What is the historical background of the story "mantis catches cicada, yellowbird comes after"?
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The king of Wu wanted to cut the stone (1) and told him about it: "Whoever dares to remonstrate (2) will be beheaded!" Sheren (3) If several obedient children (4) dare not give advice, they play pills in the backyard and show their clothes, so there is Sandan (6). The king of Wu said, "Why bother to stick on clothes?" He said, "There are trees in the garden, and there are cicadas on the trees. The cicada sings and drinks dew, and I don't know that mantis is behind. " Mantis entrusted herself to cicada, but she didn't know that oriole was around. Yellowbird craned its neck ⑾, trying to peck mantis, but didn't know the projectile was under it. All three of them want to get their former benefits, regardless of their later disadvantages. "The prince said," hello! "Naiba (16) is his soldier.
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(1) King of Wu: refers to He Lv, King of Wu. Desire: want. Crush: Conquest, Crusade. Jing refers to the state of Chu. (2) admonition: exhortation. The following suggestions are suggestions. (3) Scheeren: the king's squire. (4) Little boy: Young people. 5. Take a bullet and a slingshot. Fuck: Take it. Take it. [6] Shandan: Three mornings, three days. Third, it means many times. God, "Dan" means "morning" in ancient Chinese. (7) you. ⑻ Mourning: The tall tree is beautiful. In ancient Chinese, "sadness" has a beautiful meaning. (9) devoting to bending: contracting close to branches and bending forelimbs. Attached are "tarsal bones" and instep. ⑽ Next to: Next to the same "edge". ⑾ Neck extension: Stretch the neck. Stretch, lengthen. Want their immediate interests: I really want their immediate interests. [13] Gu: Look back. This refers to the consideration. [14] Suffer: disaster. ⒂ Kindness: OK (16): mantis catches cicada, and yellowbird is behind.
When the king of Wu wanted to attack Emperor Jing, he warned the ministers around him: "Whoever dares to dissuade him will be executed!" A young Scheeren tried to persuade the King of Wu, but he didn't dare, so he walked around the back garden with a slingshot and bullets every day, and the dew soaked his clothes and shoes for three mornings in a row. The king of Wu felt strange: "How did you get your clothes wet?" The bodyguard replied to the king of Wu, "There is a tree in the garden with a cicada on it. Cicada stayed in a big tree, shouting loudly and drinking dew, but didn't know there was a mantis behind her; Mantis bent over and stuck to the tree, trying to jump on it, but didn't know there was a yellowbird beside him; The yellowbird craned its neck to peck at the mantis, but did not know that someone was holding a slingshot under the tree to shoot it. These three guys want immediate benefits, but they don't consider the hidden dangers behind them. " After hearing this, the king of Wu said, "Good!" Military operations were subsequently cancelled. The moral satirizes those who only care about immediate interests and ignore the disasters behind them. Teach us that when considering problems and handling things, we should make overall plans, take into account the near future, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and not lose sight of one thing. No matter what you do, you should think about it, think back and forth.