amanfromthestatechuwascrossingtheriver.intheboat,hisswordfellintothewaterbyhiscarelessness.imediatelyhemadeamarkontheboat.“thisiswheremyswordfelloff.”hesaid.whentheboatstopped,hejumpedintothewatertolookforhisswordattheplacewherehemarkedtheboat.theboathadmovedbuttheswordhadnot.isthisnotafoolishwaytolookforasword？
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从前，一个楚国人在坐船过河时，不小心把他的剑掉入了水中。他马上在船上做了个记号。“这是我的剑掉下去的地方。”他说。船停下来后，他就根据船上的记号跳入水中寻找他的剑。船在移动但他的剑并没有。用这种方式来找剑难道不是非常愚蠢的吗？
professedloveofwhatonereallyfears(叶公好龙)
inthespringandautumnperiod(770-476bc),therelivedinchuapersonnamedyezhuliang,whoaddressedhimselfas"lordye".it'ssaidthatthislordyewasveryfondofdragons.thewallshaddragonspaintedonthem.thebeams,pillars,doorsandthewindowswereallcarvedwiththem.asaresult,hislovefordragonswasspreadout.whentherealdragoninheavenheardofthislordeeplymoved.hedecidedtovisitlordyetothankhim.youmightthinklordyewasveryhappytoseearealdragon.but,actually,atverythesightofthecreature,hewasscaredoutofhiswitsandranawayasfastashecould.fromthenon,peopleknewthatlordyeonlylovedpicturesorcarvingswhichlooklikedragons,nottherealthing.
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春秋楚国叶诸梁，自称"叶公"。据说，这位叶公爱龙成癖，家里的梁、柱、门、窗上都雕着龙，墙上也画着龙。就这样，叶公爱好龙的名声，被人们传扬开了。天上的真龙，听说人间有这么一位叶公，对它如此喜爱，很受感动，决定去叶公家对他表示谢意。人们也许会想叶公看见真龙时会有多高兴。实际上，当叶公看见那条龙时，顿时吓得魂飞魄散，赶紧逃走。从此人们明白了叶公爱好的其实并不是真龙，而是似龙非龙的东西而已。
