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　成语寓言故事:Approaching the Deer Without Yu即鹿无虞

In the dense mountain forest, there lived herds of stout and strong red deer. They were alert and suspicious animals and ran about with agility. It was very difficult for people to catch them. When some people came to the mountains to hunt, they would

在茂密的山林里，生活着成群肥壮的马鹿。这种动物机警多疑，奔走敏捷，人们很难捕捉到它们。

first seek for yu (supervisor of the mountain forests in ancient times), request him to be their guide, and inquire in detail about the red deer's pattern of activities and their usual haunts. Only with full preparations would they carry their knives and arrows, lead their hounds and enter the dense forest for the siege. As a result, all the red deer dashed into their ring of encirclement, and one by one fell dead under the rainfall of arrows.

有的人来山里打猎，首先找到虞(古代官名，掌管山林的人)，请他做向导，又仔细打听马鹿的活动规律和它们经常出没的地方。经过一番准备之后，他们才带着刀箭，牵着猎犬走进密林围猎。结果，那些马鹿都撞进了包围圈，一头头倒毙在雨点般的箭矢之下。

But when some other people came to the mountains to hunt, they would not first seek for yu to fmd out the situation, but rushed rashly into the forest. As a result, after a busy day they couldn't find a single trace of red deer and could only return de jectedly with empty hands.

但是，另外一些人来山里围猎时，他们不是先去找虞了解情况，而是冒冒失失地闯进森林。结果，他们连马鹿的踪影也找不着，白忙了一天，只好空着手垂头丧气地回去了。

　成语寓言故事:The Wife Exhorts the Husband妻子劝夫

Yan Zi was a famous prime minister of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period.

晏子是春秋时期齐国有名的相国。

One day, Yan Zi went out in a carriage driven by his coachman.

一天，晏子坐着马车外出。一位车夫为他赶车。

The coachman's wife had never seen Yan Zi before and wished to have a look at him. She peeped from behind the door. "Ah,here comes Yan Zi!" She got the impression that though he was the prime minister of the State of Qi, he talked and behaved with great modesty.

车夫的妻子从来没见过晏子，很想看看。她就从门缝中偷偷地观看:“呵，晏子出来了!”她得到的印象是:晏子身为齐国相国，但是言谈举止显得非常谦虚。

But her own husband? Haughty and arrogant, he sat under the big canopy driving the carriage for Yan Zi, yet considering himself unexcelled in the world. She was much ashamed of her husband.

可是，自己的丈夫呢?他坐在车上的大伞下为晏子驾驭马车，却趾高气扬，不可一世。妻子看了十分羞愧。

As soon as the coachman returned home, his wife asked for a divorce. The coachman was baffled, unable to make head or tail of this, and asked angrily:

车夫一进家门，妻子就提出要和他离婚。车夫一时莫名其妙，摸不着头脑，便生气地问:

"A divorce? What is your reason?"

“要离婚?你的理由是什么?”

The wife answered:

妻子回答:

"Yan Zi is}less than 6 chi (Chinese unit of length, 1/3 metre)

tall, but his heart is filled with aspirations and his mind with knowledge. Though he is the prime minister, he is courteous and

treats people prudently when he goes out. But what about you? You are fully 8 chi tall, but you forget that you are only a coachman.

By the side of the prime minister, you dare to look so cocky,consider yourself always in the right, and brandish the whip to urge the horse on in utter complacency. You are so immodest that I can't live with you any longer."

“晏子虽然身高没有六尺，但是他胸怀大志，满腹经纶。他身为相国，外出时，对人彬彬有礼，谦虚谨慎。你呢?身高足有八尺，可是你忘了，你不过是个车夫，却在相国身旁神气十足，自以为是，挥鞭催马，得意忘形。你这样不知谦逊，我不能再和你生活下去了。”

Upon hearing his wife's words, the coachman felt much ashamed. Thereafter he became very careful and prudent in doing things and treated people modestly.

车夫听了妻子的话，觉得很惭愧。从此，他做事小合谨慎，待人谦逊。

Yan Zi noticed the big change in the coachman's behavior and couldn't understand why. So he asked the coachman.

晏子看到车夫变化很大，不知为什么，就询问车夫。

The coachman told Yan Zi his wife's criticism in detail. At

this, Yan Zi was deeply moved. Later Yan Zi recommended him to be a da fu (a senior official).

车夫把妻子对自己的批评一五一十地告诉了晏子。晏子听了，感叹不已。后来，晏子推荐这位车夫出任大夫。

　成语寓言故事: Hanging Up an Ox but Selling a Horse悬牛卖马

One day, Ling Gong, King of the State of Qi, had a sudden whim. He liked to see women wearing men's clothes and let all the women in his harem do so.

一天，齐灵公心血来潮，喜欢看女扮男装，并且让内宫的女人都这样做。

Soon afterwards, all the women in the whole country followed

the fashion and dressed like men.

不久，全国的女人赶时髦，都女扮男装。

Seeing the whole country follow this example, Ling Gong became angry, and gave orders to the officials in all parts of the ountry:

可是，灵公看全国都这样，就生气了，又命令各地官吏:

"Whenever you see women dressed like men, you are to tear up their clothes and rip their waistbands."

“只要发现女扮男装的人，就撕破她们的衣服，扯断她们的腰带。”

But this trend among women to dress like men couldn't be

discouraged.

可是，这股女扮男装的风气，仍然没有能够刹住。

One day, when the prime minister Yan Zi came to court for an audience with him, Ling Gong asked him:

一天，宰相晏子朝见灵公，灵公问晏子:

"I ordered all the officials to forbid women to wear men's

clothes. Whenever they see them doing so, they are to tear up their clothes and rip their waistbands without exception. But this trend couldn't be stopped. What exactly is the reason?"

“我让各地官吏禁止女人穿男人的服装，只要看到，就一律撕破衣服，扯断腰带，可就是禁止不了。这究竟是什么原因?”

Yan Zi answered:

晏子回答说:

"Your Majesty, you allow the women in your harem to dress like men, but you forbid the common people to do so. This is like hanging up the head of an ox outside the door, but selling horsemeat inside. How can that be done? If women in your harem are rorbidden to wear men's clothes, then how would the people outside the palace dare to do so any longer?"

“大王，您让内宫女扮男装，却不让百姓这样做;这就好比门外挂的是牛头，而门里卖的是马肉，这怎么行呢?如果宫内禁止女扮男装，那么宫外的人怎么再敢这样做呢?”

Ling Gong nodded his head again and again, and said:

灵公连连点头，说:

"What you have said is right! What you have said is right!"

“你说得对!你说得对!”

Ling Gong ordered his officials to do according to what Yan Zi had said. Sure enough, in less than one month, the trend of dressing like men among women in the whole country was stopped.

灵公命令官吏按照晏子的话去办。果然，不到一个月，全国各地女扮男装的风气就刹住了。