《古代寓言·象箸》（中英对照）

昔者纣为象箸，而箕子怖。以为象箸必不加于土鉶，必须犀玉之杯。象箸玉杯必不羹菽藿，则必旄豹胎。旄象豹胎，必不衣短褐而食于茅屋之下，则锦衣九重，广室高台。吾畏其卒，故怖其始。居五年，纣为肉圃，设炮烙，登糟邱，临酒池，纣遂以亡。故箕子见象箸以知天下之祸。故曰，见小曰明。

——《韩非子》

Ivory Chopsticks

When King Zhou ordered chopsticks made of ivory, Ji Zi was most perturbed. For he feared that once the king had ivory chopsticks he would not be content with earthenware, but would want cups of rhinoceros horn and jade; and instead of beans and vegetables, he would hardly be willing either to wear rough homespun or live under a thatched roof, but would demand silks and splendid mansions.

“It is fear of what this will lead to,” said Ji Zi, “that upsets me.”

Five years later, indeed, King Zhou had a garden filled with meat, tortured his subjects with hot irons, and caroused in a lake of wine. And so he lost his kingdom.

Han Fei Zi