Dong Shi Imitates a Frown
东施模仿西施皱眉，反而更丑。寓言：盲目模仿失其本。与叶公好龙对照：一个怕真，一个缺真。
Dong Shi copied Xi Shi’s frown and looked worse. Fable against blind imitation. Contrast Lord Ye’s dragons: one fears the real, one lacks the real.
学人之前先知己——模仿要有自己的骨。
Know yourself before copying others—imitation needs your own bone.
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.