Who is the character in Zheng Renmailude? Who is tasked with carving a boat and seeking a sword?

The people of Zheng buy shoes (Zheng people)

If the people of Zheng want to buy shoes, they first have to wait for their feet and then sit on them. Go to the market and forget to operate it. Having obtained it, he said

“I forgot to keep it!” He returned to get it. When I returned, the market stopped and I couldn't walk. People said: "Why not give it a try?

" He said: "It is better to have faith than to have confidence."

Translation:

There was a man in the state of Zheng I wanted to buy a pair of shoes, so I first measured my feet, then drew a sample size and placed it on the seat. When he hurried to the market to buy shoes, he forgot to bring the size with him. He picked up the shoes and then remembered and said, "I forgot to bring the measured size." So he hurried back to get the sample. By the time he came back, the market had already closed and the shoes had not been bought.

Someone asked him: "Why don't you try on shoes with your own feet?"

He said: "I would rather believe in the size I measured than in my own. foot." . . .

Explain this silly and ridiculous story, satirizing those who stick to rules, believe in dogma, and do not believe in objective reality.

Carving a boat to ask for a sword (Chu people)

[Original text]

There was a Chu person who was wading into the river. His sword fell from the boat into the water and suddenly struck the boat. , said: "This is where my sword fell from." The boat stopped, and the person who fell from it entered the water to find it. The boat has moved, but the sword cannot move. Isn't it confusing to ask for a sword like this?

(From "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period. Cha Jin")

[Translation]

A man from Chu State was crossing a river by boat when his sword fell from the boat. When he entered the water, he carved a mark on the side of the boat and said, "This is where my sword fell." When the boat docked, he jumped into the water from the marked place to find the sword. The ship has gone a long way, but the sword has not gone. Isn't it very confusing to look for the sword like this?

[Philosophical Commentary]

The ridiculous behavior of the Chu people in the story violates the basic principles of the relationship between matter and motion in philosophy. Dialectical materialism believes that motion is the fundamental attribute of matter and the way of existence of matter. In other words, the entire universe is in perpetual motion, and matter that does not move does not exist. Specifically, from the macro world to the micro world, from the inorganic world to the organic world, from human society to the realm of thinking, there is movement, change and development. It is wrong to talk about movement without material or to talk about material without movement. Although the Chu people in the article saw the objective existence of boats, water, and swords, they ignored and denied their movement. This is a metaphysical error in talking about matter without movement.