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Translation of Philosophical Sentences in China's Classical Encyclopedia
1. The sentence about meeting in classical Chinese philosophy is 1. I have a shallow understanding of what I got on paper and don't know how to do it.

2, only look at the wave and rush, when the newcomer wins the old one.

3. Knowing is not as good as being good, and being good is not as good as being happy.

4, knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, just knowing.

5, the knower is not confused, the benevolent is not worried, and the brave is not afraid.

6. If you know me, it means I'm worried. If you don't know me, that's what I want.

7. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise.

8. But as long as you climb a flight of stairs, you can broaden your horizons by 300 miles.

9, jade is not cut, not a weapon; People don't learn or know.

10, from frugality to luxury, from luxury to frugality.

1 1. My uncle is afraid of the afterlife, but my husband should not despise a teenager.

12, there is no wave in a stagnant water in a bay, and there is also a spring breeze.

13, wealth can't be lewd, poverty can't be moved, and power can't be bent.

14, not indifferent, not quiet, not far away.

15, the new leaves of Fanglin urge the old leaves, and the waves before the running water make the waves after.

16, if everything is predicted, it will be established. If it is not predicted, it will be abolished.

17, Ercao, as a noble family, is worthy of rivers and mountains.

18, many lines of injustice will be hanged.

19, if you get the word, you will help more, but if you lose it, you will help less.

20, from good to good, from evil to collapse.

2 1, nothing good has ever been born frugal. Since ancient times, melons have been bitter and sweet.

22. Plant a millet in spring and harvest 10,000 seeds in autumn.

23. There are countless spring flowers. What is autumn after all?

24. The feet are shorter and the inches are longer.

25. The city is so high and the square is one foot high.

On 26th, Qian Fan and Wan Muchun were in front of the sick tree beside the sunken ship.

27. The vegetation has no intention, and it has its own time.

28. Advice when you are unhappy is beneficial, and good medicine when you are in pain is beneficial to your disease.

29. An inch of time is worth an inch of gold.

30, the industry is diligent, barren land; What I did was thought, but it was destroyed.

3 1, the speaker is innocent and the speaker is warned.

32. Learning is not enough, but teaching is difficult.

33. Learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous.

34. Good words are not beautiful, and no one believes them.

35. Don't elaborate, be self-sufficient.

36. My life is limited, and so is my knowledge.

37. Everything is natural.

38. The bow is strong and the arrow is long; Shooters should shoot horses, and leaders should catch their leaders.

39. Give me a peach and a plum.

40. If you commit a crime in heaven, you can still violate it. You can't live if you commit iniquity yourself.

4 1, Tian Xingjian, a gentleman strives for self-improvement. The capacity of the earth is limited, so a gentleman must constantly cultivate his own virtue to undertake the world.

42. The weather is not as good as the geographical position, and the geographical position is not as good as people.

43. If the sky is affectionate, it will be old.

44, peaches and plums are self-sufficient.

45, Taishan does not let the soil, so it can become big; Rivers and seas do not choose small streams, so they can be deep.

46. Stones from other mountains can attack jade.

47. There is no doubt about mountains and rivers, and there is another village.

48. Outside the Qingshan Building outside the mountain.

49. In a threesome, there must be a teacher: choose the good and follow it, and change it if it is not good.

50. People have joys and sorrows, and the moon has its ups and downs. This matter is old and difficult.

5 1, mundane things take turns, the past is the past, and the present is the present.

52. Life is seventy years old.

53, people are not sages, who will make mistakes? It's hard to change after that.

54, people without instrument, what is immortality.

55. If you are poor, you will be immune, while if you are rich, you will help the world.

Please don't play the previous songs and listen to the new Yang Liuzhi.

57. Perseverance can be turned into stone.

58, its body is right, can not be ordered; His body is not straight, although he disobeys.

59. It is ridiculous not to measure yourself when you can fly and shake a tree.

60. Flowers are similar from year to year, but people of different ages are different.

6 1, sensitive and eager to learn, not ashamed to ask questions.

62, full of losses, modest benefits.

