{"id":9781,"date":"2019-11-20T09:05:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T09:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-words-phrases\/play-the-lute-to-a-cow\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T09:05:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T09:05:23","slug":"play-the-lute-to-a-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/th\/play-the-lute-to-a-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"Play the Lute to a Cow"},"content":{"rendered":"
Duìniútánqín
\u5bf9 \u725b \u5f39 \u7434
Playing the Lute to a Cow<\/p>\n

Zhànguóshí\uff0cy\u01d2u yíwèi jiào G\u014dngmíng Yí de y\u012bnyuèji\u0101\uff0cT\u0101 tán de q\u01d4zi y\u014dum\u011bi dòngt\u012bng\uff0cH\u011bn du\u014d rén d\u014du x\u01d0hu\u0101n t\u012bng t\u0101 tánqín\u3002
\u6218 \u56fd \u65f6\uff0c\u6709\u4e00\u4f4d \u53eb\u516c\u660e\u4eea\u7684\u97f3\u4e50\u5bb6\uff0c\u4ed6\u5f39\u7684\u66f2\u5b50\u4f18\u7f8e\u52a8\u542c\uff0c\u5f88\u591a\u4eba\u90fd\u559c\u6b22\u542c\u4ed6\u5f39\u7434\u3002
During the Warring Statesperiod, there was a musician named GongmingYi. The music he played was exquisite and pleasant to listen to. Many people loved to hear him play.
Y\u01d2u yìti\u0101n \uff0cG\u014dngmíng Yí lái dào ji\u0101owài\uff0ckàn dào ch\u016bnf\u0113ng xúxúde chu\u012bdòng zhe yángli\u01d4\uff0cYì tóu huángniú zhèngzài c\u01ceodì shàng d\u012btóu ch\u012bc\u01ceo\uff0cT\u0101 lái le xìngzhì\uff0clìkè b\u01ceishàng qín \uff0cb\u014dd\u014dng qín xián\uff0cg\u011bi zhètóu niútán q\u01d0 le yuèq\u01d4\uff0cK\u011b shì l\u01ceoniú què méi shénme f\u01cenyìng\uff0cRéngrán d\u012btóu ch\u012bc\u01ceo\u3002G\u014dng Míngyí xi\u01ceng \uff0cZhè q\u01d4zi k\u011bnéng tài g\u0101o y\u01ce le\uff0cYúshì jiù huàn le j\u01d0 sh\u01d2u t\u014dngsú q\u01d4zi\uff0cDànshì l\u01ceohuángniú sh\u01d0zh\u014dng háo wú f\u01cenyìng\uff0cG\u014dng Míngyí h\u011bn sh\u012bwàng\u3002
\u6709\u4e00\u5929\uff0c\u516c\u660e\u4eea\u6765\u5230\u90ca\u5916\uff0c\u770b\u5230\u6625\u98ce\u5f90\u5f90\u5730\u5439\u52a8\u7740\u6768\u67f3\uff0c\u4e00\u5934\u9ec4\u725b\u6b63\u5728\u8349\u5730\u4e0a\u4f4e\u5934\u5403\u8349\uff0c\u4ed6\u6765\u4e86\u5174\u81f4\u7acb\u523b\u6446\u4e0a\u7434\uff0c\u62e8\u52a8\u7434 \u5f26\uff0c\u7ed9\u8fd9\u5934\u725b\u5f39\u8d77\u4e86\u4e50\u66f2\uff0c\u53ef\u662f\u8001\u725b\u5374\u6ca1\u4ec0\u4e48\u53cd\u5e94\uff0c\u4ecd\u7136\u4f4e\u5934\u5403 \u8349\u3002\u516c\u660e\u4eea\u60f3\uff0c\u8fd9\u66f2\u5b50\u53ef\u80fd\u592a\u9ad8\u96c5\u4e86\uff0c\u4e8e\u662f\u5c31\u6362\u4e86\u51e0\u9996\u901a\u4fd7\u66f2\u5b50\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u8001\u9ec4\u725b\u59cb\u7ec8\u6beb\u65e0\u53cd\u5e94\uff0c\u516c\u660e\u4eea\u5f88\u5931\u671b\u3002
One day, Go<\/em>ngming Yi went out of town and saw the spring breeze gently blowing the willows as a yellow cow was busy eating grass in the field. He was very interested and immediately took up his instrument and began plucking the strings, playing his music for the cow. The cow, however, took no notice, but co<\/em>ntinued calmly eating the grass. Go<\/em>ngming Yi thought, maybe this music was too refined, so he switched to some more popular tunes, but the cow still paid no attention to him whatsoever. Go<\/em>ngming Yi was very disappointed.
Zhèshí\uff0cy\u01d2u rén duì t\u0101 shu\u014d\uff1a“N\u01d0 bùyào sh\u0113ng qì le\uff0cbùshì n\u01d0 tán de q\u01d4zi bù h\u01ceot\u012bng, ér shì n\u01d0 tán de q\u01d4zi niúx\u012bnsh\u01ceng bù li\u01ceo a\uff01”
\u8fd9\u65f6\uff0c\u6709\u4eba\u5bf9\u4ed6\u8bf4\uff1a“\u4f60\u4e0d\u8981\u751f\u6c14\u4e86\uff0c\u4e0d\u662f\u4f60\u5f39\u7684\u66f2\u5b50\u4e0d\u597d\u542c\uff0c\u800c\u662f\u4f60\u5f39\u7684\u66f2\u5b50\u725b\u6b23\u8d4f\u4e0d\u4e86\u554a\uff01”
At this time, someone said to him:" Don’t be upset. It’s not that your music is not beautiful, but just that the cows can’t appreciateit!"
Cíy\u01d4 zhùshì
\u8bcd\u8bed\u6ce8\u91ca<\/p>\n

