Pu Songling's name piece " wolf " told such a allegorical stories, a butcher sells the flesh to come back, colour of sky is late already, two wolves caught up with he. Butcher throws the meat that remain to them, also fail to prevent them to continue to dog. Before a haystack, butcher and two wolves confront each other. Passed a little while, a wolf leaves, another wolf crouchs sit in front of butcher " catnap " . Taking the advantage of this time, butcher is cruel case killed this " catnap " wolf; Turn to haystack again subsequently from the back, killed that to want to carry out the wolf of sneak attack from the back only. A lot of annotate " catnap " the explanation is become " pretend to sleep " , this is wrong.
" small a man's cap used in ancient times of · of The Book of Songs " : "Catnap always sighs, dimension care is used old. " Zheng Xuan Jian: "Do not take off coronal garment and sleep catnap. " Gao Heng notes: "Catnap, not strip cap takes a nap. " Zhu Xi notes: "Do not doff clothes and hat and sleep catnap, mental muddleheaded bad news, as to catnap in and do not forget to always sigh, of care deep, be with not old and old also. " visible, "Catnap " be not disrobe snooze. " the left announce that pass · is fair 2 years " carry: "Face of rich dress general, shang Zao, sit and catnap. " go to court when put on face to take, time is early still, sitting then " catnap " one small conference. If " catnap " it is to pretend to sleep, so should be the chancellery of this go to court installed why on earth sleep? It is to let monarch see this one act, praise oneself very painstaking?
" wolf " the story also is same. The time that the 2nd wolf thinks to take the advantage of sneak attack of the first wolf takes a nap, nap a little while, just can be captured by butcher this opportunity is cruel case killed it. If this wolf is to be in merely,pretend to sleep, can be imagined attention still is certainly on butcher body, butcher cannot be cruel case killed it. This wolf can be taken off without garment cap, accordingly " catnap " one word can be used at the person not only, also can use at the animal, snooze of generally refer to.
" red Lou Meng " two example in say more clearly:
One of: "A day, offer Bi Zao meal, because weather is still right now long, gu Zhen day after day fatigue tired, unavoidable catnap beside spirit. Unavoidable catnap beside spirit..
Secondly: "Raid a person as expected volt serve he sleeps, provision unloaded boiled water, had closed the door, into in go coordinate bout, respective catnap, if treasure jade has activity, it is again come out. It is again come out..
This two place cannot be " pretend to sleep " , mix however the meaning of garment snooze.