63. It's a long way to go, and I will go up and down.

64. It is better to retreat into a net than to fish in the forest.

65. A friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, but a friendship between villains is as sweet as ever.

66. Honest people, villains often share weal and woe.

67. Be prepared for danger in times of peace.

68. It is easy to turn flowers into trees in spring.

69. It is better to believe in books than to have no books.

70. For hundreds of years, there have been many talented people.

7 1, fake gold is plated with real gold. If it is real gold, it is not plated with gold.

72. Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you.

73. Misfortune depends on happiness, and happiness lies in misfortune.

74. The meeting will be critical, and all the other mountains will look short under the sky. ..

75. What does it mean to make steel into soft fingers?

76. Fold the wood for life; Nine-story platform, starting with tired soil; A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

77. If you don't accept these shoes, Li can't be officially crowned.

78. We read the story of the past in green books, but here we see a living person, stronger than the dead.

79. Success leads to resentment, while power leads to crisis.

80. If a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first.

2. Classical Chinese philosophy of life (with translation) 1. Gentleman, self-improvement. -Zhouyi

As a gentleman, one should have a strong will, a never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen one's self-cultivation and complete and develop one's studies or career. Only in this way can we reflect God's will and live up to the responsibility and talent entrusted to a gentleman by the universe. )

2. Don't do it with little evil, and don't do it with little good. -History of the Three Kingdoms

Don't do anything just because it is a trivial matter; On the contrary, for some tiny. Don't stop doing a good thing that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much. )

It's better to see the bad than the good, just like exploring the soup. -The Analects of Confucius

When you meet a good man, you are afraid that it is too late to learn from him. Seeing a good thing, I'm afraid it's too late to do it. Seeing evil people doing bad things is like touching hot water. You should leave at once and stay away. )

If you bow to others and blame them, it is far from complaining. -The Analects of Confucius

People who work hard and take the main responsibility for their mistakes are "dedicated" and forgive others more, but "lightly blame others". In this case, they won't resent each other. )

5. A gentleman's adult beauty is not an adult's evil. The villain is the opposite. -The Analects of Confucius

A gentleman always starts from the good or beneficial wishes of others, and wholeheartedly urges others to realize their good wishes and just demands, instead of looking at the world coldly. Or fear that the world will not be chaotic and will not add fuel to the fire when others fail, make mistakes or suffer. The villain is always "the evil of adults, not the beauty of adults." )

6. See Si Qi Yan, see Si Qi introspection. -The Analects of Confucius

(Translation: When you see that someone has advantages and advantages beyond yourself in some respect, ask for advice with an open mind, study hard, try to catch up with him and reach the same level as him; When you see that a person has some shortcomings or deficiencies, you should reflect calmly and see if you also have his shortcomings or deficiencies. )

7. Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. -The Analects of Confucius

Don't impose what you don't want on others (pain, disaster, disaster ...).

8. Do your duty and don't give in to your teacher. -The Analects of Confucius

Don't hesitate to do good things, even if the teacher is around, you should rush to do it. Later, it developed into the idiom "due diligence". )

9. A gentleman talks but doesn't do it. -The Analects of Confucius

A gentleman can't talk big, but he is agile and dexterous. )

10. Two people are concentric, and their profits are broken; The difference between one thought and another. -Zhouyi

(Translation: Qi Xin's concerted efforts are powerful enough to break hard metals; People with one heart and one mind express their unanimous opinion, which is convincing and easy to accept. )

1 1. The gentleman hides his weapon in his body and waits for the opportunity. -Zhouyi

Even if a gentleman is outstanding, he will not show off and show off everywhere. But to show your talents or skills when necessary. )

12. The loss is full and the income is not big. -"Shangshu"

Complacency will bring losses and disasters; Only by being modest and always aware of your own shortcomings can you benefit from it. )

I hope it helps you.

I need philosophical classical Chinese paragraphs (unlike those in The Analects) and translation. The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and the front wave dies on the beach. Just kidding.

You can find the corresponding paragraphs online, all of which are good classical Chinese. 1. Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement.

