Carrying Faggots to Put Out a Fire
In the last years of the Warring States period, the State of Qin attacked the State of Wei on a large scale repeatedly and occupied large areas of land, for the State of Wei was too weak to defend itself. In 273 B.B., the qin army launched another attack upon the State of Wei with a momentum more vigorous than ever. The king of the State of Wei summoned his officials,and asked with a worried look if anyone could propose a way to defeat the Qin army. After years of chaos caused by the wars,the officials trembled when fighting was mentioned, and no one dared to speak ofresistance. At the critical moment when a large enemy force was bearing down upon the border, most of the offinials persuaded the king to sue for peace, at the cost of giving away to the State of Qin the large area of land north of the Huanghe River and south of the Taihang Mountain. However Su Dai, a counsellor, did not agree. He hurried up to the king and said:"Your Majesty, they don't think about the interests of the country at all.It is just because they are cowardly and afraid of death that they ask you to sue for peace by betraying the country. Of course you can temperarily satisfy the ambition of the king of the State of Qin is insatiably greedy. It will never stop assaulting us until our land is totally given away."Once there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen. Instead, he carried a faggot to put out the fire, only to make the fire fiercer. That was because he didn't know that,instead of putting out the fire, faggots could only make it burning more vigorously. Isn't it equivalent to carrying faggots to put out a fire if you agree to sue for peace at the cost of the land of the State of Wei?"Though Su Dai's argument was very convincing, the king accepted the suggestion of those officials and gave away to the State of Qin a large area of the land of the State of Wei. For the king of the State of Wei was cowardly and only cared for peace at the moment.As might be expected,the Qin army assaulted the State of Wei on a large scale in 225 B.C.,surrounding the capital city Daliang and flooding it by digging open the dykes of the Huanghe River.The State of Wei was finally destroyed by the State of Qin.This story appears in the Historical Records Written by Sima Qian.The set phrase"carrying faggots to put out a fire"is used to mean adopting a wrong method to save a situation and ending up by making it worse.
战国末期,秦国向魏国接连发动大规模的进攻,魏国无力抵抗,大片土地都被秦军占领了。到公元前273年,秦国又一次向魏国出兵,势头空前猛烈。
魏王把大臣们召来,愁眉苦脸地问大家有没有使秦国退兵的办法。大臣们由于经过多年的战乱,提起打仗就吓得哆嗦,谁也不敢谈“抵抗”二字。在这大兵压境的危急时刻,多数大臣都劝魏王,用黄河以北和太行山以南的大片土地为代价,向秦王求和。
谋士苏代听了这些话,很不以为然,忙上前对魏王说:“大王,他们是因为自己胆小怕死,才让您去卖国求和,根本不为国家着想。您想,把大片土地割让给秦国虽然暂时满足了秦王的野心,但秦国的***是无止境的,只要魏国的土地没割完,秦军就不会停止进攻我们。”
说到这里,苏代讲了一个故事:从前有一个人,他的房子起火了,别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火,但他不听,偏抱起一捆柴草去救火,是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。大王若同意拿着魏国土地去求和,不就等于抱着柴草救火吗?”
尽管苏代讲得头头是道,但是胆小的魏王只顾眼前的太平,还是依大臣们的意见把魏国大片土地割让给秦国。到公元225年,果然秦军又向魏国大举进攻,包围了国都大梁,掘开黄河大堤让洪水淹没了大梁城,魏国终于被秦国灭掉了。
故事出自《史记魏世家》。成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害,结果反而使祸害扩大。
翡翠荷叶语连欢,并蒂莲花笑开颜。清衬白玉瓣,妖濯红珠鲜,影舞水涟漪,脉动叶涌汐。香逸若归音,娟娟触蜻蜓。
夏日的早晨,数百双黝黑深邃的眸子凝结在一朵并蒂莲上。她很白,白璧无瑕;也很红,灼灼其华。人们只知道她成功的娇艳与美丽,殊不知那隐匿的微笑中,浸透了奋斗的汗水。
淤泥的深处,休憩着一颗种子,孜孜不倦的汲取养分,为了摆脱泥土的禁锢,她向下延伸,再延伸。牙关仪迸出了“咔咔”声,汗水早已混入旁边的淤土,但她还在继续,分裂着,挣扎着努力。她不为别的,只为那一点点阳光,温暖,明亮而惬意。
踏入清凌凌的水世界,她本以为解脱了,结束了,可她错了。水面的亚马逊睡莲铺天盖地的在水面蔓延,遮挡了整个天空。她便想使自己高一点,再高一点,于是,他努力甩动自己的身躯,让水沐浴她的肌肤,让鱼儿亲吻她的面颊,使她能更好地享受这大自然无穷无尽的营养品。她的脚愈发的站稳了,便如饥似渴地争抢那突破重重包围才射进来的一缕阳光。泪水浸润她的面容免受污泥的侵袭,峥嵘的日子中,她分裂了,孕育着另一个生命,与她去奋斗,共努力。
终于看到了天空,此时的她早已摇摇欲坠,她拼尽全力撑开自己曼丽的叶子,争抢那早已被睡莲啃食的奄奄一息的阳光。微风过处,空气中散发着睡莲梦惑的香气。她嫉妒,她不服,于是她向下踩,抓住身旁任何可抓住的有机物。水中,鱼儿,虫子蚕食着她的茎杆,但她不屈服,不弯腰,中通外直,不蔓不枝。她说过,她不会放弃。鲜血从她早已绽裂的轮脉中沁出,染红了她的面颊,如出水芙蓉。摩肩接踵的睡莲使她近乎窒息,于是她捧起水中的清冽,淋浸那白皙的娇容,亭亭静植。
花开灿烂,剪去昔日迷幻的残忆飞絮,影自娟娟魄自寒。殷红色的瓣儿中掩着白玉般的情。滴滴答答的雨点打不掉幺幺的翡翠绿叶,她笑了,笑容中透撤着飘逸的清香,香远益清。动若涟漪。把人从睡莲虚无缥缈的梦境中勾回。虽无梅花的铮铮傲骨,但她同样可以仰面冷对殷红云,舞出自己人生的命脉。
她曾经哭过,抱怨尘世间有太多的苦痛与压抑;她曾经痛过,忍受冰冷刺骨的塘水带给她无尽的***和寒冷;她也笑过,因为她不曾丢弃“逆风如解意,容易莫摧残”的美好愿望。她说过,只要有梦想,就要去努力,去奋斗,虽不能劝得天公重抖擞,但却可以拼尽全力去改变。
一滴水,浓着醇厚的韵,滑进皎皎的花瓣,隐着晶莹剔透的意,清极不知寒。莲花倦了,品着她的香气,诉说着刻骨铭心却又沁人心脾的奋斗史。
今天下午,我和楼下的小哥哥在小区的凉亭边捉蜗牛。
因为早上下过雨了,所以很多小蜗牛从草堆里爬了出来。
小蜗牛的头上有两根细细的触角,我轻轻地碰了一下,它马上把触角缩回去了。它慢吞吞地往前爬,地上留下了一条湿湿的粘粘的长线。
小蜗牛真可爱呀!
