Chu Zhuangwang's fable of burying horses, from Chu Zhuangwang's insistence on burying horses according to doctors' specifications to Chu Zhuangwang's promise to give up extravagant horse burial, reflects the historical fact that Chu Zhuangwang changed from a fatuous king to a wise overlord.

When doing ideological work for people, we should pay special attention to ways and means, and which way can best be accepted by the other party. The simple dialectical view that "if you want to abolish it, you must first promote it" is worth considering first.

Story:

Chu Zhuangwang has a beloved horse, and Chu Zhuangwang treats horses not only more than people, but even more than doctors. Chu Zhuangwang dressed it in embroidered clothes, ate candied dates that only the rich could afford, and lived in a gorgeous house.

Later, the horse died of obesity because of its overindulgence. He ordered his ministers to send him to the horse and bury him inside and outside the coffin as a gift from the doctor. Ministers think that Chu Zhuangwang is insulting everyone, saying that everyone is like a horse. As a result, all ministers expressed dissatisfaction with Chu Zhuangwang's actions. Chu Zhuangwang ordered that anyone who talks about burying horses again will be put to death.

You Meng heard that Chu Zhuangwang was going to bury a horse and ran into the hall to cry. Chu Zhuangwang was surprised and asked why. You Meng said that it was the king's favorite thing to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. It is a big country with a vast territory and rich resources, but now it is so stingy that it is only buried as a gift from a doctor. The king should be buried with the king's gift. Hearing this, Chu Zhuangwang was speechless and had to cancel the plan of burying the horse as a doctor's gift.