昔人有睹雁翔者，将授弓射之，曰：“获则烹。”其弟争曰：“舒雁烹宜，翔雁燔宜。”竞斗而讼于社伯，社伯请剖雁，烹燔半焉。已而索雁，则凌空远矣。
——《贤奕编》
Two Ways of Cooking the Goose
A
man saw a wild goose flying in the sky. Fitting an arrow to his bow, he said,
“If I can bring it down, we will stew it.” “No,
it would be better to roast it,” said his younger brother. Their
argument reached a deadlock. Finally they went to a senior member of their clan
who settled the matter by suggesting a half-and-half treatment. But when they
came out to look for the wild goose again, it was nowhere to be seen.
Xian Yi Pian （杨宪益、戴乃迭 译） |
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