Idiom story of throwing eggs at stones

Mozi, a famous thinker in the Warring States period, met a fortune teller on his way to Qi State. The fortune teller said that he looked pale and should not go. Mo Zhai didn't believe him at all, saying that fortune tellers are superstitious, and superstition can't overcome the truth. Taking superstition to deny the truth is like "throwing eggs at stones", which does no harm to the truth. Story: once, Xunzi and Lin, a general of Chu, talked about military affairs. Lin said, "People who are good at using troops can be invincible if they are good at' attacking them unprepared'. Xunzi's different views on Yilin. He opposes corruption and fraud and advocates "the benevolence of soldiers." He said: "If the unjust division of the tyrant attacks the benevolent soldiers in San Yao Wang with the main strategy of' taking and bullying', the result will surely fail, just like throwing eggs at stones, stirring soup with your fingers, or jumping into a deep-water fire, and being burnt and submerged as soon as you enter. "Mozi. Your righteousness also said "throw eggs at stones". Mo Zhai, the author of Mozi, also known as Mozi, was born in the Song Dynasty in the early Warring States Period. On one occasion, Mozi went to Qi in the north. On the way, I met a fortune teller. He said to Mozi: "According to my calculation, black is taboo in the north today, and your face is darker. Traveling to the north today must be very unfavorable! " Mozi didn't listen at all. The fortune teller insisted on his fallacy and dissuaded Mozi, and the two sides argued. Finally, Mozi said firmly: "What you said is fallacy, and what I said is truth. If you want to use fallacies to deny the truth, it is tantamount to' throwing eggs at stones' and is doomed to failure! " After that, Mozi ignored the fortune teller and went straight to Qi in the north. The idiom "throw an egg at a stone" refers to the disparity between the strong and the weak, and attacking the strong with the extremely weak is bound to fail.