1 Buy a duck and catch a rabbit

Once upon a time, there was a man who was planning to go hunting but did not know the falcon. He bought a wild duck and went hunting in the wilderness. When rabbits came out in the field, he would release the wild ducks and let them attack the rabbits. The wild duck couldn't fly and fell to the ground. He released the wild duck again, but it still fell to the ground. This was repeated three or four times. The wild duck suddenly waddled up to the hunter and said to the hunter like a human being: "I am a duck. Kill me and eat me. This is my duty. How can I throw the litter away?" "What pain will you bring to me?" The hunter said, "I thought you were a falcon and could catch rabbits, but you are actually a duck?" The wild duck raised his paws to show the man, and said to him with a smile, "Look. Look at my hands, can I catch that rabbit?"

2 Wolf Dogs Catching Rats

There is a man in Qi who is good at identifying the strengths and weaknesses of dogs. His neighbor asked him to find a dog that could catch mice. After a year, the man found one and said, "This is an excellent dog!"

The neighbor kept the dog for several years, but the dog did not catch mice. He told the situation to the man who was good at identifying dogs. The man who was good at identifying dogs said: "This is indeed a good dog. It wants to catch wild animals such as deer, elk, pigs, and deer, not mice. If you want it to catch mice, you have to catch it." "

The neighbor tied up the dog's hind legs. As expected, the dog caught the mouse.

3 Wolf Ambition

A rich family occasionally got two wolf pups, (mixed them with domestic dogs) and raised them, and they got along well with the dogs (nothing happened). A little bigger, but still very tame. I actually forgot that it was a wolf. One day, while I was lying in the living room during the day, I heard a group of dogs whining and barking in anger. I woke up and looked around to see no one. He went to bed again and the dog roared like before, so he pretended to be asleep and waited (observe the situation). Then (discovered) two wolves waited until he was unaware and wanted to bite his throat, but the dog stopped them and prevented (them) from coming forward. Just kill (wolves) and take their skins

4 Zerenwangyan

The geese are patrolling all around. When someone comes, they bark, so that the geese can close their eyes (sleep). The people around the lake, familiar with their affairs, lit fires to illuminate it. The geese on duty were quacking, and the people at the lakeside immediately lowered (and shaded) the fires. The geese all woke up and looked, but there was nothing. This happened three or four times. The group of geese thought that the goose on duty had deceived them, so they pecked it together. Not long after, the people at the lake came forward with a fire. The geese on duty did not dare to call (anymore). The geese had just fallen asleep, and there was no one left behind when they went to catch them.

5 Frightened Birds

Once upon a time, there was a man named Geng Ying, who was a famous archer. One day, when he was not drinking with Wei in the back garden, they He raised his head and saw a flying bird. Geng Ying said to King Wei: "I will perform for you the skill of pulling the bow and making a false shot to make the bird fall." King Wei shook his head and smiled: "Can archery skills reach such a high level?" Geng Ying said: "Yes."

Not long after, a lone goose flew slowly from the east. Geng Ying took a good posture, fully drew the bow string, and shot an arrow. The goose fell in response. Wei Wang couldn't believe his eyes and exclaimed: "Is it true that archery can reach this level?" Yingying Xia Gong explained: "This is a bird with hidden injuries. It was frightened and fell when it heard the sound of the string. It’s not that I’m skilled!” King Wei was even more puzzled: “The wild goose is flying in the sky, how do you know it has hidden injuries?” Geng Ying replied: “It flies slowly and sings loudly because it has been separated from the flock for a long time. The original wound has not healed, and the panic has not been eliminated. As soon as I hear the sound of the string, I suddenly flap my wings and fly high, which instantly affects the old wound and makes it fall down due to pain.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong and Xi Peng once accompanied Duke Huan of Qi on an expedition to the Guzhu Kingdom. When they returned home in triumph, they got lost during the march at night and could not move forward. Guan Zhong said: “The old horse knows the way. "So he let go of the old war horse and let it move forward freely. The whole army followed it, and soon they found the road back to Qi.

