Classical Chinese (general idea) "Encourage seedlings, steal ear bells" and "snipe and clam compete"

Zhao beheaded Yan, and Su Daiyan called, "I have been to the water today, and the clam is exposed. The snipe pecked at its meat, and the clam is not too sweet." The snipe said, "If it doesn't rain today, there will be dead mussels tomorrow!" " The clam is also called a snipe, saying,' If you don't come out today or tomorrow, there will be a dead snipe! The two refused to give up. Fishermen get it and catch it. Today, Zhao attacked Yan, and Yan and Zhao supported each other for a long time to harm the public. I'm worried that Qiang Qin will become a fisherman. So, I hope the king has skills. "King Hui said," Good! "Stop here.

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Zhao, the name of the country during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, is located in the south of Hebei Province and the east of Shanxi Province.

Yan-Yin Yan, the name of the country in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, is located in the northern part of Hebei Province.

Su Dai-name, Su Qin's younger brother, a famous lobbyist during the Warring States Period, and a native of Luoyang.

King Huiwen-King Huiwen, the monarch of Zhao, is named.

Exposure-sound shop means dryness.

Snipe-lingering sound, a waterfowl with dark brown feathers, long mouth and legs, preys on fish, insects and shellfish.

Dry sound money, with the word "clamp", means to clip things.

Mouth, especially that of birds and animals.

Fisherman-that is, the "fisherman" behind him-takes fishing as his business.

Capture-lyre, capture means capture.

Support-support, here refers to stalemate and confrontation.

Disadvantages-disadvantages, disadvantages, here means exhausted.

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This is a profound lesson that everyone has known for thousands of years. This story shows that comrades and friends should unite and help each other, instead of intrigue, they should see clearly and deal with the enemies who are in cahoots. Otherwise, it will inevitably create opportunities for the enemy, exploit loopholes and cause disasters to the other side.

Try to pull up to help the buds grow-rushing will make things worse.

There was a farmer in Song State. After planting the seedlings, he hopes to harvest them early.

Every day when he goes to the rice field, he finds that the seedlings grow slowly. He was impatient and thought, "How can we make rice seedlings grow tall and fast? He thought and thought, and finally came up with a "best way", which is to set the rice seedlings a few points higher.

After some hard work, he went home to rest with a hoe. Then I went back and confessed to my family: "I'm exhausted today. I helped the crops grow a lot!" "

His son hurried to the field and saw that all the seedlings were dead.

(Excerpted from Mencius Gong Sunchou)

Wisdom comment:

The development of objective things has its own laws. It is enough to rely only on good wishes and enthusiasm, and it is likely that the effect will be contrary to subjective wishes. This fable also tells a concrete truth: "haste makes waste."

Stealing a clock to plug your ears-deceiving yourself.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhi Bo, a nobleman of the State of Jin, was defeated. Someone took the opportunity to steal from Fan's house and saw a big clock hanging in the yard. This clock is made of exquisite bronze with exquisite shapes and patterns. The thief was very happy. He wanted to take this beautiful clock home. But this clock is big and heavy, so it cannot be moved. There is only one way he can think of, and that is to break the clock and move home separately.

The thief found a big hammer and threw it at the clock desperately. There was a loud bang, which startled him. The thief panicked and thought, this is bad. Isn't this noise equivalent to telling people that I stole the clock here? In desperation, he jumped on the bell and tried to cover it with open arms, but how to cover it? The bell is still echoing in the distance.

The more he listened, the more afraid he became. He withdrew his hands freely and covered his ears hard. "Hey, the bell is getting smaller and I can't hear it!" The thief was very happy. "wonderful! You can't hear the bell if you can't cover your ears! " He immediately found two cloth balls to plug his ears, thinking that no one could hear the bell. So I let go and hit the bell. When the bell rang, it spread loudly to far away places. People heard the bell rush in and caught the thief.

The story comes from Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals: Self-knowledge. "Stealing the bell of the ear" describes "stealing the bell of the ear" as a metaphor for covering up ignorance and deceiving others.

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