It is a delusion and a sadness to want something that is not commensurate with one's heart and status. For example, it is unwise for a humble little person to want to be as prominent as a noble, and for a humble soul to have a noble family background and rank.
It expresses a reality that most weak people cannot accept. Express an innate fatalistic view. A crow will never become a phoenix.
Its practical significance lies in that no matter what the actual situation is, we must have a correct understanding and judgment of ourselves. This is the essential thing, and it is out of the noble nature. There is no distinction between status and humility here.
The sorrow of the donkey is that it has no correct understanding of itself and no judgment of self-positioning.
The continuity lies in that the ugly duckling becomes a white swan and Cinderella marries the prince. Space for people's imagination, which has appeared in fantasy and fairy tales.
The greatest pleasure of fable is the continuity of this imagination.
The second fable, Quartet, makes a bitter mockery of those figures who have no skills at all, but insist on pretending to be experts.
The Quartet was written for the reorganization of the government in that year, but its idea of focusing on the essence of things rather than the form is of universal significance.
In fact, in our society, there are still many phenomena of pursuing quantity, especially on paper. For example, in the work of attracting investment, it is often said that "buttonwood trees have been planted", but in many places, it is often a few buttonwood trees, not a few buttonwood trees. Because the phoenix tree is their "internal strength", it is not so conspicuous; Phoenix is their "signboard" and can be used to show off everywhere. But we all know which is more important, Phoenix or Phoenix. If the plane trees are planted little or not carefully cultivated, it is impossible for many phoenixes to come and fly away.
See the essence through the surface
As the saying goes, poppies are so beautiful that people forget that they are poisonous, and dolphins are so fragrant that people die for them. On the way full of flowers, there must be a trap below.
Qin Mugong summoned Bole and said, "You are old. Do you know a swift horse in your family? " Bole said, "No, I have a friend named Jiufang, and his horse racing skills are not below mine." Qin Mugong summoned Jiufang Zuo and sent him to look for a swift horse. Three months later, Jiufangzuo came back to me and said, "I found a swift horse in the sand dunes. That horse must be a BMW pony. " Qin Mugong asked, "What kind of horse is it?" Jiufang said, "It's a yellow mare." Qin Mugong sent someone to lead the horse, and when he came back, he saw that it was a black stallion. Qin Mugong sent someone to blame Bole and said, "The jockey you introduced me to can't even tell the color from the sex. How do I know which horse is a swift horse? " Bole said: "This is where he surpassed me. He looks at horses not by appearance, but by skill. He has observed the inner potential that he should observe and given up the appearance that he should not observe. He has reached the highest level. " In order to confirm what Bole said, Qin Mugong personally tried the horse selected by the Nine Sides, and it proved to be a good horse that traveled thousands of miles every day.
People should not look at the surface, but should see the deep things. The potential things are what you are looking for, and the inner things are hard for laymen to see.
I hope these are helpful to you!