Original: In the past, * * * workers and Zhuan Xu fought for the emperor, but they couldn't touch the surrounding mountains with anger, and the sky was broken, and the land was absolutely lost. The sky leans northwest, so the sun, the moon and the stars move; The land is not full in the southwest, so the water is flowing and the dust is returning. "
Once upon a time, * * * workers competed with Zhuan Xu for the title of emperor (* * * workers: legendary tribal leaders. Zhuan Xu: one of the legendary five emperors, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan), (* * * worker) was angry and bumped into an ill-conceived mountain (touch: touch, bump. Not Zhoushan Mountain: a legendary mountain), the pillars supporting the sky are broken (according to the ancients, there are eight pillars supporting the sky in a round place, and there are big ropes hanging at the four corners of the ground), and the ropes hanging the ground are broken. The sky leans to the northwest, so the sun, the moon and the stars all move to the northwest. The southeast corner of the earth collapsed, so the river sediment flowed to the southeast corner. Flowing water, here refers to the rivers on the earth. Dust: dust, here refers to sediment. Return: return, here refers to the flow direction).
2 "Kuafu Day by Day"
Original: Kuafu drove away from Japan and entered Japan. Thirst, desire to drink, drink in the river, nutrient, river, nutrient deficiency, drink osawa in the north. Before he arrives, he dies of thirst. Abandon its staff. Into Deng Lin.
translation: Kuafu chased after the sun and came to the side of the sun. He was thirsty because of the heat, and it was still not enough to drink the river. Therefore, he wanted to drink the water from the swamp, but unfortunately he died of thirst. The walking stick was abandoned by the roadside, competing to grow into a peach forest.
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The original text of
There are many dead trees and birds on the mountain where doves are made. It looks like a black bird with a white beak at the beginning, and it is barefoot. It is called Jingwei, and its singing is self-defeating. It's the girl of Emperor Yan, named girl. The girl swam in the East China Sea and drowned, so she was a jingwei. She often held the title of wood and stone in the West Mountain, so that she was trapped in the East China Sea. Get out of the water, and the east flows into the river.
Emperor Yan, the sun god, has a little daughter named Nvwa, who is his favorite daughter. Emperor Yan not only manages the sun, but also manages grains and medicinal materials. He has a lot of things to do. He goes to the East China Sea early every morning to command the sun to rise and doesn't go home until the sun sets.
16 Follow the map
Hanshu? Biography of Mei Fu
[ original]
The Xiang Ma Jing written by Bole has the words "Long day, tired hoof". His son held the Horse Classic for a horse, and when he saw the big toad (3), he said to his father, "Getting a horse is slightly the same as getting a horse, but the hoof is not as good as being tired!" Bole knew his son's stupidity, but turned his anger into a smile and said, "This horse is easy to jump and unbearable."
[translation ]
There are words like "high forehead, bulging eyes, horseshoes like stacked wine and medicine cakes" in Bo Le's Xiang Ma Jing. His son, with his father's "Xiangma Jing", looked for a good horse everywhere. He searched according to the figures drawn in the book, and found that a toad was very similar to the characteristics of the swift horse written in the book. He happily took the toad home and said to his father, "I found a swift horse, but its hooves are not like folded wine and medicine cakes." Knowing that his son was stupid, the father laughed instead of being angry: "This horse likes to jump, and it is not easy to control."
5. Steal the bell from the ear
Origin: Warring States? Lv Buwei's Lv Chunqiu? Self-knowledge
The original text of Fan's death is also ①, and the people have a clock ②. If you want to go negative, then the clock is too big to be negative; With the vertebra destroyed (4), the bell sounds (5). I am afraid that people will smell it and take it away, and cover their ears. The wicked smell it, but also; Evil is self-smelling, and it is ridiculous.
When Zhi Bo wiped out Fan, a man took the opportunity to steal a clock and tried to run away with it. However, this clock is too big to carry back, so he intends to smash it with a hammer before carrying it back.
who knows, as soon as it was smashed, the bell made a loud noise. He was afraid that others would hear the bell and take it away, so he quickly covered his ears tightly.
It is understandable to be afraid that others will hear the sound of the clock; But cover your ears and think that others can't hear you, which is too confusing.
