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：The Carp in the Dry Rut
車轍中的鯉魚
When Zhang Zi had no money, he went to a lord to borrow some grain.
莊子身無分文時,就到財主家去借點口糧。
“That’s all right, “said the lord. I shall soon have collected the taxes from my slaves, then I’ll lend you three hundred gold pieces. How about that?”
這財主說: “沒問題,我馬上就向我的奴隸們收稅,到時候我就會借給你300個金幣。你看如何?”
Zhuang zi told the story very angrily.
莊子氣憤地講了一個故事:
As I was coming here yesterday I heard a voice calling me, and looking duanwenw round I saw a carp lying in the dried rut on the road.
“昨天我到這裡來的路上,聽見有人在喊我,回頭一看,原來是一條鯉魚躺在路上乾涸的車轍裡 。 “
“How did you get there, carp?” I asked.
於是我問道: “鯉魚,你怎麼會躺在這裡?”
“I am a native of the Eastern Ocean, “ he replied. “Do you have a barrel of water to save my life?”
他回答說: '我是東海龍王的臣民,你能用一桶水來救救我嗎?”
“that’s all right,” I told him. “I shall soon he vistiing the King of Wu and Yue in the south, duanwenw and I shall bring some water for yo9u from the East Sea. How about that ?”
我對他說: “好的,我就要去見南方的吳王和越王,我會從東海為你引來水源。你看如何?”
The carp was most angry..
鯉魚非常氣憤地說:
“I have no way but the say, one barrel of water would save me. But you give me nothing but empty promises. You’ll have to look for me later in the fish market.”
“我在說, 一桶水就可以救我,你卻給我像風一般的諾言 。 很快你就會在魚市上找到我。
：生活不易Life is Difficult
Life is difficult.
生活是艱辛的。
It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, Then life is no longer difficult.
一旦我們懂得並接受生活,生活便不再艱難。這是偉大的真理。
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problem and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
但是大多數人沒有認識到這一點。他們只會抱怨遇到的問題和生活的艱難,好像生活本不該這麼艱難。似乎困難就代表了一種強加於他們,或強加於他們的家人、階級、民族的苦難。生活之所以如此艱難,是因為面對和解決問題的過程是一個痛苦的過程。生活中不同種類的問題會給我們帶來悲傷、孤獨、遺憾、憤怒與恐懼。那是一種令人不舒服的感覺,像身體的疼痛一樣令人痛苦。由於生活中經常會有各種各樣無窮無盡的問題,生活才顯得艱難並充滿痛苦與歡樂。
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending duanwenw on their nature , cause in us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are un- comfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
然而,正是在處理這些問題的整個過程中,生命體現出其意義所在。那些問題就是嚴峻的考驗,能讓我們分辨成功與失敗。當我們鼓舞別人打起精神時,我們就是在鼓勵人去解決問題,就像在學校裡我們給學生設定一些問題讓他們去解決一樣。在面對問題與解決問題的過程中,我們不斷學到新東西。正如本傑明•富蘭克林所說:有些東西使我們受傷,又給我們指明方向。正因如此,許多人便學著不再恐懼,而是歡迎問題給我們帶來痛苦。
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problem that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
：風箏人生Kite-like life
There never exists absolute freedom free from restrictions; generally, we young people should learn to understand and respect rules and regulations.
從來沒有沒有約束的絕對自由;通常來說,年輕人要學會理解規則，尊重規則。
How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to duanwenw follow tom which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.
有時我們真像這風箏! 上蒼賦予我們困境和約束,賦予我們成長和增強實力所要遵從的規則。約束是逆風的必要匹配物 。我們中有些人是如此強硬地抵制規則,以至我們從來無法飛到本來能夠達到的高度 。我們只遵從部分戒律,因此永遠不會飛得足夠高,使尾巴遠離地面 。
Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the duanwenw steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.
讓我們每個人都飛到高處吧,並且認識到這一點:有些可能會令我們生氣的約束, 實際上是幫助我們攀升和實現願望的平衡力 。