As a gentleman, we should have a strong will and never-ending spirit of struggle, strive to strengthen our self-cultivation and complete and develop our studies or careers. Only in this way can we reflect God's will and live up to the responsibility and talent entrusted to a gentleman by the universe. ) 2. Don't do it with little evil, and don't do it with little good.

-"Three Kingdoms" (Translation: Don't do something just because it is a trivial matter; On the contrary, for some tiny. Don't stop doing a good thing that benefits others just because it doesn't mean much. )

It's better to see the bad than the good, just like exploring the soup. When you meet a good man, you are afraid that it is too late to learn from him. Seeing a good thing, I'm afraid I can't do it in the future.

Seeing evil people doing bad things is like touching hot water. You should leave at once and stay away. 4. Bowing to others and complaining is far from complaining.

The Analects of Confucius) Those who work hard and take the initiative to take the main responsibility for their mistakes are "doing their best", and forgiving others more is "blaming others less". In this case, they won't resent each other. ) 5. A gentleman's adult beauty is not an adult's evil.

The villain is the opposite. -"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: A gentleman always starts from a good wish or a wish that is beneficial to others, and wholeheartedly urges others to realize their good wishes and just demands, and does not look at the world coldly.

Or fear that the world will not be chaotic and will not add fuel to the fire when others fail, make mistakes or suffer. The villain is always "the evil of adults, not the beauty of adults." )

6. See Si Qi Yan, see Si Qi introspection. -"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: When you see someone who has an advantage over yourself in a certain respect, you should consult with an open mind, study hard, try to catch up with him and reach the same level as him; When you see that a person has some shortcomings or deficiencies, you should reflect calmly and see if you also have his shortcomings or deficiencies. )

7. Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. -The Analects of Confucius (translation: what you don't want (pain, disaster, disaster ...), don't impose it on others. )

8. Do your duty and don't give in to your teacher. -The Analects of Confucius (Translation: Do not hesitate to do good things, even if the teacher is on the side, you should rush to do it.

Later, it developed into the idiom "due diligence". 9. A gentleman talks but doesn't do it.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: A gentleman can't talk big, but he is agile and dexterous. ) 10. if two people are United, their profits will be cut off; The difference between one thought and another.

-"Zhouyi" (translation: people who work together are strong enough to break hard metals; People with one heart and one mind express their unanimous opinion, which is convincing and easy to accept. ) 1 1. The gentleman hides his weapon in his body and waits for the opportunity.

(Translation: Even if a gentleman is outstanding in talent and superb in skills, he will not show off everywhere. But to show your talents or skills when necessary. )

12. The loss is full and the income is not big. -"Shangshu" (translation: smug about what has been achieved will bring losses and disasters; Only by being modest and always aware of your own shortcomings can you benefit from it. )

13. People don't know or care, aren't they gentlemen? The Analects of Confucius) If I have achieved achievements that others don't understand, I will never feel angry or wronged. Isn't this also a gentleman's demeanor? ) 14. Keep your word and do what you want.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (translation: words must be done; Once you have determined what you want to do, you should do it resolutely and boldly. ) 15. Nothing, nothing, nothing.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (translation: tell the truth, don't guess out of thin air; Don't be arbitrary, willful and feasible; Flexible action, not rigid; Everything is not centered on "I", not self-righteous, and cooperate with people around me to complete the task. ) 16. in a threesome, there must be a teacher, choose the good one and follow it, and change the bad one.

The Analects of Confucius (translation: three people together, one of whom must be worth learning in some way, then he can be my teacher. I choose his advantages to study, and I will take warning from his shortcomings and deficiencies. If there are, I will correct them. )

17. A gentleman seeks for himself, while a villain seeks for others. A gentleman always blames himself and finds faults and problems from himself.

Villains often look at others to find their own shortcomings and deficiencies. 18. an upright man is open and poised while a petty man is anxious and worried.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: A gentleman is open-minded, frank and clean, and looks very comfortable and stable. The villain has too many inner desires and a heavy psychological burden, so he is often anxious, and his appearance and movements are also uneasy. He is often restless and emotionally unstable. )

19. Don't complain, don't be kind to others. The Analects of Confucius (Translation: When encountering setbacks and failures, never make excuses objectively, and never shift the responsibility to others. Later, it developed into the idiom "complaining about others". )

20. Don't get angry. ) If you make a mistake, don't take it out on others and don't make it again. )

2 1. If you can't bear it, make a great plan. The Analects of Confucius (translation: things that should not be done, even if you really want to do it, but insist on not doing it, this is called "forbearance."

