He must have stole my axe(疑鄰竊斧)
In the Spring and Autumn Period of China, a
famous thinker (Lee Yukou), he wrote a story.
There was a man, he could not find his axe.
He kept remembering, but he couldn't
remember where his axe was placed.
He searched the whole house several times,
but he still couldn't find his axe.
At this time, he suddenly thought of
something.
When I went home today, I saw the
neighbor's little boy.
The little boy seemed to walk out of my
yard.
Could it be this naughty little boy who
stole my axe?
The more he thought about it, the more he
felt that his assumption was likely to be true.
He decided to find evidence first.
He secretly observed the boy's movements.
He felt that the boy looked cautious when
he walked, which was different from his usual way.
He walked forward to chat with the boy.
He felt that the boy's eyes had been
avoiding during the conversation. He is not the same as usual.
The expression on his face looked like a
little boy who had made a mistake and was worried about being discovered.
This person said to himself.
I can now be sure that this little boy must
have stolen my axe.
But how can I prove it.
He thought about it all night, he lost sleep.
The next day, this person went to work in
his field as usual.
When he was resting at noon, he suddenly
saw his missing axe beside a big tree.
His memories were awakened.
He was going to chop a tree that day, so he
brought this axe here.
When he went home at night, he saw a
neighbor's little boy playing in front of his house.
The boy's movements and expressions no
longer looked like stealing an axe.
This idiom is used to remind us that when a
person observes a person or a thing with prejudices, we may distort the
original appearance of objective things.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Do you have experience similar to this
person? How do you avoid making decisions impulsively and avoid being
influenced by your own prejudices?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
此圖片來自維基百科
疑鄰竊斧(He must have stole my axe)
中國的春秋時代，著名的思想家(列禦寇)，他寫了一個故事。
有一個人，他找不到他的斧頭。
他不斷回憶，但是他想不起來他的斧頭放在那裡。
他搜尋了整個住家好幾次，他還是找不到自已的斧頭。
這個時候，他突然想到一件事。
我今天回家的時候，看見鄰居的小男孩。
這個小男孩好像從我的院子走出來。
會是這個頑皮的小男孩偷走我的斧頭嗎。
他愈想愈覺得自已的這個假設很有可能是真的。
他決定先找到證據。
他偷偷地觀察這個男孩子的動作。
他感覺這個男孩子走路的樣子看起來很謹慎，跟平日的他不一樣。
他走向前去跟這個男孩子聊天。
他覺得這個男孩子在對話的過程中，他的眼神一直在閃躲。跟平日的他不一樣。
他臉上的表情看起來就像是一個犯了錯並且擔心被發現的小男孩。
這個人對自已說。
我現在可以確定一定是這個小男孩偷走了我的斧頭。
但我要怎樣證明呢。
他想了一整個晚上，他失眠了。
第二天，這個人他照常去自已的田地中工作。
他中午休息的時候，突然在一顆大樹的旁邊，看見自已那一把遺失的斧頭。
他的回憶被喚醒了。
他那一天要砍一顆樹，所以把這把斧頭帶來這裡了。
他晚上回家的時候，看見鄰居的小男孩在他家門口玩。
這個小男孩的動作與表情，不再像偷了斧頭的樣子了。
這句成語被用來提醒我們，當一個人以成見去觀察一個人或一件事情時，我們可能就會歪曲了客觀事物的原貌。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有過與這個人類似的經驗嗎?你要如何避免自已衝動做出決定，並且避免被自已的成見所影響呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。