宋国有个农夫,靠庄稼为生,每天必须去田里劳作。
有一天,农夫照常上地里去劳作,勤勤恳恳,火红的太阳高高悬挂在上空,得意地炙烤着大地,又没东西遮阳。农夫又热又累,调皮的汗珠一个个地向下滚,全身都湿透了,农夫就坐在田埂上休息:我的禾苗怎么就不往高长?他急得抓耳挠***,左思右想,可是怎么也想不明白。突然,他想到了:如果我把禾苗拔高……嘻嘻嘻,我真是太聪明了!于是,他高兴地弯下腰,将禾苗全都拔高了,还边拔边说:“庄稼苗呀庄稼苗,你知道我有多辛苦吗?为了你的成长,我浇水,我施肥,你总是不长,我要把你拔高,叫你不长!哼!”拔完后,他气喘嘘嘘地跑回了家,对着家人说:“好消息,今天虽然累坏了我,但是我却帮庄稼苗长高了。”妻子听后问:“那你是怎么帮他长高的啊?”他回答:“拔苗。”“啊?”他儿子说:“爸,看你做了什么傻事!”然后急急忙忙跑到地里,禾苗全都枯死了,儿子伤心的回到家,说:“死了,完了!”农夫一想才知道自己做了傻事。
这个故事告诉我们,客观事物都有他自己的发展规律,光靠良好的愿望和热情是不够的`,很可能效果还会与主观愿望相反的道理。
拔苗助长是贬义词,指把苗拔起来帮他长高的意思。它是用来比喻违反事物发展的客观规律,急于求成,反而失败。它同欲速不达相近,与因势利导相反。因此,我们在学习上,可千万不能学那位农夫哟,万万不可急于求成,要实事求是否则非但不能把事情做好,反而会把事情搞砸。
从前有个乡下人,丢了一把斧子。他以为是邻居家的儿子偷去了,于是处处注意那人的一言一行,一举一动,越看越觉得那人像是盗斧的贼。后来,丢斧子的人找到了斧子,原来是前几天他上山砍柴时,一时疏忽失落在山谷里。找到斧子后,他又碰见了邻居的儿子,再留心看看他,怎么也不像贼了。
疑邻盗斧:不注重事实根据,对人、对事胡乱猜疑。
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow 拔苗助长
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldn't wait to check his "achievement", but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.
从前,有个农夫,种了稻苗(seedlings)后,便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时,都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想,他终于想到一个"最佳方法",他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天,一早起身,他迫不及待地去稻田看他的"成果"。 哪知,却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
周朝有位卿士叫凡伯。凡伯不但有诗才,而且善于治理国事。后来,他在周厉王身边辅佐朝政。可是,周厉王飞横跋扈,枉法断事。奸臣则百般诌媚讨好。凡伯直言相劝,列数朝政弊端,奸臣却在周厉王耳边说他的坏话。周厉王对凡伯十分厌烦,从此,奸臣出入宫廷,不把凡伯放在眼里。凡伯十分愤慨,写了一首诗,后来收入《诗经》。诗中抨击奸臣说:“作恶多端,不可救药!”
“不可救药”:病重到不能用药救活。后比喻事物坏到无法挽救的地步。
宋国有个人,是个急性子。
Day and night he longed for the seedlings in the field to grow tall and strong quickly.
他日日夜夜盼望田里的`秧苗快快长高长大。
But the seedlings grew very slowly,not as quickly as he hoped.
可是,秧苗长得很慢,没有像他所希望的那样长得快。
One day, he hit upon a good idea.
有一天,他想出了一个好办法。
He sneaked to the field andpulled each seedling up a little bit from the soil.
他自己睁哨地跑到田里,把每一棵秧苗都从泥土里往上拔高了一些。
Seeing that all these edlings in the field were taller than before, he felt very pleased with himself.
看到田里的秧苗都比原来高了,他心里感到乐滋滋的。
He went home. Though all worn out, he told the members of his family happily:
回到家里,他虽然筋疲力尽,但是非常高兴地告诉家人说:
"I worked for a whole day today.
“今天,我干了一整天。
How tired I am! But the seedlings in the field have grown a lot taller."
好累啊!不过,田里的秧苗倒是长高好多了。”
When his son heard that the seedlings had grown taller, he hurried to the field to take a look.
他的儿子听说秧苗长高了,连忙跑到田里去看。
Oh, what a mess!Instead of growing taller, the seedlings had all started to wither.
一看,可糟啦!不是秧苗长高了,而是秧苗都开始枯萎了。
古时候宋国有个人,看到自己田里的\'禾苗长得太慢,心里很着急。 这天,他干脆下田动手把禾苗一株株地往上拔高一节。他疲惫不堪地回到家 里,对家里的人说:"今天可把我累坏了!我一下子让禾苗长高了许多!" 他的儿子听了,连忙跑到田里去看。田里的禾苗全部枯萎了。
寓意:任何事物都有自己的规律;谁如果违背规律蛮干,就必然受到惩罚。
原文: 宋人有闵其苗之不长而揠之者,芒芒然归,谓其人曰:"今日病矣!予助苗 长矣!"其子趋而往视之,苗则稿矣。 孟 子《孟子·公孙丑上》
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