守しゅ株しゅ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

sticking to old ways; lack of innovation; foolish obstinacy

Derived from the Chinese story of a farmer who waited by a tree stump for another rabbit to run into it. Used to criticize rigid adherence to past methods or refusal to adapt. Rare and literary.

• 守しゅ株しゅのたとえは、古ふるいやり方かたに固こ執しゅうする愚おろかさを戒いましめる。

  The parable of 'waiting by the stump' warns against the folly of clinging to old ways.

• 彼かれの経けい営えい方ほう針しんは守しゅ株しゅに過すぎず、時じ代だいの変へん化かに対たい応おうできていない。

  His management policy is nothing but stubborn adherence to the past, unable to adapt to changing times.