A cicada hidden in the shade, delighted that it had found a good habitat, lost its vigilance.
Unexpectedly, not far behind it, a praying mantis had already locked it.
The praying mantis is smugly approaching the cicada little by little, wanting a good meal.
As everyone knows, just behind the praying mantis, a yellow finch has jumped and slowly extended its beak to the praying mantis.
This is the story of "praying mantis catches cicadas, yellow finches are behind".
Zhuangzi believes that we should not forget what we see, and forget what we see when we see profit.
The road of life is long, both obstructed and long, there will be disappointment and pride, and adversity will lead to good times.
The world likes good times, but good times can easily make people get carried away and lose their sense of crisis.
In real life, there are many cases where they get carried away when life is good, and when a crisis arises, they are suddenly beaten back to their original form, and there are many people who lose their lives like this.
The Ming Dynasty scholar Cui Mill's "Listening to the Context of Songtang" has a famous "Six Ran Training" self-cultivation principle, one of which is "proud and indifferent".
You should not be proud of a small achievement, but you will learn a lesson.
When people are in good times, they must remember to converge, be prepared for danger in peacetime, and avoid falling a lot.
Only by staying awake can we move forward better.
