《韩非子·说林上》中有这样一个故事:纣王请人为自己精制了一双名贵的象牙筷子,箕子见了,十分担忧。他认为,一旦有了象牙筷子,就再也不会用陶罐土碗盛饭菜了,一定要有明犀碧玉做的杯碟来相配;使用玉杯和象牙筷子,就绝不会吃小米蔬菜,务必吃象尾和豹胎一类的山珍海味;吃了象尾、豹胎,就再也不会穿粗布,住茅房,一定要穿锦衣,居大厦。这样下去,享乐的欲望就会不断扩大,必然要用普天下的民脂民膏来填饱一个人的欲壑,那样国家就危在旦夕了。果然,纣王最后就因为荒淫无度而亡了国。一双牙筷,预示亡国之危。箕子这个推断,见微知著,从端倪推 “Han Feizi said Lin” There is such a story: King I ask people for their own refining a pair of expensive ivory chopsticks, Jizi met, very worried. He believes that once the ivory chopsticks, there will no longer use pottery bowl dishes, must be made of crystal clear bezoar jasper to match; use jade cups and ivory chopsticks, it will never eat millet vegetables, be sure Eat like a tail and leopard fetus kind of delicacies; eat like tail, leopard fetus, will never wear coarse cloth, living room, must wear silk clothing, living in the building. In this way, the desire for hedonism will continue to expand, and it will inevitably be used to fill the desires of the people with the people’s cream of the world. As a result, the state is at stake. Sure enough, King last died because of indecent assault country. A pair of toothpicks, indicating the danger of perishing. Jizi this inference, see a little know, pushed from the end