Shedding the original and seeking the last, tell the main content of the story in your own words during the Warring States Period.

In ancient times, farming was the foundation and industry and commerce was the last. It means giving up farming and engaging in industry and commerce. Abandon the fundamentals and pursue branches. It means not paying attention to the fundamentals of doing things, but only paying attention to the details. Abandon the fundamental and main part of things and pursue the peripheral and secondary parts. It is a metaphor for not focusing on the main issues in doing things, but focusing on the details. Nowadays, it is often used to refer to the reversal of priorities and the inability to clearly distinguish priorities. The words come from: Warring States Period·Lü Buwei's "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals·Shang Nong": "If the people keep their roots but things are not done, they will not give orders. If they do not give orders, they cannot defend or fight. If the people keep their roots but things are not done, then their property will be contracted, and their property will be If you make an appointment, you will move lightly, and if you move lightly, the country will be in trouble. They all have far-reaching ambitions and no intentions."

Idiom story:

During the Warring States Period, the King of Qi once sent envoys to Zhao. The country went to visit Zhao Wei to show friendship. Zhao Weihou received the visiting envoys warmly. After the envoy presented the gift prepared by King Qi, he also presented a letter written by King Qi. Zhao Wei later accepted the letter and immediately opened it to read. She asked the envoy to sit down and asked kindly: "I haven't greeted you for a long time. How are the crops in your country?" When the envoy heard this, he said unhappily: "I came to greet you in the name of the king of our country." Yes, but you didn't greet the king of our country first, but instead asked about the crops first. This is obviously cheap first and then noble. Could it be said that a king who governs all people is not as good as the crops and the people?" After Zhao Wei heard this, he asked about the crops. He was not angry, but smiled and said to the envoy: "You are wrong! Without crops, how can you feed the people? This is not a distinction between high and low, but a difference between the basics and the bottom! Do you mean that we must first abandon the fundamentals and ask about the details? ?" The envoy of Qi State admired Zhao Weihou's words very much and felt ashamed of his rude attitude just now. The conversation of the envoy of the State of Qi when he visited Empress Zhao Wei. Nowadays, people use the metaphor of "sacrificing the basics to focus on the minor issues" to describe failing to grasp the main issues and focusing on the details.