英语的小故事必备16篇

英语的小故事（必备篇）16英语的小故事第1篇Once upona time很久以前there was a singlebanana treein the在这片森林里面有一棵唯一的香蕉树Two bunchesof bananaswere on the banana香蕉树上有两串香蕉There werethree childrenfrom a有三个来自山村的孩子They werewatching the bananas他们正在观察香蕉的成长There werefour monkeysfrom the有四只来自这片森林的猴子They werewatching the bananas他们正在观察香蕉的成长The childrenlooked at the bananasat fiveo clockin theafternoon孩子们在每一天下午六点钟看香蕉Later,people useit tomean thatthose whodo evilwill finallyruin春秋时期，卫国的王子州吁杀死了他的哥哥卫桓公，成为了卫国的国君州吁是个暴君，他压迫百姓，到处侵略别的国家他想利用战争来分散百姓的注意力，减少人们对他的不满，巩固他的专政鲁国的君王知道州吁篡夺了王位，还想吞并其他国家，就问他手下的一名官员你认为州吁的目的能达到吗？那位官员说道州吁到处打仗,给人民来了灾难人民不会支持他他这个人又反复无常，身边没有什么亲信他不可能实现自己的野心而且，战争就象火无休止地打仗，ZUI后，火会烧到自己身上果然，不到一年，卫国人民就在陈国的帮助下推翻了州吁的统治，并处死了他后来，人们用这个成语来比喻干害人的勾当，ZUI后受害的还是自己英语的小故事第6篇The catwas veryold；she could not runquickly,and she could not bite,because she was soOne day the oldcat saw a mouse；she jumpedand caughttheBut shecouldnotbite it；so themouse gotout ofher mouth and ranaway,because thecat couldnotbiteThen the old womanbecame veryangry becausethecat hadnot killedthe Shebegan tohit the The catsaid,“Do nothityour oldI haveworked for you formany years,and I would workforyoustill,but Iam tooDo notbe unkindto theold,but rememberwhat goodwork theolddid when they were”英语的小故事第7篇The wolfand the fox wanted to eat the rabbit,but itwasnt easyto catchOne daythewolf saidto the fox,“You gohome andlie inFil telltherabbit thatyou areWhen hecomes tolook atyou,you canjump upand catch”That1sagood idea,said theHewent homeat The wolf went to therabbitf shouse andknocked at theWho isit”asked theIts theIve cometo tellyou that the foxisThenthe wolfwentThe rabbitwentto the foxsHe lookedin through the windowand saw thefox lyingin bedwith hiseyes Hethought,Is thefox reallydead oris hepretendingto bedead Ifhes notdead,hell catch me whenI gonearsohe said,Thewolfsays thatthefoxis Buthe doesn1t looklike adead Themouth of adead foxis alwaysWhen thefox heardthis,he thought,Illshow himthat ImSo heopened hisTherabbit knewthatthefox wasntdead,and heran asquicklyas he狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子，但是这只兔子太难抓到了一天，狼对狐狸说“你回家假装躺在床上我去告诉兔子你已经死To当他来看你的时候，你就可以跳起来抓住他了”“真是个好主意！”狐狸说于是他立刻回到家狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门，“是谁啊？”兔子问道“狼，我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了”说完狼就走开了兔子去狐狸家看情况他通过狐狸家的’窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上他想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢？