According to legend, in Song Renzong's time, in a village in Shenze, there was a family with only a mother and a son. Mother is old and ill, so she can't work. Her son Wang Kuang is thirty years old and hasn't got a wife yet. He lives by selling some grass, and his life is very difficult.
On this day, Wang Kuang went to the north of the village to pull weeds as usual. Inadvertently, he found a seven-inch-long spotted snake in the grass, covered in injuries and unable to move. Wang moved with compassion, took it home, carefully bathed it and coated it with medicine. When the snake woke up, it nodded its thanks to Wang Kuang.
Mother and son were very happy when they saw it, so they quickly made a small Jing basket for it and put the snake in it carefully. From then on, Wang Meng and his mother took care of the snake carefully. The wound of the snake gradually healed, and the body of the snake gradually grew up. It always seemed to talk to them. It's very cute. It adds a lot of fun to the monotonous and lonely life of mother and son.
As the days passed, the king jumped up to mow the grass, the mother kept the house, and the little snake was in the basket all day. One day, the little snake felt bored in the house and climbed into the yard to bask in the sun. Unexpectedly, the snake was exposed to the sun and became thick and long, like a girder. The queen mother screamed and fainted at such a scene.
By the time Wang Meng came back, the snake had returned to the house and returned to its original shape, but he anxiously said to Wang Meng in human language, "I was rude today and scared my mother to death." Take three skins from me, get some weeds, and put them in a pot to make soup for mom to drink. "
Wang Qian said, "No, it will damage your health. Think of another way! " The spotted snake urged, "Never mind, hurry up, I can catch it." . "Wang Qian had to do it with tears in her eyes.
Mom woke up soon after eating the soup. Both mother and son were grateful and puzzled, but neither said anything. Wang jumped back to the scene of putting golden light in the snake basket every night, thinking that this snake was extraordinary.
It is said that Song Renzong doesn't care about state affairs all day, and life in the palace goes on day after day. There is nothing new. He is very boring. If he wants to play the night pearl, he will put up a notice. Whoever can provide one will be rewarded.
The story reached the ears of Wang Kuang. When he came home, he told the snake. The snake pondered for a while and said, "You have been very kind to me these years. You saved my life. You always wanted to repay me, but you never got a chance. Now I can finally do something for you. "
To tell the truth, my eyes are two night pearls. You can dig out one of my eyes and give it to the emperor, so that you can be promoted to a higher position and get rich, and your mother can spend her old age safely. Wang was very happy after hearing this, but after all, he had feelings for snakes and couldn't bear to do it. He said, "It's cruel to do that, and you will be in unbearable pain."
The snake said, "Never mind, I can resist." So the king accidentally gouged out one of the snake's eyes and went to the capital the next day to present the orb to the emperor. Man Wu has never seen such a strange orb and is full of praise. At night, the sphere emits strange light, which illuminates the whole courtyard. The emperor was very happy. He made the king a high official and gave him a lot of gold and silver.
When the emperor saw the sphere, he admired it and took it for himself. Queen Nishinomiya saw it and wanted one, too. As a last resort, Song Renzong ordered to look for the orb again, and said that he would give the position of prime minister to the second person who proposed the treasure. Wang Jiyi, I got the second eye of the snake and offered it. Isn't that mine, Prime Minister?
So he went to the emperor and said he could find another one. The emperor happily gave the Prime Minister to him. Unexpectedly, when Wang Kuang's guards went to get the second eye, the snake refused to give it anyway, saying that he wanted to see Wang Kuang, so Wang Kuang had to come to see the snake himself.
When the snake saw the king, he told him bluntly, "I have given one eye to repay you. You have been promoted and made a fortune. Don't want my second eye." People should not be greedy. "Wang Luan has been possessed by a ghost for a long time, but he won't listen. He said brazenly, "Don't I want to be the prime minister? If you don't give it to me, how can I be?
Besides, I have already told the emperor about this matter, and the official gave it to me. You don't give me a bad ending, you help me! "He insisted on taking the second eye. When the snake saw that he had become so greedy and cruel, it was very angry and said, "All right! You take the knife! But you have to put me in the yard to get it. "
Wang Zao couldn't wait to analyze the snake's words. He agreed, so he put the snake in the sunny yard and turned back to the house to get the knife. When he came out to dig out the treasure, the snake body had become a girder, panting at him with his mouth open, and Wang Zao was scared out of his wits. It was too late to run, and the snake swallowed the greedy man in one bite.
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Version 3:
There is a child named elephant, who likes small animals since childhood and has a kind heart since childhood. He has a mother. One day he adopted an animal like a snake with a matchbox! Over time, the "snake" that was first adopted by Huobei Chai Box is no longer a small thing. It looks like a dragon and can swallow people's momentum. ?
But the snake didn't hurt the elephant, as if it took the elephant as its owner. One day, the elephant's mother was ill, and the doctor said that snake gall was needed to make her better soon. Just as the elephant had a headache, the snake opened its mouth and signaled that the elephant would enter its body to cut the snake's gall.
The elephant entered the snake's body, felt the snake's pain, cut off the snake's gall and cured its mother's illness. But the greedy mother wants to cut the snake's gall again. As a result, when cutting the snake gall, the snake was in unbearable pain, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and swallowed the elephant. The sad snake turned into a dragon and flew into the sky. Wave after wave of voices came: "The heart is not enough."
meaning
Ancient allusions are different from folklore. One is about the greed of snakes-"snakes swallow elephants"; One is that people are greedy, and people are swallowed by snakes-"snake swallowing elephants", which is probably the result of the spread and evolution of oral literature.
There is no need to distinguish between true and false, and it is a metaphor for greed, which will not end well. Educate people to restrain their desires and not make the stars look forward to the moon. As the saying goes, "contentment is always happy." Of course, this sentence is negative and wrong in career, but it has some merits in restraining selfish desires and greed.
References:
The greedy snake swallowed the elephant. Baidu baike