While traveling through the mountainous area, there was no more reserve in the army. Water. Xi Peng said: "Ants build their nests in the south of the mountain in winter and in the north of the mountain in summer. If you dig down an inch away from the ant nest, you can dig out a water source." "He ordered people to dig the ground, and springs came out.

With Guan Zhong's sage and Xi Peng's wisdom, they still have to take the old horse and the ant as their teachers, but now people don't admit that they are stupid and don't know how to learn. Isn’t it too much to absorb the wisdom of saints?

7 Old Man Selling Garlic

There is a man named Yang Er in Nanyang County who is proficient in boxing and can carry a bag on his shoulders. Hundreds of people stabbed him with bamboo poles on the grain ship, and all the bamboo poles broke where they hit him. Therefore, Yang Er's reputation was very loud. Yang Er walked around Changzhou with his students, and whenever he taught martial arts in the martial arts field. , a lot of people came to watch.

One day, there was an old man selling garlic. This old man was very old and kept coughing. After seeing Yang Er’s martial arts, he mocked Yang Er. Everyone listened very much. Horrified, someone ran to tell Yang Er.

When Yang Er heard about it, he was furious. He called the old man over and punched the brick wall in front of him. His fist sank into the brick wall for more than a foot. Then he proudly said to the old man: "Old man, can you be like me?" The old man said: " You can hit the wall like this, but you can't hit people." Yang Er became even more angry and yelled: "Old guy, can you let me punch you?" The old man said with a smile. I am an old man who is about to die. If I use my life to fulfill your reputation, I will not be shaken until death." So the two called many people and signed a document in public, asking Yang Er to rest for three days.

Three days later, the old man tied himself to a tree, took off his clothes and exposed his belly. Yang Er rushed towards the old man from ten steps away and punched him. The old man didn't make a sound. He only saw Yang Er suddenly kneeling on the ground, kowtow to the old man and said, "I know I was wrong." Yang Er wanted to pull out his fist, but it was already trapped in the old man's stomach. Unable to move. After Yang Er begged the old man for a long time, the old man pushed his stomach and let go of Yang Er. He saw that Yang Er had already fallen over a bridge. The old man slowly picked up his garlic and left, refusing to tell everyone his name until the end.

8 Wang Xizhi loves geese

Wang Xizhi loves geese by nature. There was an old woman in Kuaiji who raised a goose that squawked beautifully. Wang Xizhi wanted to buy it but failed. So I took my relatives and friends to go watch it. When the old woman heard that Wang Xizhi was coming, she killed the goose and cooked it to serve Wang Xizhi. Wang Xizhi sighed for a whole day. There was also a Taoist priest from Shanyin who raised some good geese. Wang Xi went to see it before. He was very happy and insisted on buying these geese. The Taoist priest said: "As long as you can copy the Tao Te Ching for me, all my geese will be given to you." After Wang Xizhi happily copied the Tao Te Ching, he put the geese in the cage and came back, feeling very happy. Such was his willfulness and frankness. He once went to one of his servants' houses and saw some smooth and clean tables, so he wrote on them, half in regular script and half in cursive script. These words were later scratched out by the servant's father by mistake, and the servant was upset for several days. He once saw an old woman in Jishan, holding a hexagonal fan and asking to buy it. Wang Xizhi wrote five words on each side of the old woman's hexagonal fan. The old woman became a little unhappy, so Wang Xizhi said to the old woman: "As long as it is said to be written by Wang Youjun, it can be sold for one hundred yuan." According to the old woman's words, many people rushed to buy it. Use the fan. Another day, the old woman came again with a fan, but Wang Xizhi smiled but did not answer. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is highly praised by the world, just like this!