如果他没有死，那么我走近他就会被他抓住于是他说“狼说狐狸死了但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的”狐狸听到这些话就想我得证明自己是真的死了于是他张开了嘴巴这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死，他就以最快的速度跑开啦英语的小故事第8篇the liononce saidthat hewas sickon hisdeath Sohe askedall theanimalsto comeand listento hislast thegoat came to thelions Hestood thereandlistened fora longthen asheep wentBefore she came out,a rabbitenteredto hearthe lastwishes of the kingof Butsoon thelion seemedto recover,and wentto the mouthof his Hesawafox waiting“Why dontyou come in”asked thelion to the“I begYour Majestyspardon,“said thefox,“I haveseenmany animalsenter yourcave,but noneof themcome Tillthey comeoutagain,I prefer to wait”英语的小故事第9篇一个星期天，我和妻子戴安娜去教堂时，碰到了一对新婚的夫妇于是，我们停下车，向他们做了自我介绍，我们之间还表达了相互认识的喜悦之情我们的话题开始谈到了邻居，我们说我们的邓居如何如何的好当他们说到他们的邻居恰恰相反时，我们表示了对他们的同情后来，我们向他们道了别，开车回到了家当我们把车子开到家门口时，我们惊奇地发现我们的新结识的那对新婚夫妇把车停在了隔璧的停车道上When mywife,Diana,and Imet anew coupleat churchone Sunday,we stoppedtointroduce ourselvesand toexchangeWe describedthe friendlyneighborhood welived in,and listenedsympatheticallyas theylamented thattheirs wasjust theSayingour good-byes,we gotin ourcars anddroveAs weapproached ourhouse,we werehorrified tosee thatour new-foundfriends werepulling into the drivewaynext to英语的小故事第10篇A HAPPYMANOne dayin spring,Wang Liangbincalled hisservant toHowmany poundsof snailsdid youbuy”200pounds,Did youbuy birdsYes,sir,over,“Did youhave enoughmoney1rYes,Wang neverspent muchmoney onHe wasfrugal andlived Hespent mostofhis moneybuying animalsto set英语的小故事第11篇Many manyyears ago,in the State ofSong,there was a city gate.Outsidethe gatewas amoat withfishes thatlived aquiet andhappy lifethere.Onedaythe towerabove the citygatecaught fireand the people of thecity werealarmed.Even the fishes in the moatcould hearthe gone.Whats thenoise about11the fisheswondered.I mustgo andfind out,said onecurious blackcarp.When hesawthetower onfire,he hurriedbackto tellhis matesl.Swim allyou could!Swimall youcould!Swim forlife!!r Hecried tohis fellow-fishes.The citygateis burning!,rSo all thefishesexcept thecarps startedto swim away.One arrogant2carp evenlaughed atthe otherfishes.Dont laugh,,r said the kindblackcarp.You reallyought toswimaway,too,in goodtime.,rWhy shouldI”asked thearrogant carp.Its onlytheir citygate onfire,whats itgot todo with mein the water”The firespread veryfastand the firemen hadused upall thewater inthecity.But itwas stillburning.So theyfetched wasterfrom themoat.At longlast,thefirewas putout,but themoat hadalso gonedry,leavinga fewsorry carpsin theirdying3struggle.This talelikens thecity gatefireto disastersthat donot seemto concernus butthat canspread andinvolveeven theinnocent

4.很久很久以前，宋国有一座城池城外有一条河，河中的鱼群生活的十分安定愉快有一天，城楼失火了，火警的钟声穿到了水中“为什么这么吵闹呢？”一条鱼问道，“我们得去看看！“好奇的青鱼已经先游去去查看了，当它看到城楼失火时，他急忙回来告诉他的同伴,“着火了，城楼失火了，快点叫他们逃命吧！”所有的鱼都逃命去了，只有一条鲤鱼在嘲笑他们青鱼对他说“还不快逃命，还在这里笑什么？”“我为什么要逃，城楼失火了又不会蔓延到水中，我为什么要走呢？”鲤鱼回答城中的水很快就用完了，火还没有扑灭，于是，人们都来护城河中取水救火火终于扑灭了，可是河也干涸了，只余下几条可怜的鲤鱼在河床上作垂死的挣扎城门失火比喻因牵连而受祸害或损失英语的小故事第12篇Two guyswere walkingthroughtheAll ofa sudden,a tigerappears fromadistance,running towardsOne of the guystakes outa pairof,Nikes fromhisbag andstarts toput themThe otherguy witha surprisedlook andexclaims,Do youthink youwill run faster than the tigerwith those”His friendrepliesI donthave toout runit,I justhave torunfasterthan,两个男人正在穿过丛林，突然，一只老虎出现在远处，向他们冲来其中的一个人从包里拿出一双“耐克”鞋，开始穿上另一个人惊奇地看着他说，“你以为穿上这个就可以跑得过老虎吗？”