What is Handan?

In this idiom, there are

A new story

Legend has it that two thousand years ago, there was a teenager in Shouling, Yan State. If you don't know his last name, just call him Shouling Youth!

This young Shouling is not worried about food and clothing, and he is a medium-sized talent in appearance, but he lacks self-confidence. He often feels that he is nothing like others for no reason-good clothes, delicious food and elegant standing and sitting. He learns what he sees and loses what he learns. Although he has a new look, he still can't do one thing well. He doesn't know what he should look like.

His family advised him to change this problem, which he thought was because his family cared too much. Relatives and neighbors said he was a bear breaking a stick, but he didn't listen at all. Over time, he doubted whether he should walk like this, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his walking posture was too stupid and ugly.

One day, he met several people talking and laughing on the road, only to hear someone say that the walking posture of Handan people is beautiful. As soon as he heard this, he had a heart attack and hurried forward to find out. Unexpectedly, the men saw him and walked away with a smile.

How beautiful is the walking posture of Handan people? He can't imagine. This has become his heart disease. Finally, one day, he went to Handan, a distant place, to learn to walk without telling his family.

When I arrived in Handan, I felt fresh and dazzling everywhere. Seeing children walking, he feels lively, beautiful and academic; Seeing the old man walking, he felt steady and learned; Watch women walk, sway and learn. In this way, after only half a month, he couldn't even walk, and his travel expenses were spent, so he had to climb back.

The story comes from Zhuangzi Autumn Water. The idiom "Handan toddler" means to imitate others mechanically. If you don't learn from the strengths of others, you will lose your own strengths and skills.