\u4f18\u7f8e\uff1a(y\u014dum\u011bi) adj.graceful; exquisite
\u52a8\u542c\uff1a(dòngt\u012bng) adj.interesting or pleasant to the ear
\u5f90\u5f90\uff1a(xúxú) adv.slowly and gently
\u5174\u81f4\uff1a(x\u012bngzhì) n.interest; gusto
\u9ad8\u96c5\uff1a(g\u0101oy\u01ce) adj.elegant; refined
\u59cb\u7ec8\uff1a(sh\u01d0zh\u014dng) adv.from beginning to end<\/p>\n

Yìyì
\u610f\u4e49<\/p>\n

Duì niú tánqín zh\u014dng “duì”shì“duìzhe\uff0cxiàng zhe”\u3002“duì niú tán qín”de b\u011bn yì shì duìzhe niú tánqín \uff0cdànshì niú bìng wú l\u01d0c\u01cei\u3002B\u01d0yù shìtú hé bù ji\u01ceng dàol\u01d0 de rén lùnl\u01d0\u3002Y\u011b k\u011by\u01d0 f\u011bngcì nàxi\u0113 bù kàn duìxiàng shìshuí jiù dà f\u0101 yánlùn de rén.
\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434\u4e2d“\u5bf9”\u662f“\u5bf9\u7740\uff0c\u5411\u7740”\u3002“\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434”\u7684\u672c\u610f\u662f\u5bf9\u7740\u725b\u5f39\u7434\uff0c\u4f46\u725b\u5e76\u65e0\u7406\u776c\u3002\u6bd4\u55bb\u8bd5\u56fe\u548c\u4e0d\u8bb2\u9053\u7406\u7684\u4eba\u7406\u8bba\u3002\u4e5f\u53ef\u4ee5\u8bbd\u523a\u90a3\u4e9b\u4e0d\u770b\u5bf9\u8c61\u662f\u8c01\u5c31\u5927\u53d1\u8a00\u8bba\u7684\u4eba\u3002
The meaning of "\u5bf9(duì)" is "to;towards". "\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434(DuìNiúTánQín)" literally means playing the music towards the cow, but the cow took no notice. This is a me<\/em>taphor for trying to reason with those who are unreasonable. It is also used iro<\/em>nically to refer to those who talk without noticing who their audienceis.
Lìjù
\u4f8b\u53e5<\/p>\n

T\u0101 bùd\u01d2ng y\u012bnyuè\uff0cdài t\u0101 qùt\u012bng y\u012bnyuèhuì\uff0cji\u01cenzhí shì duìniútánqín\u3002
\u4ed6\u4e0d\u61c2\u97f3\u4e50\uff0c\u5e26\u4ed6\u53bb\u542c\u97f3\u4e50\u4f1a\uff0c\u7b80\u76f4\u5c31\u662f\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434\u3002
He doesn’t know anything a<\/em>bout music, so taking him to ac o<\/em>ncert is like\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434.\uff08duìniútán qín\uff09<\/p>\n

G\u0113n t\u0101 shu\u014d le nàme du\u014d dàol\u01d0\uff0ct\u0101 háishì bù míing bái \uff0czh\u0113nshì duìniútán qín a!
\u8ddf\u4ed6\u8bf4\u4e86\u90a3\u4e48\u591a\u9053\u7406\uff0c\u4ed6\u8fd8\u662f\u4e0d\u660e\u767d\uff0c\u771f\u662f\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434\u554a\uff01
After explaining it to him so many times, he still couldn’t understand. It is really like\u5bf9\u725b\u5f39\u7434! \uff08duìniútán qín\uff09
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