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Translation of the ancient text "Pluck the seedlings to encourage them to grow"
In ancient times, there was a man in the Song Dynasty who thought that the seedlings were growing too slowly, so he pulled them up a little bit one by one. When he came home, he boasted: "I helped the seedlings grow today!" His son heard that Later, I went to the field and saw that the seedlings were all dead. There are very few people in the world who do not help seedlings grow. People who give up because they think it is of no use are like lazy people who do not weed the seedlings. Those who pretend to help it grow are like those who encourage it to grow. Instead of doing any good, they actually endanger it.
Pull the seedlings to encourage them to grow
1. Idiom - Pluck the seedlings to encourage them to grow
Pronunciation yà miáo zhù zhǎng
Definition: Pull up. Pull up the seedlings to help them grow.
Later it was used as a metaphor for violating the laws of development of things and being eager for success, which will lead to bad things.
Source from "Mencius Gongsun Chou" by Mencius of the Pre-Qin Dynasty
Contents: People in the Song Dynasty had Min Qi, who pinched the seedlings when they were not long, and they returned with a bright light, so they called him "I'm sick today, I'll help the seedlings grow!" His son came to look at him, but the seedlings were haggard.
There are very few people in the world who do not help young people grow up! Those who think it is useless and abandon it are those who do not cultivate the seedlings; those who help the elders are those who tear out the seedlings; they are not useless but also harmful.
(Translation) In ancient times, there was a man in the Song Dynasty who thought that the seedlings were growing too slowly, so he pulled them up one by one. When he came home, he boasted: "I helped the seedlings grow today!" After the son heard about it, he went to the field and saw that all the seedlings were dead. There are very few people in the world who do not help seedlings grow. People who give up because they think it is of no use are like lazy people who do not weed the seedlings. Those who pretend to help it grow are like those who encourage it to grow. Instead of doing any good, they actually endanger it.
Synonyms of haste, waste of speed
Antonyms of laissez-faire, step-by-step
Usage in linked form; used as subject and object; with derogatory connotations
Examples can neither be used to educate students, nor can they be left to their own devices.
Allusion
In ancient times, there was a farmer in the Song Dynasty. After planting rice seedlings, he hoped to harvest early.
When he went to the rice fields every day, he found that the rice seedlings were growing very slowly. He waited impatiently and thought to himself: "How can I make the rice seedlings grow taller and faster?" After thinking about it again and again, he finally came up with the "best way", which was to raise the rice seedlings a few points higher.
After a lot of hard work, he went home to rest with a satisfied hoe. Then he went back and confessed to his family: "I was exhausted today. I helped the crop seedlings grow a lot taller!"
His son quickly ran to the field to see that all the seedlings were dead. .
Tips
"Pulling a seedling to encourage growth" is a commonly used idiom, and its origin is this fable. Both nature and human society have objective laws for their development and change. These laws are not subject to people's will. People can only recognize it and use it, but cannot violate it or change it. Violating objective laws and doing things based on your own subjective will, although your intentions are good, you will inevitably hit a wall and do things badly. We should all take this farmer from Song as a warning.
[Note]
①Min (mǐn) - the same as "compassion", worry, worry. Chang (zhǎng) - to grow, grow, 揠 (yà) - to pull out.
②Mang Mangran - looking tired.
③Sickness - exhausted, is an extended meaning.
④Yu——I, the first person pronoun.
⑤Tendency——go quickly. To - go, to..go.
⑥槁 (gǎo) - dry vegetation.
⑦Not a disciple - not only. Disciple, just.
⑧The person - the people in his family.
It means that the development of objective things has its own laws. It is not enough to rely solely on good wishes and enthusiasm. It is likely that the effect will be opposite to subjective wishes. This fable also tells a specific truth: "Haste makes waste."
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