made them miserable. He was still a monarch who did not love the people.

Mencius used the story of pot calling the kettle black to warn King Hui. In life, we often hear such words as "he is not as good as me". But have we ever thought that this is an irresponsible performance? Often when we are not as good as others in some things, we always like to compare ourselves with those who are not as good as ourselves and put the blame entirely on others. This kind of self-indulgence, not striving for progress, is often a common problem of people. If we do worse in the next exam, we will do worse than this one, and we will get worse and worse in the end, rolling in the deep.

People who make the same mistakes will laugh at others' mistakes. In fact, they are also at fault, but they are lighter than others. Only dare to climb and stand shoulder to shoulder with the strong, can we constantly improve ourselves, expand ourselves, and make ourselves strong. Everyone has shortcomings. Don't laugh at others just because you have few shortcomings. Actually, it's the same. It is right to try to correct it.

original text

King Hui of Liang said, "I am a country, and I devote myself to it. If Hanoi is fierce, it will move its people to Hedong and its millet to Hanoi. Hedong is also fierce. People who observe the politics of neighboring countries have no intention like me. There are not many people in neighboring countries, and there are not many people in my country. Why? "

Mencius said to him, "The king is belligerent. Please use the metaphor of war. Replenish drums, weapons company, abandon armor. Or stop after a hundred steps, or stop after fifty steps. What if the pot is too black? "

"No," he said. If you don't walk a hundred steps straight, you will walk. "

He said: "If Wang knows this, there is no hope that there will be more people in neighboring countries. If you don't go against the farming season, the valley can't beat the grain. If you don't count, neither fish nor turtle can be eaten. Axe gold gets into the mountain in time, and mywood can't be used. Valley and fish turtles can't fight for food, and wood and wood can't fight for it, which makes people lose their lives and have no regrets. Keeping in good health and dying without regret is the beginning of kingly way.

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Liang said to him, "I have dedicated myself to my motherland! The Wei land on the north bank of the Yellow River suffered from poor harvest and famine, so (I) moved the people there to Hedong, and at the same time transported the grain from Hedong to Hanoi, where there was famine and Hedong was also famine. I study the politics of neighboring countries, and no country is as attentive as I am. The people of neighboring countries have not decreased because of this, and my people have not increased because of this. Why? "

Mencius replied, "Your Majesty likes war, so I will use it as a metaphor. Drumming drums, the blades of weapons collide, and some people throw away their armor and drag their weapons to escape. Some people stop after running a hundred paces, while others stop after running fifty paces. If you only run 50 steps, why do you laugh at others for running 100 steps? "

Hui Wangdao: "No, it's just that I didn't run a hundred paces, which is also an escape."

Mencius said, "If you understand this, you can't expect to have more people than your neighbors. If the season of agricultural production is not delayed, there will be an inexhaustible supply of grain. If you don't catch fish in the pond, fish and turtles will be inexhaustible (according to ancient regulations).

When the axe cuts down trees in a certain season (when the vegetation is falling, at the end of the growing season), the wood will be inexhaustible. Food, fish and turtles can't be eaten, and wood can't be used up. In this way, the people will support the elderly and children without regrets and hold funerals for the dead. People have no regrets about life and burial, which is the beginning of kingly way.

Pot calling the kettle black fable 3 In the middle of the Warring States Period, there was a monarch named Liang. In order to expand the territory and accumulate wealth, he thought of many ways to drive the people to the battlefield to fight for him. One day, he asked Mencius, "I did my best for my country!" " If the year in Hanoi is not good, I will move the victims in Hanoi to Hedong and transport the grain from Hedong to Hanoi. When there was a famine in Hedong, I also tried to help the disaster. Look at the kings of neighboring countries. No one has done it like me. However, the people of neighboring countries have not fled in large numbers, and the number of people in China has not increased significantly. What is the reason? "

Mencius replied, "Your Majesty likes to fight, so I will take this as an example. On the battlefield, when the drums rang, the soldiers of both sides were knife-to-knife and gun-to-gun. The defeated party threw away its helmet and armor, dragged its sword and gun and ran for its life. One man took a hundred steps, and the other man escaped fifty. At this time, if those who run fifty paces laugh at those who run a hundred paces, don't you think so? "

Liang said to him, "Of course not. Even if he didn't escape to a hundred paces, he escaped! "

Yu Zi said: "Since your Majesty understands this truth, how can you hope that your own people are more than those of neighboring countries?"

Pot calling the kettle black's meaning.

Escaped 50 steps and escaped 100 steps. Although there are differences in quantity, they are essentially the same-both are escapes. Although King Hui of Liang was kind to the people, he launched a war to oppress them, and there was no essential difference between him and tyrants in other countries in oppressing them. This fable tells us that we should look at the essence of things and not be confused by superficial phenomena. The idiom "pot calling the kettle black" is extracted from this fable.