Pulling Seedlings to Help Them Grow
宋人忧禾不长，把苗拔高一截，苗尽枯。成语警告：违背生长节奏的「帮助」会毁掉结果。正可对照无为：不是不作为，而是不乱作为。
A farmer, anxious that sprouts grow too slowly, pulls them taller—and kills the crop. The idiom warns against forcing results against natural timing. Ideal Wu Wei foil: not passivity, but not thrashing.
催熟不是照顾；尊重节奏，才是真正的助力。
Forcing ripeness is not care. Respect timing—that is real help.
After the moral, ask one question: if a similar choice showed up today, where does the story snag? Name that tension first—then take your own step. You need not copy the ancients, only borrow their clarity.