昔白龙下清冷之渊化为鱼，渔者豫且射中其目，白龙上诉天帝，天帝曰： “当是之时若安置而形？”白龙对曰：“我下清冷之渊化为鱼。”天帝曰：“鱼固人之所射也，若是豫且何罪？”
——《说苑》
The Dragon who Changed
into a Fish
Once
the white dragon went down from heaven to a cool lake, taking the form of a
fish. Then a fisherman shot at him and pieced him in the eye. The white dragon flew
up at once to complain to the Emperor of Heaven. “I
took the form of a fish when I went down to the lake.” “Then
of course a fisherman would try to catch you. How can you blame him?”
The Garden of
Anecdotes (Shuo Yuan)
（杨宪益、戴乃迭 译） |
