A snake swallows an elephant when the heart is weak(rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng)

A snake swallows an elephant when the heart is weak

Snake swallowing image is a Chinese phrase with the Pinyin of R é nx ī Nb ù Z ú sh é t ū nxi à ng. It refers to the fact that if one's desire is not satisfied, he will make a snake swallow the elephant; it refers to that if one is greedy, he will be harmed by his own desire.

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[from] Shanhaijing haineinanjing: "Ba snake eats elephant, and its bone comes out at the age of three." Qu Yuan's Tian Wen in the Warring States Period: "what if a snake swallows an elephant?" [example] Luo Hongxian's poem: "if the human heart is not enough, the snake swallows the elephant, and when the world comes to an end, the mantis catches the cicada." ——Zhai Hao's popular edition of birds and fish in the Qing Dynasty is a complex sentence with a derogatory meaning

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Story 1: in ancient times, there was a woodcutter who lived by himself collecting firewood. He was kind-hearted. One day, on his way up the mountain, he saw an injured snake. He was very compassionate, so he took off his clothes and carefully wrapped it up and took it home. After healing the wound, he raised it as a pet. In his spare time, he was a talking object and amused. The snake was also very human. After a long time, he had a good relationship with the snake Also have a certain feeling, more and more reluctant to put back to the wild. as the days went on and the months came on, the snakes grew up gradually. Originally, they were partial to meat, and they ate more and more. The woodcutter felt that he could not afford it. At the same time, he also wanted to start a family. Finally one day, the woodcutter hesitated and said to the snake, "you've grown up, and I can't support you any more. I've found a cave for you. I'll send you there at night. You should learn to eat by yourself, and I'll visit you often." The snake nodded to show that it was willing. After the snake was sent to the cave that night, he gave the snake an agreement to stamp three feet at the entrance of the cave as a sign of coming. The woodcutter soon became a family and continued to make a living by collecting firewood. Indeed, he often visited snakes. Time flies. More than ten years later, the woodcutter's son has grown into an adult. The son inherits his father's business. When the father and son gather firewood together, they often see snakes. After that, the father always tells him the story of himself and snakes over and over again. Seeing that the snake grew up year by year, and the woodcutter was too old to climb the mountain, he handed down the promise of visiting the snake to his son. The stars are turning and the spring is coming. I don't know how many years have passed. The woodcutter's son has a son. The son has a son again, and it's endless. Along with the birth, aging, illness and death of generations, the woodcutter's kindness of saving lives and feeding snakes, and the legend of his family's affinity with snakes, have become a famous legend in all corners of the country. The original promise has become the ancestral precept, and the lucky snake has become a giant Python. Later, when there was a woodcutter's descendant named "Xiang", there was a local rich girl named Qian Jin who had a strange disease. She went everywhere to visit a famous doctor. After a long time of treatment, she was on the verge of dying. One day, a quack doctor came to see the pulse and prescribed a prescription. He said that it was necessary to use four or two pairs of Python liver as a medicine guide to bring the dying back to life. Can save the daughter's life is imminent, where can get this thing for a while? The councillor was very anxious, so he put up a poster in four gates of the city, promising that anyone who could get four or two mang snake livers in three days would cure his daughter's illness. Regardless of age, family size, rich or poor, he would betroth his daughter to him and accompany half of his family property. When the news came to Xiang's ears, "Xiang" had an idea and was overjoyed. When the day of his fortune came, he found Yuanwai's home and made a promise. Then he ran to the cave where the snake lived, stood at the entrance of the cave and chopped off his feet according to the secret signal from his ancestors. When the snake heard it, he pointed out his head, and "Xiang" told the whole story and begged. Snake has long had the idea of gratitude, suffering from no way and opportunity, after listening to it, he nodded without thinking, then opened his mouth, and "elephant" rushed in, found the liver, estimated a knife to cut a piece, suddenly felt a spasm of the snake, then rushed out, saw the snake closed his mouth, clenched his teeth, and said a few words Thanks and apologies, he left the cave entrance to go down the mountain, full of joy, trot to the member's house. Miss Yi's illness finally turned around, and she gradually recovered. She was glad that her daughter-in-law's family was poor, but she matched her daughter's age very well. She not only agreed to the original promise, but also allowed her daughter-in-law to choose the house, field and other properties at will. Soon, she chose a golden day to finish their marriage I have something on my mind. "The former planted trees, the later stopped shade", and "Xiang" became an upstart by virtue of his ancestors' "unintentional