wait every day under the tree , in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk(shǒu zhū dài tù)

wait every day under the tree , in the hope that a hare would kill itself by crashing into a tree trunk

There are tillers in Song Dynasty. There is a plant in the field. The rabbit touches the plant and dies by breaking its neck. Because of the release of its Lei and Shou Zhu, Ji Fu rabbit. The rabbit can't be found again, but the Song Dynasty laughs.

Idiom explanation

Plant: the root of a tree exposed to the ground. It refers to the original experience; conservative: narrow experience, not flexible, dogmatic. According to Han Feizi, a farmer in the Song Dynasty saw a rabbit hit a tree root and died, so he put down his hoe and waited beside the tree root, hoping to get another rabbit. [example]: my brother must have been born to serve his country, but he is not of the generation of. Chapter 94 of the romance of the gods by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty

Idioms and allusions

According to Han Feizi, a farmer in the Song Dynasty saw a rabbit hit a tree stump and died, so he put down his hoe and waited by the tree stump every day, hoping to get another rabbit. [example]: my brother must have been born to serve his country, but he is not of the generation of. The ninety fourth chapter of the romance of the gods by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty

original text

There are tillers in Song Dynasty. There is a plant in the field. The rabbit touches the plant and dies by breaking its neck. Because of the release of its Lei and Shou Zhu, Ji Fu rabbit. The rabbit can't be found again, but the Song Dynasty laughs. Now, if we want to take the government of the former king and govern the people of the present time, we should all guard the plant and so on. ——From Han Feizi, five beetles

translation

There was a farmer in the state of song who had a stump in his field. One day, a fast hare ran into a tree stump, broke its neck and died. So the farmer put down his farm tools and stood by the stump day and night, hoping to get another rabbit. However, it was impossible for hare to get it again, and he was also ridiculed by the people of Song Dynasty. Now I want to use the past strategy to govern today's people. It's a mistake of waiting for the hare! 　　

notes

1. Plant: stump. Walk: run. 3. Touch: hit. Break: break. 5. Because: so, it is. Put it down. Lei: a kind of farm tool. Ji: hope. Again, again. 10. Get: get. Body: self. 12. For: be, show passive. 13. Desire: want to use. 14. Bark beetle: moth

Idioms and allusions

It is said that in the Warring States period of Song Dynasty, there was a farmer who worked at sunrise and stopped at the end of the day. In a good year, he just had enough food and clothing. In a famine, he was going to starve. He wanted to improve his life, but he was too lazy and timid. He was lazy and afraid to do anything. He always wanted to meet unexpected wealth. But there has been no windfall, living the same life every day. there will always be some good luck in life. Finally, a miracle happened. One day in late autumn, he was ploughing in the field, and there were people hunting around him. The cry went up and down everywhere, and the frightened little beast ran to death. All of a sudden, there is a rabbit, impartial, a head killed in his field on the root of the tree. He had a good meal that day. From now on, he will not farm any more. All day long, stay at the root of the tree hit by the rabbit, waiting for the next rabbit to hit. [interpretation] the idiom "waiting for the rabbit" refers to the delusion of getting something for nothing, or clinging to narrow experience, not knowing how to adapt.

Special sentences

On the other hand, it is a passive sentence

Classical Chinese Translation

"Neck" and the word of the page. "Neck" refers to the head neck, it is a pictophonetic character, left for sound, right belongs to radical. "Page" originally refers to a person's face, is a pictograph. All the characters belonging to the page are related to the face and neck of a person. Such as: facial expression, forehead, cheek, chin, etc.

enlightenment

We should not stick to narrow-minded experience and stick to conventions.

Main criticism

The narrow way of thinking of personal experience

Reveal the truth

New situations produce new problems, which can only be solved by new methods. Only stupid people can not see the change of facts

Idiom information

Nobody succeeds by sitting around waiting for something to happen. 2. Attistime when the investors are passive before buying again?

Discrimination of words

[antonym] adapt to circumstances, act according to the wind, act according to changes, get rid of the old and bring forth the new, be unconventional, borrow from the slope, etc. [grammar]: serial verb; object and attribute; derogatory meaning [Zhengyin] waiting: not "d à I", but "d à I". [distinguishing form] waiting: can't write "Shi". [distinguishing characters] Zhu: you can't write "pig". [analysis] "waiting for a rabbit" and "carving a boat for a sword" both mean "I don't know how to adapt". But "waiting for the hare" focuses on "keeping" and "waiting for the hare", which describes that people do not make subjective efforts, but only have a fluke mentality, and want to achieve unexpected success; while "carving the boat for the sword" focuses on "carving" and "seeking", emphasizing that although they make subjective efforts, they do not understand the changes of the situation, and do not know how to adapt and take the wrong method.

Scientific explanation

The distance between the rabbit's eyes is relatively large, which is to better find the hunter. But it is difficult for them to see the object in front of them, and they lack binocular vision. In addition, the running speed is fast, so sometimes when encountering the obstacles in front of you, you will not have time to stop or turn and bump into it, which causes the phenomenon of "waiting for the hare".

Chinese PinYin : shǒu zhū dài tù