Guo Zu Camel planting trees reason story

To plant trees for the industry, and "all the rich and powerful people in Chang'an to watch the tour and sell the fruit, are competing to win to raise" is a "tree planter", more people say is that he cultivated saplings of the method of "along with the day of the wood so that the nature of the nature of the"

"Planting Trees Guo Gu Guomo biography" implies a profound truth

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Original

Guo Gouma, I do not know the name of the beginning. The disease is hunched over, rumbled ambling, there is a kind of camel, so the people in the country called it? The camel? The camel heard, said: ? Very good. Name me solid. Because of its name, also called themselves camel cloud.

Its township said Fengle Township, in Chang'an west. Camel industry planting trees, where the rich and powerful people in Chang'an to watch the tour and sell the fruit, are competing to take the feed. Depending on the camel planted trees, or migration, no live, and fruitful, early real to tomato. He planted although the peeping of the effect of admiration, can not be as also.

Asked, said:? Camel is not able to make the wood life and breeding, can follow the wood of the day, so that its nature is not. Where the nature of planting wood, the nature of the Shu, its cultivation wants to level, its soil wants to be, and its building wants to be dense. Since it has been, do not move, do not worry, go and do not look back. Its dill is also if the child, its placement is also if the abandonment, then the whole of its days and its nature to be carried out. Therefore, I do not harm its growth only, not have the ability to luxuriant also; not suppress consumption in fact only, not have the ability to early and tomato also. He planted is not, the root fist and the soil is easy to cultivate, but also, if it is not, it is not as good as. Gou can be countered is the person, and love too much grace, worry too hard, Dan see and twilight caress, has gone and back to Gu, even claw its skin to check its birth wither, shaking its own to see its sparsity, and the nature of the wood day to away. Although said love, in fact, harm; although said worry, in fact, hatred, so not I if also. I and how can I do it!

The questioner said:? The questioner said: "The way to the son, move the official reason, can be? The camel said:? I know that planting trees only, the official reason, not my industry. However, I live in my hometown, see the elders good annoyance of its order, if very compassionate, and died to disaster. The official came to me at dusk and said: "The official order is to urge you to plow, Castor. The official orders to urge you to plow, Castor planting, supervise the harvest, early reeling and thread, early weaving and strands, the word and young children, and then the chickens and dolphins. The drums were sounded and gathered, and the wood was struck to summon them. My small people drop out of the food to labor officials, and not to leisure, and how to fan my life and peace of my nature? Therefore, I am sick and lazy. The first thing that I want to do is to get rid of all the problems that I've been having with my business.

The questioner said:? Hee, not also good husband! I asked to raise trees, get to raise people. The first thing you need to do is to pass the word on as an official warning.

Translation

Guo Zu Camel, I do not know what he was originally called. He suffered from the disease of curved spine, and his spine protruded and he walked bent over, just like a camel, so the people in the countryside called him ? Camel? Upon hearing this, the camel said: ? Very well, it is indeed appropriate to call me this way. So he simply gave up his original name and called himself ? He also called himself ? to.

His hometown was called Fengle Township, west of Chang'an City. Guo Camel to plant trees as a career, where the city of Chang'an operating gardens ornamental amusement of the rich and powerful family and planting trees to sell fruit for profit, are scrambling to meet and employ Guo Camel. See camel planted trees, even if it is transplanted, there is no not alive; and grow tall and lush, fruit early and more. Other tree planting people although secretly observe, envy and emulate, but no one can match.

He was asked the reason why he planted trees well, and he replied: ? Camel I am not able to make the trees live a long time and grow very fast, but only to be able to follow the nature of the trees to realize their own habits. But in all methods of planting trees, the roots should be spread out, the soil should be cultivated evenly, the soil used should be the same as that used to cultivate the saplings, and the pounded soil should be firm. When this has been done, do not move it, do not worry about it, and do not look at it after you leave it. Trees should be transplanted with as much care and attention as if they were children, and when they are planted they should be set aside as if they had been abandoned, and then the nature of the tree will be preserved and its nature will be free to develop. So I just do not interfere with its 'growth, not the ability to make it grow tall and lush; just do not inhibit, reduce its results, not the ability to make it bear fruit early and often. Other tree planters are not like this, the roots of the tree fist curved on the new soil; he cultivates the soil, either too tight or too loose. If there are those who can differ from this practice, yet they are too much spoiled; they go to see them in the morning, and touch them in the evening, and, having left them, go back to see them again. Worse still, he scratches the bark of the tree with his fingernails to see if it is still alive, and shakes the trunk to see if it is planted solidly, so that the nature of the tree goes farther and farther away day by day. Though it is said to love it, this actually harms it, and though it is said to worry about it, this actually hates it. So none of them is better than me. And what can I do?

Those who asked said: ? Is it feasible to transfer your method of planting trees to being an official and ruling the people? The camel said: "I only know how to plant trees. I only know how to plant trees, and I don't specialize in governing. But when I lived in the countryside, I saw that those officials liked to give orders constantly, as if they were very compassionate to the people, and the people ended up suffering because of it. In the morning and in the evening the petty officials come running, shouting: "Sir's order: I urge you to plow your fields. Sir, I command you: urge you to plow your land, encourage you to plant, urge you to harvest, cook your cocoons and draw silk from them, weave your cloth, raise your children, feed your chickens and pigs, and then beat the drums to gather the people. A moment to beat the drum to gather everyone, a moment to drum bang to convene everyone, we small people stop eating breakfast and dinner to comfort those small officials still can not be free, and how can we make us flourish, the people's heart to stabilize it? Therefore, we are both distressed and tired, like this (rule the people instead of disturbing the people), it is similar to my tree-planting business, right?

The person who asked said: ? It is not also good! I asked to plant a tree and got a way to rule the people. I recorded this incident to make it a lesson for the officials.