客有曰：“梨益齿而损脾，枣益脾而损齿。” 一呆子方思久之曰：“我食梨则嚼而不咽，不能伤我之脾；我食枣则吞而不嚼，不能伤我之齿。”
——《湛渊静语》
Swallowing a Date Whole
A
fool once heard someone say that pears were good for the teeth but harmful to
the spleen, and that dates were good for the spleen but harmful to the teeth. After
pondering the matter a considerable while, he said: “From
now on, when I eat a pear, I will only chew and not swallow it. And when I eat
a date, I will swallow it whole.”
Zhan Yuan Jing Yu （杨宪益、戴乃迭 译） |
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