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。
那是一堂英语课,老师抄笔记,抄完的时候已经下课了,许多同学还没有抄完,而我却抄完了。这时有一个同学跑过来向我借笔记,于是我很爽快地答应了她。不知是由于笔记的.原因,还是发自内心的称赞,她说了一句:“你的字写得真漂亮啊!”顿时我心花怒放,刚准备开始长篇大论的时候,她却走过来泼我一盆冷水:“就你这字还好看?孩子啊,不要放弃治疗,你的病还有希望。”“你!”我恼羞成怒,头也不回地走出教室。后来仔细一想,直言不讳,这不正是她的可贵之处?
记得有一次,数学老师踏着响亮的步伐迈进教室,手里还抱着一沓试卷。老师对我说:“下课后到我办公室来一趟。”我似乎遇着一个晴天霹雳,全体震惊起来。数学老师果然不出意料地给我上了一堂政治课。回来后我无力地趴在桌子上,这时,她走过来拍了我的肩说:“这就垂头丧气了?咦,这可不是你的风格哦!”接着,她耐心地给我讲解了我出错的题目。
她,像一阵清风,安抚着我躁动不安的心,像一缕温暖和煦的阳光,温暖着我冰冷的心,像一盏明灯在我彷徨无助的时候指引我前进的方向。她就是我最欣赏的人。
“古之所谓豪杰之士者,必有过人之节。人情有所不能忍者,匹夫见辱,拔剑而起,挺身而斗,此不足为勇也。天下有大勇者,卒然临之而不惊,无故加之而不怒。此其所挟持者甚大,而其志甚远也。”这段话出自苏轼的《留侯论》,它的大意是:古时候被称作豪杰的人,必须具有一般人无法忍受的度量。有勇无谋的人被侮辱,必须会拔起剑,挺身上前搏斗,这不足够被称为勇士。天下真正具有豪杰气概的人,遇到突发的情形毫不惊慌,当无原因受到别人侮辱时,也不愤怒。这是因为他们胸怀极大的抱负,志向高远。
《留侯论》一文说的是与韩信、萧何并列为“汉初三杰”的谋士张良。
张良出身于贵族世家,祖父开地,连任战国时韩国三朝的宰相。韩国的灭亡,使张良失去了继承父亲事业的机会和显赫荣耀的地位,他心存亡国亡家之恨,并把这种仇恨集中于一点——反秦。他结交刺客,在秦始皇必经之路上埋伏等待,想要击***他,未遂,被悬榜通缉,不得不埋名隐姓,逃难到他处。
一天,张良在桥边散步时,遇见一位穿着粗布短袍的老翁,他走到张良的身边时,故意把鞋踢落桥下,然后傲慢地差使张良道:“小子,下去给我捡鞋!”张良愕然,但还是忍着心中的不满,替他取了上来。随后,老人又跷起脚来,命张良给他穿上。张良还是强压怒火,膝跪于前,留意翼翼地帮老人穿好鞋。老人非但不谢,反而大笑而去。张良呆视良久,只见那老翁走出里许之地,又回到桥上,对张良赞道:“孺子可教矣。”并约张良5日后的凌晨再到桥头相会。张良不知何意,但还是恭敬地跪地应诺。
5天后,鸡鸣时分,张良便匆匆赶到桥上。谁知老人已经等在桥头,见张良来到,忿忿地斥责道:“与老人约,为何误时?5日后再来!”说罢离去。结果第二次张良又晚老人一步。第三次,张良索性半夜就到桥上等候。他经受住了考验,于是老者送给他一本书——《太公兵法》。从此,张良日夜研习兵书,俯仰天下大事,深受刘邦的器重和信赖,最后成为一个深明韬略、足智多谋的“智囊”。
不能忍的张良刺秦失败,命悬于丝;在学会忍耐后,他才发挥出了自己真正的才干。
我也是个无法忍耐的人,如果有人说我一句坏话,我定会反说他两句;如果有人打我一下,我也绝对不会客气。但是自从读到这一篇《留侯论》后,我才明白:忍耐不是软弱,乃是大度;忍耐并非投降,而是胜利。
其实,人无完人,审视一下自己,我们就没有理由对周围的一切都那么苛刻。一个人的成熟度,在很大程度上表现为他的忍耐程度。学会忍耐,会让生活更加简单;学会忍耐,我们会少一些浮躁,多一些思考;学会忍耐,我们不会再为小事烦恼。
忍耐,是在等待一个机会,是在积蓄自己的力量。我们能够忍受别人异样的目光,还有没来由的猜测,但是我们必须要清楚自己的目标,并毫不动摇的朝着自己的目标前进,直到我们成功的那一刻,让所有人为我们鼓掌。
一个我最欣赏的人——卡拉扬
与过去相比,我更喜欢未来的梦想?卡拉扬他就是卡拉扬,拥有狂热的音乐才能、却又不失优雅的奥地利人的风格,对与他来说音乐是他的全部,他就是卡拉扬,音乐帝王,一个我最欣赏的人。欣赏之一;坎坷的人生道路卡拉扬是著名音乐家,他在乌尔姆生活九年,出色的卡拉扬在4岁半时就在舞台上演奏,但战争打碎他成就音乐的梦想,而因为一点误差,被院长解雇了,卡拉扬被推向了外面的世界,未来的路就靠他自己创造。欣赏二;从失败中奋起当然,卡拉扬并没有因为这些挫折而放下音乐,而是更狂热,更投入的演奏音乐,修改音乐,应对战争的侵害,卡拉扬没有因此一厥不振,而是在维也纳乐团指挥。卡拉扬噌说“:成功属于坚持不懈的人”卡拉扬征服了重重的困难,从失败崛起,而在他的全身焕发出了“没有挫折,怎能成功”。欣赏之三:音乐,无处不在卡拉扬在生活体验到了,人们能够十分不同的方式来演奏音乐,所以说音乐——无处不在。人们常说:“音乐是人类最好的声音,没有它生活变的平淡,因为有音乐的存在,才使我们感到丰富多彩。这就是我欣赏的人,我欣赏他坚持不懈,奋起直追的勇气,虽然人无完人,但这些足以让卡拉扬变的完美,当我遇到任何困难我都会想起卡拉扬,默念:“成功属于坚持不懈的人”。
When a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down beside him. This soon wakened the lion. He was very angry, and caught the mouse in his paws.
"Forgive me, please." cried the little mouse. "I may be able to help you someday." The lion was tickled at these words.
He thought, "How could this little mouse help me?" However he lifted up his paws and let him go.
A few days later, the lion was caught in a trap.
The hunters wanted to take him alive to the king, so they tied him to a tree, and went away to look for a wagon.
Just then the little mouse passed by, and saw the sad lion.
He went up to him, and soon gnawed away the ropes. "Was I not right?" asked the little mouse.
狮子与报恩的老鼠
●狮子睡着了,有只老鼠在他的周围爬上爬下,很快吵醒了狮子,狮子很生气,一把抓住了老鼠。
●“饶了我吧,”老鼠请求说,“也许有一天我能帮上你的忙呢。”狮子觉得很好笑,他想:“这只小老鼠怎么能帮上我的忙?”但他还是抬起爪子放他走了。
●不久,狮子被陷阱困住了。猎人们想将活狮子献给国王,就把他捆在一棵大树上,然后去找马车。
●这时,老鼠路过这里,看到了绝望中的狮子。他走过去,很快啃断了绳索,说:“我虽小,可是我也能帮上你的忙。”
寓意: 有些朋友也许平时看似微不足道,但却有可能在我们身处困境的时候提供巨大的帮助。
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