Fighting between snipes and mussels tells the story that snipes and mussels fight for each other and don't give in to each other, but let fishermen profit from it. It warns people to weigh the gains and losses, don't just think about things that are beneficial to them, make concessions to each other, take a step back, and blindly clamp down on each other will often take care of one thing and let others take advantage.

Be a man, learn to be patient, otherwise both sides will benefit only the third party.

I. Original text

Zhao cut Yan, and Su Dai called Yan, saying, "Now I am a minister, and I have passed Yishui. When the clam is exposed, the snipe pecks at its meat, and the clam closes and grips its beak. The snipe said, "If it doesn't rain today, there will be dead mussels tomorrow!" " The clam is also called a snipe, saying,' If you don't come out today or tomorrow, there will be a dead snipe! If the two men refuse to give up, the fisherman will get the bird.

Today, Zhao cut Yan, Yan and Zhao supported each other for a long time, in order to harm the public and fear the benefits of fishermen. So, I hope your majesty is familiar with it! "Hui Wang said," good. "Stop here.

Second, translation?

He said, "I passed Yishui today and saw a clam coming out of the water to bask in the sun. A snipe came to peck at its meat, and the mussels immediately closed and clamped the snipe's mouth.

The snipe said,' If it doesn't rain today, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, it will kill you.' The mussel also said to the snipe,' If you don't take your mouth off today, you will starve to death tomorrow. Neither of them would give up on the other, so a fisherman caught them both together.

Now Zhao is going to attack Yan. If Yanzhao is at loggerheads for a long time, the people will be miserable. I'm worried that the powerful Qin will become a fisherman for nothing. So I hope your majesty will seriously consider sending troops. Zoe Wen Dao: "All right." So he stopped sending troops to attack Yan.

Extended data:

From Liu Xiang's "Warring States Policy Yance II";

"Fighting between snipes and mussels" is an allegorical story told by Su Dai, a counselor during the Warring States Period. At that time, the prince of Zhao wanted to attack the state of Yan. Prince Su Dai told the prince of Zhao that the struggle between Zhao and Yan was just a struggle between snipes and mussels, which was bound to give "the benefit of fishermen."

Today's fable tells people to be alert to the real enemy in the complicated contradictions and struggles.