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Dec 6, 2016 3 min

鸡虫得失

from 成语典故

鸡虫得失 【释义】像鸡食虫、人缚鸡,这种是非、得失的小问题。比喻无关紧要的细微得失。 【出处】唐·杜甫《缚鸡行》 杜甫因节度使严武死后失去了依靠,便离开了成都草堂,举家东移来到了夔州。那时候,杜甫家里养了几只鸡,鸡经常啄食虫蚁。他的妻子十分怜惜虫蚁的生命,所以对那些鸡十分厌恶。一天,他妻子见鸡又在啄食虫蚁,就吩咐僮仆把鸡缚起来,到市场上去卖掉。 僮仆把鸡关进笼子,一只只抓起来缚住。那些鸡拼命地挣扎、啼叫,叫声十分凄惨。杜甫见了,心中十分不忍,吩咐僮仆把鸡放了。 杜甫心中想:妻子因为怜惜虫蚁,不惜把鸡卖掉,这固然保护了虫蚁;但鸡被卖掉后,不是也要被人宰杀烧了吃吗?对虫蚁和鸡为什么要厚此薄彼呢?可他继而又想,鸡虫不能两全,不是虫死,便是鸡烹,你救了它这一次,并不能救它下一次,因为鸡最后终是要被人杀了吃的。其实,鸡和虫都是很小的东西,实在犯不上为它们的生死操心。 想到这里,杜甫挥笔写了《缚鸡行》这首诗,诗中有两句是“鸡虫得失无了时,注目寒江倚山阁。”像鸡啄虫蚁、人又缚鸡这种是非得失的问题是经常发生的。我应该把眼光放远一点,不要纠缠在鸡虫得失这样的小事上。

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