2 1. When the King of Wu wanted to attack the State of Chu, he warned the ministers around him: "Whoever dares to remonstrate, let him die!" There was a man named Shaoruzi, who wanted to remonstrate but didn't dare. He went to the back garden with a slingshot, and his clothes were wet with dew, so he spent three mornings. When the king of Wu knew it, he said, "Why did you get your clothes wet?" The little boy replied, "There are trees in the garden and cicadas on them. Cicada groaned on the high branches, drinking dew, but didn't know mantis was behind. Mantis leaned down to catch cicada, but didn't know that yellowbird was beside him. The yellowbird sticks out its head and neck to peck at the mantis. I didn't know there was a projectile in my hand under it. All three are for their own interests, regardless of the hidden disasters behind them! " The king of Wu said, "You are right!" So he stopped fighting.
22. Among the wild animals, there is a kind called Lin, who is small, good at climbing trees and has sharp claws. When the tiger's head itches, it stops scratching. There is a hole. The tiger is very comfortable and has no feeling of scratching. Lin slowly took its brains to eat, and gave the rest to the tiger, saying, "I accidentally got some delicious food, but I dare not enjoy it privately." The visitor said, "Loyalty is the forest! Love me and forget your appetite. " I haven't noticed. After a long time, the tiger's head was empty, and the pain occurred, looking for traces of Lin. Lin has run under that big tree. The tiger jumped up and shouted to death.
23. There is an old man in the corner of a mountain. My wife died a long time ago, and only one daughter is far away. The hunter felt sorry for his loneliness, so he gave him a monkey. The old man likes it very much and regards it as his own son. Every time he goes out, the monkey follows him. He doesn't need a chain or a rope, but he won't leave him. So five years have passed. One day, the old man died suddenly, and the monkey closed the door and ran to the old man's daughter's house, crying like rain. (The old man's daughter) asked, "Father is dead?" The monkey nodded his head. So she went back with the monkey. The old man has nothing of value and no money for his funeral. So the monkey cried in the village, and the villagers gave him money for the funeral of the old man. The old man's daughter wanted to take the monkey away, but the monkey refused, still guarding the old man's former residence and picking fruits for a living every day. Cry for the old man every five days, as if to commemorate the kindness of the old man who raised him for five years. He looks very sad. So he died in front of the old man's grave in less than three months. People in the village felt sorry for him, so they buried him next to the old man's grave and set up a tombstone for him, which read: Tomb of the righteous monkey.
24. A butcher came home at night, and the meat in his burden had been sold out, leaving only bones. I met two wolves on the road and followed them for a long time.
The butcher was afraid and threw the bone to the wolf. A wolf got a bone and stopped. Another wolf is still following him. The butcher threw the bone to the wolf again, and the wolf who got the bone behind stopped, but the wolf who got the bone in front came again. The bones have been thrown away. But the two wolves chased the butcher together as before. The butcher was embarrassed and anxious, and I was afraid that he would be attacked by wolves. The butcher saw a threshing floor in the field. The owner of the threshing floor piled firewood in the threshing floor and built a hill. The butcher then ran over, leaned over the pile of firewood, put down the burden and picked up the butcher's knife. The two wolves dared not go forward and stared at the butcher. After a while, one wolf went straight away, and the other wolf squatted in front of the butcher like a dog. After a long time, the wolf's eyes seem to be closed, and it looks very leisurely. The butcher jumped up suddenly, cut off the wolf's head with a knife, and killed the wolf with a few knives. The butcher just wanted to leave, but he turned and saw the back of the firewood pile. Another wolf is digging a hole in the firewood pile, intending to drill a hole to attack the butcher's back. The body has gone halfway, showing only the ass and tail. The butcher cut off the wolf's thigh from behind and killed the wolf. The butcher realized that the wolf in front pretended to sleep, which was originally used to lure the enemy.
The wolves were too cunning, but after a while, both wolves were killed. How deceptive can animals be? It's just a joke.
