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經典成語故事賞析

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經典成語故事賞析

經典成語故事:不合時宜

In the State of Lu, there was a couple of husband and wife, the former being an expert shoemaker and the latter a skilled hand in wearing taffeta. One day after consultations they decided to go to the state of Yue to earn a livelihood. The neighbors advised them not to go when they learned about their plan. "Don't go there," said one neighbor, "If you go, you can never earn a livelihood."

"We cannot understand you," interrogated the couple, "We have a find command of our art, how could we not earn our living with our work? Don't make a fool of us, please."

"Indeed, you have your skill," explained the man, "But have you taken notice of the fact that shoes are made for people and the silk taffeta are for hat-making? The people of Yue don't wear shoes, for they are barefooted. Again, they like to have their hair spread out over their heads and they never use hats. To whom should you sell your shoes and hats then?" Experienced though you are in the arts, yet the arts you have mastered are useless there."

After this explanation, the husband and wife now understood that anything that was notadaptable to the objective world would be useless and unpracticAl.

魯國有對夫妻,男的是鞋匠,鞋子做的很好;女的是織絹能手。有一天,他們商量想到越國去謀生。消息傳到四鄰後,有人對他們說:"不要到那兒去!否則你們一定無法生存的!"那對夫婦說:"我們不明白你的意思, 我們都有一套手藝,怎麼 會生活不了呢?別胡說了!" 那人說:"對呀,你們雖然都有一套手藝,可是你們要知道,鞋子是給人穿的,但越國人都赤腳不穿鞋子,你們織的絲絹原是做帽子用的,但越國人喜歡披着頭髮,不戴帽子,你們的本領雖大,手藝雖高,但你們做的鞋子、帽子去賣給誰呢?那對夫婦這才明白,凡事如果不合時宜,不適合客觀環境就不中用了。

經典成語故事:一技之長

Gong sun Long , is a famous scholar lived in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period (475-221BC). He had kept a circle skilled people around him. He often said, "A wise man should welcome anyone with a specialty."

One day, a man dressed in tattered and dirty clothes came to see him and said to him:" I have a special skill. "

Gong asked: "What is it?"

"I have a loud voice and I'm good at shouting."

then Gong turned to his followers and asked," Who is good at shouting?" But none of them answered "Yes ". So the scholar took the man in.

Some days later, Gong and his followers went on a trip. they came to a wide river and found the ferryboat was on the other side of the river. All of them had no idea. Suddenly, Gong thought of the shouting expert and turned to him, "Can you have a try?" The man realized it was the chance to show his skill. He shouted to the ferryman as loud as he could, "Hey, ferryman, come here, we want to cross the river." As his voice ended, the ferryman came to fetch them. Gong was very satisfied with the newfollower.

Later, people use it to describe anyone who has a special professional skill.

戰國時期,趙國有位名士叫公孫龍。他手下聚集了許多有自己特長的門客。他常說:"一個聰明人應該善於接納每一個有自己特長的人。"

一天,有一個穿着很破爛的人來見他,並向他推薦自己:"我有一項特別的本領。"公孫龍就問道:"什麼本領?"那個人回答道:"我聲音特別大,很善於叫喊。"公孫龍聽了,就轉身問他旁邊的門客:"你們有誰善於叫喊?"結果沒有一個人回答"是"。於是,他就收下了這個很善於叫的人作他的隨從。

沒過多久,公孫龍和他的門客一起出外遊玩。他們來到一條很寬的河邊,發現渡船在河的另一頭,所有人都不知怎麼辦好。突然,公孫龍想起他最近收的那個人的本領是善於叫,於是,他就轉過頭去對那人說:"你大聲叫對面的船伕,看能不能把他叫過來。"那人覺得展示他技能的時候到了,就盡力大聲向對面喊:" 喂,船伕,過來,我們要過河。"當他叫聲剛完,那對面的船伕就搖着船過來了。公孫龍對這個新收的門客非常滿意。

後來,"一技之長"就用來形容一個人有一項特殊的本領。

經典成語故事:入木三分

Wang Xi-zhi is one of the most famous calligraphers during the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China. When he was very young, he practiced his art every day and never stopped.

Later he absorbed the strong points of all the other schools of calligraphy, and developed his own unique style of writing. Because of his achievements, he has been honored as one of China'ssages of time, Wang Xi-zhi sketched in wood for an engraver to cut. Then the engraver found the ink had penetrated one centimeter into the wood.

"Ru Mu San Fen" is got from this story, which means the calligraphy is penetrating.

Now it is often used to describe expressing sharp ideas or profound views.

王羲之是中國東晉時代一個很有名的書法家,他從小就刻苦練字,從不間斷,以後又吸取了各個不同書法派的優點,形成他自己獨特的個性。因爲他在書法上的成就,人們都尊稱他爲中國書法界的“聖人”。

有一次,王羲之在木板上刻字,後來刻字的人發現墨汁滲入木板有三尺深。

“入木三分”就是從這個故事中得出來的,用來形容書法有力,現在多用來比喻分析問題很深刻。