Chapter 13 Fox Fake Tiger

During the Warring States Period, when the Chu State was at its most powerful, King Xuan of Chu was surprised that all the northern countries were afraid of his general Zhao Xixie.So he asked the ministers of the DPRK and China why. At that time, a minister named Jiang Yi narrated the following story to him: "Once upon a time, there was a tiger in a certain cave. Because he was hungry, he ran outside to look for food. When he walked to a dense forest, he suddenly saw a fox walking in front of him. He felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It was a good opportunity, so he jumped over and captured him effortlessly.

But when it opened its mouth and was about to eat the fox into its stomach, the sly fox suddenly said: "Hmph!Don't think that you are the king of beasts, so you dare to devour me; you have to know that heaven and earth have ordered me to be the king of kings, and whoever eats me will be severely sanctioned and punished by heaven and earth. After hearing the fox's words, the tiger half believed it, but when it turned its head and saw the fox's arrogant and calm look, it was not surprised.Most of the original arrogant arrogance and domineering attitude had disappeared at some point.Even so, he was still thinking: Because I am the king of beasts, any beast in the world will be afraid when they see me.And he, was ordered by the Emperor of Heaven to rule us!

At this time, the fox saw that the tiger was hesitant to eat it, and knew that he believed his words to a certain extent, so he puffed up his chest even more proudly, and then pointed to the tiger's nose and said: "Why?" , don't you believe what I say?Then you come with me now, walk behind me, and see if all the beasts are scared out of their wits when they see me, and run away with their heads in their hands. 'Tiger thought the idea was good, so he followed suit. So, the fox opened the way in front with a big face, while the tiger followed cautiously.Not long after they walked, they vaguely saw many small animals scrambling for food in the depths of the forest, but when they found the tiger walking behind the fox, they couldn't help being shocked and ran away.

At this time, the fox turned his head to look at the tiger proudly.Seeing this situation, the tiger couldn't help feeling a little frightened, but he didn't know that the wild beasts were afraid of him, but thought they were really afraid of the fox! The trick of the cunning fox has succeeded, but his power is entirely due to the guise of the tiger, so that he can take advantage of the momentary favorable situation to threaten the group of beasts. The poor tiger has been fooled, and he doesn't know it! Therefore, the reason why the northern people are afraid of Zhao Xixie is entirely because the king's soldiers are all in his hands, that is to say, what they fear is actually the power of the king! "

From the above story, we can know that anyone who uses the power of authority to oppress others, or uses the power of his position to do his best, can be described as "a fox pretending to be a tiger".