周瑜嫉妒诸葛亮的才华，与其立下军令状，说如果诸葛亮在三天内造不出十万支箭就要处死他。不料诸葛亮秘密的向鲁肃借了20条船，因早已看出明天会有大雾，便趁着大雾曹军不敢出击，驶船到曹营去,曹军误以为敌军来袭，纷纷放箭射击。于是就这样,诸葛亮的二十艘船满载着曹军的箭回去。
东吴与刘备联合抗曹，东吴大都督周瑜命诸葛亮十日内制作十万支箭。诸葛亮说：“ 只击需三日。”并立下军令状。周瑜笑诸葛亮是自取灭亡。周瑜一边吩咐士兵不给诸葛亮准备制作箭的材料，一面让谋士鲁肃偷偷借给他二十条船，每船三十个军士，两边扎上稻草人，听候调用。又叮嘱鲁肃千万别告诉周瑜。
鲁肃又来见诸葛亮，第一天不见动静，第二天也不动。第三天四更时分，诸葛亮密请鲁肃到船上。同时，把二十条船用绳索连好，向曹营进发。此时，江上大雾迷漫，对面看不见人。五更时分，船只接近曹营。诸葛亮让军士们在船上擂鼓呐喊，装作周瑜来偷袭。无奈江上雾大看不清楚，曹操只好调三千弓箭手向船上射箭。待草人身上密密地插满了箭，天已放亮，诸葛亮下令收船。
军士们高喊着：“谢谢曹丞相的箭。”高高兴兴地往回走了。回营后，把箭取下，十万有余。
草船借箭的材料【注音】cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
【解释】运用智谋，凭借他人的人力或财力来达到自己的目的。
【用法】作宾语、定语；指借他人的力量。
【结构】紧缩式
【灯谜】孔明造箭
【歇后语】草船借箭——满载而归
草船借箭——多多益善
草船借箭——坐享其成
草船借箭——有误（雾）
草船借箭——曹操多疑
草船借箭——机智孔明
To Borrow Arrows with Thatched Boats
This is an episode from the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to manufacture 100，000 arrows within ten days. Zhuge said， “Give me three days.” He also signed a pledge placing himself liable for punishment should he fail to complete the order. Zhou Yu ridiculed that Zhuge Liang was looking for self-destruction. On the one hand， Zhou Yu ordered his troops not to provide Zhuge Liang with materials to make the arrows. He also sent Lu Su to spy on him to find out what was going on. In fact， Zhuge Liang had already realized that this was a plot by room， Zhuge said to Lu Su， “Save me please.” He asked Lu Su to lend him 20boats， each lined with straw-made scarecrows and manned by 30 soldiers. He requested that Lu Su not tell Zhou Yu what was happening.
When Lu Su came again to see Zhuge Liang， he did not find anything unusual. Nothing happened on the second day either. In the small hours of the third day， Zhuge Liang invited Lu Su for a boat ride. The 20 boats were tied together with strong ropes. Zhuge's fleet sailed toward the camp of Cao Cao. A thick mist had spread over the surface of the river. People could hardly see each other on the river. When Zhuge's fleet got close to the Cao camp before dawn， Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums to fake an attack. Zhuge and Lu Su simply sat inside one of the boats and drank wines to enjoy themselves.
As soon as the Cao camp heard the shouting and drum beating， they mistook it for a surprise attack by the Zhou Yu camp. Since they could see nobody on the river， they gathered 3，000 bow men and ordered them to shoot arrows towards where the shouting and drum beating came. The front of the scarecrows was quickly shot full of arrows. After a while， Zhuge Liang had his fleet turned around to expose the other side of the scarecrows. When this side was also shot full of arrows， the day broke. Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to return to their base port. The soldiers shouted， “Thank you， Cao Cao， for your arrows.” After they got back to their camp， they collected more than 100，000 arrows from the scarecrows.
草船借箭，历史上确有其事，但主要人物并非诸葛亮，而是孙权，不过有两个版本的。据《三国志·吴主专》裴松之引注《吴历》，孙权屡屡向曹操军挑战，曹操坚守不出。孙权就亲自乘了一艘轻船，从濡须口进入曹操军水寨前。曹操一看，就知道孙权来了，是孙权要亲自来看看曹军的阵势（欲身见吾军部伍也），下令军队严加戒备，箭弩不得妄发。孙权再曹操面前走了五六里路，才返回。走的时候还向曹军击鼓奏乐。所有这些都被曹操看在眼里叹息说：”生子当如孙仲谋。”
这个跟草船借箭没什么关系，但是下面这个就有了。
在《魏略》中却不是这个说法。它说孙权来的时候，不是乘轻舟，而是坐大船。曹操也没有说箭弩不得妄发，而是下令射箭。结果万箭齐发，都射在了孙权的船上，船就向一边倾斜，于是孙权便下令掉头，使“箭匀船平”，孙权也就回去了。这件事后来被罗贯中移花接木，变成了赤壁之战诸葛亮“草船借箭”的原型。
这个故事告诉了我们，我们要像诸葛亮那样虚心，宽宏大量，心胸宽阔，用自己的智慧证实自己的成绩。而不是像周瑜那样小心眼，小肚鸡肠。在学习过程中，如果同学比自己成绩好，这时要做的并不是嫉妒他人，而是虚心地学习同学的长处，改掉自己的短处。小朋友们，努力学习哟~
