《古代寓言·游泳名手的儿子》（中英对照）

有过于江上者，见人方引婴儿，而欲投之江中，婴儿啼。

人问其故。

曰：“此其父善游。”

——其父虽善游，其子岂遽善游哉！

——《吕氏春秋》

The Son of a Good Swimmer

A man walking along the river bank saw someone about to throw a small boy into the water. The child was screaming with terror.

“Why do you want to throw that child into the water?” asked the passer-by.

“His father is a good swimmer,” was the answer.

But it does not follow that the son of a good swimmer can swim.

The Discourses of Lü Buwei

(Lü Shi Chun Qiu)