昔有二人，共种甘蔗，而作誓言：“种好者赏；其不好者，当重罚之。”时二人中，一者念言：“甘蔗极甜，若压取汁，还灌甘蔗树，甘美必甚，得胜于彼。”即压甘蔗，取汁用溉，冀望滋味。返败种子，所有甘蔗，一切都失。
Watering
the Sugarcane
Two men
made a pledge when they both planted sugarcanes: He who gets a good crop will
be awarded, he who gets a bad crop will be heavily punished. One of
them thought, “Since the sugarcane is very sweet, if I press the cane and water
the filed with the juice, the canes will become even sweeter and I am sure to
win the competition.” The man then pressed the canes and poured the juice into
the field. Since this spoiled all the sugarcane seeds, he met with total
failure.
（张庆年
译） |
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