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China
January 13, 2008
- What is the difference between a mouse in toilet and a mouse in grain hold?
- An ancient famous politician wrote an article about two mice’s various life: one was in toilet and the other was in grain hold. When he was young, he was a country official. One day he entered into a toilet and saw a mouse fleeing as soon as it noticed there was someone walking toward it. Then he walked into grain hold and found another mouse which saw him, ignored him and continued its eating.
- Same ancestor, but living in quite different life. Seems as one in heaven with abundant food; one in hell.
- The mouse in toilet, small and bony, ate dirty things. It was easily frightened and ran away quickly when people or dogs were passing by it. While, the other mouse in grain hold, giant and fat, ate grains at ease. People or dogs couldn’t scare it. It didn’t run away even when people or dogs stood in front of it.
- The politician felt that there were no differences between the two mice themselves. The difference was their surroundings: toilet and grain hold.
- He compared human beings with mouse. He thought that what made two persons different were also different circumstances. Different circumstances cultivated different people. If one wanted to have a splendid future, he must be diligent, hard-working and resolute. The most important was that he must find a better condition to live in. So he quitted his job in Country Office. He began to learn politics from Xun Zi. He went to Qin Dynasty when he graduated and became Prime Minster of Qin Dynasty at last. His name is Li Si. At that time, it was Yingzheng at reign (who built Great Wall). There were six separated territories ruled by six leuds: Han, Wei, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Qi.
- Li Si helped Ying Zheng to make Qin Dynasty become stronger and powerful. Finally, Yingzheng defeated six leuds in force and built a union country, named as Qin Dynasty.
- From Li Si’s life story, you may think he was bad guy, greedy, betrayed Prince FuSun (first son of King Yingzheng), helped Huhai (youngest son of King Yingzheng) become King.
- However, he wrote many great political articles.
- He was two-side person. It is hard to comment him simply by good or bad.
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