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míng jīng rén
zhàn guó shí wēi wáng chéng
wáng wèi yǒu sān nián le shì
zhěng tiān yǐn jiǔ zuò
zhāo zhèng
yǒu chén jiào chún kūn
hěn yǒu yōu gǎn duì wēi wáng
shuō chén tīng shuō guó yǒu
zhǐ niǎo sān nián lái fēi
jiào wáng zhī dào zhè shì
zhǐ shén me niǎo
shí chún kūn shì àn
wēi wáng wēi wáng dào
dàn zhè zhǐ niǎo kāi shǐ fēi xiáng gāo
rán zhèn jīng shì jiè
cóng wēi wáng qín zhāo zhèng
jīng zhì guó wēi zhèn
chéng míng jīng rén
píng shí wén huò shì suǒ
zuò wèi dàn dàn rèn zhēn lái
biàn xià gān chū fān jīng
便
rén de shì lái
In the Warring States Period (战国), Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs, for the first three years of his reign, giving himself over to dissipation.
One of his minister, Chun Yukun (chún yú kūn)who had a good sense of humor, said to him:”There is a big bird which has never taken wing nor sung for three years.Your Highness, may you guess what kind of bird is it?”
The duke answered, “Once that bird starts to fly and sing, it will astonish the world.”
The duke then devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one.
This idiom is used to indicate that a person may rise from obscurity and achieve greatness.
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