《二十四孝·丁兰刻木事亲》（中英对照）

汉丁兰，幼丧父母，未得奉养，而思念劬劳之恩，刻木为像，事之如生。其妻久而不敬，以针戏刺其指，血出。木像见兰，眼中垂泪。兰问得其情，遂将妻弃之。

诗曰：

刻木为父母，形容在日时。

寄言诸子侄，各要孝亲闱。

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Ding Lan Waited Upon the Statuettes of His Deceased Parents

Ding Lan of the Han Dynasty, found no opportunity to wait upon his parents, who died when he was young. As he thought of his parents and their hard work in breeding him, he had their pictures carved in the wood, and treated them as if they were alive. At first, his wife was quite respectful to the carved parents, but gradually, she became impatient and disrespectful, and pricked the fingers of the statuettes, and blood came out. When the statuettes saw Ding Lan, tears came down from their eyes. Ding Lan questioned his wife and got to know the truth, so he divorced his wife and drove her away from home.

（顾丹柯 译）