石稱、丈量,徑而寡失;簡絲數米,煩而不察。
If you weigh a thing by grams, the weighing will surely go astray by the time you reach a bushel.
If you weigh by bushels and measure by yards, you will go directly to your objective with few mistakes.
故大較易為智,曲辯難為慧。
When you examine silk threads and count grains of rice, the work is tedious and the results inaccurate.
Thus, one can see that comparisons of great quantities easily add to wisdom, whereas measuring things in small increments cannot enhance your grasp of things.