Learning chess is a story selected from Mencius Gaozi. Through Qiu Yi's teaching two people to learn chess, it shows that we should concentrate on learning and never be half-hearted.

The original text is:

Qiu Yi is the best athlete in this country. Let Qiu Yi teach two people to play chess, one to concentrate on playing chess, and Qiu Yi listens; Although one person thought it was a swan, he tried to shoot it with his bow. Although I learned chess from the previous one, chess is still not as good as the previous one. Is it because his intelligence is not as good as the former? That's not true.

The resulting famous motto is:

A hundred rivers are full of tolerance. I want fish and bear's paw. You can't have your cake and eat it. You can take bear's paw instead of fish. Life is as I wish, and righteousness is as I wish. You can't have it both ways, but you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness. Not cold, not awake, not quiet, not far away.