守株待兔

【成语】守株待兔

相传在战国时代宋国，有一个农民，日出而作，日入而息．遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖；一遇灾荒，可就要忍饥挨饿了．他想改善生活，但他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕，总想碰到送上门来的意外之财。

奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，周围有人在打猎。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小野兽没命的奔跑。突然，有一只兔子，不偏不倚，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。

当天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。

从此，他便不再种地。一天到晚，守着那神奇的树根，等着奇迹的出现。

成语“守株待兔”，比喻亡想不劳而得，或死守狭隘的经验，不知变通。

StayingbyaStumpWaitingforMoreHaresToComeandDashThemselvesAgainstIt

Thisstorytookplacemorethan2,000yearsago,intheWarringStatesperiod（475-221B.C.）.TraditionhasitthatintheStateofSongatthattimetherewasamanwhowasfamousforstayingbyastumpwaitingfor

moreharestocomeanddashthemselvesagainstit.

Hewasayongfarmer,andhisfamilyhadbeenfarmersforgenerations.Yearafteryearandgenerationaftergeneration,farmersusedtosowinspringandharvestinautumn,beginningtoworkatsunriseandretiringatsunset.Ingoodharvestyears,theycouldonlyhaveenoughfoodtoeatandenoughclothingtowear.Iftherewasafamineduetocropfailure,theyhadtogohungry.

Thisyoungfarmerwantedtoimprovehislife.Buthewastoolazyandtoocowardly.Beinglazyandcowardlyovereverything,heoftendreamedofhavingunexpectedblessings.

Amiracletookplaceatlast.Onedayinlateautumn,whenhewasploughinginthefield,twogroupsofpeoplewerehuntingnearby.Asshoutingswererisingoneafteranother,scaredhareswererunningdesperately.Suddenly,ablindharedasheditselfheadlongagainstthestumpofadeadtreeinhisfieldanddied.

Thatday,heatehisfill.

Fromthatdayon,henolongerwentinforfarmingagain.Frommorningtillnight,hestayedbythatmiraculousstump,waitingformiraclestotakeplaceagain.

Thisstorycomesfrom"TheFiveVermin"inTheWorksofHanFeizi.Latergenerationsoftenusethesetphrase"stayingbyastumpwaitingformoreharestocomeanddashthemselvesagainstit"toshowgrustingtochanceandwindfallsordreamingtoreapwithoutsowing.Itisalsousedtoshowadheringtonarrowexperiencesandnotbeingabletobeflexible.