Classical Chinese guards the plant and waits for the rabbit, and guards the plant and waits for the

Because he clings to narrow experience, does not know how to be flexible, or holds on to the delusion of luck and gets something for nothing.

Once upon a time there was a farmer in the Song (the Song people had a cultivator) who had a stump in his field. One day, a rabbit that was running fast hit a tree stump, broke its neck, and died. From then on, the farmer abandoned his farming and waited by the stump every day, hoping to get another rabbit.

Of course, the rabbit didn't wait, but he himself became the laughing stock of the Song Kingdom. (Rabbits can't get it, but as Song Guoxiao).

Notes Ploughing – ploughing the land and cultivating the land. The cultivator, the one who plows the field, the farmer.

Tree – The roots that remain to expose the ground after a tree has been cut down.

Walk – the meaning of running.

Neck - Sound well, neck, is the neck.

Release – the meaning of release, putting something out of one's hand.

Lei-Yin tired, Lei, the agricultural tools used for plowing the fields in ancient times, are the plough and rake.

Ji - the sound meter, hope, is the meaning of hope.

Translation: There was a farmer in the Song Kingdom who planted a few acres of land, and there was a big tree on his land. One day, while he was working in the fields, he saw a rabbit come running like an arrow, and slammed into the tree, breaking his neck and kicking his leg to death.

The farmer ran over quickly, picked up the rabbit, and said happily, "This is really a great bargain, and I can have a good meal when I go back." He thought smugly as he walked home with the rabbit in his hand

I'm so lucky, maybe there will be rabbits coming tomorrow, and I can't let go of such a bargain. ”

The next day, when he went to the field, he did not work, but guarded the big tree and waited for the rabbit to come crashing into him. As a result, I waited for a day and waited for nothing. But he was not reconciled, and from then on, he sat under the big tree every day and waited for the rabbit to come and kill him.

He waited and waited until the weeds in the field grew taller than the crops, and there was not even a shadow of a rabbit to be seen.

The Chinese text of Waiting for the Rabbit is explained as follows:

Text: "The Song people have cultivators. There is a plant in the field, and the rabbit touches the plant, breaks its neck and dies. Because of the release of its plowing and guarding, hoping to recover the rabbit. The rabbit cannot be recovered, and as Song Guoxiao. ”

Translation: "There was a farmer in the Song State who cultivated the land, and there was a stump in his field. One day, a fast hare crashed into a tree stump, breaking its neck and dying.

So, he put down his farming tools and stood by the stump of Kirisako day and night, hoping to get another rabbit. However, it was impossible for the hare to be obtained again, and he himself was ridiculed by the Song people. “

In fact, the hare crashed into the stump and died, which is very accidental, it does not mean that the source of the bird is not limited, and other hares will definitely die on the stump. However, the farmer took chance as a necessity, and did not hesitate to put down his farming tools and let his fields be barren, waiting for the accidental harvest.

This story warns us: don't have a fluke mentality, don't always think about getting something for nothing, if you don't put in the effort, and hope for a windfall, the result can only be a bamboo basket for nothing. Our life is created little by little with our own hands, and if we always want to get something for nothing, then life will be as wasted as the field of this Song people.

This parable is also often used to satirize those who regard accidental events as eternal and unchangeable laws, and are unwilling to actively work hard, only wanting to get unexpected gains, so we should not stick to dogma and rules, but should be proactive in creating results.