Self-defeating stories and meanings What are short self-defeating stories and meanings?

There was a painter named Sun Zhiwei in the Northern Song Dynasty who was good at figure painting. On one occasion, entrusted by Chengdu Shouning Temple, he drew a picture of "Nine Yao Xing Jun" ... He carefully hooked the picture with a pen, and the characters were lifelike, the clothes were fluttering and graceful, leaving only the last coloring process. Just then, a friend invited him to drink. He put down his pen and looked at the painting carefully for a while, feeling very satisfied. He said to his disciples: I have finished drawing the lines of this painting, only coloring is left. You must be careful not to color it wrong. I have something at my friend's house. When I come back, I hope you have finished it.

After Sun Zhiwei left, the disciples watched the teacher's brushwork and overall composition over and over again around the painting and exchanged ideas with each other.

Some people say: You see how realistic the demeanor of the plumbing star is, with a long beard and no anger and self-respect.

Others said: The Buddha's feet are surrounded by auspicious clouds, and the true god is awe-inspiring.

One of the disciples, Tong Renyi, likes to show off his cleverness and grandstanding. He was the only one who pretended not to say anything.

Someone asked him, why don't you talk? Is there anything wrong with this painting?

Tong Renyi pretended to be profound and said: The boy around the water heating star looks very vivid, but there seems to be something missing from the crystal bottle in his hand.

Disciples said: I didn't find anything missing.

Tong Renyi said: Every time the teacher draws a bottle, he always draws a flower in it, but this time there is no flower. Maybe we are in a hurry to go out and have no time to draw. Draw first and then color it.

With that, Tong Renyi carefully drew a gorgeous red lotus flower on the bottle mouth.

Sun Zhiwei came back from a friend's house and found a lotus flower in the bottle in the boy's hand. He said with anger and laughter, who did this stupid thing? If you just gild the lily, it's just self-defeating. The bottle in the boy's hand is a demon bottle used by the water heating star to subdue the monster. It's a big joke that you added lotus flowers and turned Aquarius into an ordinary vase. As he spoke, he tore the painting to pieces.

The disciples looked at Tong Renyi and bowed their heads in silence.

2, enlightenment: self-defeating is to play clever means, but the result is not good. You thought you were smart and opportunistic, but you failed, making the situation worse. We are warned to think everything through, and never be smart and self-righteous, which makes people laugh.