About Spear in Shield and Zheng Ren Buys Shoes .

Said to the Chu people in the spear and shield: self-contradiction.

Said to Zheng Ren in Zheng Ren's purchase of shoes: It will not be flexible.

Zheng Ren: We don't analyze the changes in things, we just use ready-made principles to deal with problems.

Chu people: Words contradict themselves, but they can't justify themselves.

Spear and shield. There was a man in the state of Chu who sold spears and shields, and praised his shield and said, "My shield is so strong that nothing can penetrate it."

He flaunted his spear and said, "My spear is so sharp that it can penetrate anything." "Someone asked:

How about poking your shield with your spear? "The man didn't come out.

Zheng people buy shoes Zheng Guo has a person who is about to buy shoes, first measured the size of his feet and put them in the seat, and when he arrived at the market, he forgot to bring his size. I already got my shoes, but I said, "I forgot my size," and went home to pick them up.

By the time I returned, the bazaar had already dispersed, and I didn't buy shoes. Someone said, "Why not try it with your own feet".

The man said, "I'd rather believe in size than in my feet." ”

The first one speaks: A man who boasts of the spear and shield he sells at the same time cannot justify himself because of his contradictions, and admonishes people to seek truth from facts when speaking and doing things, and not to exaggerate or contradict themselves.

The second tells: the story is a satire on those who are conformist and superstitious and dogmatic. Tell us: we must deal with things according to the changes in them, and we can't stick to the rules. Things have changed, and so has the way they are handled.

It's a fable, and it's all from the Zhuangzi

The Spear and the Shield is also known as "Self-Contradiction".

Once upon a time, there was a farmer who took his spear and shield to sell, and he kept shouting, "Come and buy it, it's a very sharp spear, it's a very strong ton", "Come and buy it." His shouting attracted the attention of passers-by, who all came over to take a look. At this time, a guest officer asked, "Old man, is your spear sharp?"

The farmer hastened and said, "My spear is sharp, and pierces any shield in the world." The guest officer asked again, "Is your shield strong?" The farmer, a guest officer, wanted to buy a shield, so he hurriedly said, "It is strong, it is strong, it is strong, and no spear in the world can pierce my shield."

At this time, all the onlookers laughed, only the farmer did not understand what was happening. The guest officer then asked, "What will be the result of poking your shield with your spear?" Now it was the farmer's turn to smile bitterly.

Zheng people buy shoes" Zheng Guo has a person who saw that the shoes on his feet were worn out from the upper to the sole, so he prepared to go to the market to buy a new pair.

Before this man went to the market, he measured the length of his feet with a small rope at home, put the small rope on the seat, got up and went out.

Along the way, he walked slowly and slowly, and walked for a distance of one or twenty miles before he came to the bazaar. The bazaar is bustling with crowds and all sorts of small goods fill the counters. This Zheng Guoren walked straight to the shoe shop, where there were all kinds of shoes.

Zheng Guoren asked the shopkeeper to take a few pairs of shoes, he chose left and right, and finally chose a pair of shoes that he was satisfied with. He was about to take out the small rope and compare the size of the new shoes with the pre-measured size, when he suddenly remembered that the small rope had been left at home and forgot to bring it. So he put down his shoes and hurried home.

He hurried back home, took the rope and hurried to the market. Despite his brisk jogging, it took him about two hours. By the time he reached the bazaar, the sun was about to set.

The vendors in the bazaar have closed their stalls, and most of the shops have closed. He came to the shoe shop, and the shoe shop was closed. He didn't buy the shoes, and looked down at his feet, where the hole was now bigger.

He was frustrated.

That's not possible, the size is reliable, my feet are unreliable. I'd rather trust my size than my feet. ”

This man's brain is as rigid as an elm pimple. And those who don't respect objective reality and are self-righteous are not as stupid and ridiculous as this person who buys shoes for himself with a shoe size?

Fables Fables Ancient fables.

Fables from the Zhuangzi

"Spear and Shield" satirizes the mountain of people who speak, do things, and do not seek truth from facts.

The owner of a roadside stall shouted: Sell ink, sell ink! Someone walked by, and he boasted of his ink, saying:

My ink will never fade, and no amount of correction fluid can change him! Then he said: There are also good things, look at the extremely strong correction liquid, my correction liquid, which ear can be changed with any ink!

Someone asked, "Can you use your correction fluid to get rid of your ink?"

The boss was taken aback and fled

Zheng Ren Buys Concerns satirizes people who are conformist, superstitious and dogmatic and do not respect objective facts.

One day, the teacher asked the students to tear a piece of paper for exercise, and the students took action, but Xiao Ming ran home and got a pair of scissors, and when he got the scissors and returned to school, the students had all written

The teacher asked him, "Why don't you tear it with your hands?" ＂

Xiao Ming said: I'd rather believe in scissors than in my hands

Translation of "Spear and Shield": There was a man in the state of Chu who sold spears and shields, and he boasted of his shield and said, "My shield is so strong that nothing can penetrate it."

And he boasted of his spear, saying, "My spear is so sharp that it pierces anything." "Someone said:

How about piercing your shield with your spear? The man was asked so much that he had nothing to say.

It is said that a man boasted of the spear and shield he sold at the same time, but could not justify himself because of self-contradiction, and warned people to seek truth from facts when speaking and doing things, and not to exaggerate and contradict themselves.

Zheng people buy shoes" translation: Zheng Guo has a person who wants to buy shoes. He first took a rope at home and measured the size of his feet, and then placed the measured measurements on his seat.

He went to the bazaar, but forgot to take his measurements. He had already chosen a pair of shoes, and wanted to compare them, but when he found that he had forgotten to bring the measured rope, he hurried home to get them. By the time he came back with the rope, the bazaar had dispersed, and he couldn't get any shoes.

When they found out, they said to him, "Why don't you try it with your own feet?" He said stubbornly

I'd rather believe in a good size than in my own feet. ”

Moral Meaning: The fable "Zheng People Buy Shoes" uses concise and vivid language to narrate the story of a Zheng Guo man who went to the market to buy shoes, but did not buy shoes because he only believed in the size of the good size but did not believe in his own feet, satirizing the practice of many people in the world who only believed in dogma regardless of the actual situation.