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What is behind the chicken?
Behind it is: cats are not as good as tigers, and chickens are not as good as chickens.

Excerpt from "Supplements and Essays" Author: Ming Dynasty anonymous

The whole sentence is:

Longyou shallow water was played by shrimp, and the tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs.

A successful cat is not as good as a tiger and a phoenix as a chicken.

Dragon swam in shallow water, teased by shrimp, tiger descended to Pingyang, and bullied by dogs. The valued cat is fiercer than the tiger, and the phoenix can't compare with the chicken when it loses all its hair. Metaphor means that after losing power and influence, a person is oppressed by the weak.

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The story comes from Zhuge Liang's mission to Dongwu, lobbying Wu and Shu to unite against Cao. Zhou Yu was jealous of Zhuge Liang's cleverness and always wanted to find an excuse to kill him. At a banquet, Zhou Yu deliberately said to Zhuge Liang, "Mr. Kong Ming, you are right when I recite a poem. If you are right, you will get a reward. How about beheading if you can't? " Zhuge Liang smiled indifferently: "There is no joke in the army. Please give an order."

Zhou Yu was overjoyed and said, "Water is a stream, and it is ridiculous without water. If you remove the water from the stream and add the bird, it is a chicken. A successful cat is better than a tiger, and a falling phoenix is worse than a chicken. " Zhuge Liang said casually: "There is wood, it is chess, and there is no wood, it is also chess. If the wood on the edge of the chess is removed, it is bullying. Longyou shallow water was beaten by shrimp, and the tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs. "

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