During the Warring States period, a man from the State of Yan heard that the people of Zhao walked very gracefully. So, he decided to go to Han Dan, the capital of Zhao, to learn how they walked. 

Once he arrived in Han Dan, the man from Yan found that everyone walked gracefully, regardless of age or gender. It was indeed as he had heard. After admiring the people of Zhao for some time, the man from Yan spared no time, and began to imitate how they walked. 

However, though the man from Yan tried very hard to observe and practice how the Zhao people walked, everyone in Zhao had a slightly different way of walking. This made the man from Yan very confused. In the end, not only did he not master the Zhao people’s graceful way of walking, he even forgot how he used to walk. When the time came for him to return to Yan, he no longer knew how to walk, and had to crawl all the way home.

戰國時代，有個燕國人聽說趙國人走路非常好看，於是決定前往趙國的首都邯鄲，要好好學習趙國人怎麼走路。

這個燕國人一到邯鄲，就發現不論男女老幼，人人走起路來，跟跳舞一樣好看，果然名不虛傳。他讚嘆了好一會兒後，立刻開始學習他們怎麼走路，一分鐘都不想浪費。

這個燕國人雖然很認真地觀察、練習，可是每個趙國人走路的方法都不太一樣，所以怎麼學都學不好。最後，他不但沒有學會好看的走路方法，還忘記自己原來是怎麼走路的。所以當他要回燕國的時候，連路都不會走了，只好爬著回家。