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成語寓言故事:An Old Horse Knows the Way老馬識(shí)途
One spring, Guan Zhong and Xi Peng followed Huan Gong, King of the State of Qi, in an expedition against the State of Gu Zhu. The war didn't come to an end until winter. On their way back, they lost their way. Guan Zhong said:
有一年春天，管仲、曝朋跟隨齊桓公討伐孤竹國(guó)。戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)持續(xù)到冬天才結(jié)束。返回時(shí)，他們迷路了。管仲說:
"Old horses are wise animals who know their way. Let them lead the way for us!"
“老馬是一種有智慧的動(dòng)物，能認(rèn)路，讓老馬來給我們帶路吧!”
Thereupon, they let several old horses lead in front and the army followed behind. Finally they found their way home.
When the army entered the hills, they ran out of water. Then Xi Peng said:
于是，他們就讓幾匹老馬走在前面，軍隊(duì)尾隨在后，終于踏上了歸途。
"In winter, the ants stay on the south side of a hill, and in summer, on the north side. There is sure to be water source under their nest."
軍隊(duì)走進(jìn)山里，水沒有了。這時(shí)限朋說:
Thereupon, the soldiers exerted strenuous efforts to dig the ground. Sure enough, they found water under the ants' nest.
“螞蟻冬天住在向陽坡，夏天住在背陰坡，螞蟻窩的下面一定有水源。”
Men of great learning like Guan Zhong and Xi Peng, when coming across difficulties, would also seek help from horses and ants of lower intelligence than human beings to find a way out.
于是，士兵們奮力挖土，果然在螞蟻窩的下面挖到了水。
像管仲、矚朋這樣學(xué)識(shí)淵博的人，在遇到困難時(shí)，也會(huì)求助于智慧不及人類的馬和螞蟻來解決問題。
成語寓言故事:Medicine for Immortality不死之藥
There was, a man who came to the palace of the State of Chu and gave the guard a kind of medicine for immortality to be presented to the king.
有一個(gè)人來到楚國(guó)王宮，把一種長(zhǎng)生不死的藥交給守衛(wèi)官，請(qǐng)他敬獻(xiàn)給國(guó)王。
As the guard held the medicine in both hands and walked towards the inner palace, he met an archer of the bodyguard. The archer asked him:
守衛(wèi)官捧著藥朝內(nèi)宮走去，迎面碰上衛(wèi)隊(duì)的一個(gè)弓箭手。弓箭手問他:
"Is what you hold in hands edible?"
“你手里捧的東西，人可以吃嗎?”
The guard answered:
守衛(wèi)官回答:
"Of course, it is."
“人可以吃。”
Upon hearing this, the archer snatched the medicine, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.
弓箭手聽了，一把奪過藥，塞到嘴里就吞了下去。
The King of Chu was very angry. He ordered to have the archer beheaded. The archer said:
楚王非常生氣，下令將這個(gè)弓箭手?jǐn)厥住９终f:
"It is not my fault but the fault of the guard, because he told me `It is edible.' "
“這不是我的過錯(cuò)，而是守衛(wèi)官的過錯(cuò)，因?yàn)樗卮鹞?lsquo;人可以吃。”，
Then he continued:
又說:
"This is a medicine for immortal life. Now I have taken it, but I am going to be killed by Your Majesty. Then, the so-called medicine for immortal life will become `a medicine hastening death', won't it? The man who presented this medicine was trying to deceive Your Majesty."
“這是不死之藥，現(xiàn)在我吃了，反而要被大王處死;那么，這不死之藥，不就成了‘催死之藥’了嗎?這是獻(xiàn)藥的人在欺騙大王呀!”
Finally he said:
最后說:
"If today Your Majesty should kill me, an innocent man, then people would say: `The King would rather be deceived than believe his own bodyguard.'"
“今天，如果大王殺了我這個(gè)無罪的人，那么眾人就會(huì)說:‘大王寧愿被人欺騙，也不愿意相信自己的衛(wèi)士。”
While the King of Chu heard this, he felt that there was something in what the archer said, so he let him go.
楚王聽了，覺得這些話有點(diǎn)道理，就把弓箭手放了。
成語寓言故事:Startling the World with a Single Cry一鳴驚人
It had been three years since King Zhuang of Chu ascended the throne, but he had neither issued a decree nor dealt with any state affairs. Furthermore, there were no deeds worth mentioning. All the civil and military officials of the court couldn't understand what was the matter.
楚莊王即位已經(jīng)三年了，可是他還沒有頒布過一項(xiàng)法令，沒有處理過一件政事，更談不上有什么作為。朝廷中的文武百官都弄不懂這是怎么回事。
One day, a military official quietly asked King of Chu in the carriage:
一天，右司馬在馬車?yán)锴那牡貑柍?
"Your Majesty, I heard that in the south, there was a big bird dwelling in the hills. Three years passed, it neither flew nor cried. Could Your Majesty tell me the reason?"
“大王，我聽說南方有一只大鳥棲息在山上，三年過去了，既不飛，也不鳴。請(qǐng)問大王，這是什么原因呢?”
King Zhuang of Chu smiled and answered:
楚莊王笑了一笑，回答說:
"It didn't spread its wings to fly for three years in order to grow full-fledged. It didn't cry for three years in order to carefully observe the conditions of the people in the world. This bird, once it flies, will soar high into the sky; once it cries, it will startle the world with a single cry."
“三年不展翅飛翔，是為了讓羽翼長(zhǎng)得更加豐滿;三年不鳴，是在細(xì)心觀察天下的民情。這只鳥，不飛則已，一飛沖天;不鳴則已，一鳴驚人。”
Another half a year passed before King Zhuang of Chu began to personally administer state affairs. He abolished ten outmoded rules and regulations, issued nine new policies, sentenced five ministers to death for their evil deeds and promoted six persons with real talents. From then on, the State of Chu became stronger and stronger.
又過了半年，楚莊王開始親自處理政事。他廢除了十項(xiàng)舊的規(guī)章制度;頒布了九項(xiàng)新的政策;處決了五個(gè)專干壞事的大臣;還提拔了六個(gè)真正有才能的人。從此，楚國(guó)終于強(qiáng)大起來了。
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