What do you mean by seeking truth along the river?

Finding along the river is not only bumpy, but also refers to stone beasts.

Source: Stone Beasts in the River by Ji Yun in the Qing Dynasty: "There was a shed temple that gave lectures. After listening to it, he smiled and said,' My generation can't learn physics, it's a wooden pestle. How can we skyrocket with it? It is hard and heavy in stone, loose and floating in sand, and heavy and deep in sand. Isn't it bumpy to beg along the river?' "

A lecturer set up a museum and taught in a temple. When he heard about it, he smiled and said, "You people won't explore the truth. This stone beast is not sawdust. How could it be swept away by the flood? " Because the stone should be hard and heavy, the river sand should be loose and light, and the stone beast is buried in the sand and sinks deeper and deeper. Isn't it ridiculous to look for stone beasts downstream? "

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Appreciation of Stone Beasts in the River:

Stone Beasts in the River tells an instructive fable in concise language, praising the old river soldiers with rich practical experience, mocking the stupidity of monks and satirizing the self-righteousness of Confucianism and Taoism.

This article shows that although things in the world have the same laws, they are more special. The particularity of a thing is inseparable from its environment and conditions, so it develops and changes. Many life experiences in reality can actually prove this point. This is the practical significance of this article.