"Guan Zhong, Peng Ji from huan male felling solitary bamboo, spring turns to winter, and confused. Guan Zhong said, "You can use the wisdom of an old horse. "It was the subsequent release of the old horse and learned that there was no water in the mountains. The friend said: "Ants live in the sun of the mountain in winter and in the shade of the mountain in summer. There is water in the ant soil." "Dig it and there will be water. It is not difficult to learn from the old horse and old ant with Guan Zhong's sage wisdom, but it is not too much to learn from the sage wisdom with his stupidity.
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Guan Zhonghe (xi)' s friend cut the solitary bamboo from Huan Gong and returned to winter from spring, lost his way. Guan Zhong said, "You can use the wisdom of an old horse." Is to let the old horse go and get the way.
Explain the "road" The old horse knows the way. It means that experienced people are familiar with the situation and can play a guiding role in a certain aspect.
Classical Chinese translation
Guan Zhong and Peng Ji followed Qi Huangong's Northern Expedition to Solitary Bamboo and returned to winter from spring. They lost their way on their way home because there was no guide who was familiar with geography. Guan Zhong said, "You can use the wisdom of an old horse." So I rode the old horse in front of the army, let it go, followed it, and finally got my way back. March in the mountains, there is no water to drink. Peng Ji said, "Ants live in the south of the mountain in winter and in the north of the mountain in summer. There is water when the soil of ants is an inch deep. " So I dug the nest and found the water. With the wisdom of Guan Zhong and Peng Ji, they realized what they didn't know, and they didn't take it as a shame to ask for advice from the old horse ants. Nowadays, people don't admit their ignorance and don't know how to learn and absorb the wisdom of saints. Is it too much?
meaning
The story in the classical Chinese "An old horse knows the way" is the origin of the idiom (an old horse knows the way). Now it is a metaphor that experienced people are familiar with the situation and can play a guiding role in a certain aspect. It is often used to describe the experience of being a pioneer.
Use examples
The old horse knows how to add diseased bones, but the poor ape throws trees for deep branches. -Huang Qing Ren Jing's Selected Works of Two Dangs