What does the fable "Zheng people buy shoes" tell us?

The word "Zheng people buy shoes" has a long history. It comes from a fable in the pre-Qin period. It is not only an idiom, but also an allusion and fable.

What does the fable of Zheng Guoren buying shoes tell us? First, let's learn about this story.

Many people have actually heard of or know this idiom, but they are not clear about the origin and specific story of Zheng people buying shoes. So friends, let's take a look at this story first.

This story tells that once upon a time there was a A Zheng man who wanted to buy a new pair of shoes, so he measured his feet in advance and wrote them on a piece of paper, but he forgot to bring this paper to record his measurements. When he went to the market to choose shoes, he found that he had forgotten the size. So he went home to get the size, and when he returned to the market, the market had already dispersed, and he finally didn't buy shoes. Then someone asked him, "Why don't you try on your shoes with your own feet?" He replied, "I would rather trust the measured size than my own feet."

After reading this story, the friends must think that this person is too stupid, and they can understand what this story is about! The story reveals that Zheng people cling to dogmatism, rely on data and forget reality. This story satirizes those dogmatists who are inflexible and inflexible.

Sticking to the rules and not thinking about flexibility will only stop. This is the main idea of this story. We often make such mistakes in our lives, so we are firmly stopped and stopped.