What is the main content of Buying and Returning Pearls .

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In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a merchant in the Chu State, specializing in selling jewelry, once he went to the Qi State to sell jewelry, in order to do good business, jewelry to sell well, specially used precious wood, to create many small boxes, the box carved and decorated very delicate and beautiful, so that the box will emit a fragrance, and then put the jewelry in the box. There was a Zheng Guoren who saw that the box containing the jewels was both delicate and beautiful, and after asking the price, he bought one, opened the box, took out the treasures inside, and returned them to the jeweler. It can be seen from here that a person who is good at selling boxes can not necessarily be called good at selling pearls.

Original text] The Chu people sold their pearls to Zheng. For the cabinet of magnolias, smoked with cinnamon pepper, decorated with jade, decorated with roses, seized with feather emerald. Zheng people buy their coffins and return their pearls. —Han Feizi

Meaning] 1. The human eye is only fixed on the exquisite box, but the real valuable orb is lost. It can be seen that everything must be prioritized, otherwise you will do stupid things like this Zheng Ren who "buys and returns pearls".

2. Merchants pay too much attention to appearance, so that the value of decorative appearance is higher than the value of beads. It can be used to describe some manufacturers in order to obtain profits, over-decorate the table, so that the value of the appearance is higher than the value of the commodity, so that the quality of the commodity has increased a lot.

3. In modern times, it is also used as a metaphor for spending a small amount of capital to achieve a higher return, and the person who sells the coffin uses a "coffin" to get a "pearl".

4. Describe people who are short-sighted and make improper trade-offs.

A native of Chu, he has a beautiful pearl, and he plans to sell this pearl. In order to sell it at a good price, he used his brains to package the pearl well, and he felt that with the noble packaging, the "identity" of the pearl would naturally be high.

This Chu native found the precious magnolia and invited a skilled craftsman to make a box (i.e., 椟) for the pearl, and smoked the box with cinnamon pepper spices to make it fragrant. Then, on the outside of the box, many beautiful patterns are carved and inlaid with beautiful metal lace, which looks shiny and shiny, and it is really a delicate and beautiful handicraft. In this way, the Chu people carefully put the pearls into boxes and took them to the market to sell.

Soon after arriving at the market, many people gathered around to admire the boxes of the Chu people. A Zheng Guoren took the box in his hand and looked at it for a long time, couldn't put it down, and finally bought the box of the Chu people. After Zheng Ren paid the money, he took the box and walked back.

But after a few steps, he returned. The Chu people thought that the Zheng people regretted it and wanted to return it, but before the Chu people could finish thinking about it, the Zheng people had already walked to the Chu people. I saw Zheng Ren take out the pearls in the open box and hand them to the Chu people and said

Sir, you forgot a pearl in the box, and I came back to return it. So the Zheng people handed the pearl to the Chu people, and then lowered his head and walked back while admiring the wooden box.

The Chu people held the returned pearls and stood there very embarrassed. He originally thought that others would appreciate his pearls, but he didn't expect that the exquisite outer packaging exceeded the value of the box, so that it "dominated the guests", which made the Chu people cry and laugh.

Zheng Ren only pays attention to appearance and ignores substance, which makes him make an improper trade-off; And the "over-packaging" of the Chu people is also a bit ridiculous.

Buying and returning pearls, an ancient idiom in China, comes from "Han Feizi", the original meaning is to buy jewelry and leave only a beautiful box without the real value of the jewelry inside. It is often used as a metaphor for the lack of vision and improper trade-offs.

Original. The Chu people have sold their pearls to Zheng, which is the cabinet of magnolia, scented with cinnamon pepper, decorated with pearl jade, decorated with roses, and compiled with jade. Zheng people buy their coffins and return their pearls. This can be described as a good seller, but it can not be described as a good pearl.

Translation. There was a Chu man who sold his beads to the Zheng people, made a box out of magnolia, smoked it with cinnamon pepper, connected it with beads and precious jade, decorated it with beautiful jade, and decorated it with jade. Zheng Guoren bought his box but returned his pearls.

This can be said to be good at selling boxes, not good at selling pearls.

Revelation: The Zheng people only pay attention to the appearance and not the inner ridiculousness, and the Chu people do not distinguish between priorities and let themselves not sell pearls. Tell us to start from reality in everything.

It means that the person who buys has no vision and sees the secondary things as more important than the main things, which is equivalent to a derogatory term.

In "buying and returning pearls", "椟" refers to the wooden box containing pearls.

