The slayer of dragons
“Abdul Basit” <chaudharybasit@yahoo.co.uk>
Zhuangzi, the famous Chinese writer, tells the story of Zhu Pingman, who
went in search of a teacher in order to learn the best way to slay dragons.
The teacher trained Pingman for ten whole years, until he had honed to
perfection the most sophisticated dragon-slaying techniques.
Pingman spent the rest of his life looking for dragons in order show off his
skills: to his great disappointment, he never found a single dragon.
The writer of the story comments: ‘We all prepare ourselves to slay dragons,
but end up instead being devoured by the ants of the details that we never bothered to look at.’
went in search of a teacher in order to learn the best way to slay dragons.
The teacher trained Pingman for ten whole years, until he had honed to
perfection the most sophisticated dragon-slaying techniques.
Pingman spent the rest of his life looking for dragons in order show off his
skills: to his great disappointment, he never found a single dragon.
The writer of the story comments: ‘We all prepare ourselves to slay dragons,
but end up instead being devoured by the ants of the details that we never bothered to look at.’
