春秋时期齐国的管仲家境贫寒,为了维持生计,曾做过各种各样的工作。后来管仲成为齐国的宰相,辅佐齐桓公成就霸业。管仲担任宰相时,非常善于利用身边的人或事来打比方,向齐桓公进谏。有一次管仲陪同齐桓公到马棚视察。桓公看到干净整洁的马棚和健壮精神的马匹,非常满意,让人找来了养马人,亲切地问道:“马棚里这么多事情,你认为哪一件最难呢?” In the Spring and Autumn Period Qi Guanzhong’s family was poor, in order to maintain their livelihood, have done a wide variety of work. Later, Guan Zhong became the prime minister of Qi, assisted Qi Huan Gong achievements overlord. Guanzhong served as prime minister, very good at using people or things around to play analogy, to Qihuan Gong into remonstrance. There Guanzhong once accompanied by Qi Huan Gong visited the stables. Huan Gong saw the clean and tidy stallion and robust horse, very satisfied, people came to raise the horse, kindly asked: “So many things in the stalls, which one do you think the hardest? ”