What are the characteristics of the Chu people described in the article "Carving a Boat and Seeking a Sword"?

The article "Carving a Boat and Seeking a Sword" uses action description and language description to describe the people of Chu, highlighting his characteristics of being inflexible, rigid and rigid.

Original text:

There was a man from Chu who was wading into the river. His sword fell from his boat into the water. He suddenly contacted his boat and said, "This is where my sword fell from." The boat stopped. , and the one who agrees with it enters the water to find it. The boat has moved, but the sword cannot move. Isn't it confusing to ask for a sword like this?

Translation:

There was a man crossing a river in the state of Chu. His sword fell from the boat into the water. He immediately carved a mark on the boat and said, "This is the place where my sword fell." The boat stopped after it reached its destination, and the Chu man jumped into the water from the place where he carved the mark to look for the sword. The ship has moved, but the sword has not moved. Isn't it confusing to look for the sword like this?

Extended information:

If a sword falls into the water, it will only sink to the bottom. This is common sense. After the boat has gone far, it is really stupid and ridiculous to still look for the sword under the boat that fell into the water long ago. If the ship is stationary and the sword sinks to the bottom of the water, it is possible to find the sword by carving a mark on the ship where the sword fell and following the mark into the water to look for the sword. Unfortunately, the sword sank to the bottom of the water and stopped moving, while the boat kept moving.

This objective fact is not reflected in the minds of people seeking swords. He thought that wherever the sword fell, he would look for it and he would find it. His understanding is inconsistent with objective facts, and the result will naturally be failure. It is very powerful to use such a metaphor to satirize people who cling to dogma.

This idiom contains two levels of truth. On the first level, if people's ideological understanding does not conform to objective reality, they will not succeed in doing things. On the other hand, objective reality is constantly developing and changing. If we regard old rules and regulations as a magic weapon to solve new problems, it would be a joke. The author's thinking is simple materialism and dialectical thinking.

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