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Yangzhou School Bottle- Your Thoughts Please!

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« Reply #60 on: July 09, 2015, 05:51:03 am »
Tom,

The snipe or sandpiper (?) and the clam's story does involve the fisherman. The Chinese saying is 鹬蚌相争渔翁得利.
   
鹬 (yu ) = snipe / sandpiper
蚌 ( bang ) = clam
相争 ( xiang zheng ) = having conflict / war with each other
渔翁 ( yuweng ) = fisherman
得利 ( deli ) = benefits   

It was a parable that a strategist (during the Warring State period of Chinese history) used to persuade two small fiefdoms ( the Zhao and the Yan states ) not to fight between them, otherwise the big player, Qing state will be the ultimate winner swallowing them up !

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