25. Gao Huai Middle School sells eel noodles in Xiaodongmen, Yangzhou. He kills dozens of eels every day, and one of his maids sympathizes with him. Every night, she secretly fished out two or three eels from the water tank and threw them into the river through the back window. It took about a year. One day, a fire broke out in the shop, and the maid ran away and was injured by the fire. She was very tired and lay by the river until midnight. After waking up, I found that not only the pain was relieved, but also the burned area was much better. Sludge in the river accumulated in the wound, leaving traces of eels walking on the ground. Only then did she know that it was the eel that had been released before to save her. Gao Huai was moved by her handmaid's behavior, so she stopped working, dismantled the stove and put all the live eels into the river.
26. Hui Shi is the prime minister of Liang, and Zhuangzi visited him. Someone said to Hui Shi, "Zhuangzi came to Liang and wanted to be the prime minister instead of you." So Keiko was afraid and searched for three days and nights in China. Zhuangzi went to see him and said, "There is a bird in the south. Its name is Guixiao. Do you know that?/You know what? This young heron set off from the South China Sea and flew to the North Sea. It's not that plane trees don't live, that bamboo doesn't eat, and that spring doesn't drink. Just when the owl caught the rotten mouse, the bird flew over, looked up at the bird and said, "Scare!" " . Now do you want to' scare' me as Prime Minister Liang? "
27. Zhao had a rat attack. He went to Zhongshan to ask for a cat, and the people in Zhongshan gave him a cat. Cats are good at catching mice and chickens. For more than a month, the mouse lost all the chickens. His son thinks cats are evil and tells his father, "Why not get rid of cats?" His father said, "This is not what you understand. I'm worried about mice, not chickens. With a mouse, it will steal my food, destroy my clothes, pierce my walls, destroy my utensils, and I will starve and freeze. Don't worry about no chicken! If there is no chicken, it will be over if you don't eat chicken, which is far from starving and freezing. How can you drive the cat away like this! "
28. Pang Cong, Minister of Wei, will accompany Wang Wei to Zhao as a hostage. Before he left, he said to Wang Wei, "Now someone says there are tigers in the market. Can you believe it? " Wei Wangdao: "I don't believe it." Pang Cong said, "If a second person says there are tigers in the market, can your majesty believe it?" Wei Wangdao: "I have some doubts." Pang cong added, "if a third person says there are tigers in the market, will your majesty believe it?" Wei Wangdao: "Of course I will believe it." Pang Cong said: "It is clear that there will be no tigers in the market, but after three people said it, it seems that there really are tigers." Now Handan, the capital of Zhao, is far away from the capital of Wei, much farther than the market here, and there are more than three people who say that I am. "I hope your majesty can see it clearly." Wei Wangdao: "I know everything myself." Pang Cong accompanied the prince back to China, but Wang Wei didn't summon him again.
29. Real Wang Weining is good at writing poems and lyrics, especially cursive script, which is very subtle. The king's ancestral property left him tens of thousands of possessions. Weining is generous and likes drinking and making friends. Every day, I will hold a banquet at home to entertain my friends. Guests come and go in an endless stream, often adding several tables. It is suggested that Wang Weining make some plans for the future. He replied, "A gentleman who lives in the world should be the master of money. How can he be a slave to money? " After his wealth ran out, Wang Weining couldn't support himself, but he still drank a lot of wine every day. Others advised him not to sell words for a living. He replied, "I don't learn calligraphy for a living!" " "One day, Wang Weining was out of wine and felt very uncomfortable, so he went out for a walk. He walked to the river and saw the sunset shining on the water, sparkling and beautiful. Weining was overjoyed and said, "It must be a good place in the water. The exotic customs of the Dragon Palace may give me joy. " So he jumped into the water. So he died.
30. When Wen Yanbo was appointed assistant minister of the official department, the candidate officer Pei was not appointed. So I recommended myself to Yan Bo, saying that he was good at satirizing and joking with common sayings. Yan Bo asked him to laugh at the bamboo in front of the hall. Pei said, "Bamboo is not withered in winter and the moon is not hot. There is no room for China people in the stomach, so there is no need to work outside the skin. " Let him mock the screen wall again, and Pei said, "It's eight or nine feet high, six or seven steps from east to west, and it's not enough to cover the way." Yan Bo said, "It seems that your sarcasm is directed at me." Pelliot said, "It's already moving your ribs. It's not just hurting your arm. " Wen Yanbo was ashamed and gave Pei a job.
