The son of a high official of the state of Ren angled in the east sea, using fifty oxen as the bait.

　　He had not caught a single fish for a year.

　　But he was not discouraged and did not give up. In the end, a big fish swallowed the bait.

　　If the fish were made into dried fish, it would be enough for all the people east of Zhejiang province and north of Cangwu Mountain to have a good meal. It is difficult for those who only have small fish and shrimp1 in their minds to catch a big fish.

　　In the same way, those who use sugared up words to pursue high posts and salaries are actually very far away from the main path. So, anyone he who has not heard of the story of catching2 the big fish has a long way to go to achieve the goal of governing a state.

　　任國的公子用五十頭牛做了一個釣餌在東海釣魚.

　　一年到頭也沒釣到一條魚。

　　但他毫不氣餒，仍然堅持下去，結(jié)果，終于有一條大魚上鉤了。

　　如果釣到的大魚制成魚干，浙江以東到蒼梧山以北的人都能飽餐一頓。而那些眼中只有小魚小蝦的人，要想釣著大魚就難了。

　　同樣，粉飾言辭去攀求高官厚祿的人，他們離大道的距離可以說是十分遙遠。所以，沒聽說過任國公子釣大魚這個故事的人，離治理好天下這一目標也還有很大一段距離。