The story and implication of casting pearls before swine

There is a piano playing expert named Gong. He played a piano song called "Clear Corner" for the cow, and the cow bowed its head and ate grass, as if it didn't hear anything. It's not that the cow didn't hear it, but this wonderful tune doesn't suit the cow's ears.

The story of casting pearls before swine During the Warring States Period, there was a musician named. He can not only compose music, but also play the harp very well. The music he plays is beautiful. Many people like to listen to him play the piano and people respect him very much.

Gong not only plays the piano indoors, but also likes to take the piano to the countryside when the weather is good. One day, he came to the suburbs, the spring breeze blew slowly, the weeping willows swayed gently, and a yellow cow was grazing on the grass.

Gong was in a good mood, so he got on the piano and plucked the strings, and played a very elegant tune "Clear Angle Action" for this cow. After playing for a while, the old cow was indifferent and still bowed his head and ate grass.

Gong thinks this piece of music may be too elegant, so she should change the tune and play it with a popular ditty. However, the ox still didn't respond and continued to graze leisurely. Gong Yiming took out all his skills and played a piece he was best at.

This time, the cow occasionally wagged its tail, chased the gadfly and bowed its head and ate grass silently. Finally, the cow left slowly. Go and eat grass somewhere else. The public is always indifferent when they see cows, and they are very disappointed.

He was advised not to get angry. It's not that the music you play is not good, but that the music you play doesn't match the ears of cattle. Finally, Gong sighed and went back with her piano.

Play the lute to a cow means that everything should be done according to the object, the person and the cause. Later generations used the idiom "casting pearls before swine" to describe the futility of telling profound truth to an unreasonable layman.

Playing the lute to a cow is a metaphor for reasoning with people who don't understand, wasting your breath; It is also often used to laugh at people who talk without looking at objects. It is not advisable to talk without looking at the object, nor is it advisable to reason with fools.