《古代寓言·自满的马夫》（中英对照）

既而归，其妻请去。夫问其故。

妻曰：“晏子，身相齐国。名显诸侯。今者妾观其出，志念深矣。常有以自下者。今子乃为人仆御。然子之意，自以为足。妾是以求去也。”

其夫自抑损。

晏子怪而问之。御以实对。晏子荐以为大夫。

——《晏子春秋》

The Conceited Coachman

One day Yan Zi, prime minister of the state of Qi, went out in his carriage. His coachman’s wife, from her gate, saw her husband looking thoroughly smug and conceited under the great carriage awning as he drove his four horses.

When the coachman went home, his wife told him she wanted to leave him.

Her husband asked her why.

“Yan Zi is prime minister of Qi,” she replied. “He is famed through the states. But I saw him out today, deep in thought and not giving himself any airs. You are only a coachman, yet you look so conceited and pleased with yourself. That’s why I want to leave you.”

After this, her husband behaved more modestly. When Yan Zi, surprised, inquired the person for this change, the coachman told him the truth. Then Yan Zi recommended him for an official post.

Yan Zi