Staying by a Stump Waiting for More Hares To Come and Dash Themselves Against It This 　
　
story　took place more than 2,000 years ago,in the Warring States period（475-221 B.C.）. 　
　
Tradition　has it that in the State of Song at that time there was a man who was famous for 　
　
staying by a　 stump waiting for more hares to come and dash themselves against it. He was a 　
　
yong farmer,and　 his family had been farmers for generations.Year after year and generation 　
　
after generation,　farmers used to sow in spring and harvest in autumn,beginning to work at 　
　
sunrise and retiring　at sunset.In good harvest years,they could only have enough food to eat 　
　
and enough clothing　to wear.If there was a famine due to crop failure,they had to go hungry. 　
　
This young farmer　 wanted to improve his life.But he was too lazy and too cowardly.Being 　
　
lazy　and cowardly over　everything,he often dreamed of having unexpected blessings. A 　
　
miracle took　place at last.　One day in late autumn,when he was ploughing in the field, 　
　
two groups of people　were hunting　nearby.As shoutings were rising one after another, 　
　
scared hares were running　desperately.Suddenly,a blind hare dashed itself headlong against 　
　
the stump of a dead tree in　his field and died. That day,he ate his fill. From that day on, 　
　
he no longer went in for　farming again.From morning till night,he stayed by that 　
　
miraculous stump,waiting for miracles　to take place again. This story comes from"The Five 　
　
Vermin"in The Works of Han Feizi.Later　generations often use the set phrase"staying by a 　
　
stump waiting for more hares to come and　dash themselves against it"to show grusting to 　
　
chance and windfalls or dreaming to reap　without sowing.It is also used to show adhering to 　
　
narrow experiences and not.