1. In the Warring States Period, there was a young man in the State of Yan. He heard that the people in Handan, the capital of the State of Zhao, were very graceful. They walked slowly, freely and elegantly, and their posture was particularly beautiful.
2. So the young man from Yan decided to go to Zhao to learn the walking posture of people from Handan.
3. In spite of the opposition of his family, he took money with him and traveled thousands of miles to Handan. He made a special trip to Handan and wanted to follow the way Handan people walk.
4. He came to the street and looked at the crowds coming and going. He was stunned and didn't know how to move forward.
5. At this time, a man was walking in front of me. He was about the same age as the young man of Yan. The way he walked was really enviable.
6. So when the man passed by, the youth of Yan followed him. The man walked with his left foot, the youth of Yan also walked with his left foot, the man walked with his right foot, the youth of Yan also walked with his right foot. If he was not careful, he would confuse the left and right, making him very nervous. He could not care about any posture.
7. Seeing that the man was getting farther and farther away, the youth of Yan gradually couldn't keep up with him, so he had to return to his original place.
8. Then he stared at an older man, and he followed others to learn to walk step by step, which made everyone in the street stop to watch, and some people still covered their mouths and smiled.
9. After a few days, he was so tired that his legs hurt, but he never looked like him.
10. The youth of Yan thought that the reason why he could not learn well must be his old posture and footwork, so he decided to lose his old habit and learn to walk from scratch, and he must master the footwork of Handan people.
11. However, after several months, the young people of Yan became worse and worse. Not only did they not learn how to walk in Handan, but they also forgot how to walk in the past.
12. Seeing that all the money he brought had been spent and he had nothing to gain, he was very depressed, so he had to go home.
13. But he forgot how he used to walk, and he couldn't even walk.
14. However, the youth of Yan had to crawl back on the ground, which was very embarrassing.
15. 2. The truth of the fable "Handan Learning to Walk": It should be affirmed that you are diligent in learning from others, but you must start from your own reality, learn from others' strengths and make up for your own shortcomings.
16. If, like the people of Shouling in the State of Yan, they blindly despise themselves, blindly worship others, copy mechanically, and follow suit, the result must be that others' advantages are not learned, but their own strengths are lost.
