A good dog catches mice.

I. Translation:

There is a man in Qi who knows dogs well. His neighbor entrusts him to find a dog that can catch mice. It was a year before he found one and said, "This is a good dog!" "

Neighbors have kept dogs for several years, but dogs don't catch mice. He told it to the man who can recognize dogs. People who are good at identifying dogs say, "This is a good dog. Its ambition lies in wild animals such as roe deer, elk, pigs and deer, not mice. If you want it to catch mice, tie its hind legs. " The neighbor tied the dog's hind legs and the dog caught the mouse.

Second, Qin Lv Buwei "Lv Chunqiu Rong Shi Lun, a good dog catches mice" original:

If you have a good dog, your neighbor will buy a dog to take care of the mice. A year later, you will get it and say, "This is a good dog."

Its neighbors have not taken mice for years. Tell each other, saying, "This good dog also feels deer and elk, not rats; If you want him to get a mouse, you can do it! "Its neighbor has its hind feet, and the dog takes the mouse.

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Creation background

This article is selected from Lu's Chunqiu Lun. Ancient prose implies that with talents, if they are not good at using them, they will not play a role. To create conditions, people should make full use of their materials. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" is divided into twelve periods, eight readings, * * * twenty volumes, one hundred and sixty articles and more than 200,000 words.

The content is complex, including Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, France, military, agriculture, Zongheng, Yin and Yang, and so on. Therefore, Hanshu Yiwenzhi lists it as a miscellaneous family. Although the content is mixed, it is not without system in organization, theory in preparation and system in content.

Obviously, the purpose of Lu Chunqiu's compilation is to gather the essence of each school and form the thought of one school, that is, to integrate the theories of each school with Taoist thought as the center. According to Lv Buwei, this book treats all viewpoints from an objective perspective, and treats all families equally.

This book is edited on the basis of "Buddhist Heaven and Earth", and the twelfth issue is a day symbolizing "great happiness", so this part takes the December order as a clue to combine materials. Ji Chun mainly discusses the way of keeping in good health, The Last Month Of Summer discusses teaching principles and music theory, Qiu Ji mainly discusses military issues, and Donjui mainly discusses people's quality.

Eight readings, 63 articles, obviously one off. From the beginning of the world, the content has been talking about the way to be a man, the way to govern the country, how to distinguish things, how to use the people, and how to be a king. Six theories, ***36 articles, essays.