夏天悄悄走了,我整日惶惶不安,秋天还是迟迟地来了。
天空乌云密布,不一会儿就下起了小雨,小雨快乐的嬉戏声把我怔住了,在这短短几秒的生命里,小雨竟如此的快乐,毫不为自己短暂的`生命感到悲哀;而我呢,我的生命比小雨要长得多,但我只是默默痛苦地等待着风雨的席卷,等待着死神把我悄悄带走,从一出生就开始了。
雨停了,先前快乐的小雨最终化为一摊水,任人践踏,没有丝毫的怨言,我不禁惋惜且羞愧。
该来的总会来,狂风张开它的血盆大口向我们扑来,我眼睁睁地看着自己的伙伴一个个被残害,除了无奈又能怎样呢?再看看自己枯黄的身躯,闭着双眼等待着痛苦的来临。突然,我感到全身疼痛,“呼呼”的声音让我不知所措,“咔”的一声,我结束了生命,结束了痛苦,离开了树妈妈。在我生命最后一刻时,脑海里浮现出徐志摩的诗词:轻轻地,我走了,正如我轻轻地来,我挥一挥衣袖,不带走半片云彩。
我赤裸裸地来到这世界,转眼间也赤裸裸地回去罢,白白走了一遭,虚度此生。默默许下心愿,来世我还要做树叶,做一片快乐的树叶,生存并不是为了被暴风雨席卷。
洁白、纯洁、清新的莲花,它是花中的\'好女子,我要赞美它。
莲花,一种生长在淤泥、荷塘的植物,虽没有牡丹的高贵,也没有玫瑰的妖艳,更没有茉莉的芬芳,但它却拥有像腊梅般坚贞不屈的品质,孩童般天真纯洁的心灵。虽然它没有柳树般婆娑的姿态,也没有松树般魁梧挺拔的身姿,但它却有小草的温柔,藤萝花的淡雅。小时候,曾经在一个布满淤泥的荷塘看见过荷花,它在风中摇曳着,随着风儿的吹动有节奏地摇摆着。那轻盈的身姿给人一种清爽的感觉,一种前所未有的轻松。它就像一位穿着白色连衣裙的少女,在风的伴奏下忘我的翩翩起舞。顿时,我多么希望我是荷塘里的一条小鱼,那我就可以在莲花洒下的那一小片余荫下乘凉、嬉戏;我又多么希望我是它身旁的一片荷叶,那我就可以伴随着它一起度过春夏秋冬,感受阴晴冷暖。
莲花,就像是一股动力,一阵暖流,轻轻淌过心中,即使遇到再大的困难和阻碍,也会迎刃而解。莲花的坚贞不屈,给予了我一股巨大的力量。每当我想在困难面前低头时,那“出淤泥而不染,濯清涟而不妖”的莲花便会在我脑海里不停的出现,使我有了战胜困难的勇气。它给予了我任何东西所不能给予力量,它更做到了任何东西所不能做的事情。难道它的品质、精神,不正和那在贫瘠高原上生长的高原柳一样吗?
我赞美莲花。它的坚贞、洁身自好,难道不正是其它花所缺少的吗?
难到它的朴质、平凡,不正象征着那些默默奉献、守卫祖国的卫兵们吗?它给予人类的芳香,却从不会从人类身上奢求得到什么,这不正是那些默默工作、辛勤奉献的贡献者吗?
我要高声赞美荷花。它身上所具备的一切品格,都象征了中华人民顽强不屈的精神、高尚的品质和情操。
就让那些追求荣华富贵、荣华的花去贬低那普普通通的莲花吧!我要高声赞美莲花!
今天晚上,妈妈洗菜的时候,看见菜叶上有一只虫子。妈妈说:“思晓,快来看,这里有一条鼻涕虫。”我连忙跑进厨房,可是我和爸爸都说那是一只蜗牛。
晚饭过后,我就开始逗蜗牛玩了。首先,我抓住蜗牛背上的蜗牛壳,把它从菜叶上拧下来;接着,我把蜗牛放到我的书桌上,看它在书桌上爬,它爬过的地方,都留下一道湿湿的痕迹;然后,我又把蜗牛赶进蜗牛壳里,反复多次后,我就去睡觉了。蜗牛也在壳里睡着了。
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