40. At the end of the semester, I took up the post of teacher.
At the end of his term, 14 years old, he worshipped many teachers with his book box on his back, not afraid of difficulties and obstacles. He often said, if people don't study hard, why can they achieve something in the future? He is poor and homeless, and sometimes he has no place to live. He just built a straw shed under the tree, cut the thorns into pens, and used tree juice as ink.
Read in the moonlight at night, and order hay and miscellaneous wood when there is no moon. On weekdays, as long as I have experience in reading, I write my experience on my clothes. People who study with him admire his efforts. In order to study what he wrote, they often take turns to use clean clothes.
Exchange clothes with him. He does not read the works of ancient sages. When he died, he warned his descendants: "If a person studies hard all his life, he will still be alive even if he dies;" If you don't study, even if you are alive, you can only be considered a walking corpse. "
4 1. Yan Shu said
Once upon a time, someone wrote a letter to Yan from Ying, the capital of Chu. When I wrote it at night, the light was not bright enough, so I said to the servant with the candle, "Take the candle." . As a result, I unconsciously wrote the word "holding a candle" in my letter. Xiang Yan was very happy to see the word "holding a candle" in the letter and said.
"Holding a candle" means advocating honesty. To implement the Qingming policy, we should recommend talents to take on heavy responsibilities. "Xiang Yan told the prince this meaning, and the prince was very happy, so he did. Therefore, Yan is well managed. The country is well governed, but this is not the original intention of the writer.
42. Don't eat and steal food.
In the East, there was a man named Jingjing. He was going to a far place, but he was starving on the way. There is a robber named Qiu in father fox's residence. Seeing him lying on the ground with hunger, I brought him some soup to eat. After three bites, I can see with my eyes.
Seeing Qiu, he asked, "What do you do?" Qiu replied, "I am a lonely person. My name is Qiu." Jing Jing said, "Ah, aren't you a robber? Why are you still feeding me? I'm a benevolent man, and I won't eat the food you robbers send me! " Go ahead,
He threw up on the ground with his hand, but he couldn't spit it out. His throat cackled and he died.
43. Alley Ferry Man
In the winter of Gengyin, I wanted to enter Jiaozhou through a small path and let my little servant (the youngest) tie books with wooden slips. At this time, the sun is setting, and the sunset glow permeates the treetops. It is rumored that there are still more than two miles in Jiaozhou. So I asked the ferryman, "Can you catch up with the south gate?"
Really? "The ferryman looked at the little slave carefully and replied," Slow down, it's still open; Let's go and turn it off. "I'm not happy to play such a joke (with him). Halfway through the run, the little slave fell down, the rope that tied the book broke, the book collapsed and the little slave cried.
Get up at once. Put the books in order and tie them up, but the south gate is locked. I was suddenly enlightened, thinking about the truth that ferrymen are shallow and close. ..... (still can't find it).
44. Do three things at once.
During the reign of Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu, the palace caught fire. At that time, Ding Wei Song Dynasty presided over the reconstruction of the palace (which required brick burning), and was troubled by the long distance of land acquisition. In Song Dynasty, Ding Wei ordered to borrow soil from the street, and a few days later it became a grand canal. So the Bianhe River was dug into a canal, and the materials transported by water all over the country passed through the Bianhe River.
And the canal leading to the palace gate. After the reconstruction work was completed, the abandoned rubble was used to fill the canal, which became a street again. Doing one thing and completing three tasks can save hundreds of millions of dollars.
45. Everything has advantages and disadvantages.
Go to Qi to cross a big river. The boatman said, "The river is too shallow for you to cross by yourself. How can you do something that makes the king of Qi happy? " ? "Wu said no, you don't know the truth. Everything has advantages and disadvantages; honest
Do things carefully and defeat the enemy without fighting; Good horses like Miracle and Yan Yan can walk thousands of miles a day, but it's worse to leave them at home to catch mice than kittens. A good officer can be famous all over the world. Artisans are not as good at logging as loggers, but now they are rocking their boats in the river and entering.
