中國寓言故事雙語版 第125期:季子拜師
Ji Zi of the Shang Dynasty was particularly fond of Taoism.
He carried a lot of money with him and travelled around to fmd a teacher of Taoism
他帶了很多錢，遊學四方，Whenever he saw a man wearing a yellow cap, he would take him as a Taoist priest and kneel down before him to ask for instructions.
只要見到戴黃帽子的先生，就以爲是道士，跪拜求教。
One day,a sly swindler tried to get Ji Zi’s bag of money. He said deceitfully:
一天，一個狡猾的騙子，企圖騙取季子的錢袋，就騙他說:“I am a Taoist priest with the true doctrine of you’ll follow me, I’ll certainly teach Taoism to you.”
“我是一個得了真傳的道士，只要你跟着我雲遊，我就一定把道學傳授給你。”Ji Zi believed this to be true,and followed this man wholeheartedly.
季子信以爲真，誠心誠意地跟着他走。The swindler wanted all along to take action, but had no chance, while Ji Zi time and again urged him to teach the Taoist doctrine.
騙子一直想下手，但是沒有機會。季子卻不時地催促他傳道。One day the two of them came to a river the sight of a moored boat,the swindler got an idea and planned to take said to Ji Zi:
一天，倆人一同來到江邊。騙子一眼看到停泊的船，靈機一動，準備下手，就騙季子說:“Taoism is right here!”
“道就在這兒!”Ji Zi asked anxiously:“Where?”
季子忙問:“在哪兒?”The swindler said:“It is at the top of the boat’s mast. You will learn Taoism if you climb up to the top.”
騙子說:“就在這條船的桅杆頂端，你爬上去就得道了。”Ji Zi put his bag of money under the mast,hurriedly grasped the mast and began to swindler clapped his hands and shouted below:
季子將錢袋放在桅杆下，急忙抓住桅杆往上爬。騙子在下面拍着巴掌，連聲喊道:“Up! Go further up!”
“上!再上!”When Ji Zi climbed up to the top and could go no further,he suddenly saw the ing the mast,he shouted happily:
季子爬到頂端，無法再上的時候，忽然大悟，抱着桅杆歡叫:“I’ve learned Taoism! I’ve learned Taoism!”
“我得道了!我得道了!”The swindler took this opportunity to pick up the bag of money and run away.
騙子趁機撿起錢袋跑掉了。When Ji Zi came down, he kept shouting by- standers said:
季子下來後，仍然歡叫個不停。旁觀的人說:“Hey, you fool, he is a swindler and has made off with your money.”
“晦!傻瓜，他是個騙子，早把你的錢袋拿走了!”Ji Zi replied:“He is my master! He is my master! This is also what he is teaching me!”
季子回答說:“他是我師傅!他是我師傅!這也是他在教我哪!”
