该句使用对比结构表达细节与整体判断之间的关系。
Several years have passed. Fan has become the chief editor of a major newspaper in the south and has published several monographs. Ping still remains in his original city and newspaper. Recently, due to restructuring at the newspaper, he was not accepted by his original department and was reassigned to the inspection department as a proofreader. He once considered writing a letter to Fan to apply for a position at his newspaper, but in the end, he did not write it.
Life lesson:
A person of great wisdom may make many mistakes in details, yet the overall direction is correct. In contrast, a person of small wisdom may get all the details right, but the overall outcome may still be wrong.
几年过去了，帆已经成为南方某大报的总编辑，并出版了几本专著。平仍然留在原来的城市和报社。前不久，由于报社改制，他未被原部门录用，被调到检查科作校对。他曾经想给帆写封信，申请调到帆所在的报社工作，但最终没有下笔。
大道理：
大智者可以在细节上出错较多，但整体方向却是正确的。小智者则相反：细节都正确，但整体却可能出错。