Mencius' mother moved three times
Mencius' mother moved three times for him to have a good study environment.
The pot is black, and the pot is black.
During the Warring States period, the vassal states all adopted the strategy of uniting the horizontal, making distant friends and attacking near.
This war has been going on for many years, and people all over the world have suffered greatly. Mencius saw it and decided to travel around the world to persuade the belligerent monarchs. Mencius came to Liang and met the belligerent Liang Huiwang. Liang said to Mencius: "I tried my best to govern the country and care for the people, but I didn't see the increase of the people." What is the reason? "
Mencius replied: "I will take war as an analogy!" When the armies of the two sides meet on the battlefield, it is inevitable that there will be a war. As a result of the battle, the defeated party will inevitably abandon its helmet and armor and flee for life. If a soldier runs slowly and only runs 50 steps, he will laugh at the soldier who runs 100 step because he is afraid of death. "
Mencius finished the story and asked Liang, "Is this right?" Liang immediately said, "Of course not!" Mencius said, "Although they love the people and like to use troops, the people will suffer. This is the same as fifty steps. "
Idioms refer to people who laugh at a small defeat. As a metaphor, "pot calling the kettle black" has different degrees, but the essence is the same.
One day in the sun and one day in the cold-work hard for one day and do nothing for ten days.
During the Warring States period, a hundred schools of thought contended and lobbied vigorously. The average lobbyist is not only knowledgeable, but also has profound and vivid metaphors to satirize and persuade the rulers, which is the most prominent. Mencius was also a famous debater.
In Mencius and Gaozi, there is such a record:
Mencius was dissatisfied with Qi Wang's fatuity, lack of perseverance and credulity of slanders, so he said to him rudely, "Qi Wang is so unwise. Although there is a living creature in the world, you expose it to the sun for one day and freeze it in a cold place for ten days. It's still alive there! "
My time with the king is very short. Even if the king has a little determination to be good, as soon as I leave you, those traitors will come to trick you again, and you will listen to them. What should I do? "
Based on this, he made a vivid analogy: "Playing chess seems trivial, but if you don't concentrate, you won't win if you don't learn well. Qiu Yi is the best chess player in the country. He taught two apprentices, one devoted himself to listening to Qiu Yi's guidance everywhere; The other is always afraid that a big swan will come and prepare to shoot the goose with an arrow.
Both apprentices were taught by a master and studied together, but the latter's grades were far from each other. This is not the difference of their intelligence, but the degree of concentration; "This is a very instructive story. If we want to learn something and do it well, we must concentrate on it and work hard.
If you do something today, forget it and do it for ten days the next day, how can you do it well? Success in learning and doing things is also one of the decisive factors, so later people will say Mencius?
The idiom "one day's violence, ten days' cold" boils down to "one day's violence, ten days' cold", which is used to describe a saying that learning and doing things are not persistent and unpredictable. For example, a classmate is very casual about learning, so he has less time to study and more time to waste. So we say: What can he learn from this self-destructive approach?