The ass in the lion's skin

An ass once found a lion's skin. He put it on, and walked towards the village. All fled when he came near,both men and animals. The ass felt quite proud. He lifted his voice and brayed, but then everyone knew him. His owner came up and gave him a sound whipping. Shortly afterwards,a fox came up to him and said, "Ah, I knew it was you by your voice."

Replace cattle by sheep

Replace cattle by sheep

In ancient times,To a certain day,it should be held in the Temple in a religious ceremony to
show respect for the devotion of the gods, to seek blessing of the gods, this ritual ceremony
called the "bell ceremony." On that day,they kill a cow or a sheep, then Pray at the front of
desk.?? One day, a person from the city of Qi, he led a cow go through the Palace. At this time,
Qixuan Wang coincided with the entrance hall to see, and ordered it stopped nil, then asked:
"Where are you going to led the cattle?" The man replied: "I would like to led it to honour
gods . " ?? After hear that,looked at the cattle,Qixuan Wang said: "This cow did not blame you,
but to die in vain, that it looked scared tremblingly,I really not have the heart . release it
!" ?? The people said "You really king mercy, then you sacrifice the bell ceremony also
abolished?" "How it can be repealed? "Serious Qixuan Wang, added:"You can with a sheep instead of cattle !
" Meaning:Kill the sheep and cattle were the massacre of life. in fact,to the mercy of cattle
and sheep are the same in nature , can not be merciful. Qixuan Wang for the sheep to cattle but
deceiving game,we can see the virtual.

Quenching Thirst by Watching Plums

Quenching Thirst by Watching Plums

Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms period (220-265) was not only a capable politician in managing state affairs, but also a strategist good at leading troops in going to war.
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　　One summer, Cao Cao was leading his troops in a punitive expedition against Zhang Xiu. It was extraordinarily hot. The burning sun was like a fire, and the sky was cloudless. The soldiers were walking on the winding mountain paths. The dense forest and the hot rocks exposed to the sun on both sides of the paths made the soldiers feel suffocated. By noontime the soldiers' clothes were wet through with sweat, and the marching speed slowed down. Some solders of weak physique even fainted on the roadside.

Seeing that the marching speed was slower and slower, Cao Cao was very worried because he feared that he might bungle the chance of winning the battle. But how could they quicken their speed? Cao Cao at once callde the guide and asked him on the quiet whether there was a source of water nearby. The guide shook his head, saying that the spring water was on the other side of the mountain, which was very far to have to make a detour to reach. Cao Cao realized that time didn't permit them to make such a detour. After thinking for a moment, he said to the guide, "Keep quiet. I'll find a way out." He knew that it would be to no avail to order his troops to quicken the steps. He had a brain wave and found a good solution. He spurred his horse and came to the head of the column. Pointing his horsewhip to the front, Cao Cao said, "Soldiers, I know there is a big forest of plums ahead. The plums there are both big and delicious. let's hurry along, and we will reach the forest of plums after bypassing this hill." When the solders heard this, they immediately slobbered. Picturing in their minds the sweet and sour flavour of the plums, the soldiers felt as if they were actually eating the plums, the soldiers felt as if they were actually eating the plums themselves. The morale greatly boosted, the soldiers quickened their steps a great deal automatically. 　　This story comes from "The Fake Tangery" in Anecdotes of This World by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Dynasties period (420-589). From this story, people have derived the set phrase "quenching thirst by watching plums" to refer to trying to comfort oneself of others by idle dreams.

Look at the nature of things

Look at the nature of things

A craftsman named Jiangshi, he went to Qi, the song came to the House, see a tree growing in the soil near to the temple.Thousands of head of cattle can be covered by the shade of the trees; there is room for trees are thick tree trunks 80 feet higher than the mountain after the branches and leaves can be used to ship the side-issues have more than 10 branches. This strain of the surrounding trees were more than the market as fair. Strangely, Jiangshi has turned a blind eye and ignore. He can not move forward on their way on the foot. Disciples are an eye-opener, but not understand the attitude of the master,catching up with Jiang Shi and ask questions: "we have never met such a good wood since we followed the master learning a craft everywhere, why not value it?" Jiang Shi replied: "Do not boast the tree, it is not brittle trees Kennedy, shipbuilding Shen, the coffin will be done very quickly decay into a pillar will be moth-eaten, the equipment will be labeled will be destroyed, the door will be built out of Pulp pollution ... ... "JiangShi said it devoid of any merit, he think it is the trees that can bccame good material, it is useless that there is such a long life! ?? Meaning:When we look like a strong flashy things often. Look at the issue, observe things can not be fooled by the surface, it is necessary to see through the nature of the phenomenon, otherwise it will make wrong judgments.