導語：鄭人買履既是一個成語，也是一個典故，但它更是一則寓言，揭示了鄭人拘泥於教條心理，依賴數據的習慣。下面本站小編介紹鄭人買履的寓言故事，歡迎參考!
Buying shoes
A man of the state of Zheng wanted to buy a pair of shoes. He measured his foot and put the measurement on a chair. When he set out for the market he forgot to bring it along. It was after he had found the pair he wanted that this occurred to him.
"I forgot the measurement",said he.
He went home to get it but when he returned the market had broken up and he did not get his shoes after all.
"Why didn't you try on the shoes with your feet? "
He was asked " I 'd rather trust the measurement han trust myself." (《Hanfeizi》)
Key words 重點詞彙
履 shoe 量 measure 腳 foot
尺碼 measurement 椅子 chair 市集 market
忘 forget 寧願 would rather 相信 believe
Translation 譯文
從前，鄭國有個人想買雙鞋。他量好了自己腳的尺碼，把它放在了椅子上。可當他趕往市集時，卻忘了帶量好的尺碼。他要買鞋時，纔想了起來。
他說：“我忘帶尺碼了。”
他回家去取量好的.尺碼。 等他趕回來時，市集已經關了，他還是沒能買到鞋。
有人問：“爲什麼不用你自己的腳去量鞋子呢?”
他說：“我寧願相信尺碼也不相信我自己的腳。”(《韓非子》)
Revelation 啓示
Treat things to be flexible, random response, can not stick to the rules, keep the dogma, to pay attention to the reality of the reality of reality, people from the actual situation.
對待事物要會靈活變通、隨機應變，不能墨守成規，死守教條，要注重客觀現實的事實，爲人處事要從實際出發。