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You can't have your cake and eat it.

Allusions:

In ancient times, a family wanted bear's paw and went to the mountains to fight. But he didn't want to get fish, so he went fishing in the water, but it was impossible to get both at the same time, so there was a story that you can't have your cake and eat it.

The idiom "You can't have your cake and eat it" comes from Mencius' "I want fish": "I want fish and bear's paw; You can't have it both ways, and you can't have it both ways. "

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Fish is my favorite food and bear's paw is my favorite food. If I can't finish eating, then I will give up fish and choose bear's paw.

The original intention is not to say that you can't have both, but to emphasize how to choose if you can't have both.

There are also some good things, not too much, otherwise it will not reflect its value. Just like two tigers can't fit in one mountain, the top of the pyramid is always the rarest and most precious, which is intended to remind people how to choose when faced with trade-offs.

Extended data

The Fish I Want is a masterpiece of Mencius' in-depth discussion on human life and death based on his theory of good nature. Emphasize that "justice" is more important than "life" and advocate giving up life for justice.

Mencius believed that "everyone has a heart of shame and evil", so people should maintain a kind nature, strengthen their usual cultivation and education, and don't do anything that violates etiquette. Mencius regarded this thought as the essence of China's traditional moral cultivation, which was a far-reaching thing.

Mencius (about 372 BC-about 289 BC), whose real name is Ke, is Zi (to be tested, Zi or Zi Ju). Han nationality, a native of Zouguo (now Zoucheng City, Shandong Province) in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, was a great thinker, educator, politician and writer in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period. One of the main representatives of Confucianism. Politically, he advocated that the law precedes the king and is benevolent; In theory, Confucius was praised, while Yang Zhu and Mo Zhai were opposed. He was called Yasheng by the later Buddha.

Ethics of famous artists' comments

Zhu: "This chapter says that shame and evil are born to people, or they may be born in times of danger and pressure, but they can't help planning a banquet, so a gentleman can't ignore it for an instant." (Four Books, Chapters and Sentences)

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: I want fish.