(2017Translation) 矛盾

Original Script

楚人有鬻楯與矛者，譽之曰吾楯之堅，莫能陷也。又譽其矛曰吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。或曰以子之矛陷子之楯，何如？ 其人弗能應也。夫不可陷之楯與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。 《韓非.難一》

Translation

[sample] Instructor : Young Kyun Oh

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In the state of Chu (Chinese: 楚), there was a man who sold shields and spears. Praising the spear, he said, "As for the sturdiness of my shield, nothing can break through it." Praising the spear, he said, "As for the sharpness of my spear, [when it is applied] on things, there is nothing it does not break through." Someone said, "If you break through your shield with your spear, what would it be like?" The man could not respond to it. A shield that cannot be broken through and a spear that can break through anything cannot sustain sharing the same time.

Student 1 : Sanghoon Na

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There was a man in the state of Chu, who was selling shields and spears. He praised them saying: “My shields are sturdy, and nothing can sink into them.” Again, he praised his spears saying:“My spears are sharp to anything, [so] there is nothing that they cannot sink into.” Someone asked: “If you pierced your shield with your spear, what would it be like?” The man could not answer. So a shield that cannot be pierced and a spear that can pierce anything cannot coexist in the world.

Student 2 : Younès M'Ghari

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Among the people of Chu, there was someone selling spears and shields; he was praising them saying: "[With] The solidity of my shield, nothing can go through [it]." Again, he praised his spear saying: "[With] The sharpness of my spear, there is nothing that it does not go through." Someone said: "Your spear going through your shield, how would that be ?" To this, he could not answer. As a matter of fact, a shield that nothing can go through and a spear that can go through anything cannot coexist in the same time.

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Student 4 : (Write your name)

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In the state of Chu there was a man who sold shields and spears.

Praising them, he said: "The sturdiness of my shields [is such that] nothing can pierce them."

Again praising his spears, he said: "The sharpness of my spears against anything [is such that there is] nothing [it] pierces not."

Someone asked, "Using your spears to pierce your shields, how's that like?"

He could not answer.

So, a shield that cannot be pierced and a spear [with] nothing [it] pierces not cannot [in the] same world exist.

Student 5 : (Jae Yong Chang)

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There was a man in the state of Chu who was selling a shield and a spear. (He was) proudly saying that my shield was so strong that nothing made it damaged. Saying again, my spear was also so sharp on anything that it’s impossible to be damaged. A person asked if you were to take your spear to strike your shield, what would it happen? Then he couldn’t be answered. Generally speaking, a shield that cannot be damaged and a spear that cannot be damaged, it cannot be in the same world and existed.

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Student 8 : (Bryan Sauvadet)

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楚人有鬻楯與矛者，譽之曰吾楯之堅，莫能陷也。

In the kingdom of Chu 楚 , there was a man who sells shields and spears. He praised the hardness of his shields; such he said “To the views of my shields, nothing can break through it.”

又譽其矛曰吾矛之利，於物無不陷也。

Also, he praised his spear and said “To the hardness of my spears, there is nothing it cannot spike into.

或曰以子之矛陷子之楯，何如？

Someone question the seller and said “If you pierce your shield with your spear, what’s going to happens?”

其人弗能應也。

The man couldn’t respond.

夫不可陷之楯與無不陷之矛，不可同世而立。

So, a shield that cannot be pierced and a spear that can pierce anything cannot share a generation and stand together.

《韓非.難一》

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