英文解说寓言故事郑人买履
导语:郑人买履既是一个成语,也是一个典故,但它更是一则寓言,揭示了郑人拘泥于教条心理,依赖数据的习惯。下面YJBYS小编介绍郑人买履的'寓言故事,欢迎参考!
Buying shoesA man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market he forgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him.
"I forgot the measurement",said he.
He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he did not get his shoes after all.
"Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet? "
He was asked " I 'd rather trust the measurement han trust myself." (《Hanfeizi》)
Key words 重点词汇履 shoe 量 measure 脚 foot
尺码 measurement 椅子 chair 市集 market
忘 forget 宁愿 would rather 相信 believe
Translation 译文从前,郑国有个人想买双鞋。他量好了自己脚的尺码,把它放在了椅子上。可当他赶往市集时,却忘了带量好的尺码。他要买鞋时,才想了起来。
他说:“我忘带尺码了。”
他回家去取量好的尺码。 等他赶回来时,市集已经关了,他还是没能买到鞋。
有人问:“为什么不用你自己的脚去量鞋子呢?”
他说:“我宁愿相信尺码也不相信我自己的脚。”(《韩非子》)
Revelation 启示Treat things to be flexible, random response, can not stick to the rules, keep the dogma, to pay attention to the reality of the reality of reality, people from the actual situation.
对待事物要会灵活变通、随机应变,不能墨守成规,死守教条,要注重客观现实的事实,为人处事要从实际出发。
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