6. Please enter the urn
Source: Tang? Zhang Wei, "In the ruling and opposition? Zhou Xing
The original article
or told Wenchang Youcheng that Zhou Xing conspired with Qiu Shenji, and the Queen Mother ordered him to bow.
Jun Chen and Xing Fang reasoned with each other, saying that Xing said, "What can we do if there are many prisoners who don't accept it?" Xing said, "This is easy to hear! Take a big urn, burn it around the charcoal, and put the prisoner in the middle. Why not? " The handsome minister was a big urn, surrounded by fire, and when he came, he said, "There is a push inside, please come into this urn." Fear, fear, kowtow and sin.
translated text
Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty appointed a group of cruel officials to suppress those who opposed her. Two of them are the most vicious, one is Zhou Xing and the other is Lai Junchen. They killed many upright civil and military officials and ordinary people by framing, accusing and inhumane criminal laws. On one occasion, a tip-off letter was sent to Wu Zetian, and the content was actually to report Zhou Xing's contact with people for rebellion. Wu Zetian was furious and ordered Lai Junchen to investigate the matter. Lai Junchen, the in the mind straight worry, he thought, Zhou Xing is a cunning and treacherous person, and it is impossible to make him tell the truth with only a tip-off letter; But if I can't find out the result, the queen mother will blame me, and I can't afford to bear it. How can this be done? After thinking hard for a long time, I finally came up with a clever plan. He prepared a sumptuous banquet and invited Zhou Xing to his home. Two people, you advised me to drink and talk over it. After three rounds of drinking, Lai Junchen sighed and said, "Brother, when I handle cases on weekdays, I often meet some prisoners who refuse to plead guilty. I wonder what my brother can do?" Zhou Xing proudly said: "This is not easy!" Said and took a sip of his glass. Lai Junchen immediately pretended to be very sincere and said, "Oh, please give me your advice quickly." Zhou Xing insidious smile smiled and said, "You find a big urn, bake it with charcoal fire around it, and then let the prisoners enter it. Do you think there are any prisoners who don't confess?" Lai Junchen nodded yes again and again, and immediately ordered someone to bring a big urn, light charcoal fire around as Zhou Xing said, and then turned back to Zhou Xing and said, "Someone in the palace secretly accused you of rebellion, and I was ordered to investigate it. I'm sorry, please ask the man to drill into the urn himself now. " When Zhou Xing heard this, the glass in his hand fell to the ground, and then he fell to the ground with a plop, kowtowing again and again and saying, "I'm guilty, I'm guilty, I confess."
7. high mountains and flowing water
where did it come from? Zheng? Lieyu Kou Liezi? Tang Wen
Original text:
Boya is good at playing the drums, while Zhong Ziqi is good at listening. Boya Guqin, aiming at the mountains, Zhong Ziqi said: "Good, I am like Mount Tai!" Determined to run water, Zhong Ziqi said: "Good, like a river!" What Boya said, Zhong Ziqi will get it. When he died in his childhood, Boya said that there was no bosom friend in the world, but he broke the piano and never played drums for life.
translation: Yu Boya, a talented musician, likes to play a song "Mountain Flowing Water", but no one can understand it. He plays the piano on a high mountain, and the music is high and sparse. Finally, one day, a woodcutter who cut wood passed by and understood his Mountain Flowing Water. This man was Zhong Ziqi. Yu Boya's bosom friend is Zhong Ziqi. They made an appointment to meet two years later, but Zhong Ziqi didn't show up two years later. Yu Boya inquired in many ways to know that Zhong Ziqi had died of illness, so it was impossible to go to his appointment. Yu Boya was heartbroken. He knew that Zizi was the only one who could understand his music. Now that Zizi is dead, no one will understand his music again, so he broke his beloved piano at Zizi's grave, which also showed his respect and cherish for his bosom friend. This is the story of Boya who broke the piano and thanked her bosom friend. Boya missed her childhood with grief, and people used it to sigh that bosom friends were hard to find.