他的朋友回答道“我不用跑得过它，我只要跑得比你快就行了”英语的小故事第13篇Imitating Anotherwithout Successand LosingWhat Usedto BeOnesOwnAbilityTradition hasit thatmore than2,oooyears ago,there liveda young manin theShouling areaof the State of his nameis notknown,we justcall himShoulingyoungmanfor convenience1s selfconfident Hewas ata lossas tohow to behave all theHis familymembers advisedhim toovercome thisshortcoming,but hethought theywere fondof pokingtheir nosesinto hisbusinessand wereunwilling toprovide himwith tuitionrelatives andneighbourssneered athim,saying thathe wouldnever beable to learn dayswentby,he evenbegan todoubt whetherhe shouldwalk theway hedid,for hefeltmore andmore thathis walking gestures were too clumsyandOne day,he metsome peopleon theroad whowerechattingand of themsaidthat peoplein Handanwalked mostthatwas justwhat hewas mostconcernedabout,so hehurreed towardsthemand wanted to makefurther hissurprise,whenthese peoplesaw him,they stalkedoffHe couldnot pictureto himselfin whatway theirwalkinggestures weregraceful,no matterhow hardhe rackedhis parentsone wentto Handanwhichwasfar awaytolearnhow toAssoon as he arrivedin Handan,hewasdazzled tofind thateverythingwas learnedfrom the children therehow towalk,because hethoughtthat the childrens walkinggestures werelively andpleasing to the learndfrom theold people therehowtowalk,because hethought theoldpeople1swalking gestureswere steady.He learndfrom thewomen therehow towalk,because hethought thewomen1swaying walkinggestureswerebeing thecasewith him,in less than halfa monthhe evenforgot howto he had alreadyusedup histraveling expenses,he had to crawlbackThisstory comefrom thearticle!,Autumn Water,rin TheWorks ofXhuang ZiZhuangZi wasa famousancient Chinesephilosopher ofabout.Later thesetphraseninitating anotherwithout successand losingwhat used to beones ownabilitynisusedtoreferto acts ofcopying othersmechanisally indisregardof specififc相传在两千年前，燕国寿陵地方有一位少年，不知道姓啥叫啥，就叫他寿陵少年吧！这位寿陵少年不愁吃不愁穿，论长相也算得上中等人材，可他就是缺乏自信心，经常无缘无故地感到事事不如人，低人一等一一衣服是人家的好，饭菜是人家的香，站相坐相也是人家高雅他见什么学什么，学一样丢一样，虽然花样翻新，却始终不能做好一件事，不知道自己该是什么模样家里的人劝他改一改这个毛病，他以为是家里人管得太多亲戚、邻居们，说他是狗熊掰棒子，他也根本听不进去日久天长，他竟怀疑自己该不该这样走路，越看越觉得自己走路的姿势太笨，太丑了有一天，他在路上碰到几个人说说笑笑，只听得有人说邯郸人走路姿势那叫美他一听，对上了心病，急忙走上前去，想打听个明白不料想，那几个人看见他，一阵大笑之后扬长而去邯郸人走路的姿势究竟怎样美呢他怎么也想象不出来这成了他的心病终于有一天，他瞒着家人，跑到遥远的邯郸学走路去了一到邯郸，他感到处处新鲜，简直令人眼花缭乱看到小孩走路，他觉得活泼、美，学；看见老人走路，他觉得稳重，学；看到妇女走路，摇摆多姿，学就这样，不过半月光景，他连走路也不会了，路费也花光了，只好爬着回去了英语的小故事第14篇小鸭子得救了一只活泼可爱的小鸭子去游泳可是，到了5261河4102边，他东瞧瞧，西望望，一不1653小心掉在一个又大又深的坑里他拼命地喊“救命啊!