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半途而废相关的故事
During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi in State Yue. One day he1
半途而废相关的故事
During the Warring States Period (475-221BC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi in State Yue. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road and picked it up. He took it home and gave it to his wife. But his wife was not happy. The virtuous woman said, “I hear that a man of morality doesnt drink a thiefs water and a man of probity refuses to accept alms. What do you think of the action of picking up anothers lost valuable and possessing it for ones own?”
战国时期，魏国有个叫乐羊子的人。有一天，乐羊子在路上看到一块金子，他就捡起金子，带回了家并把它拿给妻子看。可他妻子一点儿也不兴奋。这个贤惠的女人对他说：”我听人说壮士不饮盗泉之水；廉洁的人不食嗟来之食。把别人遗失的珍贵之物捡起来据为己有，你怎么看待这种行为呢？”
Yue Yangzi, feeling ashamed, sent the gold back to where he found it. The next year, Yue Yangzi felt that he should go out and visit scholars to enrich his knowledge. So he set off.
乐羊子听了妻子的话，觉得很惭愧，就把那块金子又扔到原来的地方。其次年，乐羊子离开家到了一个很远的地方，去拜师求学。
A year later, he came back home suddenly. “Why have you returned?” asked his wife in surprise, “Youve only spent one year studying with scholars.” “I come back because I missed you very much.”
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一年后，乐羊子突然回到家中，他的妻子很惊异地问：”你怎么回来了？你才和那些学者学了一年呀。”乐羊子说：”我太想你了，所以回来看看。”
Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom at which she had worked. Pointing at the half done brocade, she proclaimed: “This bro