planting willows and willows into shade". He had good land, deep houses, mules and horses, cattle and sheep in a circle, servants and maids. His wife got what she wanted and gave birth to a son While seeking thrilling stories in danger, he can't help admiring them, and he himself is very proud of his success in this dangerous move, and he is more confident. "Xiang" fully enjoyed the taste of wealth, but more extravagant hope for higher honor, fame and wealth. it's no coincidence that a book can't be finished. The young princess of that dynasty also got a strange disease, and the imperial doctors in the palace didn't know what to do. They invited a folk doctor into the palace, read it and wrote a prescription, which also needed four taels of Python liver. In a hurry, the emperor issued an imperial edict and posted a list of the emperor throughout the country, saying that if anyone could manage to cure the princess's illness, he would be recruited as his son-in-law, and he would become an official and a marquis, and he would take an important position in the imperial court. "Xiang" happened to be working in the city. When he saw huangbang, he was excited. His desire to gamble again drove him to uncover it without hesitation. The officer guarding huangbang immediately pulled him to see the county magistrate, asked where the person was, and told him that if he failed to do the job within the time limit, he would be guilty of cheating the king. It was no joke, "Xiang" took the liver from his snake belly Ju told the magistrate Xianyao once, then signed the document, pressed the finger and left the county government. On his way home, his legs felt heavy with the shadow of his high spirits. After all, taking liver from the snake's belly was not going to the mountain to collect firewood. If he was rejected by the snake, he would not be able to pay the emperor's errand. It would be a death penalty if he missed the princess's life. He was thrilled and hesitated. After regretting, he knew that it was hard to ride a tiger. So he had to go home with his head in his mouth and hide it from his wife With a knife, he bravely ran to the snake cave on the mountain. When he came to the snake cave, he cut off his three feet as usual, and the snake stuck out his head again. The urgency of desire and the fear of disappointment made him kneel down and cry to the snake for his life. The snake was puzzled. Like a self reproach, the "elephant" revealed the Emperor's list and the content of the list. After telling the consequences of failing to make a difference, he said that the ancestor's life would be better I hope you can see it again for the sake of comforting the ancestors. It seems that he can't help but kowtow three times and beg the snake to say that saving his life is equivalent to saving his whole family. If he is virtuous and boundless, he will be able to achieve good results. The snake knows that if the "elephant" goes down, it will face another severe pain and even the edge of life and death. But it once again remembers the grace of its ancestors to itself. There is no such thing as today. It looks at the "elephant" pitifully begging. In a very contradictory state of mind, compassion and gratitude finally prevail, so it opens its mouth and lets the "elephant" get in. "Xiang" touched the liver as he did last time. He said it was late, but it was fast at that time. As soon as he went down, he quickly turned around and drilled out. As soon as he got to the snake's throat, the snake had a spasm. After convulsion, he took a cold breath, closed his mouth and clenched his teeth. The elephant never came out again. The sudden disappearance of the "elephant" caused a lot of confusion in the family. When people speculated, the officials came to the family. After the truth came out, they had a bad feeling. The family members and their neighbors went up the mountain to look for it without a trace. The final judgment might have been swallowed by the snake. And the classic of persuading the world that "the heart is insufficient and the snake swallows the elephant" has been spread since then. Story 2: it is said that during the reign of song Ren, in a village in Shenze, there were only two people in the family. The mother was old and sick, and she couldn't work. Life was very hard. Her son Wang Wang Wang, 30, didn't get a wife, and lived by selling grass. One day, Wang Wang Wang went to the north of the village as usual to pull the grass. He found a seven inch spotted snake in the grass. It was hurt all over and couldn't move. Wang Wang felt pity and took it home carefully. After a while, the snake woke up and nodded to Wang Wang Wang to express its gratitude. Mother and son were very happy and quickly made it up A small basket, carefully put the snake in, from then on mother and son carefully care, snake wound gradually healed, the snake also grew up, and always like to talk to them, very lovely, mother and son monotonous lonely life added a little fun, day by day, Wang Wang Wang is still mowing grass, mother is still guarding home, the snake in the basket all day. Suddenly one day, the little snake felt bored in the house. He climbed into the yard to bask in the sun. When the sun shone on him, he became thick and long, like a beam. The old woman saw this situation and screamed and fainted. When Wang Wang Wang came back, the snake had returned to the house and recovered to its original shape. He said anxiously, "I'm sorry

Chinese PinYin : rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng