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（二轮战车） 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 didn't consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were, the further he was away from his destination.
the idiom derived1 from this story indicates that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.
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