9 Hua Tuo Treats Diseases

One day, Hua Tuo was walking on the road and saw a man suffering from a blocked throat. He wanted to eat but could not swallow. His family took him in a car. Go seek medical advice. When Hua Tuo heard the patient moaning, he stopped the car to check on him and told them: "There is a cake seller on the road where I came just now. He sells minced garlic and vinegar. If you buy three liters from the shopkeeper and eat it, the pain will naturally be cured." "They immediately did what Hua Tuo said. After the patient ate it, he immediately spit out a snake-like worm. They hung the worm by the side of the car and went to Hua Tuo's house to thank him. Hua Tuo hadn't returned home yet. His two children were playing at the door. When they saw them, the children told each other: "It seems like they have met our father. The 'disease' hanging on the side of the car is proof." The patient went forward. Sitting down in the house, I saw about a dozen specimens of this parasite hanging on the north wall of Hua Tuo's house.

10 Xue Tan learns singing

Xue Tan learned singing from Qin Qing, but before he could learn Qin Qing's skills, he said that he had finished learning, so he left and went back. Qin Qing did not stop him and held a banquet to see him off on the road in the suburbs; (Qin Qing) played his musical instrument and sang tragically. The singing made the woods on the roadside vibrate and the flying clouds in the sky stopped. Xue Tan (after hearing this) apologized (to Qin Qing) and asked to return (to continue learning singing with Qin Qing), and (from now on) never said anything about going back in his life.

11. The people of Qi grabbed gold

Once upon a time, there was a man in Qi who wanted to get gold. Early one morning, he got dressed and put on his hat, went to the market, walked to the place where gold was sold, grabbed the gold and left. The inspector caught him and asked him: "People are here, how dare you steal other people's gold?" The man replied: "When I grabbed the gold, I didn't see anyone at all, only gold.

12. Meng Mu Jie Zi

Translation: When Meng Ke was a child, he was reciting poems, and his mother was weaving. Little Meng Ke suddenly stopped reciting, and then continued to recite (discovered this. In this case), Xiao Mengke’s mother knew that he had forgotten the contents of the book because of distraction, (so) she called him and asked: “Why did you stop endorsing it midway? "Xiao Meng Ke replied: "I forgot some places in the book, but later I remembered them. "(At this time), Xiao Meng Ke's mother picked up a knife and cut off the cloth she was weaving, using this method to warn him (reading should not be given up halfway). From then on, Xiao Meng Ke no longer forgot the words in the book because of distraction. Content.

13. Liu Po ??made a prompt decision

There was a car carrying urns on Mianchi Road, which was blocked on the narrow road. It was cold and the ice-covered road was steep and slippery. dilemma.

It was getting late, and public and private travelers came in droves, thousands of carriages and horses crowded behind them, helpless. At this time, a traveler named Liu Po ??rushed over and asked, "How much is the urn on the cart worth?" He replied, "Seven or eight thousand." Liu Po ??immediately opened the package, took out the silver, and pushed the urn away. Go to the bottom of the cliff. After a while, the load on the car became lighter and it could move forward smoothly. The convoy behind also shouted and moved forward.

14. Song Taizu angrily accused Song Bai

During the Song Dynasty, Song Bai presided over the imperial examinations, accepted bribes from others, and favored others during the selection process. He was afraid that others would have disputes after the red list was posted, so he first listed the list of successful candidates and reported it to the emperor, trying to excuse himself by pretending that it was the emperor's order. The emperor said to him angrily: "I asked you to preside over the imperial examination. You should decide the list of successful candidates yourself. Why should you report to me? How do I know whether these people are suitable? If the red list is posted and criticized by others, If you criticize me, I will behead you to apologize to the world!" Song Bai was extremely panicked and changed the red list to make it more popular.

15. Give silk as food

Hu Zhi's son Wei, named Bohu. He has had great ambitions since he was a child, attaches great importance to honor and integrity, and has noble character. At that time, Hu Zhi was an official in Jingzhou, and he came from the capital to visit. Life at home was difficult and he had no servants, so he drove his donkey to visit his father. Stayed for more than ten days and prepared to go back. When he was about to leave, his father gave him a piece of silk as a means of transportation on the road. Wei knelt down and asked his father, "My father is innocent. I wonder where he got this piece of silk?" Hu Zhi said, "It's my salary that I use to support you." After asking about the origin of the given silk, Wei accepted it.

