Flying Squirrel Skills(鼯鼠之技)
During the Warring States period in China,
there was a famous thinker by the name of Xun Kuang.
He is a famous scholar of Confucianism. He
has many views that are different from other Confucian scholars.
He had many disciples, and his disciples
actively spread his philosophical ideas after his death.
Later generations of scholars and politicians were very fond of his unique insights.
His students compiled the main points of
his lectures into a book, including the following passage.
He once told his students.
You must specialise in knowledge and become
professionals in the fields you are good at.
There is a small animal in nature called
the flying squirrel.
The flying squirrel is a small mammal. This
small animal is very cute.
The flying squirrel can fly between trees
using a membrane on both sides of its body, but the distance it can fly is very
short.
The flying squirrel can climb trees, but it
climbs very slowly and cannot reach very high places.
The flying squirrel can swim, but it can
only swim short distances, and if it falls into a larger river it will drown.
The flying squirrel can dig holes, but its
claws are very short, so it cannot dig a large hole and hide in it when it is
in danger.
The flying squirrel can run, but it runs
very slowly, and almost any animal can outrun it.
The flying squirrel is an easy animal to
catch.
Although the flying squirrel has many
skills, when encountering a crisis, the flying squirrel does not have an
absolutely outstanding skill that allows it to escape quickly and smoothly.
There are many people around us who are
like this flying squirrel. These people have learned a lot of different skills.
These people seem to be very talented, but they lack one skill that can make
them truly financially independent.
The literal translation of this idiom is
'the flying squirrel's skills'.
This idiom is used to describe a person who
has a variety of skills but is not very specialised in any of them.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Have you reached the level of an expert in a particular skill? If you start working hard now, in which area do you hope to become an expert?
鼯鼠之技(Flying Squirrel Skills)
中國的戰國時代有一個著名的思想家，他的名字叫做(荀況)。
他是一個研究儒家思想的著名學者，他提出了很多與其他儒家學者不同的觀點。
他有很多的學生，他的學生們在他死後積極的傳播他的哲學思想。
後代有很多的學者與政治家們都很喜歡他獨特的見解。
他的學生們將他在上課內所講述的重點集結成為一本書，這本書中有一段話如下。
他曾經對他的學生們說。
你們要追求知識的專精，你們要讓自己成為你們所擅長的領域的專業人才。
自然界中有一種小動物，這種小動物的名字叫做鼯鼠
鼯鼠是一種小型的哺乳類動物，這種小動物非常的可愛，
鼯鼠可以利用自己身體的兩側的一個膜在樹林之間做的飛行，但他可以飛行的距離非常短。
鼯鼠會爬樹，但是他爬樹的速度很慢而且他沒有辦法爬到很高的地方。
鼯鼠會游泳，但是他只可以游很短的距離，如果他掉入大一點的河流內他就會淹死。
鼯鼠會挖洞，但是他的爪子很短，在遇到危險時他沒有辦法挖一個很大的洞然後把自己隱藏在這個洞裡。
鼯鼠會奔跑，但是他跑的速度非常慢，幾乎所有的動物都可以跑得贏他。
鼯鼠是一種很容易被抓到的動物。
鼯鼠的技能雖然很多，但是在遭遇危機時，鼯鼠沒有一個絕對突出的技能讓自己能夠快速且順利的逃生。
我們周圍有很多人就像是這隻鼯鼠一樣，這些人學習了很多不同的知識、這些人看似很有才能，但是這些人缺少一個真正可以讓自已獲得獨立的經濟能力的技能。
這句成語直接翻譯的意思是鼯鼠的技能。
這句成語的被用來形容一個人懂得多樣技能，但這個人的這些技能中沒有一個技能非常的專精。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你是否在某一方面的技藝達到專家的程度呢?你如果現在開始努力，你希望自己可以成為那一方面的專家呢?
出處為荀子-勸學篇
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