What does the frog in the well tell us?

Short-sighted people think they are right. If they don't trust others, they will never get out of their own small world.

Frog at the bottom of a well, a Chinese idiom, pinyin is: j ǐ ng d ǐ zh and w ā, meaning that the frog at the bottom of a well thinks that the sky is only as big as the wellhead. Metaphor for those who are short-sighted. From "Zhuangzi Qiushui": "Well frogs can't talk to those who are in the sea, but stay in emptiness."

Story

A frog lived in an abandoned well. One day, the frog met a big turtle from the sea by the well. The frog boasted to the turtle, "Look, how happy I am to live here.

Sometimes when I am happy, I just jump around well field for a while; Tired, I went back to the well and slept by the brick hole for a while. Or just show your head and mouth and quietly soak your whole body in water: or take a walk in soft mud, which is also very comfortable. Look at those shrimps and tadpoles, no one can compare with me. Moreover, I am the owner of this well, and I am extremely free in this well. Why don't you come to the well to enjoy it often? " The turtle listened to the frog and really wanted to go in and have a look. But its left foot has not been fully inserted, and its right foot has already stumbled. It quickly took two steps back and told the frog about the sea, saying, "Have you ever seen the sea? It's vast, and it's not only a thousand miles away; The depth of the sea is more than a thousand feet. In ancient times, there were nine floods in ten years, and the water in the sea did not rise much; Later, there were seven years of drought in eight years, and the water in the sea was not so shallow.

It can be seen that the sea is not affected by drought and flood. Living in such a sea is really happy. " The frog in the well listened to the turtle's words and stayed there in surprise. There was nothing more to say.