16. Going in the opposite direction

A man was driving his car to the north. He told the minister: I want to go to Chu. Go to the country. The minister was a little confused, so he asked: Sir, you want to go to Chu State. Chu State is in the south. Why are you going north? He said: Because my horse is good and can walk very well. The minister said: Although your horse is good, it is not the way to Chu State! He then said: I have a lot of travel expenses, which is enough for me to go a long way. The minister replied again: Although your travel expenses are high, this is not the way to Chu State! He went on to explain: I am very good at driving. It should be fine. After hearing this, the minister still thought he was wrong and told him: Although your horse is good, your travel expenses are high, and your driving skills are high, if your direction is wrong, the better the conditions, not only will you not be able to reach your intended destination, but you will also be unable to reach your intended destination. On the contrary, it will encourage mistakes and waste your efforts in vain!

17. Repaying kindness

When Duke Mu of Qin went out to the palace, he lost his horse. When he went out to look for it himself, he saw that someone had killed his horse and were eating its meat together. . Duke Mu said to them, "This is my horse." These people stood up in fear. Duke Mu of Qin said: "I have heard that anyone who eats the flesh of a fine horse but does not drink wine will be killed." So he gave them wine to drink. Those who killed the horse walked away in shame. Three years later, Jin attacked Duke Mu of Qin and besieged him. Those who used to kill horses and eat their meat said to each other, "It's time for us to repay Duke Mu's kindness with our lives for giving us horse meat, fine wine to drink." Then broke up the siege, and Duke Mu finally survived and defeated Jin. He captured Duke Hui of Jin and came back.

18. The lips are dead and the teeth are cold

In the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Xiang of Jin wanted to expand his strength and territory, so he made an excuse to say that the neighboring Guo (guó) country often invaded the borders of Jin and wanted to He sent troops to destroy Guo State. However, there was a Yu State between the Jin State and the Guo State, and the expedition against the Guo State had to pass through the Yu State. "How can we pass the Yu State smoothly?" Jin Xiangong asked his ministers. Doctor Xun Xi said: "The king of Yu State is short-sighted and greedy for small profits. As long as we give him priceless jade and BMW, he will not refuse to use the road." Duke Xiang of Jin was a little reluctant to part with it, and Xun Xi could see that. Knowing what Duke Xian of Jin was thinking, he said: "Yu and Guo are close neighbors who are closely related to each other. If Guo is destroyed, Yu will not survive alone. Your beautiful jade and horse are just temporarily stored with Duke Yu." Duke Xian of Jin accepted it. Xun Xi's strategy

19. Self-contradiction

There was a man in the state of Chu who sold spears and shields. He praised his shield and said: "My shield is very strong and can be used with any weapon." He praised his spear and said, "My spear is very sharp and cannot penetrate anything." Someone asked him, "What will happen if you use your spear to pierce your shield?" He couldn't answer anything. Originally, an indestructible shield and an indestructible spear cannot coexist at the same time.

20 Articles on Baiyun Mountain

When you watch the beautiful and brilliant clouds, you can appreciate its radiant beauty; when you watch the white clouds floating in the sky, you can appreciate its graceful and colorful colors. The wonderful state of the mountains; when you look at the majestic mountains, you can appreciate their graceful and upright spirit; when you look at the endless sea, you can understand its broad mind. In these heavens, earth, mountains and rivers, you can appreciate the wonderful scenery everywhere. Good article.

Facing the green bamboo, you can taste its modesty and restraint; facing the fragrant chrysanthemum, you can taste its noble character; facing the green pines and cypresses, you can taste its proud and unyielding character; facing the orchid and vanilla, You can taste the intoxicating aroma. It can be seen from here that there are places for us to learn from and learn from everywhere during our sightseeing tours.

