The implication of hotel fierce dog

The fable of "hotel dog" tells us that no matter how good the dog is, the wine will turn sour. A wise leader should pay attention to "judging and choosing the right and left", be close to virtuous officials, stay away from villains, and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Only by proceeding from the overall situation can a leader see through everything.

There was a wine seller who used clean utensils and hung a long signboard, but the wine he sold was sour because he couldn't sell it. Ask the neighbors why. The neighbor said, "Your dog is fierce. Someone enters (your hotel) with a container of wine, and the dog will bite him if he buys your wine. This is why your wine party is sour, because it can't be sold. "

A country also has such fierce dogs, and these despotic people are the fierce dogs of the country. Sages with theories and methods of governing the country want to see the monarch, but ministers who hold power around the monarch vilify them when they see it. These people are the evil dogs of the country!

Extended data:

The Hotel Dog comes from the Spring and Autumn Annals of Yan Zi ***8 volumes, of which 6 volumes (admonition, questioning and miscellaneous) are not completely true, and 2 volumes (2 15 chapters) are outside, all of which are composed of short stories. Through lively stories, the book shapes the image of the protagonist Yan Ying and many foil.

Although these stories can't be completely regarded as the history of faith, most of them are based on certain facts, which can be mutually verified with books such as Zuo Zhuan, Guoyu, Lv Chunqiu and The Analects of Confucius. As historical materials reflecting the social and historical features of the late Spring and Autumn Period, they are the earliest collections of short stories in China.