Translation of carrying a pole into town

Carrying a pole into the city is translated as follows:

Carrying a pole into the city;

There was a man in the state of Lu who walked into the city gate with a long pole. At first he stood up and held it, but he couldn't get into the gate. He came and hugged, but he couldn't get into the gate. I really can't think of a way. After a while, an old man came and said, "I am not a saint, but I have seen many things." Why not use a saw to cut off the long pole and enter the city gate? "

So the Lu people cut off the long pole according to the old man's method.

Go to town with a pole:

If Lu ruo has a long pole entering the city gate, he can't enter it at first, nor can he enter it horizontally. There is nothing he can do. I am not a saint, but I have seen many things. Why not use a saw? "So I cut it off.

Enlightenment from holding the pole into the city:

The story of "the leader who walks into the city gate" is rigid, unable to think, flexible, and the "old man" is smart and good at being a teacher. This story shows that thinking should be flexible, not one-sided, stubborn and flexible.

A brief introduction to the author of Holding a Staff into the City;

Author's birthplace:

Han Danchun (about 132- 22 1) was a native of Yangzhai in Yingchuan (now Yuzhou) in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The author's works:

Han Danchun is famous for having Three Volumes of Laughing Forest and One Volume of Yijing, and is called "the ancestor of Laughing Forest". Han Danchun was famous since he was a child. He is knowledgeable, versatile, good at writing articles and knows the words "Cang, Ya, Worm, Seal," and so on. When Fiona Fang avoided you, many people knew his name. When Han Danchun was in Wei Wendi, he was a doctor. He once played Wendi in Fu for Throwing Pots.

Han Danchun also wrote an inscription to teach Cao E about benevolence, righteousness, courtesy and kindness. Cai Yong, a great writer and calligrapher, took refuge in Huiji and praised the inscription "wonderful words". Han Danchun is praised by later generations, not because his achievements are not worth boasting, nor because his articles are particularly good, but because he casually wrote Laughing Forest and Yijing.

It tells many jokes, gimmicks, metaphors, satires and humorous anecdotes at that time, as well as various popular entertainment items at that time, such as throwing pots, rice clips, throwing bricks, shooting horses, playing chess, eating food, etc., which became the earliest monograph on jokes and juggling in China.