救命啊”小猴正好路过，听到喊声急忙跑过来说“小鸭子，别着急，我想办法救你上来”他拿来一根长竹竿伸进坑里,让小鸭子叼住可竹竿太滑，小鸭子叼不住小后边去叫小熊哥哥The monkeys looked atthe bananasat sixo clockinthemorning猴子们在每一天早上六点钟看香蕉The threechildren and the fourmonkeys were very Soon thebananaswouldbe readyto这三个孩子和这四只猴子非常兴奋很快香蕉就快能吃了All sevenofthemwantedto eat the他们全部七个人都想吃香蕉One eveningthechildren ran to thebanana一天傍晚孩子们跑到香蕉树There wereeight colorfulbutterflies sittingonthe八只色彩鲜艳的蝴蝶正落在香蕉上The bananaswere almost香蕉差不多成黄颜色了“Let seat thebananas”“现在让我们吃香蕉”“No,they arenot”“不，他们没有熟呢”The nextmorning the monkeyslookedatthe第二天早上猴子们看到香蕉There werenine dropsof dewsparkling onthe小熊哥哥赶紧提来一桶水，说“小鸭子，别着急，我把水倒进坑里,你就浮上来了”说着，把水往坑里一倒可坑里的图很松散，没等第二桶水提来，水早渗到地下了，小猴只好找大象伯伯大象伯伯跑来说“不怕，我用鼻子卷你上来！”可是行不通，大象鼻子有点短这时，小猴子拍拍脑子说“我们一倒水，小鸭子就可以浮上来了”大家一〜起拿了水，泼向坑里，最后小鸭子浮了上来，得救了！〜小鸭子感谢了所有人，一起在欢乐的歌声与阳光下一起做游戏，一起回到了家翻译Little duckwas savedAlively lovableduck But,by the river,he lookedat east,west,carelessly fallin abig anddeepHe desperatelyto shouthelp!Help!,r Littlemonkey justpassing by,heard shoutshurried said,“little duck,dont worry,I triedto deliveryou Hetook along bamboopole into a pit,let little duck liveBamboo istooslippery,can notduck Littlebear brotherto callBearbrother hurriedlyto abucket ofwater andsaid,littleduck,dontworry,I pouredwater intoa pit,youThe waterintoapit,a But the figureis very loosepit,not tomention iftwobuckets ofwater,underground waterinto theearly,little monkeyhadtofindan elephant1sElephants arenot afraidto say”uncle,running nosewithmeyou up!”But ashort nose,elephantAt thattime,little monkeybrains said”we clapa water,duck canfloat”together,and tookthe watersto pit,finally duckbobbed up,saved〜！〜Thanks forallthe little ducks,together with the sunshinejoyful songsplaygames together,to return英语的小故事第15篇We arefriendsTommy isHe hasno daddy,no mummyand noHeis Abird Shesays”I canLets fly!”Tommy says“no,no,I cantfly!”A rabbitHe saysI canLet1s jump!”Tommy saysno,I can1t jump!”A monkeyHe says”I canclimb theLet1s climb the tree!”Tommy saysno,I cantclimbthetree!”A duckHe says”I canLet!s swim!”Tommy smiles”we arefriends!英语的小故事第16篇The Antand theDoveAn ant is walkingby the He looksatthe river and says tohimself,“Hownice andcool thiswater looks!I mustdrink someof“But whenhe isdrinking,he slipsinto the—Help!”The antcries,A doveis sittingintheShe hearshim andthrows hima leaf,“Climbup thatleaf,she says“and youwill float”The antclimbs uoonto the leaf,and thewind blowstheleafto theAndthe antis“Thank you,You reso kind,“The antsays and runs home,“You havesaved my life,and Iwish Icould do something foryou,Goodbye!”uGoodbye!”says the dove,“Be Notto fallinto theriver”After afew days,thedoveis buildingher Anda manis raisinghis guntoshootThe antsees this,andrunsquickly tobite theman s“Ouch!Ouch!”The manfeels painedand dropshis Thedove hearsand fliesSo theman picksuphis gunandThe dovecomes toher“Thank you,my littlefriend,“she says,“You havesavedmy”The littleantisso glad,because hecan helpthe蚂蚁和鸽子一只蚂蚁在河边散步他看见喝水自言自语道“这河水看上去真清凉啊！我要去喝点”可是他在喝水的时候，一不小心滑进河里了“啊!救命!救命！蚂蚁叫喊着一只鸽子正呆在树上，听见呼救声，就扔给他一片树叶“快爬到树叶上去她说“你会漂到岸上的”“谢谢你，鸽子你真善良”蚂蚁一边说一边向家跑，“你就了我的命，我会奥达你的再见！”“再见！