1. Original text: The Chu people sold a certain pearl to Zheng. For the cabinet of magnolias, smoked with cinnamon pepper, decorated with pearl jade, decorated with roses, seized with jade. Zheng people buy their coffins and return their pearls. This can be described as a good buy, not a good pearl.

2. Interpretation: There was a jewelry merchant in the state of Chu who went to Zheng to sell jewelry. He carved a box with pearls from the precious magnolia, smoked the box with spices prepared with cinnamon pepper, and decorated it with pearls, roses, and jade.

There was a Zheng Guoren who bought the box, but returned the beads in the box to him, which can be said that this jewelry merchant is very good at selling boxes, but not good at selling jewelry.

3. Appreciation: Zheng Guoren's eyes were only fixed on the delicate wooden box, and he actually gave up the precious jewelry. It can be seen that we must have a clear priority in doing things, and we can't only pay attention to the appearance of things and fail to see the essence of things like people who buy and return pearls.

Only by seeing the essence of things clearly and distinguishing priorities can we make appropriate choices. The idiom of buying and returning pearls originally refers to the return of pearls from the wooden box that was bought to contain pearls; The metaphor is not a good trade-off, and the secondary thing is better than the main one.

Historical allusions to "buying and returning pearls":

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a jewelry merchant in the Chu State, who was very credibility in business, and many people were willing to come to him to buy jewelry. One day, the jeweler got a beautiful pearl that he was going to sell. In order to sell at a good price, he wanted to package the pearl well, and he felt that with the noble packaging, the "identity" of the pearl would naturally be high.

So, he found precious wood, and invited skilled craftsmen to make a box for pearls, which was smoked with cinnamon pepper spices.

Then, on the outside of the box, many beautiful patterns are carved and inlaid with beautiful metal lace, which looks sparkling and is really a delicate and beautiful handicraft. The jeweler carefully puts the pearls in boxes and sells them at the market.

Soon after arriving at the market, many people gathered around to watch. A Zheng Guoren took it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, couldn't put it down, and bought the jewelry merchant's box out.

After Zheng Ren had paid the money, he took the box and walked back, but after walking a few steps and came back, the jewelry merchant thought that Zheng Ren regretted returning it, and before he could finish thinking about it, Zheng Ren had already walked up to him.

I saw Zheng Ren open the box, take out the pearl and hand it to him, and said, "Sir, you forgot a pearl in the box, and I came back to return the pearl." So Zheng Ren handed him the pearl, and then bowed his head and admired the wooden box as he walked back.

The jeweller stood there awkwardly with the returned pearl. He thought that others would appreciate his pearls, but he didn't expect that the exquisite packaging exceeded the value of the pearls in the box, so that he couldn't laugh or cry.

The one used to return the pearl refers to an empty box or box for jewelry.

"Buy and return the pearl" is an idiom, which means to take back a bead but return an empty tripod, which is a metaphor for not understanding the value of the item, or not knowing how to cherish it.

The allusion originally came from the Zhuangzi Outer Chapter Zhibei Tour: someone bought a valuable pearl at a market. When he walked out of the market, he saw a big tripod full of rice, so he put the pearls in the tripod and went home with the tripod.

His friend thought that the beads should not be placed in a ding, but in a silver box, so he told him.

At this time, he realized his mistake and ran back to the market, trying to find the man who sold the big tripod, return the tripod, and exchange it for pearls. However, the man who sold the tripod had already found the pearl and taken it away, so he had to buy back the empty tripod and lose the pearl.

This allusion reflects that a person does not know how to cherish and thus loses something valuable, so "buying and returning the pearl" is widely used in various occasions, such as missing an opportunity, wasting an opportunity, or wasting something valuable for no reason.

Buy and return the beads to make a sentence:

1. On the road of life, many people make the mistake of "buying and returning pearls" because of their own impulses and desires. Some people pursue short-term glitz and vanity, often get lost in their own desires, and eventually lose their core values and true pursuits, and even have their wives separated and their families unable to return.

2. The behavior of the first department is often criticized as "buying and returning the pearl", because they often take superficial solutions to social problems, do a lot of image engineering and face engineering, instead of fundamentally solving the problem, which will only make the problem worse in the end.

3. Education is an important way to inherit culture and cultivate talents, but sometimes education will also fall into the mistake of "buying and returning pearls". Some schools and educational institutions have adopted irresponsible educational methods in order to improve students' performance in a short period of time, which will only lead to the lack of substantial improvement in students' abilities, and ultimately Shanshen will not get real benefits.