風(fēng)兒密語

Amazing the World with a Single Feat



In the Warring States Period, Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation. One of his minister, Chun Yukun who had a good sense of humour, said to him:”There is a big bird which has neigher taken wing nor sung for three years.” The duke answered, “Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonish the world.” The duke thereupon devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one.



This idiom is used to indicate that a person may rise from obscurity and achieve greatness.



戰(zhàn)國時代，齊威王即位后作了三年國君，只顧享樂，不理政事。有個善于說笑話的人叫淳于髡，一天對齊威王說：“城里有一只大鳥，三年不飛也不叫，你知道這是什么道理？”齊威王說：“這鳥不飛則罷，一飛就沖天；不鳴則罷，一鳴就驚人?！痹诖居邝盏募ぐl(fā)下，齊威王開始治理國家，取得很大成績，齊國的聲威一直保持了幾十年。