Zheng Zhi, a scholar, learned to cover. After three years of success, it was a drought. It was useless to cover, but he abandoned it and learned to make oranges. After three years of success, it rained cats and dogs, and oranges were useless, but they were still covered. It was stolen a few days later, and the people changed their uniforms, which were rarely used to cover them. I want to learn to be a soldier, and I am old.

The better farmers are, the more they dig fields and plant rice, and they have been damaged by waterlogging for three years. People say that planting millet should be drained. That's right, it's still old. It was a severe drought. Even when I was three years old, I was sorry if I got it, but I won if I got it.

Therefore, as the saying goes, "drought is the boat, and heat is the fur." Famous words in the world! "

2. Translation

There was a countryman in Zheng who learned to make rain gear for three years, but it was useless when there was a drought, so he gave up learning to make tools and helped people carry water by the well. It rained heavily after three years of useless study. So he went back and redone the rain gear. Soon thieves began to rise, people wore military uniforms, and few people used rain gear. He wants to learn to make weapons, but he is too old to do it.

In Vietnam, there was a man who was good at agriculture. He reclaimed land to grow rice, but it was flooded for three years. Everyone said that they would plant millet after drainage, but they didn't listen and did it for two years. He calculated the harvest, made up for the previous poor harvest, and still had a surplus. So he said, "In dry weather, prepare a boat, and in hot weather, sew a leather coat. This is a famous saying in the world.

3. Source

Jade Ion by Liu Ji (Liu Bowen)

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1, Introduction to the Works

"Residual Ion" is gloomy and literary; Li, one of the gossip, represents fire; Depression means civilization, which means that if the future generations of the world use four words, they will certainly reach the rule of civilization. The ideological content is based on Tao and combined with the metaphysical use of Confucianism. The vagaries of conception and writing have won the essence of Zhuangzi. Jiajing Chen Bing and Song Lian's "Men Zi Ning Dao Ji" were jointly engraved in Kaifeng.

Liu Ji believes that everything has a way and the way is irreversible; Second, things have two poles and unity of opposites; Third, manage a difference and explore its essence; Fourth, wisdom is better than strength, and what is known is unknown; Fifth, reason with things and think in images. Thinking has gained the essence of Taoist thinking.

"Residual ion" is Liu Bowen's excuse. Liu Ji was 47-50 years old when he wrote Jade Ion. He experienced four ups and downs in the Yuan Dynasty officialdom, which coincided with the low point of his life, which made him depressed for half his life and unable to display his ambition. Later, he was deprived of military power, so he gave up his official position and retired to his hometown Qingtianshan to write about Yu Ion.

Soon after writing, he ran away from home and became Zhu Yuanzhang's confidant, helping Zhu Yuanzhang to establish a unified Ming Dynasty.

"Yu" not only reflects Liu Bowen's thought of governing the country and protecting the people as a politician, but also reflects his talent view, philosophical thought, economic thought, literary achievement, moral conduct and profound knowledge. In the process of writing Yu, Liu Bowen's whole ideological system, especially his views and opinions on social politics, became more mature and systematic.

2. Introduction to the author

Liu Ji (13 1 1 July1375 May 16) was a native of Nantian, qingtian county (now wencheng county, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province), so he was called Liu Qingtian, a strategist and a native of the early Ming Dynasty. After three years of Hongwu (1370), he became a sincere person, so he was also called Liu Chengyi. In the ninth year, Wu Zongzheng granted a surname posthumously, posthumous title Wencheng, who was later called He Wencheng Gong.

From Yuan Dynasty to Shun Dynasty, scholars were promoted. Broaden the history of classics, especially the study of longitude and latitude, and people are better than Zhuge Liang. In the 19th year of Zheng Zheng (1359), Zhu Yuanzhang heard the names of Liu Ji and Song Lian and invited them. He wrote a book which expounded 18 current affairs strategies and was highly praised. Participate in planning and pacifying Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. In the first year of Wu (1367), it was ordered by the official of Taishi and entered Wu Shen Dali. Please customize legislation to stop indiscriminate killing.

After Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor, he called for the establishment of a military defense law and invited Sue and his party. Try to remonstrate and build Fengyang as the capital. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), he was named Cheng Yibo in November, aged 240 stone. Four years, giving back. Liu Ji's hometown is out of sight, but he drinks and plays chess, and his words are not words. Looking for the old and regretting being entrusted by the left prime minister Hu,

He went to Beijing to apologize and stayed in Beijing, afraid to go back. He made a fuss and sent a doctor to visit him. In eight years, he sent envoys to protect his family and died in January. Liu Ji is proficient in astronomy, art of war and mathematics, especially in poetry. Poetry is simple and vigorous, and there are many works that attack the rulers' decay and sympathize with the people's sufferings. All the works are included in the Collection of Sincere Works.

Liu Jizuo and Zhu Yuanzhang are equal to the world. On the security of the world, righteousness lies in color. In case of emergency, he has the courage to work hard, and his plan has been made, which is beyond measure. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly called Liu Ji: "My ovary is also." In the history of literature, Liu Ji, Song Lian and Gao Qi are called "the great poets in the third day of Ming Dynasty".

China folk widely circulated that "the world is divided into three parts, and Liu Bowen is unified; Zhuge Liang, a former strategist, and Liu Bowen, a later strategist. He is famous for his clever calculation and strategizing.