There was an old man who raised macaques in Song State (now Shangqiu). He likes macaques very much and keeps a large group of them. He can understand the thought of the macaque, and so can the macaque. Therefore, the old man reduced his family's rations to satisfy the desire of macaques. But soon, the family was short of food. He wanted to limit the number of macaques who ate acorns, but he was afraid that macaques would be angry and not listen to him, so he lied to macaques first. Many macaques jumped when they heard this. After a while, he said, "I'll give you four acorns in the morning and three in the evening." Is that enough? " Hearing this, the macaques all fell down happily and obeyed the old man happily.

Truth: A person should have an ideal, a clear goal, keep moving forward, and never chop and change, as that will accomplish nothing.

Worried about the sky

Once upon a time in the state of Qi, there was a man who was timid and a little neurotic. He often thinks of some strange questions, but

It makes people feel inexplicable.

One day after dinner, he sat at the door with a big cattail leaf fan and assessed his future, saying to himself:

"If one day, the sky falls, what should I do? We have no way out, we will only be crushed to death alive.

Is it too wrong to die? "

Since then, he has been worried about this problem almost every day, and his friends have seen him in a trance all day long and his face is haggard.

Worried about him, but when everyone knew the reason, they all came to persuade him to say:

"Dude! Why bother yourself about it? How can the sky fall? Said that even if it did fall,

That can't be solved by you alone. Relax! "

However, no matter what others say, he doesn't believe it and is still worried about this unnecessary problem.

Reason: Its main meaning is to awaken people not to worry about some unrealistic things. It has roughly the same meaning as "much ado about nothing"

Iron pestle grinding needle

Li Bai, a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, didn't like reading when he was a child. He often plays truant and wanders in the street.

One day, Li Bai did not go to school again. He wandered about the street, looked around and unconsciously arrived outside the city. Warm sunshine, cheerful bird songs and flowers swaying in the wind made Li Bai sigh: "How boring it is to study in the house all day in such good weather?"

Walking, at the door of a shabby hut, sat a white-haired old woman grinding an iron pestle as thick as a stick. Li Bai went over and said, "Old woman, what are you doing?"

"I'm going to grind this iron pestle into an embroidery needle." The old woman looked up and smiled at Li Bai, then lowered her head to continue grinding.

"Embroidered needle?" Li Bai asked again, "Is it an embroidery needle for sewing clothes?"

"Of course!"

"But, the iron pestle is so thick, when can it be ground into a fine embroidery needle?"

The old woman asked Li Bai, "A drop of water can pierce a stone, but a fool can move a mountain. Why can't an iron pestle be ground into an embroidery needle?"

"But, you are so old?"

"As long as I work harder than others, nothing is impossible."

Li Bai was ashamed of what the old woman said, so he never played truant after he went back. He studied very hard every day and finally became an immortal poet.

Truth: No matter what you do, you will succeed as long as you have perseverance. Many things happen. If our children are serious, diligent and persistent in their studies, it is no problem to get good grades.

make an overall judgement of sth. on the basis of one-sided viewpoint

According to ancient Indian Buddhist scriptures, there was a small country in ancient India, and its king was called King of Mirrors. He believes in Sakyamuni's Buddhism and prays to the Buddha every day. He is very pious. However, there were many magical witchcraft in China at that time, and most of his subjects were confused by his preaching, which was not conducive to the governance of the country. King Jing wanted to convert his subjects to Buddhism, so he came up with an idea: using the blind.

The messenger went into the palace and reported to the mirror king, "Your Majesty, the blind man you ordered has been taken to the front of the temple." King Mirror said, "You will lead the blind to the elephant garden early tomorrow morning, so that each of them can only touch one part of the elephant's body, and then take them to the square in front of the palace immediately."

The next morning, King Jing called all the ministers and tens of thousands of civilians to gather in the square in front of the palace. People are whispering, and no one knows what important things the king is going to announce. Soon, the messenger led the blind man to the high seat of the king of mirrors, and the people in the square suddenly became quiet. The mirror king asked the blind man, "Have you all touched elephants?" The blind people said in unison, "I touched the elephant!" " "The mirror king added," Each of you tell me what an elephant looks like! "The blind man who touched the elephant's leg first stood up and said," Tell the enlightened monarch that the elephant is like a vat full of paint. " The blind man touching the elephant's tail said, "Your Majesty, elephants should be like brooms." The blind man who touched the elephant's belly said, "Your Majesty, elephants are really like drums." Later, those who touched the elephant's head said that the elephant was like a big spoon, those who touched the big ivory said that the elephant was like a horn, and those who touched the back of the elephant's tail said. Anyone who touches an elephant's ear says that an elephant is like a dustpan. Finally, the blind man touching the elephant's nose said, "wise king, the elephant is really like a thick rope." A group of blind people are divided into several groups, arguing and arguing, saying that they are right and others are wrong. They came to argue with Wang Qian again, "Your Majesty! The elephant is really like what I said! " At this time, the subjects present laughed at this, and the king of mirrors looked at all and smiled meaningfully.

Truth: Tell us that we can only make random guesses and make comprehensive judgments based on one-sided understanding or partial experience.

Water droplets penetrated the stone.

In the Song Dynasty, Zhang Guaiya served as county magistrate in Chongyang. At that time, it was common for soldiers to abuse generals and small officials and invade officials. Zhang Chengya thinks this is an abnormal thing and is determined to rectify this phenomenon.

One day, he was patrolling near the yamen. Suddenly, he saw a small official coming out of the vault in a panic. Zhang Chengya stopped the little official and found a penny hidden under his turban. The little official hesitated for a long time before admitting that he stole it from the government forces. Zhang Chengya took the little official back to the lobby and ordered him to be tortured. The little official was not convinced: "A penny is nothing! You can only hit me, not kill me! " Zhang Chengya was furious and sentenced: "One yuan a day, a thousand a day, a rope saw firewood, a drop of water wears away the stone." In order to punish this behavior, Zhang Chengya beheaded the little official in class.

Truth: The idiom "a drop of water wears away a stone" is used to mean that a small mistake will become a big one if it is not corrected. Now it means that as long as you persist, you can always get things done.

make a notch on the side of a moving boat to indicate where one's sword has dropped―take measures without regard to changes in circumstances

During the Warring States Period, a Chu man crossed the river by boat. When the boat reached the center of the river, he accidentally dropped a sword he was carrying into the river. He had no time to catch it.

The people on board felt very sorry for this, but the Chu people seemed to have planned it long ago. He immediately took out a knife, carved a mark on the ship's side, and said to everyone, "This is where my sword fell into the water, so I want to carve a mark."

Although no one understood why he did it, they stopped asking him.

After the ship landed, the Chu people immediately launched in the marked place on the ship to catch the fallen sword. After fishing for a long time, there was no sign of the sword. He felt very strange and said to himself, "Didn't I drop my sword here?" I carved a mark here. How can you not find it? "

At this time, the people on the boat smiled and said, "The boat has been moving, but your sword has sunk to the bottom of the water. How can you find your sword? "

In fact, after the sword fell into the river, the ship continued to drive, but the sword would not move again. It is foolish and ridiculous to look for that sword like him.

Truth: The story of "carving a boat for a sword" shows that things in the world are always changing or moving.