have a one-sided view(zhī qí yī bù zhī qí èr)

not see the wood for the tress

The synonym "know one, don't know the other" generally refers to know one, don't know the other. To describe the incomplete understanding of things.

[introduction] this paper talks about three kinds of people: one is the monk, who acts on the basis of superficial experience and does not join in the analysis; the other is the lecturer, who is divorced from practice and takes it for granted; the third is the old river worker, who has practical experience and can summarize and construct models to explain practice. Naturally, we have to learn from the third kind of people.

idiom

I don't know one, I don't know the other. [Pinyin] zh ī Q í y ī, B ù zh ī Q í è R. [source] Chuang Tzu, heaven and earth: "Confucius said," those who practice the art of Hun Dun's family know one of them, but don't know the other; they treat the inside, but not the outside. " [example] Chapter 5 of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "the Lord knows one, but he doesn't know the other."

origin

Zhao CE San, the Warring States policy, said: "Qin attacked Zhao in Changping, defeated him, and led his troops back, because he made people ask for six cities in Zhao. Zhao's plan has not been decided. Lou Huan Xin came from Qin Dynasty. The king of Zhao and Lou Huan Ji said, "how about Qin City? No and how Lou Huan said: '" It's better to give the envoys a plan for the king. " When Yu Qing heard about it, he went to see the king, and the king told him in a slow voice. Yu Qing said, "this decoration is also true." Wang said: "what is also?" Yu Qing said: "Qin attacked what he couldn't take with his strength, and returned tired. Wang also helped Qin to attack himself because he could not attack with his strength. In the coming year, the Qin Dynasty will attack the king again, and the king will not be able to save him. " Wang also told Lou Huan with Yu Qing's words. Lou Huan said, "can Yu Qing know what Qin Li is doing?" In the coming year, the Qin Dynasty will attack the king again. Will it be possible to make peace without cutting off the inside? " Wang told Lou Huan. Yu Qing said: '" The country of tiger and wolf in Qin Dynasty has no sense of propriety. He has no choice but to be king. It is inevitable that there will be no Zhao in the end. Therefore, it is said that this ornament should not be used by the king When Lou Huan heard about it, he found it in the king, and the king told it with Yu Qing's words. Lou Huan said, "if not, Yu Qing will get one, and you will never know the other."

interpretation

After the state of Qin defeated the Zhao army in Changping and returned home, he sent people to ask for six cities from the state of Zhao and made peace. The state of Zhao did not make up his mind. King Xiaocheng asked Lou Huan, who had just come from the state of Qin, for advice. Lou Huan advocated giving it to the city of Qin. After hearing this, Yu Qing went to the palace and told King Xiaocheng the reason why he didn't give it to Qin City. He pointed out that the state of Qin was a land of tigers and wolves. His greed had no end, and the territory of Zhao was limited. As a result, Zhao would be destroyed. Lou Huan said that Yu Qing knew only one of them, but not the other.

Predicative metaphor

"Know one, do not know two", also known as "know one, do not see two", "know one, do not reach two". Metaphor is the understanding of things is only one aspect, and do not know other aspects of things. Su Shi of Song Dynasty wrote in his treatise on Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty: "if you know one of them, you can't reach the other; if you see their benefits, you can't see their harms."

allusion

original text

Notes of Yuewei thatched cottage: the South First Temple in Cangzhou is near the river. The mountain gate is collapsed in the river, and two Stone Beasts sink together. When he was more than ten years old, the monk raised money to rebuild. He asked for two stone beasts in the water, but he couldn't get them. He thought they were going downstream. He counted the boats, dragged iron and palladium, and found no trace for more than ten miles. When he heard about it, he said with a smile, "I can't pay attention to physics. Right and wrong persimmon, how can it be carried for the surge? But the stone is strong and heavy, and the sand is loose and floating. It is buried in the sand and gradually sinks and deepens. If you want to seek it along the river, isn't it bumpy? " Public service is conclusive. When an old river soldier heard about it, he said with a smile, "if you lose stones in the river, you should ask for them from the upper reaches. Because of its strong and heavy nature, sand is loose and floating, and water can't wash the stone, its anti excitation force must be at the place under the stone facing the water to gnaw the sand into the hole. When it reaches half of the stone, the stone will be thrown into the hole. If it bites again, the stone will turn again. It's not easy to turn around, so it's going back and up. If you ask for it, it will be obscene. If you ask for it, it will be even more obscene? " As the saying goes, the result is a few miles away. However, there are many things in the world. If you know one of them, you don't know how many of them are. Can you make a reasonable guess?

translation

A temple in the south of Cangzhou is near the river bank. The gate collapses in the river and two Stone Beasts sink into the bottom of the river. After more than ten years, the monk raised money to rebuild the temple. He looked for two stone beasts in the river, but he didn't find them. He thought they were going downstream. Shaking a few boats, pulling the iron rake, looking for more than ten miles without any trace. A preacher was teaching in a temple. After hearing this, he said with a smile, "you people can't study the truth of things. It's not a piece of wood. How can it be taken away by the flood? The nature of stone is hard and heavy, and the nature of sand is loose and light. Isn't it ridiculous to look for them along the river? " It's the right thing to admire. When an old sailor heard this, he said with a smile, "where stones fall into a river, you should look for them from the upstream. The nature of stone is hard and heavy, and the nature of sand is loose and light. Water can't wash away the stone. Its reaction force must form a pit under the stone to face the sand in front of the stone. The deeper the impact, the more the stone will fall into the pit. When the impact is like this, the stone will move again. It keeps shifting, so it goes against the current. It's absurd to look for stones downstream. Isn't it more absurd to look for them in the same place? " According to his words, he found the stone beast a few miles away. then, there are many examples of things in the world that we only know one thing and don't know the other. Can we make a subjective judgment based on (one aspect of) the truth?

notes

Cangzhou: now Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. He: the Yellow River. dry: on the shore. Mountain Gate: the gate of a temple. Collapse: collapse. read: after. years: years. Yu: many. 棹: oars. Rowing, rowing, rowing. Traction: traction. palladium: it's a kind of farm tool for land preparation. Persimmon: wood chips. Annihilation: burying. dian: reversal, absurdity. River Soldier: sailor. Bite: bite. This means scouring. Kan Cave: Dongkeng. assumption: independent judgment.

enlightenment

Scholars have considered the relationship between the stone beast and the sediment, but neglected the running water. The old river soldier has both theory and practice, and accurately grasped the nature and mutual relationship of the three. He tells us that many natural phenomena often have complex reasons. We can not only know one of them, but also the other. We can only make subjective judgment according to our own knowledge.

Chinese PinYin : zhī qí yī bù zhī qí èr