Story English of China Traditional Culture

Classical Chinese Song people have cultivators. There was a plant in the field. When the rabbit touched the plant, its neck broke and it died. Stand by and watch because you released this plant, hoping to get the rabbit back. Rabbits can't be recovered, but as a small fruit of a song. Today, the people who want to go to the former dynasty are all guarding their factories and so on.

There was a farmer in Song State. He worked in the fields every day. All year round, get up at dawn in the morning and work in the fields with a hoe; In the evening, the sun is about to set, and I go home with a hoe. He really works hard. One day, the farmer was working in the field when suddenly a hare ran out of the grass. When the rabbit sees someone, it is afraid. It ran as fast as it could. As a result, it hit a stump in the farmer's field, broke its neck and died. The farmer put down his farm work and went over to pick up the dead rabbit. He is very happy for his good luck. When he got home at night, the farmer gave the dead rabbit to his wife. The wife cooked delicious rabbit meat, and the couple had a delicious meal with laughter. The next day, the farmer went to work in the fields as usual, but he was no longer as absorbed as before. While waiting for the rabbit, he glanced at the grass and listened for a while, hoping that another rabbit would run out and hit the stump. In this way, he worked absently all day and didn't finish hoeing the ground. He didn't see any rabbits coming out until dark, so he went home reluctantly. On the third day, the farmer came to the field and had no intention of hoeing the ground. He put the farm tools aside and sat on the ridge next to the stump, waiting for the wild rabbits to come out. But I waited for another day in vain. Later, the farmer stood by the stump every day, hoping to find the rabbit again, but he never got it again. However, the weeds in the farmer's field grew taller and taller, which flooded his crops. As a result, farmers became the laughing stock of the Song people. [2] If we still use the previous methods to govern the people, it is like waiting for him.

English Translation of Waiting for a Rabbit

Stay by the stump and wait for more rabbits to hit the stump.

This story happened in the Warring States period more than two thousand years ago (475-22 BC1). According to legend, there was a man in Song State who stood by the stump, waiting for more rabbits to hit it, which was famous.

He is a young farmer, and his family has been farmers for generations. Year after year, generation after generation, farmers are used to sowing in spring, harvesting in autumn, working at sunrise and resting at sunset. In the harvest year, they can only have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear. If there is a famine due to crop failure, they will have to starve.

The young farmer wants to improve his life. But he is too lazy and cowardly. He is lazy and cowardly about everything and often dreams of unexpected blessings.

The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field, and two groups of people were hunting nearby. Shouts came and went, and the frightened rabbits ran like hell. Suddenly, a blind rabbit bumped into the stump of a dead tree in his field and died.

That day, he ate enough.