小心别掉进河里了”鸽子说几天后，鸽子正在筑巢，一个人举着枪要打鸽子蚂蚁看见了，迅速地跑过去，在那个人的腿上咬了一口“啊呀！哎呀！”那个人疼得扔掉枪鸽子听见了，连忙飞走了那个人只好捡起枪，走了鸽子又飞回巢里“谢谢你，我的小朋友”鸽子说，“你就了我的命”小蚂蚁可高兴了，因为他也帮助了鸽子有九粒露水在香蕉上发光The threechildrenrantothebananas treefor这三个孩子跑到香蕉树旁，把香蕉作为早餐The fourmonkeys swungfrom treeto treeto gettothebanana was10omonkeys andchildren wantedbananas for这四只猴子从一棵树到另一棵树摇荡来到香蕉树十点钟了猴子们和孩子们要把香蕉当作早餐The childrenwere veryupset tosee the孩子们看到猴子们感到非常烦乱The monkeyswere veryupset tosee the猴子们看到孩子们感到非常烦乱The childrenwere veryafraid thatthemonkeyswould takeall ofthemonkeys wereafraid thatthechildrenwould takeall ofthe孩子们非常害怕猴子们拿走所有的香蕉猴子们害怕孩子们拿走所有的香蕉The childrenwere verywere alsovery孩子们很饿他们也很疲倦The monkeyswere verywere alsovery猴子们很饿他们也很疲倦The childrenwere tootired tothrow孩子们太疲倦了而不能扔石头The monkeysweretootired tothrow猴子们太疲倦了而不能扔木棍m soMe”“我很饿”“我也是”“Let sshare thebananas with the”“让我们和猴子们一起分享香蕉J“OK!Let sshare thebananas withthe”“好的！让我们和猴子们一起分享香蕉”The monkeysand thechildren enjoyedtheir猴子们和孩子们享用了他们的早餐They alsolearned thatsharing isbetter than他们也明白了分享比争斗更好英语的小故事第2篇Once upona timea little old woman and alittle oldman livedin aOneday thelittle old woman madea gingerbreadShe gavehim currantsfor eyesandcherries forShe puthim inthe ovento The littleold womanandlittleold manwereveryhungry andwantedto eatthe gingerbread Assoon ashe wascooked,thelittleoldwomanopened theoven The gingerbread manjumped outofthe tinand ranout oftheopen windowshouting,Dont eat me!’Thelittleoldwomanandlittle oldman ranafter the gingerbread!Stop!Stop!!they gingerbread mandid notlook Heran on saying,!Run,run asfast asyou can!You cant catchme,I rm the gingerbread man!1Down thelane hesped whenhecame toa fStop!Stop!Iwouldlike toeat you,shouted theThe gingerbread man was too HeranonsayingRun,run asfast asyou You can11catchme,rmthe gingerbread”A littlefurther onhe metafStop!Stop!little man,!called thehungry cow,I wanttoeatAgain the gingerbreadman wastooHe spedon downthe roadsaying,Run,run asfast asyou Youcantcatchme,Im thegingerbread Thecow began to chasethegingerbreadman alongwiththepig,andthelittleold Butthegingerbreadmanwastoo fastfor Itwas notlong beforethegingerbread mancametoa!Stop!Stop!!shouted theI wanttoeatyou,little Butthegingerbreadman didnot Hesaid,rRun,run asfast asyou Youcantcatch me,Im thegingerbreadThe horsejoined intheThegingerbread manlaughedand laughed,until hecametoa Ohno!’he cried,rThey willcatchHow canI crosstheriver1A slyfox cameout frombehind aI canhelp youcrosstheriver,r said the1Jump onto mytail andI willswim1Youwonr teatme,will you1saidthegingerbread!Of coursenot,r saidthe11just wanttoThegingerbreadman climbedonthefox!s Soonthe gingerbreadmanbegantoget rClimbonto myback,1saidtheSo thegingerbreadmanAs heswamthefoxsaid,You aretoo Iam Jumponto mySo thegingerbread mandidashewas Nosooner hadthey reachedthe otherside,thanthefox tossedthegingerbreadmanup inthe Heopened hismouthandrSnap!1that