What's the point: Zhuang Zhou is Zhuangzi, and his family was too poor to open the pot, so he borrowed it from the rich river supervisor. In a very concise style, the author depicts the image of a miser, Hou Jianhe, and reveals a truth: when others are in trouble, they should do their best to help them sincerely.

Never just talk big, write empty promises, big talk and empty talk can't solve problems. To solve practical problems, we must have the spirit of seeking truth from facts and a down-to-earth style. The wandering fish (pinyin: hé zhé zhī fù) is an idiom derived from fables, and the relevant allusions of idioms were first found in Zhuangzi Foreign Things.

The original meaning of the dry rut is the crucian carp in the dry rut. Track: rut, the trace of wheel pressure; Squid: crucian carp); Refers to a fish that is about to die of thirst, and also refers to a person in dire need of assistance; Generally, it acts as subject and object in a sentence.

Zhuang Zhou's family was poor, so he borrowed millet from Jianhe Hou. Hou Jian said, "Promise! I'll get a pound of gold, and I'll lend you three hundred dollars, but what? " Zhuang Zhou was angry, saying: Last week, there were people calling from the middle road, and Zhou Gu looked at the rut, but there were fish in it. Zhou asked,' What is evil when the fish come?' Yes:' I, the minister of the East China Sea. Do you have the water to fight and live me?'

Zhou said,' promise, can I swim south to the king of wuyue, and excite the waters of the Xijiang River to meet my son?' The fish angrily said,' I have lost my usual relationship, and I have no place. I have to live with the rising water. That's what you said. You might as well have asked me to stay in the place of dead fish! " (From Zhuangzi's Foreign Things) Later generations refined the idiom "A lonely boat" according to this story.

Idiom moral:

This fable gives a wonderful portrayal to some people who are hypocritical. The poor people who have no food entrance are already in a precarious state. Although they have to promise, the time is far away. The crucian carp, which died without water, asked passers-by for a liter and a half of water, and passers-by readily promised, but there was no hope when the water would come. Let people hope to quench their thirst and draw cakes to satisfy their hunger, which will not solve any problems.

This fable shows that the help people are looking for is concrete, real and sincere, without any sweet words. It is deeply disgusting that from ruin also dresses up his own people with generous and beautiful empty words. When others are in trouble, we should help them sincerely, and it is meaningless to talk empty words, nor can we solve any practical problems.