There was a man named Zhu who was bent on learning a skill that no one else had, so he went to Suiyi to learn the skill of killing dragons. It took him three years, spent all the assets in his family, and finally learned the skill of killing dragons. Zhu went home triumphantly. However, where can you kill dragons in the world? As a result, the technology he learned was useless at all.
2. Pengcheng Wan Li: Stick to your dreams and be not afraid of cynicism.
In ancient times, there was a bird called Peng. Dapeng bird's back is as high as Mount Tai. When it flies, its wings are like clouds covering the sky. Once, Dapeng bird flew to the South China Sea. It beats the water with its wings on the surface of the South China Sea, and it takes 3,000 miles to flap it. It flew high into the sky, rolled up a storm and flew out of Wan Li in one fell swoop. It flies out once, and it takes half a year to fly back to the South China Sea to rest. When it flies high into the sky, its back is facing the blue sky, but the clouds are below it.
Xiao An Bird, who lives in a depression, is puzzled to see Dapeng Bird flying so high and so far. He said, "Where else does he want to fly?" We flew, but we dropped a few feet. We flew around wormwood, which is considered to be flying to the edge. Where does Dapeng bird want to fly? "
Looking at the ocean and sighing: people should not be complacent
When autumn comes, it rains heavily and countless small streams flow into the Yellow River. I saw that the waves were rough and the river surged, flooding the sandbar in the middle of the river and flooding the depression on the shore. The river suddenly widened, and even the cattle and horses on the other side of the river could not be distinguished from each other. What a spectacular sight! Hebo couldn't help feeling smug when he thought that all the water in the world had come to him. He walked eastward with the running water, enjoying the waterscape as he walked. He came to the North Sea and looked east. He was not surprised, but when he saw the connection between water and the sky, he didn't know where the end of the water was.
Hebo looked blankly for a while, then turned to the sea and said with emotion, "As the saying goes,' People who know the truth think they are better than anyone else'." That's who I am! "
4. The old man insisted on cicada: You must concentrate on everything.
When Confucius went to Chu, he passed by a forest and saw an old man with a hunchback, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand and inserting cicadas. The old man is very skilled. As long as he wants to stick to cicadas, no one can escape, just like picking up cicadas. Confucius said in surprise, "You are so skilled that there must be a way!" !
"The hunchback old man said," I do have a method. When cicadas stick in May and June in summer, if you can put two balls on the top of the bamboo pole to prevent them from falling, cicadas rarely run away when they stick; If you don't drop three cicadas, only one cicada can escape from ten cicadas. Sticking cicadas is as easy as picking things up with your hands if you don't drop five dollars. Look at me standing here, as steady as a rock; I raised my arm, motionless as a dead branch; Although the world around me is boundless, everything in the world is colorful, and I only have cicada wings in my eyes. Nothing outside can distract my attention, nor can it affect my attention to cicada wings. How can I not stick cicadas? Hearing this, Confucius turned to his disciples and said, "If you concentrate on your skills, you can practice them perfectly. This is what the hunchback old man said! "
5. Handan toddler: people can't sell themselves short
People in Handan, the capital of Zhao State, are good at walking, not only with brisk steps, but also with very beautiful posture. There was a young man in Shouling, Yan State, who came all the way to Handan to learn the walking posture of Handan people. As a result, he not only didn't learn the way of Zhao Guoren walking, but also forgot his original walking steps and finally had to climb back.
6. Learn from others: Don't blindly imitate others.
The stone is beautiful. Even when her heart aches, she will frown. An ugly girl nearby saw her and thought she was beautiful. When the ugly girl went back, she also learned to look like she was holding her heart and frowning, trying to make others praise her for her beauty. Who knows that the rich people in the village can't close the door quickly when they see her like this; When the poor saw it, they took their wives and children away. Ugly girls only know the beauty of frowning, but they don't know why they look beautiful.
