《庄子·达生》记载了这样一个故事:孔子到楚国去,经过一树林,见一痀偻者(驼背)在以竿承蜩(粘蝉),动作利索,好像随手拾取一样容易。孔子问道:你如此精熟,这是一种技巧,还是一种道。那位承蜩者回答说:我承蜩也是一种道。经过五、六个月的训练,能做到竿头上累叠两丸而不致落下,那么失手的可能就很少了;能在竿头上累叠三丸而 Zhuangzi Dasheng records such a story: After the Confucius went to the Chu State and passed through the woods, it was as easy as seeing the beggar (humpback) to act in a poleward manner. Confucius asked: You are so sophisticated, this is a skill, or a road. The promisor replied: I bear the same way. After five or six months of training, we can accomplish two balls of pills without falling down, so few chances of missing may be achieved.