家有一坐头，绝低矮，迂公每坐，必取瓦片支其四足。后不胜烦，忽思得策，呼侍者，移置楼上坐。 及坐时，低为故，乃曰：“人言楼高，浪得名耳。”
——《雅谑》
The Low Stool
Yu
Gong had a very low stool. When he wanted to sit on it, he always placed bricks
under each leg. Later he found it very troublesome and hit upon an idea. He ordered
a servant to take it upstairs. But when he sat on it again, he found it just as
low. “Well,
people say it’s higher upstairs, but I don’t find it so!” he said.
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Nue (Merry Jokes) （杨宪益、戴乃迭 译） |
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