--- title: "草船借箭 | Three Kingdoms in Easy Chinese, Episode 13 | Mandarin The Wild" description: "Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats: episode 13 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, retold for beginner learners of Chinese, with audio." canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/borrowing-arrows-with-straw-boats-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-13" published: "2026-10-23" author: "Mandarin The Wild" --- Chapter 13 # 草船借箭 Borrowing Arrows with Straw Boats HSK 2–3 · the same story at every level 周瑜一直想杀孔明。这一次，他想了一个办法。 这一天，周瑜请孔明来，问他：“在水上打仗，什么东西最有用？”孔明说：“箭最有用。”周瑜说：“对。可是我们的箭不多了。请你在十天里做出十万支箭，可以吗？” 孔明说：“曹操马上就要来了，十天太久了。我三天就能做好。三天做不好，你就杀我的头。”他还把这句话写了下来，给了周瑜。 孔明走了以后，鲁肃问周瑜：“他真的能做好吗？”周瑜笑着说：“这是他自己说的，不是我让他说的。我会让做箭的人做得很慢很慢。三天以后，看他怎么办！” 周瑜让鲁肃去看看孔明在做什么。孔明一看见鲁肃就说：“三天做十万支箭，怎么做得好呢？你一定要帮我。”鲁肃说：“三天是你自己说的，我怎么帮你？”孔明说：“你借给我二十条船，每条船上三十个人。船的两边都放上很多草。这件事，你别告诉周瑜。” 鲁肃给了他船，也没有告诉周瑜。可是第一天，孔明什么也没做。第二天，孔明还是什么也没做。 第三天晚上，孔明请鲁肃上船，说：“我们一起去拿箭。”鲁肃问：“去哪里拿？”孔明只是笑：“你去了就知道了。” 那天晚上，河上的雾很大很大。人站在船上，看不见前面的船。孔明让人把二十条船连在一起，开船往曹操那边去。 快到曹操那里的时候，孔明让船上的人一起大声叫。鲁肃很害怕：“曹操的人出来怎么办？”孔明笑着说：“雾这么大，曹操一定不敢出来。我们就在船里喝酒吧。” 曹操听见了叫声，可是什么也看不见。他说：“雾这么大，前面一定有很多人在等我们。不要出去，叫人往河上射箭！”一万多人一起往河上射箭。箭像雨一样，都打在了船边的草上。 过了一会儿，孔明让船换了一个方向，让船的那一边也对着曹操。 天快亮了，雾也慢慢没有了。船两边的草里都是箭。孔明让大家一起大叫：“谢谢丞相的箭！”然后，船很快地往回开。等曹操明白过来，已经太晚了。 回去一看，有十万多支箭。鲁肃问孔明：“你怎么知道今天晚上有大雾？”孔明说：“做大将的，要会看天。三天前，我就知道今天会有大雾了。” 周瑜听说了，过了很久才说：“孔明真的是神机妙算，我不如他。” 后来，周瑜请孔明来，问他：“打曹操，你有什么办法？”孔明说：“我们先都不说，写在自己的手里，看看是不是一样。”两个人在手里写了一个字。打开手一看，两个字一样，都是：火。 **754 characters** in this chapter Chapter 14 of 40 · 3 min audio**苦肉计** [Next chapter 苦肉计](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-beaten-general-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-14) [Back to the series](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/series/three-kingdoms) ## Words in this chapter - [杀shāto kill](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9D%80) - [打仗dǎzhàngto fight a battle](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%89%93%E4%BB%97) - [箭jiànarrow](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%AE%AD) - [支zhīclassifier for troops, songs, pens and long thin things](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%94%AF) - [雾wùfog](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%9B%BE) - [连liánto link](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E8%BF%9E) - [敢gǎnto dare](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%95%A2) - [亮liàngto shine](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%BA%AE) - [不如bùrúnot as good as](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%8D%E5%A6%82) - [火huǒfire](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E7%81%AB) - [一直yīzhístraight (ahead)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B8%80%E7%9B%B4) - [办法bànfǎway](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8A%9E%E6%B3%95) - [有用yǒuyònguseful](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E6%9C%89%E7%94%A8) - [可是kěshìbut](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E5%8F%AF%E6%98%AF) - [马上mǎshàngimmediately](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E9%A9%AC%E4%B8%8A) - [久jiǔlong (time)](https://mandarinthewild.com/words/%E4%B9%85) Chapter 13 · 3 min ## Chapters 1. [1**桃园结义**The Oath in the Peach Garden](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/oath-in-the-peach-garden-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-1) 2. [2**温酒斩华雄**Slaying Hua Xiong Before the Wine Cools](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/slaying-hua-xiong-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-2) 3. [3**三英战吕布**Three Heroes Fight Lü Bu](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/three-heroes-fight-lu-bu-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-3) 4. [4**煮酒论英雄**Heroes Over Warm Wine](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/heroes-over-warm-wine-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-4) 5. [5**千里走单骑**A Thousand Li Alone](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/a-thousand-li-alone-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-5) 6. [6**古城相会**Reunion at the Old City](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/reunion-at-the-old-city-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-6) 7. [7**马跃檀溪**The Leap Across the Tan Stream](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-leap-across-the-tan-stream-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-7) 8. [8**三顾茅庐**Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/three-visits-to-the-thatched-cottage-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-8) 9. [9**单骑救主**Zhao Yun Rides Alone](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhao-yun-rides-alone-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-9) 10. [10**喝断长坂桥**Zhang Fei at Changban Bridge](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhang-fei-at-changban-bridge-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-10) 11. [11**舌战群儒**Zhuge Liang Against the Scholars](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhuge-liang-against-the-scholars-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-11) 12. [12**蒋干盗书**Jiang Gan Steals a Letter](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/jiang-gan-steals-a-letter-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-12) 13. 13**草船借箭**Reading 14. [14**苦肉计**The Beaten General](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-beaten-general-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-14) 15. [15**借东风**Borrowing the East Wind](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/borrowing-the-east-wind-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-15) 16. [16**华容道**The Huarong Road](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/the-huarong-road-three-kingdoms-easy-chinese-16) Story series · Beginner · HSK 2–3 · 3 min audio each