(Translation) 2019 助長
장서각위키
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Title | |
| English | Helping Sprouts Grow | |
| Chinese | 助長 | |
| Korean(RR) | ||
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| Type | Literature | |
| Author(s) | Mencius | |
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| Translation Info | ||
| Translator(s) | Participants of 2019 JSG Summer Hanmun Workshop (Intermediate Training Group) | |
| Editor(s) | ||
| Year | 2019 | |
Original Script
無若宋人然：宋人有閔其苗之不長而揠之者，芒芒然歸。謂其人曰：『今日病矣，予助苗長矣。』其子趨而往視之，苗則槁矣。天下之不助苗長者寡矣。以為無益而舍之者，不耘苗者也；助之長者，揠苗者也。非徒無益，而又害之。 《孟子.公孫丑上》
Translation
Student Translation : Nadia Arzberger
Thou shall not be like the man from the state of Song. [Among] the people of the state of Song there was a man who was concerned about his sprouts not growing and he pulled them up. He rushed back home and said to his family: "I am exhausted today [because] I helped the sprouts grow." His son [heard that and] rushed to see them [but] the sprouts had withered and died. In the world, those who do not help the sprouts grow are few. It is considered useless that [they can] not help and leave them, are those who do not weed. [However] those who [try to] help them grow, are those who pull the sprouts up. Not only that it is useless but also harmful them [even more].
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