The fable of chop and change

A monkey player feeds acorns to monkeys.

He told the monkeys to give each monkey three acorns in the morning and four acorns in the evening. All the monkeys were in a hurry. Later, he said, give four in the morning and three in the evening, and all the monkeys will be happy.

Idiom:

Chop and change? 【 zhāo sān mù sì 】 The original metaphor is that smart people are good at using means, while stupid people are not good at distinguishing things. Later, the metaphor was capricious.

Source: On the Homology of Things in Zhuangzi by Zhuangzi in Pre-Qin Dynasty: "The public has given it:' Go three times and leave (at dusk) four times. "All snipers are angry."

People who like to keep monkeys say: give three in the morning and four at night. The monkeys were very angry.

You must learn painting and photography for a while. Isn't this a fickle attitude?

Extended data synonyms:

1, break your word? [ch ū r fn ū r] The original meaning is that what you do, you will get what consequences. This refers to saying and then going back on our word or not doing it. It refers to the contradiction between words and deeds and capriciousness.

Source: Pre-Qin Monk "Mencius Hui Liang Wang Xia": "Beyond you; Those who disagree with you are also. "

What you do, there will be consequences.

2. willfulness? [f: n, f, f, w, ch, ng] fluctuates, one way or another.

Source: Chang Fei's "Difficult Travel in the Northern and Southern Dynasties": "It was uncertain when the boat was overturned."

Translation: In those days, the changes were uncertain, sometimes this and sometimes that.