Imitating Another without Success and Losing What Used to Be One'sOwn Ability
Tradition has it that more than 2,oooyears ago,there lived a young manin the Shouling area of the State of Yan.As his name is not known ,wejust call him Shouling young man for convenience's sake.
self confident He was at a loss as to how to behave all the time.
His family members advised him to overcome this shortcoming,but hethought they were fond of poking their noses into his business and wereunwilling to provide him with tuition fee.His relatives and neighbourssneered at him,saying that he would never be able to learnanything.Asthe days went by,he even began to doubt whether he shouldwalk the way he did,for he felt more and more that his walking gestureswere too clumsy and awkward.
One day,he met some people on the road who werechattingand laughing.Oneof themsaid that people in Handan walked most gracefully.And thatwasjust what he was most concerned about,so he hurreed towards themandwanted to make further inquiries.To his surprise,when these people sawhim,they stalked off laughing.
He could not picture to himself in what way their walking gestures weregraceful,no matter how hard he racked his parents one day.He went toHandanwhich was far away to learn how to walk.
As soon as he arrived in Handan,he was dazzled to find that everythingwas novel.He learned from the children there how to walk,because hethought that the children's walking gestures were lively and pleasingto the eye.He learnd from the old people there how to walk,because hethought the old people's walking gestures were steady .He learnd fromthe women there how to walk,because he thought the women' swayingwalking gestures were beautiful.That being the case with him ,in lessthan half a month he even forgot how to walk.As he had already used uphis traveling expenses,he had to crawl back home.
Thisstory come from the article"Autumn Water"in The Works of XhuangZi(Zhuang Zi was a famous ancient Chinese philosopher of about300B.c.).Later the set phrase"initating another without success andlosing what used to be one's own ability"is used to refer to acts ofcopying others mechanisally in disregard of specififc conditions.
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对自己的归属很茫然。
