Chinese Idiom of the Day #002
Idiom the Second
Notching the Boat to Find the Sword (Lit. ‘Carve boat seek sword’)
During the Warring States period, a man in the Kingdom of Chu had a beautiful sword which he loved dearly. One day, while on a river in a boat, the sword somehow dropped off the boat and fell into the river. The man came up with a clever idea: he made a notch on the side of the boat at the spot where the sword fell overboard. When the boat reached the shore, he jumped from the boat around the area where he made the notch and started searching the water for his beloved sword.
Meaning of the idiom: Those who follow rigid rules will not always logically apply them or will apply them in a stupid manner.
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