Small things can't be tolerated, and if you don't have patience, it will affect the overall situation and ruin major events. ) 22. The villain's mistakes must be written.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (translation: the villain will cover it. ) 23. There are too many lives that don't change.

The Analects of Confucius) If you make a mistake and don't correct it, that's the real mistake. A gentleman's business is based on truth.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: A gentleman is committed to roots and roots, and "Tao" naturally arises. ) 25. A gentleman is ashamed of words but not of deeds.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: A gentleman thinks that it is shameful to talk more and act less. ) 26. Look before you leap.

-"The Analects of Confucius" (Translation: Do everything after repeated consideration. ) 27. many lines of injustice will be hanged.

-"Zuo Zhuan" (translation: if you do too many bad things, you will eventually bring your own destruction. No one has made a mistake, but it's no big deal that he can correct it.

-"Zuo Zhuan" (Translation: Everyone may make mistakes and make hunting mistakes. As long as it is corrected, it is still the best person. ) 29. Don't hide your virtue with a brush.

-"Zuo Zhuan" (translation: evaluation 1.

4. Appreciation of an ancient Chinese philosophical translation: In the first year of Jintai, Wu Lingren took fishing as his profession.

Walk along the stream and forget the distance. Suddenly I met the peach blossom forest, and the peach blossom spring was a hundred steps away from Jia 'an. There are no miscellaneous trees in it, and the grass is delicious and colorful.

Fishermen are very different, so they move on and want to become poor. If there is no water in the forest, make a mountain. The mountain has a small mouth and seems to have light.

By boat, by mouth. Only by being narrow at first can we understand people.

Take a few steps and you will be cheerful. The land is flat and spacious, the houses (shè) and (yǐ n) are natural, and there are fertile fields and beautiful mulberry ponds.

Money (qiān) blames (mi) traffic, and chickens and dogs hear each other. Men and women are familiar with each other's clothes (zhuó).

Yellow hair, happy. Seeing the fisherman, he was shocked and asked him what he had not done.

Answer it. You still have to (yāo) go home and set out wine to kill chickens for dinner.

When the village heard about this man, Xian came to inquire. Because Yunzu avoided the chaos of the Qin Dynasty, he led his wife Yi to this desperate situation and did not return, so he was isolated from outsiders.

You ask what this world is, and I don't know if there are any Han Chinese, regardless of Wei and Jin Dynasties. The man said (wèi) and listened to it again, but he was sighing (wǐ n).

The others went home, eating and drinking. Stop for a few days and resign.

In this Chinese (yù) cloud: "It is not enough for (wèi) to be humanitarian." Help the road when you get off the boat, and you are determined everywhere.

And under the county (j and n), yi (y) can be said to be the satrap. The satrap (Qi m¢n) followed him, found what he wanted, got lost and lost his way.

Nanyang people (Ji), when noble, heard about it and gladly planned to go. If you fail, you will find the disease.

Nobody took care of it after that. In the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a man in Wuling County who made a living by fishing.

One day, he rowed along the stream and forgot the distance of the road. Suddenly, I found a peach blossom forest, which grows hundreds of steps on both sides of the strait.

There are no other trees, flowers and plants are fresh and beautiful, and flowers are falling. The fisherman was surprised.

Keep walking, want to go to the end of the forest. At the end of the forest is the source of the stream, so there is a hill with a small hole, which seems to be faintly lit.

So the fisherman left the boat and got in through the hole. At first, it was very narrow and only one person was allowed to pass.

After dozens of steps, it suddenly became open and bright. The land here is flat and wide, the houses are neat, and there are fertile fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry trees and bamboo.

The paths in the field are intertwined, and the crows of chickens and dogs are heard. There people come and go to farm and work, and men and women dress like the world outside the Peach Blossom Garden. Old people and children are very at ease and happy.