Retire to freedom, I am not as good as you, lobbying those monarchs, and you are not as good as me.
Consideration of
Jia Dao went to the capital Chang 'an for the first time to take the imperial examination. One day, he rode on the donkey's back and sang a poem: "It was silent in the middle of the night, birds perched on the branches by the pond, and at night, under the moonlight, monks knocked on the door of the temple." At first I wanted to use the word "push", then I wanted to use the word "knock", and I did.
Thinking about words, I couldn't decide which word was more beautiful and vivid, so I chanted on the donkey's back and kept reaching out and gesticulating "push" and "knock". At this time, the official assistant minister and Jing Han passed by here and collided unconsciously with the third guard of Jia Dao.
. The entourage brought Jia Dao to Jing Zhao Yin and Han Yu, and Jia Dao explained his poems one by one. Han Yu reined in for a long time and said to Jia Dao, "It is better to use the word' knock'." So he rode back to the house side by side with Jia Dao. For a long time, neither of them.
Although Han Yu is a senior official, he became friends with Jia Dao, a civilian poet.
47. Look at each other
During the Three Kingdoms period, Monroe of Soochow was a very learned person. After Zhou Yu's death, he succeeded as commander-in-chief of Soochow. Design defeated Guan Yu of Shu Han and sent Pan Zhang to kill Guan Yu, who died soon. Lv Meng was originally a person who didn't want to work hard, so he didn't work hard.
What knowledge? When Lu Su met him, he didn't think there was anything to recommend. Later, I met him again and saw that he was completely different from before, so powerful. When it comes to military issues, he seems very knowledgeable, which surprised Lu Su. "He joked with a smile
Now, you are so knowledgeable, brave and resourceful that you are no longer the Amon of Wu. Lu Meng replied: "People should be treated differently after three days!" Monroe's words, the original text is "Don't wait for three days, scratch your eyes and be kind to each other." Later, people used the phrase "farewell for three days"
Words, to praise people's rapid progress soon after leaving.
48.knowledge
A wise monarch does not see everything, but understands what a monarch should be in charge of. A skilled monarch should not do everything himself, but should be familiar with the gist of officials. Be familiar with the essence of officials, so save trouble and govern the country. Knowing what the monarch should be in charge of can centralize power and stop rape. Stop rape
Then the chatterbox won't come and the truth will be clear. The truth has not been whitewashed, but it can be revealed. This is called Zhi Zhi.
49. Five Analects of Confucius
Ceng Zi said, "I have to reflect on myself many times every day. Do I try my best to do things for others? Is it honest and trustworthy to associate with friends? Have you reviewed what the teacher taught you? "
Confucius said, "A gentleman is not worried about not having enough to eat, not worrying about being uncomfortable, being diligent in his work, and being cautious in his words. It can be said that he is eager to learn.
Confucius said, "I'm not worried that others don't understand me. I'm worried that I don't understand others."
Confucius said, "I started studying at the age of fifteen, and I can stand on my own feet at the age of thirty. Forty years old, I am not confused about something. At the age of fifty, I understood what fate was. At the age of sixty, I can listen to different opinions. At the age of seventy, I can do whatever I want without overstepping the bounds. "
Confucius said, "A gentleman speaks carefully and acts quickly."
50. exhortation
The character of a person with both ability and political integrity is cultivated by inner peace and concentration, and by frugal style. If you don't look down on worldly fame and fortune, you can't define your ambitions, and you can't realize your lofty ideals without physical and mental peace. You must concentrate on your studies,
You must study hard to increase your talents. If you don't study hard, you can't increase your intelligence. If you don't have a clear ambition, you can't achieve anything in your study. Pursuing excessive pleasure and laziness can't cheer up the spirit, and frivolous temper can't cultivate temperament. Over time, the will wears away with the passage of time, and finally it is useless to society like dead branches and leaves. What's the use of sighing in your own small world?