守株待兔
五蠹
《韩非子》
上古之世,人民少而禽兽众,人民不胜②禽兽虫蛇;有圣人作③,构木为巢以避群害,而民悦④之,使王天下⑤,号之曰⑥有巢氏。民食果蛤⑦,腥臊恶臭而伤害腹胃,民多疾病;有圣人作,钻燧取火⑧以化腥臊,而民说⑨之,使王天下,号之曰燧人氏。中古⑩之世,天下大水而鲧禹决渎⑾。近古之世,桀纣⑿暴乱而汤武⒀征伐。今有构木钻燧于夏后氏⒁之世者,必为鲧禹笑矣;有决渎于殷周之世者,必为汤武笑矣。然则今有美尧舜⒂、鲧禹、汤武之道于当今之世者,必为新圣⒃笑矣。是以圣人不期修古⒄,不法常可⒅,论⒆世之事,因为之备⒇。宋21人有耕者,田中有株22,兔走触株,折颈而死,因释其耒23而守株,冀24复得兔,兔不可复得而身25为宋国26笑。今欲以先王之政治当世之民,皆守株之类也。
亡羊补牢:《战国策·楚策》“臣闻鄙语曰:‘见兔而顾犬,未为晚矣;亡羊而补牢,未为迟也。’”
守株待兔
Five marine
"Hanfeizi"
The Ancient World, and the people and animals less public, the people invincible ② beasts虫蛇; saints for ③, wooden structure for the group to avoid harm to the nest, and the happy ④ to Wangtianxia ⑤, of the said ⑥有巢氏. Fresh fruit clams ⑦ people, Xingsao stench stomach and abdominal injuries, the more diseases; for a saint, to drilling Sui Fire ⑧ of Xingsao, and the public that ⑨ to Wangtianxia, of the said Suiren. Medieval ⑩ of the World, the world flood and Gun Yu summary difficult and ⑾.近古of the World,桀纣⑿ riots汤武⒀ go on a punitive expedition. This is constitutive wood drilling Sui's in the summer after the founding of the world, certainly for Gun Yu Xiao矣; summary malfeasance in殷周of the world, certainly for汤武laugh矣. What this US-Yao and Shun ⒂, Gun-yu,汤武way, in a today's world, certainly for the new St. ⒃ laugh矣. Xiu is ancient sage unwanted development, can often lawless ⒅, profound, World of things, because of the preparation ⒇. Xian WANG Jinyu to the world of politics when people are also observe such strains.
Remedial measures: "Zhanguoce Chu strategy," "Chen Wen Jibi language said: 'Gu see rabbits and dogs, not to late to take remedial measures; dead sheep and fill in jail, later also not'."
Staying by a Stump Waiting for More Hares To Come and Dash Themselves Against It
This story took place more than 2,000 years ago,in the Warring States period(475-221 B.C.).Tradition has it that in the State of Song at that time there was a man who was famous for staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it.
He was a yong farmer,and his family had been farmers for generations.Year after year and generation after generation, farmers used to sow in spring and harvest in autumn,beginning to work at sunrise and retiring at sunset.In good harvest years,they could only have enough food to eat and enough clothing to wear.If there was a famine due to crop failure,they had to go hungry.
This young farmer wanted to improve his life.But he was too lazy and too cowardly.Being lazy and cowardly over everything,he often dreamed of having unexpected blessings.
A miracle took place at last. One day in late autumn,when he was ploughing in the field,two groups of people were hunting nearby.As shoutings were rising one after another,scared hares were running desperately.Suddenly,a blind hare dashed itself headlong against the stump of a dead tree in his field and died.
That day,he ate his fill.
From that day on,he no longer went in for farming again.From morning till night,he stayed by that miraculous stump,waiting for miracles to take place again.
This story comes from"The Five Vermin"in The Works of Han Feizi.Later generations often use the set phrase"staying by a stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it"to show grusting to chance and windfalls or dreaming to reap without sowing.It is also used to show adhering to narrow experiences and not being able to be flexible.
trust to chance and luck to one's actions,hope for gains without pains.