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　　The king and his Bow 國王與他的弓

　　King Xuan was fond of shooting an arrow and liked to be boasted as a powerful bowman he was, although he could draw no bow heavier than thirty jin, When he showed is bow to his attendants, they pretended to try to draw it, but only bent it to half its full extent.

　　"This must weigh at least ninety jin!" They all cried. "None but your Majesty could use such a bow." And at this the prince was pleased.

　　Though he only used a thirty-jin bow, till the end of his life he believed that it weighed ninety, It was thirty in fact, and ninety only in name, but for the sake of the empty name he sacrificed the truth.

　　渲王喜愛射箭，喜歡聽到別人夸他是個出色的射手，可他的弓箭只不過重30斤。每當(dāng)他向隨從炫耀那彎弓，他們都假裝很吃力地拉開弓，盡管他們僅用了一半的力氣。

　　他們會異口同聲地說：“這弓少說也有90來斤，除了大王，沒人能拉得動這張弓。”

　　這位王侯就是喜歡聽到如此的贊美之詞。他至死仍以為這張30斤重的弓箭，有90斤那么重。無論是事實上的30斤，還是被說成是90斤，可他圖慕虛榮，犧牲的卻是真理。