战国时代的韩非子，是个很有智慧的人。
他告诉人们，治理国家要合时宜，不能老是照着古人的方式去做，要适合现在的社会需要，否则就会白费力气。
韩非子讲了一个故事来告诉大家这个道理。
从前，在宋国，有一个农夫，他的田地中央有一棵树。
有一天，一只兔子跑过来，它慌慌张张的，没看清楚前方，就撞到了树上，把自己撞死了。
农夫很高兴，得到了这只兔子，美美地吃了一顿。
有了这次意外的收获，农夫就不像以前那样努力工作了。
他不再种田，不再锄草，扔掉了手中的工具，每天只是坐在大树下，等着兔子自己撞上门来。
结果呢？
他再也没有得到任何一只兔子，他的田地也因为长时间没人耕作，变得荒芜了。
这件事成了全国的笑话。
后来，人们就把这个故事引申为“守株待兔”这个成语。
这个成语用来讽刺那些死板、不知道变通的人，或者那些想要不劳而获，只等着目标自动送上门来的人。
也可以叫做“守株伺兔”。
Han Feizi of the Warring States period was a very wise man.
He told people that governing a country should be timely and should not always follow the ways of the ancients. It should suit the needs of modern society, otherwise it would be a waste of effort.
Han Feizi told a story to tell everyone this truth.
Once upon a time, in the state of Song, there was a farmer whose field had a tree in the middle.
One day, a rabbit came running. It was flustered and did not see clearly ahead, so it crashed into the tree and killed itself.
The farmer was happy and got the rabbit. He had a delicious meal.
With this unexpected gain, the farmer no longer worked as hard as before.
He no longer tilled his land or weeded. He threw away his tools and sat under the big tree every day, waiting for rabbits to come knocking on their own.
What happened?
He never got another rabbit again, and his field became barren because it had not been cultivated for a long time.
This incident became a laughing stock throughout the country.
Later, people extended this story to the idiom 'waiting for rabbits by the tree stump.'
This idiom is used to satirize those who are inflexible and do not know how to adapt, or those who want to get something for nothing and just wait for their goals to come to them on their own.
It can also be called 'watching for rabbits by the tree stump.'