was theend ofthegingerbread英语的小故事第3篇郭氏之墟On avacation trip,Duke Huanofthestate ofQi cametothe ruin ofthecapital ofGuo Shi,which perishedlongSeeing thedesolate andbleak prospectsof brokentiles,collapsed walls,and clustersof weeds,hecouldnot helpasking thelocal peopleabout thereasonoftheruin ofGuoThey replied,nGuo Shiwas fondof doinggood deeds,and aversetoevildoing,which ledtothe”When theDuke couldnot understandthe answer,people explained,“Though heliked doinggood,hehadnever beenable todoso；though hehatedevildoing,never couldhe helpnot Thatcausedtheruinofhis”齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因百姓们回答说郭氏由于喜爱善行善事厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡II齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便解释说郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到；尽管厌恶邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参与其中这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因英语的小故事第4篇There isa Helives ina welland henever goesoutofthe Hethinks theskyis as big asthemouthof theOneday acrow comestotheHe seesthe frogand says,Frog,let1s haveaThen thefrog asks,nWhere areyou from”I flyfrom thesky,nthecrowThe frogfeels surprisedandsays,“The skyis onlyasbigasthemouth oftheHow doyou flyfromtheskyThe crow says,The skyis veryYou alwaysstay inthe well,so youdontknow theworld is”The frogsays,I dontButthecrowsays,Youcancome outandhavealook by”So thefrog comesout fromtheHeisveryHow bigthe worldis!在一口废弃的井里，居住着一只青蛙这只小青蛙对自己生活的小天地可满意啦，一有机会就要吹嘘一番有一天，它吃饱喝足后，蹲在井栏上闲得无聊，忽然瞧见不远处有一只大海鳖在散步青蛙赶紧扯开嗓门喊起话来“喂，海鳖兄，快过来，快过来啊！”于是，海鳖来到枯井旁边青蛙立刻打开了话匣子”今天算你运气了，我让你开开眼界，参观一下我的住处那简直是一座天堂！你大概从来也没有见过这样宽敞的住所吧？”海鳖探头往井里一瞧，只见浅浅的井底积了一汪长满绿苔的泥水，还闻到一股刺鼻的怪味儿海鳖皱了皱眉头，赶紧缩回了脑袋青蛙根本没有注意海鳖的表情,挺着大肚子继续对海鳖夸口说:“你看，我住在这里多么惬意呀！我要高兴,就在井边跳跃游玩，累了就到井壁石洞里休息有时把身子舒服地泡在水里，有时愉快地在稀泥中散散步你看旁边的那些小昆虫、螃蟹和蝌蚪,它们谁能比我过得快乐呢！我独自一人占据这口废井，自由无比！海鳖兄,为什么不进到井中观赏游玩一下呢？”海鳖听了青蛙的一番高谈阔论，感到盛情难却，便走向井口，可是左腿还没能全部伸进去，右腿的膝盖就被井栏卡住了海鳖只好慢慢地退了回去，反问青蛙“你见过大海吗？青蛙摇摆头海鳖接着说“海的广阔，岂止千里；海的深度，何止千丈古时候，十个年头里就有九年闹水灾，海水并不因此增多；八个年头里就有七年闹旱灾，海水也不因此而减少大海不受旱涝影响，住在广阔无垠的大海里才是真正的享受快乐呢！”青蛙听傻了，鼓着眼睛，半天合不拢嘴据此，后人演绎出了两个意思相近的成语“井底之蛙”和“坐井观天”英语的小故事第5篇During theSpring andAutumn Period770-476BC,prince Zhou Xu oftheState of Wei killedhis brotherand becamethe newZhou XuwasaHe oppressedhispeople andindulged in wars ofBy launchingwars,he triedto divertthepeople1s attentionand reducetheir discontentwith him in ordertoconsolidate hisTheDuke oftheStateof Luleant aboutZhou Xususurpation ofstatepower andhis ambitiousplan,he askeda seniorofficial,“What doyou thinkaboutZhou Xusmove”The officialanswered,He indulgesinwars,bringinghis peoplemuch Hewont gettheir Andhes capricious,so fewofhisclosefriends followHe cannever achievehis Inaddition,war islike Ifone launcheswarsendlessly withoutrestraint,hell eventuallyburn”Sure enough,thepeopleofWeiwiththehelp oftheStateofChen overthrewZhouXuand killedhiminlessthana。