The original text and translation of the Chinese language

Classical Chinese: The Song people have Min Qimiao's people who do not grow and pull them, and Mangmang returns, saying that his people say: "Today's illness!"

Help the seedlings grow! His son tended to look at it, and the seedling was stubborn. There are few elders in the world who do not help seedlings.

Those who think it is useless and give it up, and those who do not cultivate seedlings are also; Help the elderly, and the seedlings are also. It is not in vain, but it is harmful.

Notes:1闵 (mǐn): Same as "compassion", worry, worry. 长 (zhǎng) – to grow, to grow, to pull (yà) – to pull.

2.Mangran: Tired.

3.Sickness: exhaustion, is an extended meaning.

4.Yu: I, first-person pronoun.

5.Tendencies: Walk quickly. To—go, to ......Go.

6.槁 (gǎo): Dry grass and trees.

Translation: In ancient times, there was a person in the Song Dynasty who thought that the seedlings were growing too slowly, so he pulled them up a little one by one, and when he went home, he boasted: "Today I helped the seedlings grow!"

When his son heard about it, he went into the field and saw that the seedlings were dead. There are very few people in the world who don't help seedlings grow. People who give up thinking that it is useless are like lazy people who do not hoe grass for seedlings.

He who helps it grow in vain is like a person who pulls out a seedling and helps it grow, but instead of benefiting it, he harms it.

Seedlings are promoted. 【Original text】 The Song people had Min Qimiao's people who did not grow and were at a loss, and they said: "Today's illness!" Help the seedlings grow! His son tended to look at it, and the seedling was stubborn.

Translation] Someone in the ancient Song Dynasty was worried that his seedlings would not grow taller, so he pulled up the seedlings, and at the end of the day, he was very tired, and when he came home, he said to his family:"Today has exhausted me, and I have helped the seedlings grow taller! "When his son heard this, he hurried to the field to look at the seedlings, but the seedlings withered.

There are very few people in the world who don't want their seedlings to grow faster! People who give up thinking that the seedlings are useless when they grow up are like lazy people who don't hoe the seedlings. Those who help it grow in vain are like those who pull out the seedlings and help it, not only do it harm, but harm it.

Commentary on ancient texts. 1. 闵 (mǐn) -- same"Mercy", worried, worried. 2. 長 (zhǎng) - growth, growth.

3. 揠 (yà) - pulling. 4. Mangran - tired look. 5. His family - the people of his family.

6. Sickness - exhaustion, is an extended meaning 7, to - me, the first person pronoun. 8. Tend to go fast. 9. To--go, to.

Go. 10. 槁 (gǎo) -- Dry grass and trees. 11, of:

Cancel the independence of the sentence, have no real meaning, do not translate 12, Yun Miao: hoe grass for Miao 13, non-vain - not only. Apprentice, just.

14. Benefits: benefits. 15. Son: Son.

There is a Song people, he is very looking forward to the seedlings to grow taller, so he went to the field to pull the seedlings one by one, at the end of the day is very tired but very satisfied, returned home to his family and said: "But I am tired, I help the seedlings grow taller!" When his son heard this, he hurried into the field to see the seedlings, but they all withered.

The Song people have Min Qimiao's people who are not long and rub them, and Mangmang returns, saying that his people say: "Today's illness!" Help the seedlings grow! His son tended to look at it, and the seedling was stubborn.

There are few elders in the world who do not help seedlings. Those who think it is useless and give it up, and those who do not cultivate seedlings are also; Help the elderly, and the seedlings are also. It is not in vain, but it is harmful. (From "Mencius: Gongsun Chou Shang").

There is a Song people, he is very looking forward to the seedlings to grow taller, so he went to the field to pull the seedlings one by one, at the end of the day is very tired but very satisfied, returned home to his family and said: "But I am tired, I help the seedlings grow taller!" When his son heard this, he hurried into the field to see the seedlings, but they all withered.

Song Guoren felt remorse after knowing it) There are very few people in the world who don't want their seedlings to grow faster! People who give up thinking that the seedlings are useless when they grow up are like lazy people who don't hoe the seedlings. The person who helps it grow in vain, like the person who pulls out the seedlings to help it, not only does it not do it good, but harms it.