7. Fighting against barbarians: fighting for it, the benefits of the snail's horn.
Dai Jin said to Liang, "Do you know a small animal called snail?" Liang Wanghui replied, "I know." The Jin people added, "There are two countries on the snail's horn. The one in the left corner is called touching country, and the one in the right corner is called Guo Man. These two countries often fight for territory. After every war, there are always corpses everywhere, and tens of thousands of people die; It often takes ten days for the victorious country to catch up with the defeated army. "
Hui Wangdao: "Ah! You made this up! " The Jin people said, "Please allow me to prove it to you. Does your imagination have boundaries in an infinite universe? " King Hui said, "No," the Jin people said, "Your imagination is arbitrary in the universe, but once you return to reality, the places you can reach are limited to the four seas and nine continents. Comparing limited reality with infinite imagination, if there is nothing, isn't it insignificant? " King Hui said, "You are right." The Jin people said, "Where we can reach, there is a state of Wei. After Wei moved the capital to Liang Guo, there was Liang Guo, and only Liang Guo had Liang Wang. Is there any difference between Liang Wang and humans? " King Hui thought for a moment and said, "There seems to be no difference." After Wei and Jin left, Liang was depressed, as if he had lost something.
8. Know how to solve a cow: practice makes true knowledge.
My master is Liang Zainiu. The place where the hand touches, the place where the shoulder leans, the place where the foot steps, and the place where the knee tops rattle, and there is no rhythm when entering the knife: it conforms to the rhythm of Sanglin dance and the rhythm of Jingshou music.
Liang said, "Hey, good! How can you understand the skills of cattle so well? "
My mechanic put down his knife and replied, "I am pursuing Tao, which has surpassed ordinary technology." At first, when I slaughtered the cow, I saw a complete cow in my eyes; Three years later, I have never seen a complete cow again. Now, I am in contact with cows by spirit, not by eyes. My senses stopped, but my spirit was moving.
According to the natural physiological structure of cattle, cut into the gap between the bones and muscles of cattle and eat along the gap between joints. According to the original structure of the cow, the place where the tendons are connected and the bones are combined, the knife has never touched it, let alone the big bone!
Skilled chefs change a knife every year, which is used to cut muscles; A skilled cook has to change a knife every month. The knife is broken by cutting bones. Now, my knife has been used for 19 years, killing thousands of cows, but the blade is as sharp as if it had just been sharpened on a grindstone. There are gaps in the joints of cattle and the blade is very thin; If you insert a thin blade into a cracked bone joint, there must be room for the blade to operate!
Therefore, for 19 years, the blade was only ground from the grindstone.
Even so, whenever I meet a place where bones and muscles are intertwined, I see that it is difficult to cut, so I carefully raise my vigilance, focus on one point, slow down, move the knife lightly, and with a sigh, the bones and meat of the cow are suddenly untied, just like mud scattered on the ground.
9. stupefied: hidden, dynamic and timely.
Ji Aiko domesticated cockfighting for Zhou Xuanwang. Ten days later, Zhou Xuanwang asked, "Is the chicken tamed?" Ji Xunzi replied, "No, I am vain."
Ten days later, Zhou Xuanwang asked Ji if he had trained the chicken. Ji Huizi replied: "No, I still scream as soon as I hear the noise and jump as soon as I see the shadow."
10 days later, Zhou Xuanwang asked Ji again, and Ji replied: "I still care fast and have strong spirit."
Ten days later, he asked Ji, who said, "Almost. Even if other chickens crow, it will not change. It looks like a wooden chicken, its spirit is all condensed. Other chickens dare not fight, turn around and run. " Zhou Xuanwang was so happy that he immediately took the chicken to a cockfight.
10. On Fish and Hui Shi: Don't impose your theory on others.
Zhuangzi and Hui Shi are watching fish in the city. Zhuangzi said, "How happy the fish are swimming around."
Hui Shi, an expert in logical argumentation, immediately caught a point: "You are not a fish, how do you know the happiness of a fish?"
Zhuang Zi smiled and replied with the same logic: "You are not me either. How do you know I don't understand the happiness of fish? "