The fable of buying bamboo slips and returning pearls.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a jeweler in the State of Chu. One day, he prepared some jewels and planned to sell them to Zheng. He chose some excellent wood, found craftsmen to make exquisite and novel boxes, and chose different spices to make the boxes very fragrant.
After arriving in Zheng, many Zheng people gathered around to admire his treasure chest. Seeing more and more guests gathered, he was secretly happy and thought that he would make a lot of money.
To his surprise, these Zheng people are not interested in his jewelry, but in the wooden box with jewelry. They are in groups of three, and the topic of discussion is how special the style is and how beautiful the decoration is.
After some bargaining, Zheng Guo gave the money to the jeweler and left with the box. But he just took a few steps, but he turned back.
After returning the jewels to the jeweler, Zheng Guoren left happily, muttering, "This wooden box is beautiful, but I earned it." The jeweler took the jewels sent back by Zheng people and was surprised from ear to ear.
Revelation: The original intention of buying bamboo slips and pearls is to buy a wooden box with pearls to return. Metaphor has no vision, improper choice, and secondary things are better than the main ones. Buying gifts and returning pearls is a derogatory term, and similar words are: putting the cart before the horse, putting the cart before the horse, negative salary, putting the cart before the horse, and improper choice. Zheng people have no foresight, make improper choices and strive for the last; Chu people over-packaged, putting the cart before the horse. Therefore, we should be clear about our priorities, and we should not make improper choices, put the cart before the horse, and usurp the host's role.