Lu Ban had an apprentice named Zhang Ban, and he was the fastest at learning crafts. Others studied for three years before becoming a master, and he only studied for two years, so he was almost there. Therefore, Lu Ban's predecessors and others could not help but praise him. Who knew that Zhang Ban couldn't stand praise?
Master Lu Ban knew this situation and felt very uncomfortable in his heart. How did a good young man become like that? But you must not watch him go off the road and ignore him!
After breakfast that day, Lu Ban called Zhang Ban to his workshop, pointed to the wood and said to Zhang Ban, "You are limited to three days to make me two tables, one square and one round, can you see?" Zhang Ban laughed and said, "How can it take three days? Come and lift the table in the afternoon!" After saying that, Ding Ding clang, and the two tables were made in less than a while. Lu Ban came to take a look, and the table was made square or round, so he lowered his face and said, "Redo!" After saying that, he left. Zhang Ban took a closer look, and he also felt that the table he made did not look like it, and his face was suddenly ashamed like a big red cloth.
The second time I made a table and a half again, the work was much more meticulous, carving, carving, and using all my housekeeping skills. Two days later, the two tables were made again. This time Master Lu Ban looked at the table, untied the thin linen rope tied to the robe at his waist, measured the four edges of the square table, and adjusted the corners twice. His face sank and he said, "Not square." After measuring the square table, he measured the round table again. He tugged the outer circle of the round table, and then tugged it twice from the center of the circle, and then frowned and said, "If it's not round, it won't work, and it has to be redone!" Then he turned and left.
Zhang Ban really felt that it was difficult at this time, and said to himself, "Where can I find such a good table! I can't even get enough to eat milk, and I don't know how the master measures it!" After saying that, he went to ask the senior brothers, but the senior brothers and brothers also felt puzzled. What should I do? "To know what's going on in my heart, you must listen to the backstory." Zhang Ban thought, "Why don't I eavesdrop under the master's window tonight, maybe I can hear you.
At night, Zhang Ban secretly hid under the master's window. When the moon was about west, I saw Master Lu Ban still hadn't slept. It turned out that he was lying on the table and didn't know what to draw. Mistress was sitting opposite the table to pick up the soles of his shoes, and only heard Mistress say to Master, "Little Ban, that kid is weird! What can't you do for him?" Master Lu Ban said slowly: "How do you know that recently he feels that he is'invincible in the world, unparalleled in the world '! Woodworking skills are shallow and shallow, and deep and deep, how can you take it lightly! He is so young that no one is in his eyes. If this goes on, not only will his skills not improve in the future, but how can he be a human being! We can't watch him go off the road and ignore it!"
"However, I see that the square table made by the small half is square, and the round table made is round. Why do you want to pull the rope and hit it back?"
"Then you should be proud? There is still a square in the square, and there is a circle in the circle. People have to live until they are old and learn! At a young age, you think you are quite capable, and that's okay! The one I measured is called'square five oblique seven, circle three path one '. This is a new way I have only figured out recently. Wait until I have properly treated the arrogance of the little half before teaching him, so I can rest assured!"
When Zhang Ban heard this, he couldn't help but fall down with tears in his eyes, and his heart was full of bitterness and sweetness. He could not bear it anymore, so he pushed open the door and walked to the master with an ashamed face, unable to say a word. From then on, Zhang Ban was much more honest, and he was very open-minded until he graduated.
After Zhang Ban left school, he returned to his hometown, Funiu Mountain. There was a shortage of carpenters here, and people from classes like Zhang Ban were even more unique. Therefore, people here respected him very much, and some even worshiped him like a living fairy. This time, Zhang Ban did not know how high the world was, and finally hung a horizontal plaque on his gate with the words "invincible in the world" written on it.
When Lu Ban heard the news, he couldn't believe it, so he changed into beggar clothes and went to Zhang Ban's door to see it in person. When he saw that it really happened, Lu Ban was very angry, but then he thought: Help people to the end, save people, save a life! He stepped into the door of Zhang Ban's house. When he walked into the yard, he saw that Zhang Ban was not at home, and his daughter-in-law was alone grinding. Lu Ban went up and said, "Shopkeeper, find something to eat!" The daughter-in-law went into the house and brought him a few buns for him to eat. While eating, he said, "It takes a lot of effort to push the mill, let me chop a wooden donkey for you. This donkey doesn't eat grass or food, so it grinds up and runs!" Zhang Bandao's wife was half-convinced, so she pointed to a locust stake in the courtyard and said, "That's not wood? If you want to do it, just do it!" Lu Ban really took out the axe, scratched a few times, and the wooden donkey was done! The wooden donkey was still wearing an axe print, and Lu Ban led it to the grinding trap and shouted "N-", you see that the wooden donkey was really "thumping". Zhang Bandao's wife was stunned for a while, and when she turned around and looked for the old man, the old man was gone!
Zhang Ban came home, not saying that the wooden donkey was clever, but only saying, "How not naked!" He asked his daughter-in-law to uncover the wooden donkey and scraped a few more planes. With this planing, it was very light, and who knew that if he put it on again, the wooden donkey would not go away! The living wooden donkey turned into a dead wooden donkey with this planing.
"Say it twice, and kill the donkey!..." Zhang Banban thought for a while, and suddenly understood: "Oh! This is Master Lu Ban making a wooden donkey to warn me! My craftsmanship is still far from good! People should be open-minded and not proud at all times!" Zhang Banban didn't say a word, grabbed the axe, carried the ladder, ran to the gate, built the ladder, quickly climbed up, and fiercely cut down the cross plaque and burned it as firewood.
In reality, there are many people like Zhang Ban who think they are self-righteous because they have done a good job in carpentry, defiantly and think that no one can match them. "Modesty makes people progress, pride makes people fall behind," "Pride must defeat.", we have heard a lot of such words, but we only find it difficult to really do it.
Zhang Ban was reminded many times by his teacher before he completely corrected his mistakes. From this perspective, we must be good at accepting the advice of others. When we make a mistake, we should humbly listen to the advice and suggestions of others, and we must correct our mistakes.
Everyone has vanity and wants to show their superiority in front of others, but they don't know that when they feel superior to others, they will not be far behind. Zhang Ban has strict teachers like Lu Ban who remind him from time to time, but there are not necessarily people around us who remind us all the time. Therefore, we should remind ourselves that there are many accidents in a single success. The wreath represents only the past, and we need to continue to work hard in the future. Like Lu Ban, his carpentry work is much better than others, but he never shows off himself, but he works hard and continues to research to create more convenient and useful things for the benefit of mankind.