my favorite traditional Chinese story

Oral English Tell me one of your favorite traditional Chinese stories, past or present, and then discuss why you like it and what we can learn from it.

my favorite traditional Chinese stories is 郑人买履. A person from zhen guo bought shoes .this story happened in spring and autumn and warring states period. A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market he forgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him. I forgot the measurement, said he. He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he did not get his shoes after all. Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet? He was asked. I'd rather trust the measurement than trust myself. (《Han fei zi》)I learned this story when I was in primary school. this person is funny, it seems that he was not smart, he just obeyed the old rule. I like this story because I found many people made same mistakes in our life. The Chinese education tells us the benefit of obeying the rule, it doesn’t mean we can give up thinking. When facing a problem, if we failed in this way ,may be we can try another way, in stead of sticking in the wrong way.

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