8. Death of lips and cold teeth
In Zuo Qiuming's Zuo Zhuan? Five years of Xi Gong
Original text (Zuo Zhuan? Five years of Xi Gong)
The marquis of Jin resumed his false path in order to defeat him. Gong Zhiqi remonstrated, saying, "If I die, I will be afraid.". Jin can't start, kou can't play, what is it, can it be again? The so-called' auxiliary cars are dependent on each other, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold', and it is also awkward and embarrassing. " Gong said, "Jin, I am a disciple. Do you harm me?" He said, "Uncle, Yu Zhong, the king's Zhao also, uncle doesn't obey, so he doesn't inherit. Guo Zhong, Guo Shu, Wang Ji's Mu Ye, are scholars of Wen Wang, and * (Li Li) is in the royal family and hidden in the League House. What's the point of killing me? And if you can be close to Huan and Zhuang, what is your love? What's the crime of the clan of Huan and Zhuang, and think that slaughter is not only forced? If you are forced by a pet, you will still be harmed. What about the country? " Gong said, "I enjoy the sacrifice and purity, and God will obey me." Yes, I said, "I heard that ghosts and gods are not real relatives, but virtue is the basis." Therefore, Zhou Shu said,' Heaven has no relatives, but virtue is the auxiliary.' He also said,' millet is not fragrant, but virtue is fragrant.' He also said,' people don't want things easily, but virtue is the only thing.' If so, then it is not the harmony between Germany and the people, and God will not enjoy it. God's blessing will be in Germany. If Jin takes risks and Mingde recommends fragrance, will God spit it out? "Listen, Xu Jin make. Gong Zhiqi followed the example of his family, saying, "It's not too hard to worry about it, and it's not enough to be promoted here."
the marquis of Jin resumed his false path to attack the enemy. Gong Zhiqi remonstrated, saying, "If I die, I will be afraid.". Jin can't start, kou can't play, what's the reason, what can it be? The so-called' auxiliary cars are dependent on each other, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold', and it is also awkward and embarrassing. "
3. Looking at plums to quench thirst
Originated from Southern Dynasties and Song Dynasties? Liu Yiqing's Shi Shuo Xin Yu? Fake report:
Original text:
When Wei Wu went to war, he lost his way, and all his troops were thirsty. So he said, "There is a great Meilin in front of you, forgive the son, and sweet and sour can quench his thirst." When the foot soldiers smell it, their mouths are full of water, so they can get to the front source.
once, when Cao Cao led his troops to March, they couldn't find water for a while, and the soldiers were thirsty. So Cao Cao gave an order and said, "There is a big Meilin in front. Plums are full of branches, sweet and sour, which can quench your thirst." Hearing this, the soldiers all shed saliva. In this way, the troops insisted on walking to the place where there was water in front.
1. A blind man touches an elephant
When he was born in the Song Dynasty? Shi Daoyuan "Jingdezhen Chuandeng Record"? Master Hong Jin
Original text:
The Mahayana Sutra 32: "When I was a king, I called all the blind people to ask each other:' Did you see the elephant?' All the blind people said,' I have seen it.' Wang Yan:' What kind of elephant?' Those who touch their teeth are like reed roots, those who touch their ears are like a dustpan, those who touch their contacts are like stones, those who touch their noses are like pestles, those who touch their feet are like wooden mortars, those who touch their ridges are like beds, those who touch their bellies are like jars, and those who touch their tails are like ropes.
once upon a time, four blind people wanted to know what an elephant looked like, but they couldn't see it and had to touch it with their hands. The fat blind man touched the elephant's teeth first. He said, "I see, an elephant is like a big, thick and smooth radish." The tall blind man touched the elephant's ear. "No, no, the elephant is obviously a big cattail leaf fan!" He shouted. "You talk nonsense, the elephant is just a big pillar." It turned out that the short blind man touched the elephant's leg. The old blind man, on the other hand, muttered, "Alas, the elephant is not that big. It is just a straw rope."
pull out the seedlings and encourage Mencius?
in the Song Dynasty, there was a man who let his seedlings grow short, but when he returned, he said, "I'm sick today, so help them grow!" His son rushed to see it, and Miao was dying.
the world can't help the seedlings and the elderly are few! Those who give up because they think it's useless don't cultivate seedlings; Help the elderly and help the seedlings; Non-acts are useless and harmful.
