Carving a boat for a sword (Warring States Period). It was found that "some Chu people waded across the river and their knives fell into the water, so they agreed to their boat and said," My knife fell off the boat. " The ship stopped at the destination, and the Chu people jumped into the water from the marked place to find the sword. The boat did it (yǐ), but the sword couldn't. If you want a sword, it's not chaotic at all!
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There was a man crossing the river in the state of Chu, and his sword fell into the water. He quickly carved the boat with a knife at the side of the boat and said, "This is where my sword fell." The ship stopped and (he) dived into the water from where he marked it to look for the sword. The ship has gone, but the sword is still there. Is it stupid to look for that sword?
Carving a boat for a sword: a metaphor for not knowing the development and changes of things and still looking at problems statically. A fable described in Lv Chunqiu Chajin tells that a Chu man accidentally dropped his sword into the river while crossing the river by boat. He carved a mark on the boat and said, "This is where my sword fell." When the boat stopped, he jumped into the river and followed the sign to find the sword, but he couldn't find it anywhere. This fable warns politicians to understand that the world is changing, and if they don't know how to reform, they can't govern the country. Later, it shows that they don't know how to change.
Oral storytelling: There was a Chu man who went out on a long trip. When he crossed the river by boat, he accidentally dropped his sword into the rapids of the river. Everyone on board shouted, "The sword fell into the water!
The Chu people immediately carved a mark on the ship's side with a knife, and then turned to everyone and said, "This is where my sword fell."
They were puzzled by the marks of the knife. Someone urged him to say, "Go into the water and find the sword!" " "
The Chu people said, "Don't worry, I have a mark."
The boat went on, and someone urged him to say, "If you don't go down to look for the sword, the boat will go further and further, so be careful not to find it back."
The Chu people still said confidently, "Don't worry, don't worry, the mark is engraved there."
It was not until the ship stopped at the shore that Chu people went into the water to find the sword along the marked place. However, how can he find it The marks carved on the ship indicate the position of Chu Jian in the river at the moment he fell into the water. The sword that falls into the river will not follow the ship, but the traces on the ship and the ship's side are constantly moving forward. When the ship reached the shore, the mark on the ship's side was far away from the position of the sword in the water. Is it stupid for this Chu man to find a sword in the above way?
He wasted a lot of time in the water under the boat on the shore, but found nothing, which attracted everyone's ridicule.
This fable tells us that looking at things that are constantly developing and changing with a static eye will inevitably make subjective idealism mistakes that are divorced from reality.