礼记檀弓下　中有 苛政猛于虎　一文，记载孔子和弟子子路路过泰山时，遇到一名身世凄惨的妇女的故事。

当地虎患严重，可就是因为其他地方有国君苛刻的暴政，所以她和亲人宁愿一直住在这里，以至于后来竟有多人连同她的亲人也被老虎咬死，只剩下她一人对着亲人的坟墓哭泣。

全文以叙事来说理，深刻揭露了暴政对人民的残害。

后来从这个故事中引申出了“苛政猛于虎”的成语，意思就是反动统治者的暴政比吃人的老虎更加可怕。

苛政猛于虎　 礼记孔子过泰山侧，有妇人哭于墓者而哀。

夫子式而听之，使子路问之，曰：“子之哭也，壹似重有忧者？

”而曰：“然。

昔者，吾舅死于虎，吾夫又死焉，今吾子又死焉。

”夫子问：“何为不去也？

”曰：“无苛政。

”夫子曰：“小子识之，苛政猛于虎也。

”The Tyrant and the TigerConfucius once passed by the foot of the Tai Mountain.

There he saw a woman crying her heart out beside a newly finished grave.

The Master stopped and listened.

Then he sent Tselu over to inquire of the mourner, saying, "Your cry as if you are in great sorrow.

""True!

" the woman answered.

"First my father-in-law was killed by the tiger; then my husband was killed by the tiger; and now my son – he also died at the mouth of the tiger.

""Why, then," the Master asked, "didn't you leave the place and go somewhere else?

""But there is no tyrant here!

" was the woman's reply.

Confucius turned to Tselu and said:"Mark it, my lad!

A tyrant is worse than a tiger.

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