Keiko said to Zhuangzi, "Wang Wei has brought me a great seed, and my tree has achieved five stones. In order to fill water slurry, its firmness cannot be bootstrapped; If you regard it as a ladle, there is no room for it. It's not too big, but I'm sorry it's useless. " Zhuangzi said, "A master is a poor teacher." ! In the Song Dynasty, there was a good medicine that didn't take turtle's hand as medicine. It was for píng p7 kuàng to do things on earth. When the guests hear it, please buy its square hundred gold. Together, he said, "I have been a noble person all my life, but only a few gold;" You have one hundred gold skills this year, please follow. "The guest gets it, saying it's the prince. The more difficult it is, the more the prince of Wu will do it. In winter, we fought against the Vietnamese, defeated the Vietnamese and cracked the land. If you don't help the tortoise, or seal it, or you can't help it, it will be different. There are five stone heads in this box. Why don't you think it is a big bottle, floating in the rivers and lakes? Is there no room for worry? The master still has a heart and a husband!
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Keiko said to Zhuangzi, "Wang Wei gave me gourd seeds, and I planted them until they were mature. This gourd is very big and weighs five stones. It is used to hold water and drinks, but the hardness cannot be improved. Cut it to make a spoon, but it's too big to hold. Not that it was not big enough, but because it was useless, so I broke it. " Zhuangzi said, "You are really not good at using big things. There was a man in Song Dynasty who was good at making drugs to prevent skin from freezing and cracking. For generations, he washed cotton wool with water. Someone heard about it and asked for 100 yuan for his prescription. The whole family got together to discuss: "We washed cotton wool for generations and only earned a few gold. Now you can get 100 yuan by selling the prescription at once, so sell it to him. The man got the prescription and used it to persuade the king of Wu. When the State of Yue invaded the State of Wu, the King of Wu ordered him to lead the army. In winter, he fought a water war with the Vietnamese army and defeated it. The king of Wu gave him a piece of land. The same is true for drugs that can prevent hand cracking. Some people are rewarded by it, and some people are tired of rinsing cotton wool because of their different uses. Since you have a gourd with a capacity of five stones, why not consider making a waist boat to float in the rivers and lakes? Instead, you worry that it is too big to tolerate. It can be seen that your heart is like a loose grass! "