There are trees in the garden and cicadas on the trees. Cicada sings and drinks dew, but I don't know mantis is behind! Mantis committed herself to cicada, completely ignoring knowing that yellowbird was around! Yellowbird craned its neck to peck mantis, but didn't know the projectile was under it! All three of them want their former interests regardless of their later interests. "
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Mantis was about to catch cicada, but I didn't know that the yellowbird behind me was about to eat cicada. Metaphor is short-sighted, only seeing immediate interests, but not knowing that future troubles will follow.
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Zhuangzi Samwood: "When you see a cicada, you get a beautiful picture, but you forget its body. When you see it, you will forget its shape. " Different magpies benefit from it and forget the truth when they see the benefits. "Han Han Ying's Biography of Chinese Poetry": "The mantis wants to eat cicadas, but I don't know that the yellowbird is behind, so it pecks at it by its neck. "
There is also this in Shuo Yuan: "There are trees in the garden and cicadas on the trees. The cicada sings and drinks dew, and the story doesn't know that mantis is behind; Mantis makes cicadas, and I don't know that yellowbird is around; The yellowbird craned its neck to peck at the mantis, but did not know that the projectile was under it. All three of them want their former benefits, regardless of their later problems. "
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There is a tree in the garden. There is a cicada in the tree. It's singing and drinking dew. It is very happy, but there is a mantis behind it. Mantis bent down and stretched out his forearm to catch the cicada to satisfy his hunger. How did he know there was a yellowbird behind him? The yellowbird craned its neck to peck at the mantis, but how did the yellowbird know that there was a projectile waiting for it behind it? Cicada, mantis, yellowbird, they all only see the immediate interests and can't see the hidden dangers behind them!
Liu Xiangshuo Jacky Jian
During the Spring and Autumn Period, King Shou Meng of Wu prepared to attack Jingdi, which was opposed by ministers. The king of Wu was very angry and warned at the meeting of ministers: "Whoever dares to stop me from sending troops will be put to death!" " Nevertheless, some people want to stop the prince of Wu from sending troops. A young bodyguard officer in the palace came up with a good idea: every morning, he wandered around the back garden of the palace with a slingshot and bullets, and the dew soaked his clothes and shoes for three days in a row. The king of Wu was surprised and asked, "Why is this?" The guard said, "There is a cicada in the big tree in the garden. It sings and drinks dew, but doesn't know that a mantis is approaching it. " Mantis wanted to catch cicada, but she didn't know there was a yellowbird beside her. And when the yellowbird wants to peck the mantis, how does it know that my projectile has been aimed at it? All three of them only care about immediate interests and can't see the disaster behind them. "The prince was very encouraged, so he cancelled the military action.
"The mantis catches the cicada, and the yellowbird is behind" tells us not to only pay attention to the immediate interests without considering the consequences.
[Edit this paragraph] The original Chinese book for the sixth grade (12) published by Jiangsu Education Press.
The king of Wu prepared to send troops to attack Chu, which was opposed by some ministers. Ministers believe that although the chances of attacking Chu are great, if other vassal States take advantage of it, the consequences will be unimaginable. But the king of Wu stubbornly said, "whoever dares to dissuade me, I will put him to death!" " "
There is a boy who is the servant of the king of Wu. After listening to the ministers' discussion, he tried to convince the king of Wu. But the prince of Wu has given the order to die. What should we do?
The next morning, he walked around the palace garden with a slingshot. He doesn't mind the dew wetting his clothes and shoes. In this way, I turned around for three mornings.
The boy was finally found by the king of Wu. He asked, "What did you do in the garden this morning? Look, your clothes are all wet with dew. "
The boy replied, "tell your majesty that I am shooting birds."
The king of Wu asked, "Did you shoot a bird?"
The boy said, "I didn't shoot birds, but I saw a very interesting thing."
The king of Wu was very interested and asked, "What is this?"
The boy said, "there is a tree in the garden, and there is a cicada on the tree." Cicada is high above, calling leisurely and drinking dew freely, but she doesn't know there is a mantis behind her. Mantis arched and raised his front paws to catch cicadas, but he didn't know there was a yellowbird behind him. "
The king of Wu praised him and said, "You have seen it very carefully! Does yellowbird want to catch mantis? "
The boy went on to say, "yes, the yellowbird craned its neck to peck at the mantis, but didn't know that I aimed at it with a slingshot." Cicada, mantis, and yellowbird are all interested in immediate interests, but they don't care about the hidden disasters behind them! "
After listening to the young man's words, the prince of Wu suddenly realized, and repeatedly said, "Yes! Yes! You are so reasonable! " So I gave up the idea of attacking Chu.
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The king of Wu wanted to cut Jing ①, so he told him about it and said, "Whoever dares to remonstrate with Jing ② will be beheaded!" If a few obedient boys dare not remonstrate, they will swim in the backyard with pills and show their clothes. If so, they will be in danger three times. The king of Wu said, "Come on, son, why are you dressed like this!" " Right: "There are trees in the garden, and there are cicadas on the trees. The cicada sings and drinks dew, and I don't know that mantis is behind. " Mantis committed to take cicada, I don't know yellowbird beside; Yellowbird craned its neck to peck mantis, but didn't know the projectile was under it. All three of them want to get the benefits of the past, regardless of the problems later. "The prince said," good! "It is a soldier to participate in it.