The desire to eat half a cake metaphor

Excerpt from the Book of Parables

Original. For example, a man who is hungry eats seven pancakes. After eating six and a half pieces, and they are full, and the person repents (resentment) and beats himself with his hands, and says, "I am full today, and thus half a loaf of bread." However, the first six cakes, Tang donated and discarded, and those who knew that half of the bread could be sufficient should eat it first. ”

Translations. For example, there was a man who bought seven loaves of bread to eat because he was hungry. When I stopped eating six and a half pieces of bread, I felt full.

He blamed himself for being sick and struck himself with his hand, but said, "I am full now because I have eaten this half of the bread, and the first six loaves of bread have been wasted!" If you know that this half of the bread will be full, you should eat it first.

Original. For example, a man who is hungry eats seven pancakes. After eating six and a half pieces, they will be full, and their people will repent (anger), and they will beat themselves with their hands, and they will do what they say:

I am now satisfied, and thus half a loaf of bread. However, the first six loaves of bread should be given away in vain, and those who know that half of the loaves can be sufficient should eat them first. The same is true of the people of the world.

Since then, there is often no happiness, but it is obsessed and happy. If he is an idiot, he is born in half a cake and is full of thoughts. The world is ignorant, and rejoices in riches.

The husband is rich and noble, and it is very hard to ask for time, and it is hard to obtain it, but it is also hard to protect it, and then it is lost, and the worry is restored. In the three seasons, there is no happiness, just like food and clothing, covering up the name and happiness, and in the hard work, there is happiness. The Buddhas said:

There is no peace in the Three Realms, and all of them are great suffering. Ordinary people are confused, and they are happy to think about it.

Exegesis. 1.Remorse (Anger):

wrath, anger and remorse; Blame yourself for being sick 2Don: Empty, in vain 3

Hence: Reason 4Already:

Stop, Done 5Angry: Blame yourself for being sick 6

Suppose: Suppose, if 7For example

Suppose 8Foot: Eat enough 9

Convenience: Just 10Yes:

This (is) 11Today: Now 12 has:

Stop 13 Donations: Waste.

Revelation. It satirizes the kind of stupid people who drill the horns of the bull and don't analyze the causes and consequences when encountering problems, and also satirizes the people who don't pay attention to the process. In fact, this half of the bread, like the glory and riches of the world, is not real.

However, people in the world insist on turning the false into the true, and seek fame and fortune, but in the end it is a game and a failure. The stomach is full, it is the six pieces of bread before accumulation, but he thinks that he is full after eating the last half of the bread, which is an upside-down idea of the world, and it is also an idea of unknown cause and effect.

Knowledge of literary language. Saying "yes" and "yes" is often interpreted as "this" in the text. The phrase "and to do is to speak" means to utter such words.

Also, "it's a sunny day" means that the weather is fine on that day. Also, "even if it is a human being rude", it means that this person is impolite. Again, "the dog was abandoned by others," which means that the dog was abandoned by others.

Light rain on Friday.

This ** aims to absorb the essence of traditional culture, appreciate the wisdom of the ancients, and learn from the mirror.

Don: Empty, in vain.

This story is from the Book of White Parables.

There was a man who was very hungry and bought seven pancakes, and when he ate the sixth-and-a-halfth, he felt full. He regretted slapping his own ears, because he thought that the first six pancakes were eaten for nothing, and wouldn't it save money to eat those half pancakes in the first place?

One day in a casual conversation, I also picked up a very similar story:

When the sky was hazy, Wang Ermazi's daughter-in-law lit a kerosene lamp, first took out the ashes of the plant and wood in the pot hole, carried a piece of dung ash and sprinkled it on the pumpkin vine and cucumber vine, picked up cowpeas, cucumbers and eggplants in the vegetable field, went home to wash the pot and cook three fresh vegetables, fried a bowl of pickled cowpeas, and worked hard to burn the pot all morning, and the mother-in-law resented her daughter-in-law for being clumsy after getting up. She ran to the pot hole and stuffed a handful of firewood, and she smelled the aroma of rice, and she scolded her daughter-in-law: "Burn the pot all morning, don't move (the rice is not fragrant), I'll just stuff a fire rice!"

One can't help but ask, is the fire in front of you burning in vain?

Here's another example.

From time to time, I see many excellent authors in various communities, sharing their writing experiences selflessly. But when you open her homepage, there are not too many fans, not many posts, or not many drills, but the content she shares is unique and refreshing, and you have to admire him from the bottom of your heart. They are either authors, lecturers, senior engineers contracted by other platforms, or have published several books before they came.

Ye Chuqiao, the author of "A Cup of Wine in the Spring Breeze of Peach and Plum", is such an outstanding person. In the book, Luo Bingwang to Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Du Mu, Wen Tingyun and other eighteen poets, the stories of the gods are like antique pictures, read their articles, and travel to the Tang Dynasty. The author introduces the family history and life of these eighteen poets with humorous language and unique and novel perspectives, describing their careers and loves.

When Mr. Ye wrote this book, he should have read the historical materials of the same height, and he didn't know how many reading notes he had made, he was familiar with Tang poetry, and he had mastered the history and allusions of the Tang Dynasty for 289 years. This is certainly not an overnight effort. As the saying goes:

There is a cause before there is an effect. Mr. Ye has a solid foundation in ancient literature and an accumulation of learning beyond ordinary people, so that he can write the happy life of a poet in the Tang Dynasty like a god.

His accumulation and development of high-quality products have witnessed that quantitative change is the basis of qualitative change. "I am full this day, and I have bread from it. However, the first six cakes, Tang donated and discarded, and those who knew that half of the bread could be sufficient should eat it first.

The bottom of the previous six pancakes is a quantitative change, and the second half of the pancake perceives that satiety is a qualitative change. There is a step-by-step process in doing things and being a person. Many trickles converge together to become a long river, and the long river can only merge into the vast and boundless sea after a thousand miles of trekking, and the sea is the destination of water.

"Desire to Eat Half a Cake" also warns us that opportunism to eat only half a piece of bread to fill us can only deceive ourselves. Nor can the former six loaves of bread be obliterated, which are worth paying.

Big fish swallow fishing, three people become tigers.

Never pull out the rod and enter the city.

Cast pearls before swine.