Dong Shixiao Xiao is such a fable. According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a beautiful woman named Shi in the state of Yue. She not only had the appearance of sinking fish and falling geese, but also closed her eyes and felt ashamed of flowers. Her usual actions were very beautiful. So some girls often imitate her clothes and costumes; People often imitate her behavior intentionally or unintentionally. One day Shi was ill, and his heart was very painful. When she went out to wash clothes, she frowned and covered her chest with one hand. Although walking on the road is very uncomfortable, in the eyes of others, today's life has a different charm. Shi has an ugly neighbor. Seeing the beauty of stone, others often imitate the dress and behavior of stone. She often watches secretly to see what is different from others. On this day, she saw her hand covering her chest and frowning, and felt beautiful. So she began to study like this. Originally ugly, he frowned again. Originally, his body contained a chest arch, but he covered his chest, which made him even uglier. Later generations called this allusion "Dong". In the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei quoted this allusion in his poems, and said in Xi Poems: "It is rare to thank your neighbor's son." Therefore, the fable of "learning from the East is effective" is more widespread.

This allusion profoundly reflects the relationship between content and form, and satirizes people who don't study essence. A person who simply imitates forms of expression. The beauty in Dong Shi Xiao Xiao is mainly external beauty. As far as its content is concerned, it mainly includes: skin, figure, facial features and temperament types. These elements are expressed through manners, clothes, expressions and manners. External beauty is a kind of natural beauty, which is innate and cannot be chosen by individuals. A person's skin, figure, facial features and other factors are the main aspects that determine whether a person looks beautiful or not. Although a person's clothing, makeup, expression, movements and manners play a certain role in the process of expressing his body, this role is limited.

The woman in the fable "Dong Shi Xiao Yi" just didn't clearly realize the gap between herself and Shi's beauty. She just blindly looked for beauty factors in various actions of Shi and imitated them, so she couldn't find the real answer and became the laughingstock of the ages. In life, such "Dong Shi" has not disappeared. Some pop singers don't learn the singing skills and vocal methods of Hong Kong, Taiwan and even foreign singers, but blindly learn to speak and sing their own tones. Learn to do an action that they improvise on the stage. I hope that the "Dong Shi" in life will never be "effective".