中国寓言故事英文

中国童话故事——愚公移山 传说很早以前，在冀州的南面、河阳的北面有两座大山，一座叫太行山，一座叫王屋山，山高万丈，方圆有七百里。 在山的北面，住着一位叫愚公的老汉，年纪快九十岁了。他家的大门，正对着这两座大山，出门办事得绕着走，很不方便。愚公下定决心要把这两座大山挖掉。 有一天，他召集了全家老小，对他们说："这两座大山，挡住了我们的出路，咱们大家一起努力，把它挖掉，开出一条直通豫州的大道，你们看好不好？" 大家都很赞同，只有他的妻子提出了疑问。她说："像太行、王屋这么高大的山，挖出来的那些石头、泥土往哪里送呢？" 大家说："这好办，把泥土、石块扔到渤海边上就行了！再多也不愁没地方堆。" 第二天天刚亮，愚公就带领全家老小开始挖山。 他的邻居是个寡妇，她有一个七八岁的小儿子，刚刚换完奶牙，也蹦蹦跳跳地前来帮忙。 大家干得很起劲，一年四季很少回家休息。 黄河边上住着一个老汉，这人很精明，人们管他叫智叟。他看到愚公他们一年到头，辛辛苦苦地挖山运土不止，觉得很可笑，就去劝告愚公："你这个人可真傻，这么大岁数了，还能活几天？用尽你的力气，也拔不了山上的几根草，怎么能搬动这么大的山呢？" 愚公深深地叹口气说："我看你这人自以为聪明，其实是顽固不化，还不如寡妇和小孩呢！不错，我是老了，活不几年了。可是，我死了还有儿子，儿子又生孙子，孙子又生儿子；子子孙孙，世世代代，一直传下去，是无穷无尽的。可是这两座山却不会再长高了，我们为什么不能把它们挖平呢！" 听了这些话，那个自以为聪明的智叟，再也无话可说了。 山神知道了这件事，害怕愚公一直挖下去，就去向上帝报告。老愚公的精神把上帝感动了，他就派两个大力神下凡，把两座大山背走，一座放到朔方东边，一座放到雍州南边。从此以后，冀州的南面，汉水的北面，就没有高山阻挡了。 寓意：只要有顽强的毅力，坚定的决心，坚持不懈，奋斗不息，再大的困难也能够克服。 原文： 太行、王屋二山，方七百里，高万仞。本在冀州之南，河阳之北。北山愚公者，年且九十，面山而居，惩山北之塞，出入之迂也。聚室而谋，曰："吾与汝毕力平险，指通豫南，达于汉阴，可乎？"杂然相许。其妻献疑曰："以君之力，曾不能损魁父之丘，如太行、王屋何？且焉置土石？"杂曰："投诸渤海之尾，隐土之北。"遂率子孙荷担者三夫，叩石垦壤，箕畚运于渤海之尾。邻人京城氏之孀妻，有遗男，始（），跳往助之。寒暑易节，始一反焉。河曲智叟笑而止之，曰："甚矣，汝之不惠！以残年余力，曾不能毁山之一毛，其如土石何？"北山愚公长息曰："汝心之固，固不可彻，曾不苦孀妻弱子。虽我之死，有子存焉。子又生孙，孙又生子；子又有子，子又有孙，子子孙孙，无穷匮也。而山不加增，何苦而不平？"河曲智叟亡以应。操蛇之神闻之，惧其不已也，告之于帝。帝感其诚，命夸娥氏二子负二山，一厝朔东，一厝雍南。自此，冀之南，汉之阴，无陇断焉。 列子《列子·汤问篇》 列子（公元前450-前375），名列御寇，春秋末郑国人。 《列子》，共８篇，保存了很多寓言故事。这些故事多数是采用民间传说。也有人说《列子》并非列子所著，而是后人假托。

盲人摸象 mang ren mo xiang

盲人摸象 The Blind Men and the Elephant The Blind Men and the Elephant A Hindoo Fable - by John Godfrey Saxe I It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Thought all of them were blind). That each by observation Might satisfy his mind. II The FIRST approached the Elephant And happening to fall Against his broad and sturdy side At once began to bawl: 'God bless me, but the Elephant Is very like a wall!' III The SECOND, feeling of the tusk, Cried 'Ho! What have we here So very round and smooth and sharp? To me 'tis mightly clear This wonder of an Elephant Is very like a spear.' IV The THIRD approached the animal, And happening to take The squirming trunk within his hands, Thus boldly up and spake: 'I see, 'quoth he, 'the Elephant Is very like a snake!' V The FOURTH reached out his eager hand, And felt about the knee, 'What most this wondrous beast is like Is mightly plain, 'quoth he: 'Tis clear enough the Elephant Is very like a tree!' VI The FIFTH, who chanced to touch the ear, Said: 'E'en the blindest man Can tell what this resembles most, Deny the fact who can, This marvel of an Elephant Is very like a fan!' VII The SIXTH no sooner had begun About the beast to grope, Than, seizing on the swinging tail That fell within his scope, 'I see, 'quoth he, 'the Elephant Is very like a rope!' VIII And so these men of Indostan Disputed loud and long, Each in his own opinion Exceeding stiff and strong. Though each was partly in the right And all were in the wrong. IX So, oft in theologic wars The disputants, I ween, Rail on in utter ignorance Of what each other mean And prate about an Elephant Not one of them has seen!