What is the main content of the Lu people's sawing into the city?

The main contents of "Lu people go into the city to see the pole":

There was a man in the state of Lu who wanted to enter the city gate with a long pole. At first he stood up with it and couldn't get in. Hold it sideways and you can't get in (the city gate). I can't think of anything.

After a while, an old man came here and said, "I am not a very smart person, but I have seen many things." Why not use a saw to cut off the long pole and enter the city gate? " So (Lu people) listened to (the old man's method) and cut off the long pole. Nothing in the world is more stupid than this.

Enlightenment: This is a joke. There are no such stupid people in the world, but this joke tells people a truth: everything should be flexible, not too rigid, flexible in thinking, and not one-sided.

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Because people with a little common sense will think that this is a stupid move and that this old man is nothing more than a "clown" with "great understanding". But on second thought, how can a fool's suggestion process be coherent and even coincide with psychology? Perhaps later readers misunderstood the author's original intention, because there were no punctuation marks to express emotions in ancient Chinese?

Is the old man's expression true: I am not a smart man, but I have seen many things, but I have never seen you so stupid! You can't even get in the door? Even if you saw off the pole, you can still enter the city gate!

However, after reading the whole article, the author obviously wants to satirize those smart and good at teaching. They seem modest and sincere, and they also have some respectable capital in society. They use their vague prestige and professional knowledge to dictate some important judgments of others and put forward some so-called suggestions that are strange and can't stand scrutiny.

Judging from the consequences, this seemingly positive way of doing things actually does more harm than good.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shandong people go to town to see pole.