Teach fish to swim (bān? Door? nòng？ fǔ)？ the story of

Lu Ban was a native of Lu from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period. His surname is Gong, a famous class. He was the most famous architectural craftsman in ancient China, and was honored as the founder by people in the field of architectural carpentry.

One day, a young carpenter casually walked to a house in Dahongmen, raised his axe and said, "I don't care about this axe, but no matter what wood it is, as long as I get it in my hand and use my axe to do it, I can make beautiful things."

When the people next to him heard it, they thought he was talking big, so they pointed to the Dahongmen behind them and said, "Ultrafine, can you make a better door than this?" The young carpenter said proudly, "I'm not bragging." I tell you, I used to be a student of Luban. Can't I make such a simple door? It's a joke. "

Everyone couldn't help laughing and said, "This is Mr. Luban's home. He made this door. Can you really make a better door than this? " Hearing this, the carpenter blushed like a red pumpkin and said shyly, "Alas, I really played with an axe in front of Luban. I am very embarrassed. " With that, the young carpenter ran away shyly.

Since then, carpenters have been learning woodworking skills in a down-to-earth manner. This is how the idiom "teaching an axe to teach people" comes from.

Children, the story is over. The idiom "Teach a man an axe" comes from Ouyang Xiu's Book with Mei in the Song Dynasty: "Yesterday is really fixed; There are seven or eight poems; Record it today; Teach fish to swim; Ridiculous. " Originally refers to dancing an axe in front of Lu Ban. Later, in front of experts, I compared myself to have great skills and more than I can chew.

Son, this story is about a young carpenter who has no skills and is proud to brag in front of Lu Ban. It tells us that one should learn to be modest, never too old to learn. The more you learn, the more you know, and there is no problem of teaching others how to teach others. For example, if you say that you know this and that in front of students who are more knowledgeable than you, but you can't say it, it's called teaching fish to swim.

In addition, this idiom also gives us another enlightenment: that is, a person who dares to dance an axe in front of Lu Ban should also be a bold, witty, sensitive and knowledgeable person. The progress of our society is due to the continuous efforts of these people to innovate in the spirit of "teaching others how to teach others how to do things", from ignorance to knowledge, from knowledge to catching up with predecessors. If we don't have any knowledge, we can't talk about "teaching fish to swim". As a student, we should have the spirit of "teach others how to do it". Because only in the process of trying and practicing can we gain new knowledge and make progress. "Axe making" is not only for Luban, but also for you. As long as you dance wonderfully and reasonably, everyone will cheer for you!