I found a great horse (按圖索驥)
There was a famous editor-in-chief in the
Song Dynasty of China, and his name was Li Fang.
There is a story in the collection of short
stories he edited.
During the Spring and Autumn Period in
China, there was a person named (Sun Yang).
His specialty is that he can accurately
distinguish the quality of each horse.
He wrote his own experience into a book.
This book is the first book in China that
specifically records how to distinguish the quality of a horse.
After he finished writing this book, he
told his son.
I wrote my experience of how to distinguish
a horse in this book.
I also painted a lot of pictures so that
you can identify good horses more efficiently.
I give you a task.
You take this book and go to find some good
horses everywhere, and then bring these horses back.
A year later, his son returned, but his son
told him.
I searched everywhere, but I didn't see a
horse exactly like the one in these pictures.
(Sun Yang) said to his son.
Of course you cannot find a horse exactly
like the one in these pictures.
You go out and look for it again, this time
you have to remember. A good horse usually has several characteristics in
common.
The first point is its head bones, which
appear to bulge upward.
The second point is that its eyes should be
bright and slightly protruding.
The third point is that its spine is
straight and powerful.
The fourth point is that when it walks, the
rhythm is continuous and fast.
You should look for a horse that meets
these characteristics, not a horse that looks the same as the picture.
His son expressed his understanding and
went out to search again.
But this time his son came back soon.
He said to (Sun Yang).
I saw a horse in the yard. He meets the
first three characteristics of all good horses, but the fourth one is not.
Please come out and help me identify it
again.
Sun Yang followed his son out of his home,
and his son pointed to a toad and said. All its conditions are almost in line
with the characteristics of a good horse.
Sun Yang smiled at this time, he understood
that his son was not suitable for inheriting his own profession.
He said to his son. This task is cancelled,
and you don’t have to learn how to identify horses
anymore.
Some people use this idiom positively.
It means that a person follows the
established steps to complete the work.
Some people use this idiom negatively.
Describes a person who only considers the
principles of work, but does not consider the results of the work that he
really wants to achieve.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
When you work in accordance with the
existing process, do you think about the rationale behind it? Have you ever
thought about how to optimize your daily fixed work?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
按圖索驥(I found a great horse)
中國的宋朝有一個著名的總編，他的名字叫做李昉。
他主編的短篇小說集中，有一個故事。
中國的春秋時代，有一個人名字叫做(孫陽)。
他的專長就是他能夠很準確地分辨出每匹馬的好壞。
他把自已的經驗寫成了一本書。
這本書是中國第一本專門記載如何分辨一匹馬的好壞的書。
他寫完這本書後，就對他的兒子說。
我把我如何分辨一匹馬的經驗寫在這本書裡面。
我還畫了很多圖畫、讓你可以更有效率的辨別出好的馬。
我給你一個任務。
你帶著這一本書然後去各地找一些好的馬，然後把這些馬帶回來。
一年之後，他兒子回來了，但他兒子對他說。
我到處尋找，但是都沒有看見跟這些圖畫中一模一樣的馬匹。
(孫陽)就對兒子說。
你當然不可能找到跟這些圖畫中一模一樣的馬匹。
你再出去找一次，這一次你要記得。一匹好的馬通常會有幾個共通的特點。
第一點就是牠的頭部骨頭，看起來會向上隆起。
第二點就是牠的眼睛應該明亮還稍微凸出來。
第三點就是牠的脊背骨挺直並且有力量。
第四點就是牠在走路時，節奏連續又快速。
你應該去尋找符合這幾個特點的馬，而不是找到長的跟圖畫一樣的馬。
他的兒子表示了解，就又出門去尋找。
但這一次他的兒子很快就回來了。
他對(孫陽)說。
我就在院子看到了一匹馬，他符合所有好馬的前三點特徵，但就是第四點比較不符合。
請你出來幫我再次鑑定一下。
孫陽就跟著兒子走出自已的家，他的兒子指著一隻癩蛤蟆說。牠的所有條件都幾乎符合一匹好馬的特徵了。
孫陽這時候笑了，他明白自已的兒子並不適合繼承自已的職業。
他對兒子說。這個任務取消，你以後不用再學習如何辨別馬匹了。
這句成語有些人用在正面。
表示一個人按照既有的步驟去完成工作。
這句成語有些人用在負面。
形容一個人只考慮到工作的原則，但卻沒有考慮到真正想要達成的工作的結果。
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。
你按照既有的流程工作時，會去思考背後的道理嗎?你是否去思考過，如何優化自己每天固定的工作呢?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。