探骊得珠Obtain a Pearl from a Sleeping Black Dragon

Obtain a Pearl from a Sleeping Black Dragon（成语 探骊得珠 英文）


Beside the Yellow River was a poor family who earned their livelihood by weaving reed mats. One day the son plunged deep into the water and came out with a pearl which was worth a thousand taels of silver. Seeing it, the father said to the boy:"Get a stone and smash it. Such a valuable thing, you know, can only be found in the throat of the black dragon deep down. You must have got it when the dragon was asleep. I'm afraid once it wakes, there will be no hope of you to keep body and soul together."(1)

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(1) Zhuang Zi the philosopher told this story to counterattack a man who, after receiving great favours from Xiangwang of the State of Song, was inflated with pride and belittled Zhuang Zi. The story ended with these words of Zhuang Zi; The man had got his favours simply because the Prince was muddleheaded at the moment, just like the dragon was asleep when the pearl was taken from its throat.

探骊得珠(chinese idioms)

黄河边有个贫苦人家，靠着编织苇箔糊口。一天，这家人家的儿子在河水深处得到一颗珍珠。他的父亲却并不高兴，对他说：“拿块石头来把它砸了吧！你要知道，这千金之珠，只有九重深渊下一骊龙的喉咙口才有，你弄到这颗珠，一定是偶然遇上它睡着了。要是那骊龙清醒着的话，哼，你哪里还有半点儿活的希望！”

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