According to Modern Chinese Dictionary, details refer to "tiny links or plots". In the 1999 edition of Ci Hai, there are two opinions about "details". One is "trivial matters; Irrelevant behavior. " It gives an example, The Biography of Ban Chao in the Later Han Dynasty: "People are ambitious and don't prune small branches." The second is "the smallest unit that depicts people, events, scenes and natural scenery in detail in literary and artistic works." The revised edition of Ci Hai doesn't list examples about the second meaning, but we know that detail description is a yardstick to measure whether a writer has a good foundation. In other words, the success of detail description is an important factor to measure whether a writer has a solid foundation and whether his works are successful. Writer Lee Joon once said: "It's easy to write a novel and make up a story, but difficult to make up details, because details can only be found in life, but can't be made up. Without many real details, it is difficult for your work to impress readers. "
As can be seen from the above, details refer to "small links or plots" rather than "trivial matters and insignificant behaviors". The following is a story closely related to the details.
On the battlefield in Europe, Charles III was ready to fight to the death. The army led by Henry, Earl of Richmond, is coming, and the battle will decide who will rule Britain. On the morning of the battle, Charlie sent a groom to prepare his favorite war horse. "Hurry up and nail it," the groom said to the blacksmith. "The king wants to take the lead on it." "You have to wait," replied the blacksmith. "A few days ago, I crucified all the horses in the king's army. Now I have to get some iron pieces. " I can't wait. The groom shouted impatiently, "The king's enemies are attacking. We must face the enemy on the battlefield. You can use what you have and you will get it. " The blacksmith buried himself in his work, took four horseshoes from an iron bar, flattened them, shaped them, fixed them on the horseshoes, and then began to nail. After nailing three palms, he found that there were no nails to nail the fourth palm. "I need one or two nails," he said. "It will take some time to play two." "I told you I can't wait." The groom said eagerly, "I heard the horn." Can you make do with nailing horseshoes? " "I can nail horseshoes, but I can't be as strong as others." "Can you hang up?" Asked the groom. "I think so," replied the blacksmith, "but I'm not sure." "Well, that's it," cried the groom. "Hurry up, or the king will blame us." When the two armies were at war, King Charles rushed in and urged the soldiers to meet the enemy. "Go, go!" Cried the king, leading his army towards the enemy. Far away, he saw several of his soldiers retreating on the other side of the battlefield. If others saw them like this, they would retreat, so Charlie took his horse and whip and rushed to the gap, telling the soldiers to turn their heads and continue fighting. Before we were halfway there, a horseshoe fell. The horse fell to the ground and Charlie was overturned. The frightened horse jumped up and ran away before the king grabbed the reins. Charlie looked around, his soldiers turned and retreated, and the enemy surrounded him. He waved his sword in the air. "Horse!" He shouted: "A horse, my country was subverted because of this horse." He didn't have a horse to ride, his army fell apart and the soldiers were in trouble. In a short time, the enemy captured Charlie and the battle was over. All the losses are due to the lack of a horseshoe nail. Events in real life are sometimes like dominoes, and a little shaking will lead to the collapse of the whole system. Maybe just one product failed, which led to the closure of the factory. This is definitely not a fantasy. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the most perfect state by paying attention to every detail.
Functionally, what are the details? There is no doubt that the last horseshoe nail determines the outcome of the war and is the decisive factor.
Because details are careful observation and grasp of small things, they become successful partners in life journey.
As early as more than 500 years ago, an Arab shepherd named Cody happened to find a goat very excited and jumping around enjoying himself. He was very surprised and determined to find out the reason, so he began to pay attention to the goat, tracking and paying attention to its every move.
After several days of careful observation, he found that this unusual goat especially liked to eat red berries from a tree on the hillside, and he became excited after eating them. Curiosity drove him to eat some red berries on that tree. After a while, I experienced the feeling of excitement and couldn't help dancing happily.
Since then, every time he eats grass on the hillside, Cody will taste red berries. Once, when he was eating cranberries, he happened to be seen by a passing European missionary. Cody told the truth about his observation and experience, and the missionary immediately picked some red berries. After returning to his residence, he washed the red berries several times and boiled them in water to make them taste like juice. He tasted it patiently. I felt a little bitter at first, but then I was refreshed and full of vitality. From then on, he drank a pot of cranberry drink every day to moisten himself. After the missionary's enthusiastic propaganda, people around him followed suit and shared the excitement after drinking. In fact, that kind of cranberry is the coffee that many of us can't live without now.
After the magical use of coffee was initially verified, missionaries introduced it to European businessmen, which immediately attracted their great attention. They transplanted coffee trees to the local area, promoted planting on a large scale, and guided people to consume.
Later, in his missionary career, the missionary mentioned the wonderful use of coffee by accident many times, and said such a touching sentence: "The key to whether a person can find something is not the size of his own eyes, but whether he is good at observing with his own eyes. Careful observation of small things is a successful partner in art, science, career and life. "
It can be seen that everything should start from the details, otherwise there will be no outstanding achievements. Not to mention a brilliant life.
"One tree, one bodhi, one sand and one world". Everything in life is originally composed of details. If everything goes step by step, it will be the details that determine success or failure, and the competition for details is the highest and last level of competition.