"Buy Bamboo Slips and Return Pearls" tells the story of a man in A Zheng who saw a beautiful packaging box when he bought jewelry, returned the jewelry inside to the businessman, and only took away the box containing the jewelry; Later, this idiom is often used to describe people who have no vision and make improper choices.

Buying gifts and returning pearls is a well-known idiom, but we may not know much about the story and significance behind it. I will tell you this story today.

0 1 During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a merchant in the State of Chu who specialized in selling jewelry. On one occasion, he went to Qi State to sell jewelry. For the sake of good business and best-selling jewelry, he specially made many small boxes with precious wood, which were beautifully carved and decorated, so that the boxes would give off a fragrance, and then put the jewelry in the boxes.

A man from Zheng saw the box containing the orb exquisite and beautiful. After asking the price, he bought one, opened the box, took out the treasure inside and gave it back to the jeweler.

The moral of "buying gifts and returning pearls" is to tell us that we should prioritize everything, not confuse it, and not pay too much attention to the appearance and ignore the essence of things.