People in the Peach Blossom Garden were surprised to see the fisherman and asked him where he came from. The fisherman answered his questions in detail, and he was invited to his house to entertain him with wine and chicken.

When people in the village heard that there was such a person, they all came to inquire about the news. They themselves said that their ancestors led their wives, children and neighbors to this isolated place in order to avoid the war in the Qin Dynasty, so they stopped going out, so they cut off contact with outsiders.

People in Taohuayuan asked what dynasty it was, but they didn't know there was a Han dynasty, let alone a Wei and Jin dynasty. The fisherman told them what he had heard in detail, and everyone in the village sighed.

The rest invited the fisherman to their home, and they all served him wine and food. After a few days, the fisherman took leave and left.

The people here said to the fisherman, "The situation here is not worth telling people outside!" " "After the fisherman left the Peach Blossom Garden, he found his boat and went back along the old road, marking everywhere. When I arrived in the county, I met the magistrate and told my own experience.

The satrap immediately sent someone to follow him, looking for the mark he had made before, but he got lost and couldn't find the way to the Peach Blossom Garden. Liu Ziji, a noble hermit from Nanyang, heard about it and happily planned to go.

Didn't come true, and soon died of illness. Since then, no one has been to the Peach Blossom Garden.

Appreciation: at the beginning of the article, the beautiful and quiet peach blossom forest "lush grass and blooming flowers" is the foreshadowing, leading to a simple and natural world. There, everything is so simple and beautiful, there is no tax, no war, no fame and intrigue.

I can't even hear a little noise. The relationship between people is so peaceful and sincere.

The author did not say the reason for all this, but vaguely revealed the news from the sentence "I don't know why there are Han people, no matter Wei and Jin dynasties": in the final analysis, it is because no ruling group stands above the people and attacks each other for personal gain. This imaginary world of Taoyuan is undoubtedly fascinating to people who live in the real world of hypocrisy, darkness, frequent wars and constant bloodshed.

The author's simple brushwork appropriately expresses the breath of the Peach Blossom Garden, which makes the article more appealing. Of course, this ideal state did not exist in the reality at that time, but the author artistically showed the style of Datong society through his conception of Datong society, which was a spiritual sustenance of dissatisfaction with the dark reality.

Most of the families in Taohuayuan are mainly cadres (it runs within the family). Among them, men and women dress like strangers. My hair is drooping and I am happy. "

This can be seen from the words "men and women", "yellow hair" and "crying". The structure of the article is also quite ingenious.

The author borrows the novel style and unfolds the story with a fisherman's experience as a clue. The account at the beginning, the time and the fisherman's native place are all written with confidence, as if they were true.

This shortens the psychological distance between readers and works, and introduces readers from the real world to the dreamland of peach blossoms. On the contrary, if the beginning is "part of the intangible world", readers will feel far away and the appeal of the work will be greatly reduced.

The Absence of Human Nature of Outsiders and the fisherman's return and lost direction to what he wants have brought readers back to the real world from this hazy and wandering world, and their hearts are still full of attachment to it. At the end of the article, the rules of Nanyang Liu Ziji failed, which made the whole article more interesting.

5. Classical Chinese sayings plus translation plus a sense of diligence; What I did was thought, but it was destroyed.

Academic progress is due to diligence, and waste is due to play and loitering; Virtue is successful because of being good at thinking, and corruption is due to conformity.

Feeling: Do things seriously and constantly cultivate your own virtue. From this I thought of "learning is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat", and so is learning. You must continue to work hard without slackening.

Just as celestial bodies maintain vitality through movement, a gentleman should constantly pursue self-improvement.

Heaven is vigorous, and a gentleman should consciously forge ahead and never relax.

Feeling: A man should have a never-ending fighting spirit, even if he is displaced from place to place, he should fight tenaciously. No matter how many setbacks and hardships there are, I will conquer them and strive for self-improvement!

6. Idiom stories in classical Chinese, including original text, word explanation, sentence translation and explanation.

There was a man crossing a river in Chu, and his sword fell from the boat into the water. He made a mark on the side of the ship with his sword and said, "This is where my sword fell." . The ship stopped at the destination, and the Chu people jumped into the water from the marked place to find the sword. The boat can, but not the sword. You won't be confused if you ask for a sword!

