1. The Cause
A long time ago, there was an old man named Yugong, whose family had two big mountains, Taihang and Wangwu, across the street. If the family wanted to go out, they had to make a detour around the mountains.
2. After
One day, Yugong gathered the whole family together and said, "Starting tomorrow, we will go up the mountain to move rocks and flatten the mountain, so that we don't have to be so tired to go out anymore. His wife questioned: With your strength, you can't even cut down a small mountain, let alone these two big mountains. Besides, where do you put the soil and stones you dig down? The people said: throw it to the edge of the Bohai Sea.
So. The next day Yugong led his whole family up the mountain, chiseled stones, dug up earth, and carried it to the edge of the Bohai Sea with a skip and a dustpan. When Zhi Sou saw this, he sneered and said to Yugong: You are this old, why do you still want to move the mountain, even to the day of your death, it is impossible to move the big mountain. The old man laughed and said, "Even if I die, I will still have a son, who will give birth to a grandson, who will give birth to a son, who will give birth to an infinite number of children and grandchildren, but the mountain will not increase, so I am still afraid of not being able to dig it up. When the wise man heard this, he had no words to refute it, so he walked away in disgrace.
3. The Result
Later, the God of the Mountain and the God of the Sea knew about Yugong's action, and were afraid that if they kept digging like this, they would remove all the mountains and fill up the sea, so they went to report to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor was so touched by Yugong's behavior that he sent the mountain gods to carry the two great mountains away.
Expanded:
Theme Idea:
Yu Gong removes the mountain is a fable with the ideas of simple materialism and simple dialectics. Its theme idea is the eternal way. It takes advantage of the image of Yugong's portrayal to show the foolishness of "Wise Old Man" and the wisdom of "Yugong" through the dialog between "Wise Old Man" and "Yugong". Through the dialog between "Wise Old Man" and "Foolish Old Man", it shows the foolishness of "Wise Old Man" and the wisdom of "Foolish Old Man", and tells people that they have to be persistent in doing things before they can succeed. Reflecting the majestic spirit of the ancient Chinese working people in transforming nature, it shows the confidence and tenacity of the ancient Chinese working people, and illustrates the truth that one must be persistent in order to overcome difficulties, which is a great inspiration to people.
In addition, this fable also has a very important objective meaning. First of all, it has the idea of man's victory over heaven, and the tendency to emphasize man over heaven in the relationship between heaven and man is very clear. Secondly, the analysis of the relationship between the mountain and the human being in the refutation of the wise old man actually contains progressive philosophical thinking, which tells the truth that the relationship between things can be transformed under certain conditions.