Chapter 55 Concentrate on

Mencius said: "Playing chess is relatively easy in terms of skill, but if you don't concentrate on learning it, you can't learn it well." Yiqiu was a famous chess player in ancient times. Two people came here admiringly and worshiped him as their teacher at the same time.Yiqiu wholeheartedly wants to teach them his chess skills, and he is very serious about his lectures.A student listened attentively to his lecture.Another student is also listening to the class carefully, but in fact his thoughts are not concentrated.He saw wild geese flying by the window, and thought of eating swan meat...

After Yiqiu finished his lecture, he asked the two to play chess.Students play chess according to the teacher's request.Not long after the start, it was clear: one was able to attack and defend calmly, and the other coped with it in a hurry.Yiqiu saw that the chess skills of the two were very different.He said to the students with poor chess skills: "You two listen to my lecture together. He can concentrate, while you are absent-minded." The idiom "concentrate on one's mind" comes from this, which describes being single-minded and concentrated.