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Going South by Driving the Chariot 南辕北辙 Once a man wanted to go to the south， but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him： If you are going to the south， why is your chariot heading north?The man answered， My horse is good at running， my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage， and I have enough money.The man didnt consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were， the further he was away from his destination. 译文 从前有个人要到南方去，他坐的车子却向北方行驶。过路人说：你去南方，车子怎么向北行驶呢?他回答说：我的马很能跑路，我的车夫驾车的技术也很高明，加上我又带了充足的路费。这个人没有考虑到，方向弄反了，他的条件好，离他要去的地方就越远。 寓意 The idiom derived from this story indicates that ones action was the opposite effect to ones intention. 后来人们就把这个故事概括为南辕北辙，比喻一个人的行为和他的目的正好相反 | 
