Later, this joke gave rise to the idiom, the man from Zheng buys shoes, which satirize those who only believe in dogma and who dont consider objective reality.
后来人们根据这个笑话引申出郑人买履这句成语，讽喻那些只相信教条，不顾客观实际的人。
A man of the State of Zheng saw this exquisite case and liked it very much.
有个郑国人看到这只精美的匣子，非常喜欢，就用重金买了下来。
Mr. Zheng is a man to be depended on.
郑先生是一位靠得住的人。
The modern Chinese educationalist Zheng Xiaocang was expert in Chinese and Western studies, and his cairn and unpretentious poetry reflected the man himself.
郑晓沧是中国近代学贯中西的教育家，他的诗作清和拙朴一如其人。
A man of the state of Zheng bought the casket and gave him back the pearl.
一个郑国人买走了这个匣子，却把珍珠还给了他。
The man of Zheng insisted: "I would rather trust the measurement than my own feet."
那个郑国人坚持说：“我宁愿相信尺码，也不相信自己的脚。”
A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state of Zheng.
有个楚国人想在郑国出售一颗珍贵的珍珠。
A man from the state of Chu wanted to sell a precious pearl in the state of Zheng.
有个楚国人想在郑国出售一颗珍贵的珍珠。
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