The following two sentences are: "A tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs; a dragon falls in diving and is teased by shrimps." The following two sentences are: A civet cat is as fierce as a tiger when it is in power, and a phoenix when it lands is not as good as a chicken.
These two sentences come from "Zengguang Xianwen". "Zengguangxianwen" highly summarizes the dark phenomena in many aspects of society and coldly displays them in front of readers. Most of the sentences in "Zengguang Xianwen" come from collections of classics and history, poems, dramas, novels, and literati's miscellaneous notes, and its ideas and concepts come directly or indirectly from Confucian and Taoist classics. "Zengguang Xianwen" is also a collection of proverbs.
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"A tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs; a dragon encounters shallow water and is teased by shrimps" Appreciation of the original text of these two sentences:
In the early Song Dynasty, There was a magistrate who was upright by nature and acted impartially. He was framed and dismissed from office because he offended powerful people. After he returned to his hometown, he paid a visit to the local magistrate Hu County. Magistrate Hu was originally a subordinate of this magistrate and had been criticized a lot by him. At this time, he deliberately wanted to ridicule him, so he hosted a banquet for his old boss and invited two local literati who worked in poetry to accompany him.
After three rounds of drinking, Magistrate Hu suggested reciting poems as a host to cheer up the entertainment, and began to recite a poem first:
"A single Xi is a Xi, add water and read the stream; wipe it with water and read the stream; Go to the stream and the birds will turn into chickens (the traditional form of "chicken" is "鶏"). Birds with wings are as strong as tigers, and phoenixes without wings are not as good as chickens."
The first four sentences are "Qixing". Using the splitting method, different radicals are added to the central word "xi", namely "xi" and "chicken". The last two sentences lead to the original meaning, which is to ridicule the prefects as wingless tigers and phoenixes, but not as good as insignificant birds and chickens.
The prefect knew that the other party was laughing at him, but he had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and mute, suffering in his heart. Seeing the magistrate's embarrassment and embarrassment, A among the guests couldn't help but sympathize with him, so he intentionally helped him out and continued: "Single work is a work, and adding more force is still work; taking away the side force, Adding silk becomes red. People are not as good as a thousand days, and flowers are not as red as a hundred days." Taking the word "work" as the central word, changing its radical form to "gong" and "红" leads to this article, admonishing and enlightening Hu. As a county magistrate, it is better to resolve enemies than to make enemies, and to spare others when possible.
After hearing this, Guest B felt that Person A was just a dog meddling in other people’s business. It had nothing to do with him, so why bother asking for trouble? So he quickly recited a poem:
"Single phase is to read the phase, add water and it will read Hunan; remove the water from the border of Hunan, add rain and it will become frost. Everyone sweeps the snow in front of their own door, and don't worry about the frost on other people's tiles." "
After listening to the chorus of A and B, the magistrate felt more deeply about the harshness of the world at B's admonishment. He sighed and sang a song:
" Shan Qi read it. , add wood and read chess; cut off the side wood and add arrears to read cheating. The dragon swims in the shallow water and is tricked by the shrimp, and the tiger falls flat and is bullied by the dog." The last two sentences express the resentment and injustice in his heart. Not only is the language easy to understand and the images vivid, it is also profound and philosophical. Since then, it has become a famous saying in proverbs and has been passed down to this day.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zengguang Xianwen