The original text and translation of the struggle between snipe and mussel

The original text and translation of the struggle between snipes and mussels are as follows:

Ye Zhao attacked Yan, and Su Daiyan said to him, "I have been to Yishui today. When the clam is exposed, the snipe pecks at its meat, and the clam closes and grips its beak. The snipe said, "If it doesn't rain today, there will be dead mussels tomorrow!" " The clam is also called a snipe, saying,' If you don't come out today or tomorrow, there will be a dead snipe! If the two men refuse to give up, the fisherman will get the bird. Today, Zhao cut Yan, Yan and Zhao supported each other for a long time, in order to harm the public and fear the benefits of fishermen. So, I hope your majesty is familiar with it! "Hui Wang said," good. "Stop here.

Zhao was going to fight in Yan State, and Su said to King Hui on behalf of Yan State: "Today, I passed by Yishui and saw a clam coming out of the water to bask in the sun. A snipe came to peck at the meat of the mussel, and the mussel immediately closed its mouth and clamped it. The snipe said,' If it doesn't rain today, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, it will kill you.' The mussel also said to the snipe,' If you don't take your mouth off today, you will starve to death tomorrow. The two did not give way to each other. As a result, a fisherman caught the snipe and the clam together.

Now Zhao is going to attack Yan. If Yan and Zhao are at loggerheads for a long time, and the people are miserable, I am worried that the powerful Qin will become a fisherman who gets something for nothing. So I hope your majesty will seriously consider sending troops. Zoe Wen Dao: "All right." So he stopped sending troops to attack Yan.

Brief introduction of author Liu Xiang

Liu Xiang (77 BC-6 BC), formerly known as Liu Gengsheng, was born in Fengyi, Pei County (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province). Imperial clan minister and litterateur in Han Dynasty, great-grandson jiao (half-brother of Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty), son of Hou of Yangcheng, father of Confucian scholar Liu Xin, and originator of China Bibliography.

Enter the official position with the shadow of the door and start a career. When Xuan Di proclaimed himself in the Han Dynasty, he gave advice to doctors and things. Emperor Han Yuan acceded to the throne and granted Zong Zhengqing. Gong Hong and Shi Xian, who opposed eunuchs, were imprisoned for their crimes and were exempted from being Shu Ren. After Emperor Cheng of Han ascended the throne, he became a doctor of Guanglu, renamed Xiang, and became an official, known as Liu. In the first year of Jianping, he was 72 years old.

He was appointed to lead the school secretary, and his catalogue was the earliest open catalogue of books in China. Today, there is a new preface, a story, a female biography, a Warring States policy and the Five Classics. Edit the Songs of the South, and jointly edit Shan Hai Jing with his son Liu Xin. Prose mainly recites and arranges ancient books. The famous ones are You Jian Ying Chang Ling Shu and A Narrative of Warring States Policy, which are characterized by simple narration, fluent theory and ease, and their works are included in Six Sons Ji Zheng.