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成语寓言故事:Killing the Pig to Educate the Son杀猪教子

Zeng Zi was one of Confucius' disciples.

曾子是孔子的一个学生。

One day, Zeng Zi's wife wanted to go to market. Their son wanted to go together with her. He made a row, crying and fussing without stop. His wife could do nothing but bend down to humour him, saying:

有一天，曾子的妻子要上街。儿子吵着要跟妈妈一起去，又哭又闹，吵个不停。妻子没有办法，只好弯腰哄他，说:

"My darling, go home now. Mama will be back soon. When I'm back, I'll kill the pig to make a meal for you."

“我的小宝贝，回家去吧!妈妈去了就回来，一回来就杀猪给你吃。”

When the son heard this, he went home happily.

儿子听了，高高兴兴地回家去了。

Not long after, the wife returned home from the market. Zeng Zi tied up their fat pig, took out a shining sharp knife and prepared to kill it. When his wife saw this, she hurriedly held Zeng Zi by the hand and said:

过了不久，妻子从街上回到了家。曾子就把家里的肥猪捆住，拿出雪亮的尖刀，准备杀猪。妻子看见了就急忙拉住曾子的手，说:

"What's the matter with you? I was only trying to humour the child."

“你这是怎么了?我只不过是哄哄小孩的。”

Zeng Zi said seriously:

曾子严肃地说:

"How can you cheat a child? The child is still small and doesn't understand things. He only follows the example of his parents. Now you cheat him, then he will follow your example and cheat others. Furthermore, when a mother cheats her child, the child will no longer trust his mother. Then, how can you educate the child well?"

“你怎么能够哄骗孩子呢?现在，孩子还小，不懂事，他只会照着父母的样子去做。你现在哄骗孩子，孩子就会学你的样子，去哄骗别人。做母亲的哄骗儿子，做儿子的就不会再信任母亲。这样，怎么能教育好孩子呢?”

Having said this, Zeng Zi raised his knife and killed the fat pig.

曾子话一说完，就一刀宰了肥猪。

成语寓言故事:Buying the Case but Returning the Pearl买犊还珠

In the past, a man of the State of Chu intended to go to the State of Zheng to sell pearls.

从前，有个楚国人准备到郑国卖珍珠。

First he used rare lily magnolia to make a small exquisite case which he fumigated with the delicate fragrance of osmanthuses and Chinese prickly ashes. Furthermore, the case was inlaid with emerald-green jadeite, and adorned with attractive rosy jade. The whole case was decorated in an extremely exquisite way.

他先用名贵的木兰做了一只精巧的小匣子，又用幽香的牡桂和花椒把匣子熏了一下，并且在匣子上面镶了碧绿的翡翠，还嵌上引人注目的玫瑰石，整个匣子装演得十分考究。

A man of the State of Zheng saw this exquisite case and liked it very much. He bought it with a great deal of money, but he returned the pearl in the case to the man of Chu.

有个郑国人看到这只精美的匣子，非常喜欢，就用重金买了下来。但是，他却把匣子里的珍珠退还给了那个楚国人。

Later, people ridiculed the man of Chu by saying that he was good at selling cases, but not good at selling pearls.

后来，人们都嘲笑这个楚国人，说他很善于卖匣子，却不善于卖珍珠。

To go too far in the pursuit of form just like letting a presumptuous guest usurp the host's role, which brings about opposite results.

过分追求形式，反而会喧宾夺主，效果适得其反。

成语寓言故事:Be There Just to Make Up the Number滥竽充数

During the Warring States Period, King Xuan of the State of Qi loved to listen to the yu (an ancient wind instrument), especially in the ensemble.

战国时期齐国的齐宣王喜欢欣赏吹竿，特别爱听合奏。

In the palace, there was a band of fully 300 yu players. King Xuan of Qi often ordered this band to play for him.

王宫里，专门有个吹竿的乐队，足足有三百人。齐宣王常常叫这个三百人的乐队为他演奏。

A man named Nan Guo could not play the yu. But when he learned of King Xuan's hobby, he volunteered his service and bragged about how well he could play. He asked for permission to play for the king with other players. King Xuan was very glad to hear this and granted his request.

有一个名叫南郭的人，不会吹竿。但是，当他了解了齐宣王的这个嗜好以后，就毛遂自荐，吹嘘自己吹竿吹得如何好，请求跟别的乐师一道为大王演奏。齐宣王听了非常高兴，批准了他的要求。

Thereupon, in each performance he would mingle with others, put on an act, play at random, and swindled the same amount of remuneration as paid to others. In this way, he drifted along till King Xuan of Qi died.

于是，每次演奏时，他混在里面，装模作样，胡乱地吹奏一番，却骗得了跟别人同样的报酬。就这样，他一直混到齐宣王去世。

After King Xuan of Qi died, King Min succeeded to the throne.

齐宣王死后，滑王继位。

Under his father's influence, King Min also loved to listen to the yu. The only difference was that he liked to listen to solos, not ensembles. King Min proclaimed that the players must perform one by one for him.

齐洛王受父亲的影响，也喜欢欣赏吹竿。不同的是，齐滑王只爱听独奏，不爱听合奏。滑王宣布，吹竿的乐师必须一个一个地为他演奏。

When Nan Guo heard of this, he was afraid. He knew he could not drift along any longer, so he sneaked away that very night.

南郭先生一听就害怕了，知道自己再也混不下去，只好连夜溜走了。

成语故事：宋国有个农夫正在田里翻土。突然,他看见有一只野兔从旁边的草丛里慌慌张张地窜出来,一头撞在田边的树墩子上,便倒在那儿一动也不动了。农民走过去一看:兔子死了。因为它奔跑的速度太快,把脖子都撞折(shé)了。农民高兴极了,他一点力气没花,就白捡了一只又肥又大的野兔。他心想;：要是天天都能捡到野兔,日子就好过了。从此,他再也不肯出力气种地了。每天,他把锄头放在身边,就躺在树墩子跟前,等待着第二只、第三只野兔自己撞到这树墩子上来。世上哪有那么多便宜事啊。农民当然没有再捡到撞死的野兔,而他的田地却荒芜了。因为没能再次得到兔子，农民自己沦为了宋国的笑柄。英文翻译During the period of Warring States, many people lived on farming. One day, a farmer found that a hare bumped against a stump and died because it ran so quickly that it did not see the stump. That a hare bumped into the sump was less likely to happen again. However, the farm chose to sit near the stump, waiting for another hare, instead of farming to make a living. Eventually, the farmer starved to death.Waiting for him