往时辽东有豕,生子白头,异而献之;行至河东,见豕皆白,怀惭而还。
——《后汉书》
The
Pig with the White Head
Once in Liaodong a
swineherds sow farrowed a piglet with a white head, and thinking it a prodigy
he decided to present it to the court. When he reached Hedong, however, he
found that all the pigs there had white heads; so he went sheepishly home.
The
Later Han History
(杨宪益、戴乃迭 译) |