Zeng Zi was one of Confucius1' disciples2.
One day, Zeng Zi's wife wanted to go to market. Their son wanted to go together with her. He made a row, crying and fussing3 without stop. His wife could do nothing but bend down to humour4 him, saying: "My darling, go home now. Mama will be back soon. When I'm back, I'll kill the pig to make a meal for you."
When the son heard this, he went home happily.
Not long after, the wife returned home from the market. Zeng Zi tied up their fat pig, took out a shining sharp knife and prepared to kill it. When his wife saw this, she hurriedly held Zeng Zi by the hand and said: "What's the matter with you? I was only trying to humour the child."
Zeng Zi said seriously: "How can you cheat a child? The child is still small and doesn't understand things. He only follows the example of his parents. Now you cheat him, then he will follow your example and cheat others. Furthermore5, when a mother cheats her child, the child will no longer trust his mother. Then, how can you educate the child well?"
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Having said this, Zeng Zi raised his knife and killed the fat pig.
曾子是孔子的一個學生。
有一天，曾子的妻子要上街。兒子吵著要跟媽媽一起去，又哭又鬧，吵個不停。妻子沒有辦法，只好彎腰哄他，說：“我的小寶貝，回家去吧！媽媽去了就回來，一回來就殺豬給你吃?！?
兒子聽了，高高興興地回家去了。
過了不久，妻子從街上回到了家。曾子就把家里的肥豬捆住，拿出雪亮的尖刀，準備殺豬。妻子看見了就急忙拉住曾子的手，說：“你這是怎么了？我只不過是哄哄小孩的。”
曾子嚴肅地說：“你怎么能夠哄騙孩子呢？現(xiàn)在，孩子還小，不懂事，他只會照著父母的樣子去做。你現(xiàn)在哄騙孩子，孩子就會學你的樣子，去哄騙別人。做母親的哄騙兒子，做兒子的就不會再信任母親。這樣，怎么能教育好孩子呢？”
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曾子話一說完，就一刀宰了肥豬。
1 Confucius
n.孔子(中國古代教育家、儒家創(chuàng)始人)
參考例句：
Confucius was one of the wisest teachers of all times.孔子是有史以來最為博學的教師之一。 Confucius's many words are wisdom.孔子的很多話都是至理名言。
2 disciples
n.信徒( disciple的名詞復數(shù) )；門徒；耶穌的信徒；（尤指）耶穌十二門徒之一
參考例句：
Judas was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. 猶大是耶穌十二門徒之一。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》 "The names of the first two disciples were --" “最初的兩個門徒的名字是——” 來自英漢文學 - 湯姆歷險
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3 fussing
小題大做，大驚小怪( fuss的現(xiàn)在分詞 )； 煩惱，激動（尤指對小事）； 瞎忙一氣，過分關(guān)心
參考例句：
Stop fussing about; the bus will arrive on time. 別慌，公共汽車會準時到達。 I wish you would stop fussing me about. I'm quite able to look after myself. 但愿你不要為我過于操心了，我挺能照顧我自己。
4 humour
n.幽默，詼諧，情緒，體液；vt.使?jié)M足，遷就
參考例句：
We can't always humour the child the way we do.不能總是順著孩子。 His new play is a mixture of saddness and humour.他的新劇本融悲哀和幽默于一體。
5 furthermore
adv.而且，此外
參考例句：
I don't like her because she is too tall and furthermore she smokes too much.我不喜歡她，因為她太高，另外她抽煙太厲害。 I don't want to go there,furthermore,I have no time to do so.我不想去那里，而且我也沒時間去。
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