The schoolman cooks the fish, the cook cooks the cow, the implication of wading in the water, and other fables

Once upon a time, someone presented live fish to Zheng Guozi. Zichan ordered the schoolmaster to keep them in the pond. The schoolmaster cooked the fish and came back and said: "At first, the fish looked very tired, sir. After a while, he became lazy and died comfortably. "Zi Chan said, "I have found the place I should be at. I have found the place I should be at!" The school staff came out and said, "Who said Zi Chan. Wisdom? Since I have cooked it and eaten it, he also said: "I have found the place where I should go, I have found the place where I should go." So you can use appropriate and ethical methods to deceive a gentleman, but it is difficult to use it. To confuse him through Taoist methods.

Lies made up of sweet words often deceive those who do not understand the actual situation. But if actual investigation can be done seriously, then the deceptive tricks will not work.

There was a chef named Ding who was slaughtering an ox for King Hui of Liang. Wherever his hands touched, where his shoulders rested, where his feet stepped, and where his knees pressed, there was a sound. The sound of skin and bones breaking apart, and the sound of "huo" (pronounced "huo") when the knife is inserted are not inconsistent with the rhythm. They are in line with the rhythm of the dance music of "Sanglin" and the music of "Jingshou" (Yao Dynasty). Rhythm. Wen Huijun said: "Hee! OK! How can your technique be so advanced? The chef put down his knife and replied: "What I like is the laws of nature, which exceeds the pursuit of cattle slaughtering technology." When I first started slaughtering cows, (I didn’t understand the structure of the cow’s body), nothing I saw was not a whole cow, (the same as what most people see). Three years later, the whole cow could no longer be seen. Now when slaughtering a cow, I only use my mind to contact the cow, instead of looking at it with my eyes. It is as if the vision has stopped but the spirit is active. Following the texture and structure of the cow's body, splitting the large gaps between the muscles and bones, and using the knife along the holes between the joints are all in compliance with the original structure of the cow's body. The knife used to kill the cow has never touched the place where the meridians are connected, the muscles attached to the bones, and the places where the muscles gather, let alone the big bones of the thighs? Skilled cooks change their knives every year because they use them to cut meat. Kitchen workers with average skills change their knives every month because they use them to chop bones. I have used this knife for nineteen years, slaughtering thousands of cattle, but the edge of the knife looks like it has just been sharpened from the whetstone. There are gaps in the joints of the cow, but the blade has no thickness. If such a thin blade is used to pierce the joints with gaps, then the blade must be wide enough to operate with ease. Therefore, after nineteen years of use, the blade still remains. Like it was freshly ground from the whetstone. Even so, whenever I encounter a place where muscles and bones are intertwined, and I see that it is difficult to operate the knife there, I will be very vigilant and cautious, focusing my eyes and slowing down my movements. With a slight movement of the knife, the bones and flesh separated with a clatter, scattering like a pile of soil on the ground. I lifted the knife and stood, looking around proudly for this success, feeling leisurely and contented with this success. Cleaned the knife and put it away. " King Hui of Liang said: "Okay! I listened to your words and learned how to maintain good health

Not only must you master the rules when doing things, but you must also maintain a cautious attitude, restrain your sharpness, and while knowing how to use the rules, you must also Repeatedly practice, just like the cook Ding "solved thousands of oxen", keep repeating, and you will eventually realize the truth of things. Human society is full of complicated contradictions. When people live in the world, only by avoiding contradictions and following nature like a cook and a cow can he protect himself, live a healthy life, raise his family, and live out his life

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The people of Chu wanted to attack Song, so they sent people to set up markers in the river. The Xian River suddenly rose. Unknown to the Chu people, they followed the signs and walked across the river at night. More than a thousand people drowned, and the horrified sounds among the army were like houses collapsing in the city. In the past, when they first set up markers in the Xianshui River, (the markers) could guide wading. Now that the water has changed and risen a lot, the Chu people still followed the markers and waded into the water. This was the reason for their failure.

If you look at problems from a static perspective and see things as immutable, you will easily fail in real life. We should look at everything from the perspective of development and not stick to existing experience, so as not to make a joke