21 The Mantis Catches the Cicada

The King of Wu was about to attack Chu and warned his ministers: "If anyone dares to remonstrate, he will be killed!" There was a young palace attendant. , wanted to remonstrate but didn't dare, so he went to the back garden with a slingshot in his arms, and his clothes were wet with dew, and he spent three mornings like this. When King Wu found out about it, he said, "Why did you come here and make your clothes wet like this?" He replied, "There are trees in the garden, and there are cicadas on the trees. The cicadas are singing sadly on the high branches and drinking dew. I don't know that the praying mantis is there. Behind it, the mantis leaned forward to catch the cicada, not knowing that the oriole was beside it. The oriole stretched its neck to peck the mantis, not knowing that there were three pellets in my hand under it. Everyone wants to gain their own benefits, regardless of the hidden dangers behind them!" King Wu said, "You are right!" So he stopped using troops.

22 The Death of a Tiger

Among the wild animals, there is (a kind of) called a zodiac, which is small but good at climbing trees and has sharp claws. The tiger's head was itchy, so he let the zodiac scratch it until a hole was made. The tiger felt very comfortable and didn't feel that his head was scratched. The scorpion slowly took out its brains and ate them. The remaining remnants were presented to the tiger and said: "I got some delicious food by chance. I dare not enjoy it privately, so I will give it to you." The visitor said: "The loyal one is the scorpion." ! Love me and forget your own appetite.” After eating, I haven’t noticed yet. After a long time, the tiger's head became empty and it started to suffer from pain, looking for traces of the scorpion. But the scorpion had already run to the tall tree. The tiger jumped and shouted, then died.

23 Yoshitaka

There was an old man at the foot of a certain mountain. His wife passed away very early, and he only had a daughter far away. The hunter felt sorry for his loneliness, so he gave him a monkey as a gift. The old man liked it very much and treated it like his own son. The monkey follows him every time he goes out. (The monkey) does not need to be chained or led by a rope, but it will not leave him. So five years passed.

One day, the old man died suddenly. The monkey closed the door and ran to the home of the old man's daughter, crying like rain. (The old man's daughter) asked: "Father is dead?" The monkey nodded. (She) then went back with the monkey. The old man had nothing of value and no money to pay for his funeral. So the monkey cried loudly in the village, and the people in the village gave it money to pay for the old man's funeral. The old man's daughter wanted to take the monkey away, but the monkey refused. He still stayed at the old man's former residence and picked fruits for a living every day. Every five days, he cries loudly for the old man, as if to commemorate the old man's kindness in raising him for five years. He looks very sad. In less than three months, he died in front of the old man's grave. The people in the village felt pity for him, so they buried him next to the old man's grave and erected a tombstone for him, which read: Tomb of the Righteous Monkey.

24 Wolf

There was a butcher who was walking on the road at night and was closely pursued by a wolf. There was a shack left by a farmer on the side of the road, so he ran in and hid in it. The evil wolf thrust a paw through the straw curtain of the thatched house. The butcher hurriedly grabbed it to prevent it from being pulled out. But there is no way to kill it. He only had a small knife less than an inch long, so he used it to cut the wolf skin under his claws and blew air into it like a pig. After blowing hard for a while, I felt that the wolf was not moving much, so I tied the blowing mouth with a belt. When I went out to take a look, I saw that the wolf was swollen like a cow. The four legs were so straight that they could not bend back, and the mouth was open and could not be closed, so I carried it back. Who can do this if he is not a butcher?

25 Eels Save the Maid

Gao Huaizhong sells eel noodles at Xiaodongmen in Yangzhou. He killed dozens of eels every day. A maid took pity on him and secretly fished two or three eels out of the tank every night and threw them into the river through the back window. This happened for about a year. One day, a fire broke out in the store. The maid escaped in a hurry and was burned by the fire. She lay very tired by the river and fell asleep in the middle of the night. After waking up, I found that not only the pain was relieved, but the burned area was also much better. The mud from the river accumulated in the wound, and the ground left traces of eels walking on it. Only then did she realize that it was the eel that had been released before that came to save her. Gao Huaizhong was moved by the maid's behavior, so he stopped working, dismantled the furnace, and put all the stones of live eels in stock into the river.

