How to explain the virtuous and unworthy of man, such as a rat, in his own ears ?

It should mean that whether a person is productive or not, just like a mouse, is determined by his environment.

Explanation: Whether a person is successful or not, like a mouse, is determined by his environment.

Before Qin Xiang Li Si debuted, he had observed the rats in the toilet and the rats in the warehouse, the rats in the toilet stole dirty things, and when he saw people and dogs coming, he couldn't avoid them; But the rats in the warehouse ate the accumulated corn, and they were fat and strong, and they did not have to worry about the disturbance of people and dogs. So Li Si, who has not yet come to the fore, sighed sincerely: "The sage of people is like a mouse, and they are in their own ears!" ”

What Li Si said means is that whether a person is productive or unproductive, just like a mouse, is determined by his own environment. (Unscrupulous: not successful; Unpromising. ）

Source: Western Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian's "Biography of Li Silie".

Excerpt from the original text: Li Si, Chu Shang Cai people. When he was young, he was a county official, and he was frightened when he saw that the rats in the toilet of the official's house were not eaten, and the neighbors were dogs.

Si into the warehouse, watching the rats in the warehouse, eating the accumulated millet, living under the big house, not seeing the worries of people and dogs. So Li Sinai sighed: "The sage of people is like a mouse, and they are in their own ears!"

Translation: Li Si is a native of Shangcai in the state of Chu. When he was young, he worked as a county clerk and saw rats eating dirty things in the toilet near his office, and he was frightened and ran away whenever someone or dog came to him.

Later, Li Si went into the granary again, and saw the rats in the granary, eating the accumulated corn, living under the big house, and not worrying about people or dogs disturbing them.

So Li Si sighed and said: "Whether a person is productive or not, just like a mouse, is determined by his own environment. ”

It was Lees who said it. Uttered "Historical Records: The Biography of Lislie". It means "whether a person is virtuous or not, just like a mouse, depends on what kind of environment he is in!" ”

Liss said. He is a native of Shangcai in the state of Chu, and he is a small official in the county for running, and he always sees the rats that flee in a hurry when he goes to the toilet, and he goes to the granary to see the mice, and the rats here are fat and strong, and he is not afraid of seeing people, he is very emotional and said the words "the sage of people is not as good as rats, and they are in their own ears".

The meaning of the whole sentence is that whether a person is successful or not, just like a mouse, is determined by the environment in which he lives. This sentence is from Qin Xiang Li Si's "Historical Records: The Biography of Li Silie".

Before Li Si debuted, he had observed the rats in the toilet and the rats in the warehouse, the rats in the toilet stole dirty things, and when he saw people and dogs coming, he avoided them; But the rats in the warehouse ate the accumulated corn, and they were fat and strong, and they did not have to worry about the disturbance of people and dogs. So Li Si, who has not yet come to the fore, sighed sincerely: "The sage of people is like a mouse, and they are in their own ears!" ”