柳宗元·《三戒》（并序）英译

吾恒恶世之人不知推己之本，而乘物以逞。或依势以干非其类，出技以怒强，窃时以肆暴，然卒迫于祸。有客谈糜、驴、鼠三物，似其事，作《三戒》。

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Three Fables

Liu Zongyuan

I have always disliked those men of today who, blind to their own shortcomings, take advantage of circumstances or powerful protectors to lord it over others, bragging of their skill and seizing every chance to swagger. Such bullies always come to grief in the end. I shall therefore relate three stories told me, which put me in mind of this, about a deer, a donkey and some rats.