26 The Bird and the Bird

Hui Shi became the Prime Minister of Liang State, and Zhuangzi went to visit him. Someone told Hui Shi: "Zhuangzi came to Liang State and wanted to replace you as prime minister." So Hui Shi was very frightened and searched the capital for three days and nights. Zhuangzi went to see him and said: "There is a kind of bird in the south. Its name is the 铓鹓. Do you know? It takes off from the South China Sea and flies to the North Sea. It's not that the sycamore trees don't live in it, it's not that the bamboo fruits don't eat, it's not that it's sweet and sweet. The spring water was not drinkable. At this time, an owl picked up a rancid mouse, and the falcon flew in front of it. The owl looked up and screamed, "Now you also want to use your Liang Guolai." Scared me? ”

27 Zhao people were infested with rats

A man from Zhao went to Zhongshan to look for cats when his home was infested with rats. The Zhongshan people gave him the cat. This cat is good at catching mice as well as chickens. After more than a month, there were fewer mice and no more chickens.

His son was very worried and said to his father: "Why don't you get rid of the cat?" His father said: "This is what you don't know. What I'm afraid of is mice, not the absence of chickens. If there are mice, there will be If you eat my food, destroy my clothes, pierce my walls, and chew my utensils, I will be hungry and cold. Isn’t the harm greater than not having chickens? Without chickens, it is just not eating chickens. "Yuan, why do you want to drive that cat away?"

28 Three people become tigers

Pang Gong wanted to accompany the prince to Zhao as a hostage. Pang Gong said to the king of Wei: "Now, if someone says there is a tiger in the market, do you believe it?" King Wei said, "I don't believe it." Pang Gong said: "What if two people said it?" King Wei said: "Then I will be confused." Pang Gong said again: "What if the number is increased to three people? Will the king believe it?" King Wei said: "I believe it." Pang Gong said: "It is very clear that there will be no tigers in the market, but when three people said there were tigers, it seemed like there were real tigers." Now Zhao State is much farther from Daliang than we are from the market, and there are more than three people talking about me. I hope you can see clearly. King Wei said, "I know what to do." "So Pang Gong said goodbye and left, and the words about him quickly spread to the King of Wei. Later, the prince ended his life as a hostage, and Pang Gong really could not see the King of Wei again.

29 Wang Weining is addicted to alcohol

Yi Zhenren Wang Weining is good at writing poems and lyrics, and is particularly good at cursive script. The Wang family was rich in wealth and left him tens of thousands of dollars in property. Weining has a bold personality and likes to drink and make friends every day. They all held banquets at home to entertain friends. There was a constant stream of guests, and several tables were often added to the table. Someone advised Wang Weining to make some plans for the future. He replied: "A man should be the master of money when he lives in this world." What about being a slave to money? "After his family fortune was exhausted, Wang Weining had no way to support himself, but he still drank alcohol every day. Some people advised him to make a living by selling calligraphy. He replied: "I don't study calligraphy to make a living!" "One day, Wang Weining was out of wine and felt very uncomfortable, so he went out for a stroll. He walked to the river and saw the setting sun shining on the water, sparkling and extremely beautiful. Weining was overjoyed and said: "There must be a person in the water. A good place, the curious palace of Dragon Palace, may give me joy. "So, he jumped into the water and died like this.

30 Pei Lue praised himself

When Wen Yanbo was serving as the Minister of Civil Affairs, the candidate official Pei Lue was not appointed. So He recommended himself to Yanbo, saying that he was good at sarcasm and banter with proverbs. Yanbo asked him to laugh at the bamboos in front of the hall. Pei Lue said: "Bamboo refuses to wither in the winter months, and refuses to be hot in the summer months. It cannot contain the country's nobles in its belly, and it can't contain its skin." Work on the branches. " He was asked to laugh at the screen wall again, and Pei Lue said: " It is eight or nine feet high and six or seven steps east and west. It is so abrupt that you can sit in the hall and cover the road. Yanbo said: "The ridicule you said seems to be aimed at me." Pei Lue said, "I'm already moving your ribs, not just your arms." "Wen Yanbo felt ashamed and gave Pei Lue the official position.

