1, "It is better to teach people to fish than to give them fish", saying that giving someone a fish can solve his temporary hunger, but it can't solve his long-term hunger. If you want him to have fish to eat forever, you might as well teach him how to fish. Fish is the purpose, and fishing is the means. This sentence shows that if you want to help others solve problems, it is better to teach others how to solve them first.

It is a famous saying in classical Chinese that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. From the original text: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, to teach people to fish only to save a temporary emergency, and to teach people to fish to solve the needs of a lifetime."