寓言故事中英文版—知人所不知則危

【大紀元6月1日訊】

紂王是商朝最後的皇帝。他生性殘暴，人們都怕他。

紂王喜與寵信不分晝夜地縱情享樂。

有一次，紂王忘記了今天是何天，就問寵信，可是他們也忘記了。因此，紂王便派人去問他的大臣箕子。

箕子私下對家人說：「如果貴為一國之君而不知今天是何天，這個國家危險極了。同樣，如果眾人不知而我獨知的話，我也是危險極了。」

於是他告訴來使：「我因為喝醉了，所以也忘記了。」

A Pretence Of Ignorance

Emperor Zhou was the last emperor of the Shang Dynasty. Because he was the most ruthless man under the sky, everyone dreaded him.

Emperor Zhou and his favourite officials loved to indulge themselves by partying day and night.

One time he forgot what day it was and asked his favourite officials, but they, too, had forgotten, so he sent a messenger to ask Ji Zi, his minister.

Ji Zi told his family in private, “If the emperor of a country doesn’t know what day it is, the country is in great danger. In the same way, if I know what the others don’t know, I’m also in serious trouble.”

So he sent word to the messenger, “Because I was drunk, I’ve also forgotten.”

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