31 Xun Jubo defeated the enemy with virtue

Xun Jubo went to a distant place to visit his sick friend, and happened to encounter the barbarians coming to attack the city. Friend Said to Ju Bo: "I am about to die, please leave quickly! "Jubo Xun said: "I came from afar to visit you, but you asked me to leave. Is this kind of behavior that corrupts morality for the sake of greed for life and fear of death, is it beyond the capabilities of Jubo Xun? "When the bandits came, he asked Jubo Xun: "As soon as the army arrived, everyone in the city fled. Who are you to dare to stay here alone? Xun Jubo replied: "My friend is sick and I can't bear to leave him. I would rather trade my body for my friend's life!" After hearing this, the thieves said to each other: "We unjust people actually invaded this moral country!" "So the entire army evacuated the small town, and the whole city was saved.

32 Cai Hong went to Luoyang

When Cai Hong came to Luoyang, the local people in Luoyang said to him: "The official office has just been established, and hundreds of people have been sent to Luoyang. Officials are recruiting subordinates, looking for talents from humble backgrounds, and looking for outstanding talents from hermits in the mountains. You are a scholar from the land of Wu and Chu, a person who has subjugated your country. What special talents do you have to participate in the recruitment? Cai Hong replied: "The night-bright pearl does not necessarily come from the Mengjin River; the wall jade does not necessarily come from the Kunlun Mountains." Dayu was born in Dongyi, and King Wen was born in Xiqiang. The birthplace of a sage does not have to be a fixed place. In the past, King Wu attacked King Zhou and moved the foolish people of the Shang Dynasty to Luoyang. Are you the descendants of those people? ”

33 Shi Chong and Wang Kai competed for wealth

Shi Chong and Wang Kai competed for wealth. Both of them used the most colorful and gorgeous things to decorate their carriages, horses and clothes. Jin Dynasty Emperor Wu was Wang Kai's nephew and often helped Wang Kai. He once gave Wang Kai a coral tree about two feet high. This coral tree had lush branches and there were few comparable trees in the world. Shi Chong looked at it. After looking at it, he hit Ruyi with his iron and broke it into pieces. Wang Kai felt sorry for it and thought that Shi Chong was jealous of his treasure. His voice and face were very harsh when he spoke. It’s not worth the regret, I’ll pay it to you now. "So he asked his men to take out all the coral trees in the house. There are six or seven coral trees that are three or four feet high. The trunks and branches are unparalleled in the world and are dazzling. There are even more like Wang Kai. Wang Kai After reading it, I felt lost.

When Wang Xizhi was 10 years old, the general liked him very much and often let him sleep in the tent.

After a while, Qian Feng came in and discussed important matters. He forgot that Wang Xizhi was still in the tent and started talking about his plan to betray the imperial court. After Wang Xizhi woke up and heard the content of their conversation, he was horrified and knew that he had no life, so he spit on his head, face and bedding, and pretended to be asleep. Wang Dun and the others were just halfway through their plot when they remembered that Wang Xizhi hadn't gotten up yet. They were very panicked, fearing that the child would be exposed, so they both said, "We have to get rid of him!" When they opened the curtain, they saw Wang Xizhi's face covered with spit. , believing that he was indeed asleep, so he was saved. He was praised for his intelligence at the time.

