To be easily surprised or make a fuss over things that are common to those with more experience; to be easily astonished due to limited exposure or narrow views. Often used to mock those with shallow knowledge or limited experience.
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During the Tang Dynasty, the essayist Liu Zongyuan was demoted to the position of Sima in Yongzhou, Hunan, after Wang Shuwenzhi lost power.
While in Yongzhou, he received a letter from Wei Zhongli requesting to become his student, which deeply moved him.
He immediately wrote a reply, “Letter in Response to Wei Zhongli on the Importance of Teachers” (《答韦中立论师道书》), expressing a view: it is common for those with limited experience to be easily surprised by unusual things, and the idiom "Shu dogs bark at the sun" (蜀犬吠日) is a typical example of this.