这则寓言,惠子的本意是以大瓠为喻体,讥讽庄子的学问虽大却无实用。——你看,大瓠的种子生长发育,开花结果,胜过上一代,容量竟有五石;但是,如果真的装满五石水或者酒,由于大葫芦皮薄虚脆,强度不够,便无法负荷本身的重量。这是无用之一。怎么办?只好把它剖开来做舀水的瓢,可是因为空廓虚大,没有水缸容得下;如果再剖得更小,瓢又嫌太平浅,没法舀水了。 This allegory, Keihiko's intention is based on the Kobold as a metaphor, ridiculed Zhuangzi's learning is large but not practical. - You see, the seeds of the big tree growth and development, flowering results, better than the previous generation, actually as many as five stone capacity; However, if you really filled with five stone water or wine, because the large gourd skin thin and brittle, They can not load their own weight. This is useless one. What to do? Had to cut it open to do scoop scoop, but because the empty outline is empty, there is no capacity to hold the tank; if the smaller section, scoop too flat, can not scoop the water.