成都越南语学习——中越对照成语故事：一鸣惊人抱薪救火战国末期，秦国向魏国接连发动大规模的进攻，魏国无力抵抗，大片土地都被秦军占领了。到公元前273年，秦国又一次向魏国出兵，势头空前猛烈。魏王把大臣们召来，愁眉苦脸地问大家有没有使秦国退兵的办法。大臣们由于经过多年的战乱，提起打仗就吓得哆嗦，谁也不敢谈“抵抗”二字。在这大兵压境的危急时刻，多数大臣都劝魏王，用黄河以北和太行山以南的大片土地为代价，向秦王求和。谋士苏代听了这些话，很不以为然，忙上前对魏王说。“大王，他们是因为自己胆小怕死，才让您去卖国求和，根本不为国家着想。您想，把大片土地割让给秦国虽然暂时满足了秦王的野心，但秦国的欲望是无止境的，只要魏国的土地没割完，秦军就不会停止进攻我们。”说到这里，苏代讲了一个故事。从前有一个人，他的房子起火了，别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火，但他不听，偏抱起一捆柴草去救火，是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。大王若同意拿着魏国土地去求和，不就等于抱着柴草救火吗。”尽管苏代讲得头头是道，但是胆小的魏王只顾眼前的太平，还是依大臣们的意见把魏国大片土地割让给秦国。到公元225年，果然秦军又向魏国大举进攻，包围了国都大梁，掘开黄河大堤让洪水淹没了大梁城，魏国终于被秦国灭掉了。故事出自《史记·魏世家》。成语“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害，结果反而使祸害扩大。carryingfaggotstoputoutafireinthelastyearsofthewarringstatesperiod，thestateofqinattackedthestateofweionalargescalerepeatedlyandoccupiedlargeareasofland，forthestateofweiwastooweaktodefenditself.in273b.b.，theqinarmy第1页共3页launchedanotherattackuponthestateofweiwithamomentummorevigorousthanever.thekingofthestateofweisummonedhisofficials，andaskedwithaworriedlookifanyonecouldproposeawaytodefeattheqinarmy.afteryearsofchaoscausedbythewars，theofficialstrembledwhenfightingwasmentioned，andnoonedaredtospeakofresistance.atthecriticalmomentwhenalargeenemyforcewasbearingdownupontheborder，mostoftheoffinialspersuadedthekingtosueforpeace，atthecostofgivingawaytothestateofqinthelargeareaoflandnorthofthehuangheriverandsouthofthetaihangmountain.howeversudai，acounsellor，didnotagree.hehurrieduptothekingandsaid："yourmajesty，theydon'tthinkabouttheinterestsofthecountryatall.itisjustbecausetheyarecowardlyandafraidofdeaththattheyaskyoutosueforpeacebybetrayingthecountry.ofcourseyoucantemperarilysatisfytheambitionofthekingofthestateofqinisinsatiablygreedy.itwillneverstopassaultingusuntilourlandistotallygivenaway."oncetherewasamanwhosehousewasonfire.peopletoldhimtoputoutthefirewithwater，buthewouldnotlisten.instead，hecarriedafaggottoputoutthefire，onlytomakethefirefiercer.thatwasbecausehedidn'tknowthat，insteadofputtingoutthefire，faggotscouldonlymakeitburningmorevigorously.isn'titequivalenttocarryingfaggotstoputoutafireifyouagreetosueforpeaceatthecostofthelandofthestateofwei。"thoughsudai'sargumentwasveryconvincing，thekingacceptedthesuggestionofthoseofficialsandgaveawaytothestateofqinalargeareaofthelandofthestateofwei.forthekingofthestateofweiwascowardlyandonlycaredforpeaceatthemoment.asmightbeexpected，theqinarmyassaultedthestateofweionalargescalein225b.c.，surroundingthecapitalcitydaliangandfloodingitbydiggingopenthedykesofthehuangheriver.thestateofweiwasfinallydestroyedbythestateofqin.thisstoryappearsinthehistoricalrecordswrittenbysimaqian.thesetphrase"carryingfaggotstoputoutafire"isusedtomeanadoptingawrongmethodtosa第2页共3页veasituationandendingupbymakingitworse.第3页共3页
