寓言双语故事 鲁班造鹊Lu Ban Makes a Magpie
During the Spring and Autumn Period （770一476 B.C。）， a skillful craftsman named Gongshu Zi in the State of Lu， known to people as 鈥淟u Ban鈥潱� made a magpie with bamboo and wood。
春秋时期，鲁国有个能工巧匠公输子，人称鈥溌嘲噔�潯Ｋ弥衲驹炝艘恢幌踩怠�
A machine was installed in this magpie which， when started， could fly high like a real bird。 It actually flew continually for three days and nights before it landed。
这只木制的喜鹊，安装着机关。只要一开动它，就能像真的鸟一样展翅高飞。它一连飞了三天三夜才降落下来。
Gongshu Zi greatly appreciated this excellent work of his own。
公输子非常欣赏自己这件得意的作品。
When Mo Zi （Master of the Mohist School） heard of this， he went immediately to see Gongshu Zi and said to him：
墨子知道了这件事情以后，立刻去见公输子，对他说：
鈥淎s you know， it takes an ordinary carpenter a very short time to make a linchpin of a wheel with the minimum amount of timber。 A vehicle with a linchpin inserted into each end of an axle can carry many things and bear a heavy load of 50 dan（1 hectolitre）。 But you took painstaking effort to make this wooden magpie。 Though pretty and able to fly， it cannot compare with the linchpin in terms of practical value。 Things made by a carpenter should be useful for people鈥榮 life， so that everyone will praise him for his cleverness and skill。 Otherwise， he is bound to be derided。鈥�
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