Chinese Proverbs

Tiger's Fierceness Stolen by a Fox

One day a hungry tiger crawled out of his cave in search of food. He became very excited when he saw a fox. He jumped on the fox catching it in his paw, but the fox was clever and he started speaking to the tiger.

"Hey! You think you are the king of all the animals and that gives you the right to eat me? In fact, God just named me the 'King of Kings'".

Hearing this, the tiger hesitated as he heard the confidence with which the fox spoke. Noticing the tiger's hesitation, the fox spoke again with an even more assertive manner.

"You don't believe me? Let's go to the forest and you will see how scared those animals get when they see me."

So the tiger decided to follow the fox to the forest. Surely enough, upon entering the forest, all the animals ran away and disappeared when they saw the fox.

The tiger was greatly surprised by this and believed that the fox truly was the 'King of Kings'.

This is how the fox saved himself from the jaws of the tiger, and the tiger will never know that it was really him and not the fox that scared the animals away.

This proverb describes how people can use others for their own gain.