Source: The Warring States Policy Chu Ce I written by Liu Xiang in the pre-Qin period.
King Jing Xuan asked his ministers, "I heard that the fear in the north expressed sympathy." What is the truth? " Ministers are right. A couple of ginger said, "A tiger can get a fox, ask for all kinds of animals and eat them. The fox said,' I dare not eat me! Now it is against God's command to let me grow a hundred wild animals to eat me. I don't believe you. I am your son first, and then you are your son. Do you dare not leave after seeing all the animals see me? "
The tiger thought so and went with it; The beast saw it and left. Tigers don't know that wild animals are afraid of themselves, but they think they are afraid of foxes. Today, the king's position is 5,000 miles and 1 million dollars. This is Zhao Qian's shirt. So the fear in the north is also worthy of sympathy. In fact, it is also afraid of the king's armor, just as all animals are afraid of tigers. "
Vernacular explanation: Chu Xuanwang asked his ministers, "I heard that the northern governors were afraid of the sympathy of Zhao Yinxi, the king of Chu Ling. Is this really the case? " No one answered the ministers' questions. Jiang Yi replied, "Tigers look for all kinds of wild animals to eat. Finding a fox, the fox said to the tiger, "You dare not eat me. God sent me to be the leader of animals. If you eat me, it's against God's command. "
If you don't believe me, I'll go ahead, you follow me and see if any wild animals see me and dare not run away. The tiger believed it and left with the fox. When the animals saw them, they all fled. Tigers don't understand that animals run away because they are afraid of themselves and think they are afraid of foxes.
At present, the territory of the King of Qi is 5,000 Li, with an army of 1 million, but T-shirts monopolize power. Therefore, the northern governors are afraid of showing sympathy, but they are actually afraid of the king's army, just like all animals are afraid of tigers. "
Extended data:
The fable of Smith;
Once upon a time, there was a tiger in a cave. Because he was hungry, he ran outside to look for food. When he came to a dense forest, he suddenly saw a fox walking in front of him. It felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so it jumped forward and caught him effortlessly.
But when it opened its mouth to eat the fox, the sly fox suddenly spoke:' Hum! Don't think that you are the king of beasts and dare to swallow me; You know, God ordered me to be king of kings, and whoever eats me will be severely punished by God. "
The tiger listened to the fox with a grain of salt, but he was not surprised when he tilted his head and saw the fox's arrogant and calm appearance. The arrogance of the original posture, I do not know when it has disappeared more than half. Even so, it thought to itself: I am the king of beasts, so any beast in the world will be afraid to see me. And it was originally ordered by the emperor Fengtian to rule us.
At this time, the fox saw that the tiger hesitated to eat, knowing that it had believed his words to some extent, so he stood up more proudly and said,' What, you don't believe what I said? Then come with me now, walk behind me and see if all the wild animals are scared out of their wits when they see me. "
The tiger thought it was a good idea, so he did it. So the fox swaggered ahead and the tiger followed carefully. Not long after they walked, they vaguely saw the depths of the forest, where many small animals were fighting for food, but when they found the tiger walking behind the fox, they couldn't help running in fear.
At this moment, the fox turned to look at the tiger proudly. Seeing this situation, the tiger couldn't help feeling a little scared, but he didn't know that the beast was afraid of himself, but thought he was really afraid of the fox!
The cunning fox succeeded, but his strength was entirely attributed to the tiger, who could threaten animals with a temporary favorable situation. The poor tiger was fooled and didn't even know it.