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Yan Zizhi, the king of Chu gave Yan Zi wine, drunk, and the officials tied up one person (yì) king. The king said: "The one who binds the person is also the one who is bound (hé)?

He said: "Qi people are also thieves." Wang Shiyanzi said:

Qi people are good at stealing? Yan Zi avoided the table and said: "When the baby hears it, the orange is born in Huainan and is orange, and the orange is born in Huaibei, and the leaves are similar, but the taste is different."

So what? The water and soil are also different. Today's people live in Qi and do not steal, and if they enter Chu, they will steal, and the water and soil without Chu will make the people good at stealing?

Wang Xiao said: "The saint is not the one who is playful, and the widow is sick." ”

Translations. When Yan Zi arrived in the Chu State, the king of Chu rewarded Yan Zi with wine. When the wine was drunk happily, two officials tied up a man to visit the king of Chu.

The king of Chu said, "What are the tied people for? "The official said:

He was a native of Qi and committed the crime of stealing. The king of Chu glanced at Yan Zi and said, "Are the people of Qi good at stealing?"

Yan Zi left his seat and said, "I have heard that there is such a thing, the fruit that grows south of the Huai River is orange, and the fruit that grows north of the Huai River is sour orange, (orange and orange) they are just similar in shape of the leaves, but the taste of the fruit is completely different. What is the reason for this?

It is the difference between soil and water. Now that the people live in the country of Qi and do not steal, they will steal when they come to the country of Chu, will the water and soil of the country of Chu make the people good at stealing? The king of Chu smiled and said

Yan Zi can't joke with him, but I'm bored with myself. ”

I don't know, I'm sorry I couldn't help you.

Don't know, sorry thanks.

【Original text】Qi Jinggong went hunting, went up the mountain to see the tiger, and went down to see the snake. Return, summon Yanzi and asked: "Today, the widow goes out hunting, and when he goes up the mountain, he sees a tiger, and when he goes down to Ze, he sees a snake, and the so-called ominous?"

Yan Zi said: "The state has three ominous things, and it is not in harmony. The husband is virtuous but does not know, and it is ominous; Knowing but not using, the second is ominous; Use but not any, three ominous.

The so-called ominous is if this is the case. Now I see the tiger in the mountain, and the tiger's room is also; Shimosawa sees snakes, and snakes' dens are also. Such as the tiger's room, such as the snake's den, and see it, is it ominous?

Excerpt from "Yanzi Spring and Autumn").

Jing Gong of Qi went out hunting, and when he went up the mountain, he saw a tiger, and when he went to the swamp, he saw a snake. When he returned, he called Yanzi and asked him, "Today when I went out hunting, I saw a tiger when I went up the mountain, and a snake when I went to the swamp.

Yan Zi said: "There are three ominous situations in the country, and this one is not among them. It is a virtuous person who does not know it, and it is ominous; Knowing (meritocracy) but not needing, two ominous; With but not entrusted with heavy responsibilities, three ominous.

The so-called ominous is like this. Today I went up the mountain and saw a tiger, and (the mountain) was the tiger's home; And when he went to the swamp, he saw the serpent, and it was the serpent's nest. Go to the tiger's house, go to the snake's nest, and see them, what's so ominous? ”

When Yan Zi persuaded Jing Gong, it rained and snowed for three days. The male was furred by the fox and sat on the side of the hall. Yan Zi entered the meeting, and there was a room, and the public said:

Weird! It rained and snowed for three days, and the weather was not cold. Yan Zi said:

The sky is chilling," laughed. Yan Zi said: "Yan Wen is the sage of the ancients, full and knows people's hunger, warm and knows people's cold, and easy and knows people's labor."

I don't know. Gong said: "Good!

The widow is fateful. "It is to make the fur and the hungry and cold, so that those who see the way do not ask where they are; Those who see it in it do not ask about their homes; Follow the country count, without words. Those who are both in business and in the month, and those who are sick are also old.

When Confucius heard this, he said: "Yan Zi can know what he wants, and Jing Gong can do what he wants." Translations.

During the reign of Jing Gong, it snowed for three consecutive days. Jing Gong sat on the steps in front of the main hall in a leather coat made of white fur from the armpits of a fox. Yan Zi entered the palace to meet him, and after standing for a while, Jing Gong said:

Isn't it cold? Jing Gong smiled. Yan Zi said:

I have heard that the virtuous kings of ancient times knew the hunger of others when they were fed, the cold of others when they were warm, and the toil of others when they were comfortable. Now the king knows no one else. Jing Gong said

You can say that again! I have listened to you. So he ordered the distribution of skins and food to the hungry and cold.

Command: If you see them on the road, you don't have to ask them where they come from; If you see them in the alleys, you don't have to ask them where they are; Inspect the national statistics without having to write down their names. Those who have served their posts are given two months' rations, and those who are sick are given two years' rations.

When Confucius heard this, he said, "Yan Zi can clarify his wishes, and Jing Gong can carry out the virtue and politics that he recognizes." ”

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi Jinggong liked to shoot birds, so he appointed Candle Zou to take charge of those birds. One day, Candle Zou accidentally let the bird fly away. Qi Jinggong was sorry and angry, and wanted to kill him.

At this time, Yan Zi happened to be beside Qi Jinggong, and when he saw that the executioner was about to be executed, he hurriedly stopped them. Yan Zi is familiar with Qi Jinggong's temper, if he speaks bluntly and forcefully, but he can't save Candle Zou, he will have to be scolded for himself. So what to do?

Yan Zi decided to adopt the method of countering fallacies to persuade Qi Jinggong. So he said to Qi Jinggong: "There are three sins of Candle Zou, I ask to list his sins and then kill him, otherwise this person will not know how serious and heinous the crime he committed when he dies."

Qi Jinggong felt that it made sense when he heard it, so he said, "Yes." Yan Zi pretended to be very angry and scolded Candle Zou, he said:

Do you know what a serious sin you have committed? It is the first sin that you are in charge of the bird for the king and the chakra is lost; It is the second sin to cause our king to kill because of the loss of birds; Let the princes know about this, and think that it is the third sin for our king to value birds and despise the scholars. "After listing Candle Zou's crimes, Yan Zi asked Candle Zou to kill.

When Qi Jinggong heard this, his face was red and white for a while, and he knew that he was wrong, so he put the candle Zou away. Obviously, Yan Zi's method of fallacious persuasion is very ingenious, he is not directly pleading, he knows that it is useless to ask directly, he deliberately follows Qi Jinggong's meaning, and deduces the result that even Qi Jinggong himself feels inappropriate, so as to very skillfully persuade the other party to change his mind.