There is an old woman, possessor of a hen. This hen, but a baby, the next day he Huangcan golden egg. Old woman can pick up such a large mound of gold every day, what thing they do not dry, the day also had quite lavish. She could not bored child, every day guarding her baby chickens, just hope he soon lay eggs.
One day, as usual, under a hen lays the golden eggs. Old woman put a gold egg tray in hand, and thought: "This baby chicken next day only a golden egg, it looked so was not as good as stuffiness kill him, his stomach egg old brain child taken out of it. "the old woman made up his mind, really put the baby chicken slaughtered. I did not expect to open the belly of a look, a golden egg did not find it - long into the golden eggs has been finished under the new golden eggs can not grow into.
"Golden eggs" that come from this story. In order to rush to get a benefit, destroying produce this fundamental interests, it can be said to be "the golden eggs."’
有个老太婆，养着一只母鸡。这母鸡可是个宝贝，他每天下一个黄灿灿的金蛋。老太婆每天能捡到这么一大砣金子，什么事儿也不用干，日子还过得挺阔气。她闲得没法儿，就天天守着她的宝贝鸡，只盼望他早点下蛋。
有一天，母鸡照例又下了一个金蛋。老太婆把金蛋托在手上，心里想：“这宝贝鸡一天只下一个金蛋，真叫人等得闷气。不如宰了他，把他肚子里的蛋一古脑儿取了出来吧。”老太婆拿定主意，真把这宝贝鸡宰了。没想到打开肚子一看，一个金蛋也没找着——长成的金蛋已经下完了，新的金蛋可还没长成。
“杀鸡取蛋”就是从这个故事来的。为了急于得到某种利益，毁坏了产生这种利益的根本，可以说是“杀鸡取蛋”。
