Xue Yi comes from a classical Chinese article in "Mencius·Gaozi 1". The full text and translation are as follows:

Original text of "Xue Yi":

Yi Qiu , He is also the one who is good at chess in the whole country. He asked Yi Qiu to teach two people to play chess. One of them concentrated on the game, but Yi Qiu listened. Although the other listened, he thought that a swan was coming, and he wanted to help him and shot it with his bow. Even though I have learned from him, I am not as good as him. Why is he so wise? Said: Not so.

Translation:

Yiqiu is the best chess player in the country. Let Yi Qiu teach two people to play chess. One of them concentrates on learning and only listens to Yi Qiu's teaching. Although the other person is also listening to Yi Qiu's teaching, he is thinking about a swan that is about to fly and wants to pull the bow and arrow to kill the chess player. It shoots down. Although the two of them learned to play chess together, the latter's chess skills were not as good as the former's. Is it because his intelligence is not as good as the previous one? Said: That's not the case.

Extended information

1. Inspiration from the classical Chinese text "Xue Yi"

"Xue Yi" illustrates that under the same conditions, different attitudes will definitely change. Obtaining different results tells us that we must concentrate on learning and cannot be half-hearted.

2. A brief introduction to "Mencius·Gaozi"

"Gaozi" is a chapter in the book "Mencius", which is divided into two chapters: the upper and lower chapters. "Mencius Gaozi" records the discussion about human nature and morality between Mencius and his student Gaozi (some say he is a student of Mozi); it is similar to "The Analects"; it is a relatively complete embodiment of Mencius's "Theory of Good Nature".

Connected are issues of benevolence, morality and personal cultivation. Issues such as spirit and matter, sensibility and rationality, human nature and animality are also covered. The whole story has 20 chapters.