Disciples

Chapter 47

Original
Wherever you speak, believe first;

Deceit and recklessness, Xi Keyan!
Translation
In speaking, the most important thing is to pay attention to honesty; how can you tell lies or nonsense?

allusion
According to legend, there were three braggarts in a village, named Zhang San, Li Si, and Wang Wu.Once, when they were drinking together, they started blowing up.Zhang San first said: "Fifty people take a bath in my washbasin, and no one can see anyone else." Li Si listened and said, "What's so strange about this? The cauldron in our family was used when the Yellow Emperor fought against Chi You. I used this pot to make a pot of rice for the ten thousand soldiers, and they only ate half of it after two days!" Wang Wu said unhappily, "This is not new! The ancestors of our family used to live in the south , It is famous all over the world for planting melons. I remember when Cao Cao led his army to the south and passed by our house. Because of the shortage of food and grass, our family’s melons were eaten as food. Our ancestors only cut a small piece for them, and 83 troops ate them. It's been a month and I haven't finished eating!"

At this time, there was a grandpa and grandson outside the door, and the little grandson asked the grandpa very curiously: "Grandpa, how can you eat such a big melon?" The grandpa replied: "Saw it with a saw!" It’s so big, how big is the saw! How to saw it?” Grandpa pointed to the three braggarts and said, “It’s very simple, one saw in the sky, one saw in the ground!” After hearing this, the three of them couldn’t help but blush up.Later, this saying became a common saying that "one sentence in the sky, one sentence on the ground".

(End of this chapter)