What is the story of the old man holding the old man?

Zigong, a student of Confucius, traveled to the south of Chu. When he returned to Jin and passed south of the Han River, he saw an old man watering the vegetables in the garden. The old man dug a channel all the way to the well. The old man was holding a big pitcher and drawing water from the well. The water flows along the channel into the vegetable garden. He kept drawing water from the jug and was out of breath from exhaustion. Although he spent a lot of effort, the efficiency was very low.

So Zigong walked over and said to the old man: "Old man, now there is a machine that can be used to water the ground. It can water a hundred fields a day. It doesn't require a lot of effort, but it is very efficient. Gao, don't you want to use it?"

The old man watering his head looked at Zigong and said, "What are you talking about?"

Zigong was very serious. The ground said to the old man: "Chop and process the wood to make a machine. Make it heavy at the back and light at the front. Use it to lift water, just like pumping water continuously from a well. The water will flow freely." Soon, the waves rolled up like boiling water. The name of this machine was Gao."

The old man who was watering the water changed his face angrily after hearing Zigong's words. He sneered disapprovingly and said: "I heard the master say that if there are machines for making tricks in the world, there will definitely be things to do with things; if there are things to do with things, there will definitely be ideas for making things happen. Once a person has the idea of ??making things easy, If a person loses the virtue of purity, he will have an abnormal temperament; and if a person has an abnormal temperament, he will be out of tune with society and nature, and become a person who is incompatible with the natural society of heaven, earth, and society. It’s not that I don’t know the kind of machine you’re talking about, it’s just that I feel that using it is doing something opportunistic, and doing something opportunistic is very shameful.”

Zigong listened. The old man's words sounded like he had done something wrong, and he was embarrassed and speechless for a moment.

What the old man said seems to have some validity in logical reasoning. However, his approach of using mechanical effects to confuse cunning and sinister with agility and wisdom is wrong. of. This fable tells us that people who are conservative in the face of new things will not only have a thankless job, but will also be laughed at by future generations.