35. Wang Xizhi’s wit

Ban Chao has lofty ambitions and does not care about small things. However, he is filial and diligent at home, often working hard in his life, and does not regard labor as a shame. He was eloquent and had a thorough reading of many historical books. In 62 AD (the fifth year of Yongping), his elder brother Ban Gu was recruited as a school clerk. Ban Chao and his mother also accompanied Ban Chao to Luoyang. Because his family was poor, Ban Chao often copied books for the government to earn money to support his family. He was copying for a long time and was exhausted. Once, he stopped what he was doing, threw down his pen and sighed: "If a man doesn't have better ambitions and strategies, he should be like Fu Jiezi in the Zhao Emperor period and Zhang Qian in the Wu Emperor period. How can he be busy with pens and inkstones for a long time when he has made great achievements in a foreign land and won a title? "The people around him laughed at him, and Ban Chao said: "How can you understand the ambition of a strong man?" < /p>

36 Lu Ji Huaiju

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a man named Lu Ji, whose surname was Gongji, and he was from Wujun. His father's name was Lu Kang, who once served as the prefect of Lujiang and was very close to Yuan Shu.

When Lu Ji was only six years old, he would go to Jiujiang to meet Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu took out many oranges and gave them to Lu Ji to eat. Lu Ji secretly put three oranges in his sleeves, and when it was time to say goodbye, he thanked Yuan Shu. Unexpectedly, the three oranges fell from the sleeves to the ground.

Yuan Shu smiled and said, Lu Lang, you came to be a guest, but you secretly hid the owner's oranges, didn't you want to prevent others from laughing at you for stealing the oranges? Lu Ji knelt on the ground and replied, My mother likes to eat these things very much. Because of this, I thought of taking a few back to feed my mother. Yuan Shu was greatly surprised after hearing these words.

37. Su Wu Muyang

Wei Lu knew that Su Wu could not be forced to surrender after all, so he reported it to Shan Yu. The Chan Yu wanted to make Su Wu surrender more and more, so he imprisoned Su Wu and put him in a big cellar without giving him anything to drink or eat. It was snowing, so Su Wu lay down and chewed the snow, swallowing it together with felt wool to satisfy his hunger. He survived for several days. The Xiongnu thought it was magical, so they moved Su Wu to a deserted place by the North Sea and asked him to herd rams, saying that they would not return to the Han until the rams gave birth to lambs. At the same time, his subordinates and his entourage Chang Hui and others were placed in other places. After Su Wu moved to Beihai, food could not be transported, so he could only eat wild fruits stored by wild rats. He used the Han court's talisman festival to herd sheep, holding it when sleeping and getting up, until all the yak tail hairs tied to the festival fell off.

38 King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu

King Xiang of Chu asked Song Yu: "Sir, have you behaved inappropriately? Why don't the scholars and common people praise you?" Jade replied: "Yes, that's the case. There is such a situation. I hope the king will forgive my sin and allow me to finish what I have said. There was a guest singing in the capital. At first he sang "Xia Li" and "Ba Ren", and he followed him in the city. Thousands of people sang with him; when he sang "Yang'a" and "Xie Lu", hundreds of people sang with him in the city; when he sang "Yangchun" and "Baixue", only a few dozen people sang with him in the city; quoted from Business The voice is composed of feathers, mixed with the flowing voice, and there are only a few people in the city who can follow him. It seems that the more elegant the song, the fewer people are singing.

39. Fan Zhongyan is ambitious. Yu Tianxia

Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was two years old, and his family was poor and helpless. He had great ambitions when he was young. He often washed his face with cold water and ate porridge instead of eating. After becoming an official, he often talked about world affairs and worked hard, so that some people were demoted from the official position. He was demoted from the post of deputy governor of Dengzhou. Just maintenance. He often recited two sentences from his works: "A scholar should worry before the world is worried, and be happy after the world is happy." ”

40. At the end of his term, he took up his studies and became a disciple

At the 14th year of Renwei, he bound his hair and became a disciple. He was not afraid of hardships and dangers. It is often said that if a person does not learn, how can he succeed? ? So I would often sit under a tree, make a hut, cut thorns to use as pens, and squeeze out tree sap to use as ink. I would read by starlight at night, and if it was too dark, I would use mugwort to illuminate the places where I had insights. In order to remember it well. Seeing his diligent study, his classmates often lent him clean clothes to wear. When he was dying, he said: If a person is eager to learn, even if he is alive, he will be as good as alive; It's like the walking dead.