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　成语寓言故事:Genuine and Fake Tripods of the Han Dynasty真假汉鼎

A civilian named Shentu Dun in Luoyang obtained an unearthed tripod of the Han Dynasty from Shenchuan, Chang' an.

洛阳，有一位平民叫申屠敦，他从长安深川得到了一尊出土的汉鼎。

On the tripod, the crisscross designs of clouds and ancient hornless dragons were bright and clear. Lu Sheng, his neighbour on the west, took a fancy to it instantly. He asked a coppersmith to cast a tripod in imitation, soaked and dyed it with a strange decoction, dug a pit and buried it underground.

鼎上，云和蝠交错的花纹，灿烂清晰。申屠敦家西边的一位邻居鲁生一见到就十分喜爱，让铜匠模仿着也铸了一尊，用一种奇特的药浸染之后，挖了一个坑，把它埋在地下。

After three years, he dug it out. Owing to the decoction and corrosion of the earth, the copper surface of the tripod changed and looked very much like Shentu Dun's genuine tripod.

过了三年，他把鼎从地下挖出来一看，由于药物和泥土的锈蚀，表面的铜质起了变化，跟申屠敦的真的汉鼎极其相似。

One day, Lu Sheng presented this fake tripod to an influential official, who was so pleased as if he had got a treasure that he invited guests to a banquet to appreciate it together.

一天，鲁生将这尊假汉鼎献给了一位权贵。权贵如获至宝，便大宴宾客，请大家共同欣赏。

At the time, Shentu Dun was also present. He knew in his heart that Lu Sheng's tripod was a fake. He said:

当时，申屠敦也在座。他心里头最明白，鲁生的那尊是假的，就说:

"I also have a tripod of about the same shape as this one. But I don't know which one is genuine."

“我也有一尊汉鼎，形状和这尊差不多，但不知哪一尊是真的。”

The influential official asked him to fetch it at once. After he examined it for a long time, he said:

权贵立即叫他搬过来，左右端详了很久，说：

"This one is not genuine."

“这尊不是真的!”

The guests also chimed in and said one after another:

众宾客也附和着，一个接一个地说:

"It is indeed not genuine."

“的确不是真的!”

Shentu Dun was quite perturbed and argued on just grounds, but the others rallied together to attack him, ridiculed and even insulted him, so he said no more.

申屠敦心中很不平静，据理争辩。众人竟群起而攻之，冷嘲热讽，甚至羞辱，他便不再做声了。

When he returned home, he sighed:

回到家里，申屠敦唉声叹气:

"I didn't know until today the power of authority, which can confound right with wrong and pass off the fake as the real thing."

“我今天才知道权势的威力，可以颠倒是非，以假乱真。”

成语寓言故事:Dong Keeps Cats东氏养猫

In ancient times, a man surnamed Dong in the State of Wei was interested in nothing but keeping cats.

古代，卫国有个姓东的人，对世界上的万事万物都不感兴趣，唯独爱好养猫。

He kept over 100 cats in his home, which caught and ate all the rats in the house.

东某家里养了一百多只猫，老鼠被捕食得一干二净。

Later, as there were no more rats, the cats were so hungry that they meowed all the time. Dong had to buy meat from the market every day to feed them.

后来，因为猫再也捕食不到老鼠而饿得咪咪直叫。东某只好每天从市场上买肉回来喂养它们。

Day after day, year after year, the cats multiplied. As they ate meat every day, they even didn't know there were rats in the world which could be caught and eaten. They meowed whenever they were hungry, and whenever they meowed, they were fed with meat. After they ate their fill, they were happy and carefree, lazy and sluggish, and had nothing to do all day.

日复一日，年复一年，猫儿传宗接代，由于天天吃肉，竟然不知道世上还有老鼠可以捕食。它们饿了就叫，一叫就有肉吃，吃饱之后，一副悠闲快活的样子，终日懒懒散散，无所事事。

In the south of the city, one house was plagued with rats. The rats ran amuck in swarms. Once it so happened that a rat fell into a jar. The master of the house hastened to Dong's home to borrow a cat to catch the rat.

城南，有一户人家闹鼠患，老鼠成群结队，到处横行。一次，有一只老鼠忽然掉人瓮中。这家主人急忙跑到东家，借猫捕鼠。

The cat from the Dong family saw the rat in the jar stick up its pointed ears, stare with a pair of pitch-black eyes, shake its red whiskers and squeak. The cat didn't know what a freak the rat was. It only followed the rat moving around on the mouth of the jar, and dared not get into it.

东家的猫看到瓮中的老鼠，竖着两只尖尖的耳朵，瞪着一双漆黑的眼睛，抖动着红红的胡须，吱吱吱乱叫。猫以为是什么怪物，只是在瓮口上跟着老鼠转来转去，竟然不敢下去。

The master was furious at this and pushed the cat down into the jar. At this moment, the cat was panic-stricken and howled loudly at the rat. After a while, the rat eventually found that this cat had no other tricks, so it bit the cat's foot. The Dong's cat was so frightened that it exerted all its strength and made one jump out of the jar and ran away.

主人看了十分恼火，便一把将猫推了下去。这时候，只见猫惊恐万状，对着老鼠大声嚎叫。时间一长，老鼠终于发觉这只猫没有什么别的本事，就来咬它的脚。东家的猫急得使劲儿一跃，便从瓮里逃了出来。

　成语寓言故事:Gouging Out Flesh to Conceal the Pearl剜股藏珠

There was a treasure mountain on the sea, where there were many, many rare treasures shining with brilliant light and dazzling the eyes.

海上，有一座宝山。宝山上，有许许多多奇珍异宝，光芒四射，非常耀眼。

A seaman got a pearl of 1 can (1/30 metre) in diameter, which glistened brightly. He took a ship to take it home.

一个海员得到一颗直径一寸的明珠，金灿灿的，便乘船把它运回家。

But before the ship had sailed for 100 li, all of a sudden black clouds rolled all over the sky, and a strong wind blew to unleash huge waves. The ship was tossed about violently. A flood dragon was seen emerging from the stormy sea and looking very terrifying.

可是，航行不到百里，突然间，满天乌云滚滚，刮起了大风，掀起了巨浪，船身颠簸得很厉害。人们只见一条蛟龙，在惊涛骇浪中出没，样子非常可怕。

The crew advised the seaman:

船工劝告海员说:

"It seems that the flood dragon wants to have your pearl. Please throw it into the sea at once; otherwise you will get us into trouble."

“看样子，这条蛟龙想要得到您的这颗明珠啊!请您赶快把它抛到海里去吧，否则就会连累了我们。”

At the moment, the seaman was in a dilemma. He couldn't bear to part with the pearl; on the other hand, he was afraid of the imminent disaster. His head was covered with perspiration from anxiety. After a while, with his teeth clenched to endure the pain, he gouged out a piece of flesh from his thigh to conceal the pearl there. The storm on the sea subsided at once.

这时候，海员左右为难:丢掉吧，实在舍不得;不丢吧，又怕大难临头，急得满头大汗。过了一会儿，他咬紧牙关，忍着痛，宛J开大腿上的一块肉，把明珠藏了进去。海上的风浪立即小了。

As soon as the seaman got home, he took out the dazzling pearl immediately. But not long afterwards he died of the festering wound in his thigh.

这个海员回到家里后，连忙取出了耀眼的明珠。但是不久，他因大腿的伤口溃烂而死了。