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Everyone knows useful uses, but few know useless uses.

I think this fits a story of Zhuangzi very well. Huizi said: "I have a big tree, which people call Ailanthus. Its big trunk is swollen but not straight, and its small branches are curled but not regular. The craftsman doesn't care when it is erected." This means that there is a big Ailanthus ailanthus in his house, with a main trunk. The branches are lumpy and twisted, unsuitable for carpentry and of no use. They grow by the roadside and no one passing by carpenters wants to take a look. Zhuangzi advised him, "Why don't you plant a tree in a land of nothingness, a vast wilderness, where you can't help but wander and sleep under it?" This story comes from "Zhuangzi·Xiaoyaoyou". You can check it out. In Zhuangzi's view, the wood of Ailanthus ailanthus cannot be used for construction or making utensils, and it seems useless. However, if it is planted in the vast wilderness without harming it and allowed to flourish, then it can improve and beautify the environment. , allowing people to be carefree and inactive in a beautiful environment; it can also provide people with aesthetic appreciation, allowing people to obtain spiritual pleasure and live poetically. It may seem useless, but it is actually of greater use. It is what generally seems to be "useful". What's really incomparable to trees of little use is that ordinary people can't see it and don't know how to use it. I think you can write along this line of thinking, or directly quote this example to start the discussion.