Hotel Dog Translation Meaning

Hotel Fierce Dog

If a person has strong wine (1), the utensils are very clean (2) and the table is very long (3), but the sour wine is not sold. Ask the people there why. ⑷. The local people said:

"The male's dog is fierce, and the man comes in with his weapon ⑸, and drinks the male wine ⑹, and the dog eats it ⑺. This is why the wine is sour and cannot be sold."

There are also ferocious dogs in Husband’s country, and those who use them are also ⑻. There is a Taoist scholar who wants to be the master of ten thousand chariots, but the one who uses it meets him and runs away. This is also a fierce dog in the country.

——Excerpt from Yan Ying ⑿ "Yan Zi Chun Qiu·Nei Pian Qi"

Translation

There was a wine seller who used very clean utensils , (the wine seller) also hung up a very long (eye-catching) sign, but the wine he sold became sour because he could not sell it. Ask your neighbors why. The neighbor said: "Your dog is very fierce. When someone comes into (your hotel) with a wine container and wants to buy your wine, the dog will come up and bite him. This means that your wine will not be sold and will become sour." The reason. ”

A country also has such fierce dogs. These authoritarian people are the fierce dogs of the country. Wise men who have knowledge and methods of governing the country want to see the king, but the powerful ministers around the king come up to slander them. These people are the fierce dogs of the country!

The fable tells us: If the "fierce dog" is not killed, no matter how good the "wine" is, it will turn sour. Treacherous and sycophantic villains like fierce dogs are a scourge to the country. A wise leader must pay attention to "choose left and right" and stay close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains in order to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Only by starting from the overall situation, examining the virtuous and the traitorous, and identifying the loyal and the traitorous can leaders discern people wisely and know how to appoint them appropriately.