酷兔英语

请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng



请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng


       武则天是中国历史上唯一一个女皇帝。她有两个得力大臣,一个叫周兴,一个叫来俊臣。一天,有人向武则天告密说周兴意图谋反,武则天便命令来俊臣审这个案子。因为平时周兴和来俊臣的关系很好,所以来俊臣不知道该怎么审理这个案子,他想了很久终于想出了一个办法。

Wu Zetian is the only femaleemperor in Chinese history. She had two capable officials. One was called Zhou Xing and the other was called Lai Junchen. One day, someone told Wu Zetian that Zhou Xing was plotting treason. Wu Zetian ordered Lai Junchen to investigate this case. Since Zhou Xing and Lai Junchen were good friends, Lai Junchen did not know how to interrogate him. He thought for a long term and finally came up with an idea.


        一天,来俊臣请周兴到家里做客,他们一边讨论案子,一边喝酒。来俊臣对周兴说:"有些囚犯再三审问都不肯承认罪行,有什么办法使他们招供呢?"周兴说:"这很容易!只要拿一个瓮,用炭火在周围烧这个瓮,然后让囚犯到瓮里去,什么罪他敢不认?"于是来俊臣就吩咐侍从找来一个瓮,按照周兴的办法用炭在周围烧着,然后来俊臣站起来对周兴说:"有人告密你谋反,你要是不认罪的话,就请你自己钻进这个瓮里去吧!"周兴非常惊慌,马上磕头承认罪行。

One day, Lai Junchen invited Zhou Xing to come to his home. They were drinking wine and discussing cases. Lai Junchen asked Zhou Xing, "Some prisoners would not admit their crimes after interrogated over and over again. What can make them confess?" Zhou Xing said, "That's easy. You just need to get a jar and just charcoal fire to burn this jar. Then you will ask him to come to stay in the jar. What kind of crime would he not confess?" Then Lai Junchen ordered his servants to find a jar and burnt it with charcoal fire as Zhou Xing suggested. Then Lai Junchen stood up and told Zhou Xing, "Someone said that you are plotting treason. If you don't confess, I have to ask you to come into the jar." Zhou Xing was very panic-stricken. He immediately kowtowed and confessed his crime.




词语注释:

意图:(yìtú) v. to intend

囚犯:( qiú fàn) n. prisoner

招供:( zhāogòng) v. to confess

瓮:( wèng) n. an earthen jar

侍从:( shì cóng) n. a member of a retinue

磕头:(kē tóu) v. to kowtow

意义:

       "请君入瓮"指用某人整治别人的办法来整治他自己。
"请君入瓮" is a metaphor which means to treat somebody with the way he has devised against others.


例句:

1、他突然请你吃饭,你可要小心他"请君入瓮"的诡计。
He suddenly invited you to dinner. You have to be on guard against his trick of "using your method against you".


2、我们已经掌握他犯罪的证据,现在只要"请君入瓮",把他逮个正着就行了。
We have already got evidence for his crime. Now we only need to make him suffer from his own scheme and catch him red-handed.