Why do Chu people make jokes?

"A leaf blinds one's eyes, and one cannot see Mount Tai; two ears are plugged with beans, and one cannot hear thunder."

It is a metaphor that someone is blinded by extremely small things in front of him, unable to see the whole and essence of things.

Three Kingdoms·Handan Chun's "Laughing Forest" "One leaf blocks the eyes, and Mount Tai cannot be seen"

There was a man from Chu who lived a poor life. He read the book "Huainan" at one time. I saw in the book that "when the mantis is spying on the cicada, it uses leaves to cover its body. You can use this method to hide your body." So I stood up under the tree and picked leaves - it was the way the mantis used to hide itself when spying on the cicada. That leaf, come and pick it. This leaf fell to the bottom of the tree. There were already many fallen leaves under the tree, and it was no longer possible to distinguish which leaf was the one where the mantis was hiding. The Chu people collected several baskets of leaves from under the tree and took them home. They covered themselves with leaves one by one and asked their wives, "Can you see me?" At first, his wife always replied, "You can see me." "After a full day, I became unbearably tired and tired, so I had to lie to him and say "I can't see you anymore." Chu Ren was secretly happy and took Dui Ye into the market to take the goods in front of him. So the officers tied him up and sent him to the county government office.

As soon as the county magistrate heard the facts of the case, he burst into laughter. He felt that the scholar was so stupid and pedantic that he was ridiculously childish! He was scolded as "a leaf blinding his eyes, unable to see the mountain!" He was beaten severely and sent home.