Animal fable: the wisdom of the tortoise

A fisherman caught a turtle, so the turtle had a dream to Song Yuanjun, the king of Song State.

That night, in Song's sleep, I saw a man with long hair peeking at a side door and poked around and said to Song, "I live in a deep pool called Zhalu. I went to Hebo on behalf of Qingjiang Water God, and was caught by a fisherman named Yu Qi on the way. "

Song woke up in the morning and thought of this dream at night. He felt strange, so he invited someone to divine the dream. The fortune teller said, "This is a dream entrusted by a turtle to the king." Song Yuanjun asked the people around him, "Is there a fisherman named Yu Qi?" The left and right replied, "There is a fisherman named Yu Qi." Therefore, Song ordered his men to deliver the message and come to appear before the court.

The next day, I came to Song. Yuan Jun asked him, "What did you catch by fishing?" I replied, "I caught a big white turtle with a fishing net." The turtle's back is five feet long. " Song was ordered to offer a white turtle. I hurried home and presented the white turtle I caught to Song Yuan Jun.

After Song got the turtle, he wanted to kill it several times and raise it several times, but he always hesitated. Finally, he had to ask the fortune teller to make a decision. The result of divination is: "It is auspicious to kill this turtle and use it for divination." So, Song ordered people to kill the white turtle, cut open its intestines and use its shell for divination. It was always predicted 72 times, and it succeeded every time.

Later, Confucius said with deep feelings: "This turtle has the ability to give Song Yuanjun his dream, but it has no ability to escape the trap of Yu Yu. Its wisdom can reach 72 divinations without a failure, but it can't avoid the disaster of being cut open. In this way, wisdom has its limitations, and wisdom can't take care of things. "

This story tells us that a person's intelligence, no matter how high, can't compare with everyone's wisdom. Therefore, only with one heart and one mind can we do things more comprehensively.