Pretend to love what you are actually afraid of.

Lord Ye is a dragon, and all the sculptures in the room are dragons. So Tianlong heard it, peeped at it, and followed it in the hall. Ye Gong saw it, abandoned it, walked away, lost his soul, and the five gods had no master. Ye Gong is not a good dragon, but her husband is like a dragon rather than a dragon.

People who would rather believe their size than their feet when buying shoes.

If Zheng people had shoes, they would sit on them first. When they arrived in the city, they forgot to do it. They have shoes, but they say, "I forgot to take them." Instead, it is. The anti-urban strike cannot be realized.

People say, "Why not try? Holden: Holden reliability is better than confidence. 」

contradictory

There are people in Chu who sell shields and spears. They say, "My shield is so strong that nothing can sink." He praised his spear and said, "The benefits of my spear are all trapped in things." Or, "What about a child's spear and a trapped child's shield?" He has the ability to respond. Invincible shields and invincible spears cannot coexist.

Waiting for unexpected gains

Song people have cultivators. There is a factory in Tanaka. The rabbit broke its neck and died. Stand by and watch because you released this plant, hoping to get the rabbit back. Rabbits are hard to get, but as a song, they are small fruits.

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Carve a mark on the side of the moving ship to show where someone's sword fell ―― take measures regardless of the change of environment.

During the Warring States Period, a Chu man crossed the river by boat. He was careless when the boat reached the middle of the river. Throw the sword you are carrying into the river. He immediately took out a knife and carved a mark on the side of the ship. He said, "This is where my sword fell into the water, so I want to carve a mark."

After the ship landed, the Chu people immediately jumped into the water from the place marked on the ship and caught the fallen sword. After fishing for a long time, there is still no sign of the sword. In fact, how can he find the sword? The boat kept going, but the sword didn't move. It's ridiculous to find a sword like him.

Pretend to love what you are actually afraid of.

Once upon a time, there was a man named Ye Gong who liked dragons very much. In his home, dragons are painted on walls, carved on columns and embroidered on the cover. The real dragon in the sky heard that Ye Gong likes dragons, so he came to visit him at Ye Gong's house. His long tail stretched out in the hall and put his head into the window to look around. When Ye Gong saw the real dragon in the sky, he was terrified out of his wits and turned pale, so he quickly hid. It turns out that Ye Gong likes not real dragons, but fake dragons that are painted, embroidered and carved.

People who would rather believe their size than their feet when buying shoes.

Zheng has a man who wants to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his feet first, and then put the measured size on the seat. He hurried to the market and forgot to bring that size. He got the shoes, but said, "I forgot my size." "Go home and get it. By the time he came back, the market had already dispersed, and he finally didn't buy shoes.

Someone asked him, "Why don't you try on the size of your shoes with your own feet?" He replied, "I would rather believe in size than my own feet!" 」

contradictory

There was a man in Chu who sold both shields and spears. (He) boasted, "My shield is so strong that nothing can penetrate." (He) praised his spear and said, "My spear is very sharp, and there is nothing it can't pierce." Someone said, "What will happen if you stab your shield with your spear?" The seller can't respond. An airtight shield and an airtight spear cannot exist at the same time.

Waiting for unexpected gains

There was a farmer in Song State. He planted several acres of land and there was a big tree on his land. One day, while he was working in the field, he suddenly saw a rabbit flying like an arrow, slamming into that big tree, breaking his neck at once, kicking and dying. The farmer ran fast and picked up the rabbit. He said happily, "It's a waste of effort. I got a big bargain for nothing. You can have a good meal when you go back. " When he came home with the rabbit, he thought proudly, "I am so lucky." Maybe a rabbit will come tomorrow. I can't let go of such a bargain. "

The next day, he went to the field without working, just waiting for the rabbit to hit him. As a result, I waited for a day and found nothing. He was unwilling, so he sat under that big tree every day and waited for the rabbit to kill him. He waited and waited until the weeds in the field grew taller than the crops, and there was not even a rabbit.