Chinese/English Philosophical Story series 4.Confucius borrowed umbrellas/孔子借伞

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1.Borrow an umbrella

One day, Confucius went out , it was going to rain, but he did not have an umbrella, some people suggested that: Zi Xia has, borrow from Zi Xia. Confucius said: no, Zixia this person is more stingy, I borrow, he does not give me, others will feel that he does not respect teachers; give me, .he certainly won't.


—— contact with people, know other people's weaknesses and strengths, do not use other people's weaknesses to get along and test, otherwise friendship will not last.

孔子借伞


孔子有天外出，天要下雨，可是他没有雨伞，有人建议说：子夏有，跟子夏借。孔子一听就说：不可以，子夏这个人比较吝啬，我借的话，他不给我，别人会觉得他不尊重师长；给我，他肯定不愿意。


——和人交往，要知道别人的短处和长处，不要用别人的短处来相处和考验，否则就会友谊不长久。

2. Learning

A horse and a donkey heard that the Tang monk was going to the west to learn the scriptures. The donkey felt that the trip was difficult and gave up, but the horse 

immediately 


followed and went through the difficulties of 9981time, and got back the true scriptures. Donkey asked: brother, is it very hard ?  Horse said: in fact, during the time I 

went to the west, you walked no less than me, and you were blindfolded and beaten. In fact, I am afraid of living more tired.

—— real tired, from the inner ignorance and confusion.

取经

     

   一头马、一头驴听说唐僧要去西天取经，驴觉得此行困难重重，便放弃了；而马却立刻追随而去，经历九九八十一难，取回真经。驴问：兄弟，是不是很辛苦啊？马说：其实在我


去西天这段时间，您走的路一点不比我少，而且还被蒙住眼睛，被人抽打。其实，我是怕混日子更累。


——真正的累，来自于内心的无知与迷茫。

3. Parking

Sweden's Volvo headquarters has more than 2,000 parking spaces, and early arrivals always park away from office buildings, every day.


Q :" Is your berth fixed ?"


They answered ," We arrived earlier and had time to walk more. Late colleagues may be late and need to park near the office building ."


—— more consideration for others, the road will go further.



停车


   瑞典沃尔沃总部有两千多个停车位，早到的人总是把车停在远离办公楼的地方，天天如此。问：“你们的泊位是固定的吗？”他们答：“我们到的比较早，有时间多走点路。晚到的


同事或许会迟到，需要把车停在离办公楼近的地方。”



4. Cooperation


One day, the night was quiet, the lock woke up the key and complained :" I work hard every day for the master to guard the house, and the master likes you, always 

bring you around, really envy you !"


And the key also dissatisfied said :" you stay at home every day, comfortable, how comfortable ah! I follow the master every day, the sun and rain, how hard ah! I envy you more !"


Once, the key also wanted to live a comfortable life, so he hid himself. The master went home, lost the key, smashed the lock in a hurry, and threw it into the 

garbagheap. After entering the house, the master found the key, angrily said :" the lock also smashed, now  you are useless ?" With that, he threw the key into the 

garbage heap.


The locks and keys that met in the garbage heap could not help but sigh :" today we have such a sad situation, because in the past, we did not see each other's 

value and pay, but It's always the other mountain that looks higher, each other jealousy and suspicion !"

—— A lot of times, the relationship between people is mutual, mutual wrangling, fighting, can only be cause destruction to both sides , only mutual cooperation, 


mutual appreciation, mutual unity, mutual support, mutual trust, mutual treasure, can cooperation and mutual benefits .


合作


  一日，夜深人静，锁叫醒了钥匙并埋怨道：“我每天辛辛苦苦为主人看守家门，而主人喜欢的却是你，总把你带在身边，真羡慕你啊！”

而钥匙也不满地说：“你每天待在家里，舒舒服服的，多安逸啊！我每天跟着主人，日晒雨淋的，多辛苦啊！我更羡慕的是你！”



  一次，钥匙也想过一过安逸的生活，于是把自己藏了起来。主人出门后回家，不见了钥匙，气急之下把锁给砸了，并顺手扔进了垃圾堆里。进屋后，主人找到了钥匙，气愤地

说：“锁也砸了，现在留着你还有什么用呢？”说完，把钥匙也扔进了垃圾堆里。


  在垃圾堆里相遇的锁和钥匙，不由感叹起来：“今天我们落得如此可悲的下场，都是因为过去，我们没有看到对方的价值与付出，而是这山望着那山高，彼此斤斤计较，相互妒


忌和猜疑啊！”


——很多时候，人与人之间的关系都是相互的，互相扯皮、争斗，只能是两败俱伤，唯有互相配合、相互欣赏、相互团结、相互支持、相互信任、相互珍惜，方能合作共赢。



Edited by Baoyang from Shanghai Beihaimandarin