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According to legend, two thousand years ago, there lived a young man in the Shouling area of ??Yan State. If you don’t know his last name, let’s call him the Shouling boy!

This Shouling boy has no worries about food and clothing, and he can be considered a middle-aged man in terms of appearance. However, he lacks self-confidence and often feels inferior and inferior to others for no reason - clothes are the key to others. They are good, the food is delicious, and the way they stand and sit is also elegant. He learns everything he sees, and throws away the same things he learns. Although he tries new tricks, he still can't do one thing well, and he doesn't know what he should look like.

The family members advised him to correct this problem. He thought it was because the family members were too involved. Relatives and neighbors said that he was a bully and a stick, but he wouldn't listen at all. As time went by, he actually doubted whether he should walk like this. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that his walking posture was too stupid and ugly.

One day, he met a few people chatting and laughing on the road, and he only heard someone saying that the way Handan people walked was beautiful. When he heard this, he felt worried and hurriedly stepped forward to find out more. Unexpectedly, when those people saw him, they laughed and walked away.

How beautiful is the walking posture of Handan people? He couldn't imagine it. This became his obsession. Finally one day, without telling his family, he went to distant Handan to learn to walk.

As soon as he arrived in Handan, he felt that everything was fresh and dazzling. When he sees a child walking, he feels lively and beautiful, and he learns from it; when he sees an old man walking, he feels steady, and he learns from it; when he sees a woman walking, swaying in various ways, he learns from it. Just like that, it was only half a month later, he couldn't even walk anymore, and all his travel expenses were spent, so he had to crawl back.

The story comes from "Zhuangzi Autumn Waters". The idiom "Learning to walk in Handan" refers to imitating others mechanically. Not only will you fail to learn from others' strengths, but you will also lose your own strengths and abilities