It means "the hunchbacked old man is catching cicadas".

This is a fable from "Zhuangzi".

Original text:

Zhongni was in the middle of Chu. When he came out of the forest, he saw a rickety man who was carrying a wattle, and he was still scratching it. Zhongni said: "Is it a coincidence that there is something wrong?" He said: "I have a way. If you take two pills in the fifth and sixth months and don't fall down, you will lose a qi baht; if you take three pills but don't fall down, you will lose an ounce; if you take three pills but don't fall down, you will lose an ounce. If I don't fall, I'm like a stick. My body is as if I'm leaning against a tree; my arms are like a branch of a tree. Although the world is huge and there are many things, I only know that I don't turn around. , If you don’t use the wings of all things, what can you do?” Confucius said to his disciples: “If you don’t distinguish between ambitions, it’s what you call a rickety man!”

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Confucius went to the state of Chu and came out of the forest. He saw an old man with a hunchback catching cicadas as skillfully as lifting them. Confucius said: "The old man is really dexterous. Is there any magic method?" He replied: "I do have a magic method. After practicing the skill for five or six months, you can put two small pills on the head of the pole and you can hold the pole without using it." If you try to catch cicadas after falling to the ground, very few will escape; if you take three pills on the top of the pole but can't fall, only one tenth of the cicadas will escape; if you take five pills on the top of the pole but can't fall, then only one tenth of the cicadas will escape; Catching cicadas is as easy as picking them up. I stand like a broken tree stump and control my arms like dead branches. Although the world is vast and there are many things, I only know the wings of cicadas.

My mind is focused and single-minded, and I am unwilling to exchange all things for cicada wings. Why can't I get them? Confucius turned around and said to his disciples: "If your will is not scattered, it can be compared to a magical work. Isn't it the old man with a hunchback?" ”

Source: China Science Network