Translation:
In ancient Song Dynasty, there was a man who thought the seedlings were growing too slowly, so he pulled them up a little bit, and went home and boasted, "I helped the seedlings grow today!" When his son heard about it, he went to the field and saw that Miao was dead. There are very few people in the world who don't help seedlings grow. People who give up because they think it's useless are like lazy people who don't mow the grass for the seedlings. Those who help it grow at their own expense are like those who encourage it by pulling out seedlings, which not only does no good, but harms it.
I was eager for success, and I just wanted to make the crops grow as fast as I wanted, and the result was the opposite.
11 learning chess <; Mencius >
in autumn, those who know the country well are also good at it. Make Yiqiu teach two people to play chess, one of them concentrates on it, and only Yiqiu listens; Although a person listens to it, he thinks that a swan (swan) is coming, and he tries to help him with his bow and shoot it. Although he learns from it, he is full of enthusiasm. Is it because his intelligence is inferior to the former one? That's not true.
Translation:
Yiqiu is the best chess player in China. Let him teach two people to play chess, one of whom is single-minded and absorbed, and listens carefully to Yiqiu's teaching; Although the other person also listened to the lecture, he was thinking about how to shoot a swan with a bow and arrow in the sky. Although he studied with the devoted person, his grades were not as good as that one. Is his intelligence inferior to that of that man? The answer is: it is not like this.
you have to be single-minded and dedicated in order to succeed.
12 Cut the pole into the city "Laughing Forest"
If Lu has a long pole and enters the city gate, he will insist on it at first and cannot enter; If you hold it horizontally, you can't enter it. Nothing can be done. My father came to Russia and said, "I am not a saint, but I have seen a lot!" Why not cut in with a saw? " So I cut it off.
Translation:
A man in the state of Lu went to town carrying a thick and long bamboo root. When he arrived at the city gate, he stood up and took it, but it was stuck by the city gate. He took it sideways and was stuck by the walls on both sides. After a long struggle, he was too tired to get into the city. There was an old man watching and laughing beside him: "You are such a big straw bag! There is only one string in my head! At my age, I have crossed more bridges than you have walked. Why don't you ask me? " The seller of bamboo quickly bowed to him: "Please give me more advice!" The old man stroked his white beard and said, "It's simple. You sawed the bamboo into two sections, so you went in. " "If the bamboo is sawn off, it won't work." "That's better than you being stuck outside the city!" The seller of bamboo borrowed a saw, sawed it off and took it into the city.
Tell us that we should use our brains more, and don't let our brains become rigid.
13 astute
"The book is broken? Wang Xizhi
Original text:
"Wang Xizhi of Jin Dynasty, with few words and a broad mind. Seven-year-old good book, twelve saw the previous generation of "Bi Shuo" in his father's pillow, and read it secretly. Father said,' Why did you steal my secrets?' Xi laughed and didn't answer. The mother said,' I read "Using Calligraphy", but my father thinks it is small, so I'm afraid I can't keep it secret.' The semantic saying goes,' I will teach you when you are an adult.' Xihe's invitation, used today, makes adults, and fears the children's orders. Father is happy, so he goes with it. If the month is not profitable, the book will make great progress. When Mrs. Wei saw it, Wang Ce said,' This son must read the book "Using a Pen", and if he sees its book closely, he will have the wisdom of old age.' He cried,' This son will cover my name.' When the Jin emperor offered sacrifices to the northern suburbs, he even wished the edition, and the workers cut it.
Translation:
Wang Xizhi of Jin Dynasty, with a small word, was the son of Wang Kuang. At the age of seven, he was good at calligraphy. At the age of twelve, he saw the ancient "Pen Shuo" in his father's pillow and stole it. Father asked: "Why did you steal my secret book?" Wang Xizhi just laughed and didn't answer. Mother said, "Look at Pen Shuo." Father saw that he was young and was afraid that he could not keep a secret. He said to Wang Xizhi, "I'll teach it to you when you grow up." Wang Xizhi sincerely asked his father: "Give it to me now. If I wait until I am an adult, I am afraid I will bury my childhood talents. " Father was very happy and gave it to him. In less than a month, calligraphy has made great progress. After Mrs. Wei saw it, she said to Wang Ce, who was the official of Taichang: "Xi must have read Bi Shuo, the most