There was, a man who came to the palace of the State of Chu and gave the guard a kind of medicine for immortality2 to be presented to the king.
As the guard held the medicine in both hands and walked towards the inner palace, he met an archer3 of the bodyguard4. The archer asked him: "Is what you hold in hands edible5?"
The guard answered: "Of course, it is."
Upon hearing this, the archer snatched the medicine, stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it.
The King of Chu was very angry. He ordered to have the archer beheaded. The archer said:
"It is not my fault but the fault of the guard, because he told me 'It is edible.' "
Then he continued: "This is a medicine for immortal1 life. Now I have taken it, but I am going to be killed by Your Majesty6. Then, the so-called medicine for immortal life will become `a medicine hastening death', won't it? The man who presented this medicine was trying to deceive Your Majesty." <a href=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>蘇州語文作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
Finally he said: "If today Your Majesty should kill me, an innocent man, then people would say: `The King would rather be deceived than believe his own bodyguard.'"
While the King of Chu heard this, he felt that there was something in what the archer said, so he let him go.
有一個人來到楚國王宮，把一種長生不死的藥交給守衛(wèi)官，請他敬獻(xiàn)給國王。
守衛(wèi)官捧著藥朝內(nèi)宮走去，迎面碰上衛(wèi)隊的一個弓箭手。弓箭手問他：“你手里捧的東西，人可以吃嗎？”
守衛(wèi)官回答：“人可以吃?！?
弓箭手聽了，一把奪過藥，塞到嘴里就吞了下去。
楚王非常生氣，下令將這個弓箭手?jǐn)厥?。弓箭手說：“這不是我的過錯，而是守衛(wèi)官的過錯，因為他回答我“人可以吃?！薄?
又說：“這是不死之藥，現(xiàn)在我吃了，反而要被大王處死；那么，這不死之藥，不就成了“催死之藥”了嗎?這是獻(xiàn)藥的人在欺騙大王呀！”
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最后說：“今天，如果大王殺了我這個無罪的人，那么眾人就會說:“大王寧愿被人欺騙，也不愿意相信自己的衛(wèi)士?！薄?
楚王聽了，覺得這些話有點(diǎn)道理，就把弓箭手放了。
1 immortal
adj.不朽的；永生的，不死的；神的
參考例句：
The wild cocoa tree is effectively immortal.野生可可樹實(shí)際上是不會死的。 The heroes of the people are immortal!人民英雄永垂不朽！
2 immortality
n.不死，不朽
參考例句：
belief in the immortality of the soul 靈魂不滅的信念 It was like having immortality while you were still alive. 仿佛是當(dāng)你仍然活著的時候就得到了永生。 <a hRef=http://www.zequeka.cn/miNiFoRm.html>蘇州中考語文培訓(xùn)</a>
3 archer
n.射手，弓箭手
參考例句：
The archer strung his bow and aimed an arrow at the target.弓箭手拉緊弓弦將箭瞄準(zhǔn)靶子。 The archer's shot was a perfect bull's-eye.射手的那一箭正中靶心。
4 bodyguard
n.護(hù)衛(wèi)，保鏢
參考例句：
She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪兒都得有帶武器的保鏢跟從。 The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那個大個子可能是他的保鏢。
5 edible
n.食品，食物；adj.可食用的
參考例句：
Edible wild herbs kept us from dying of starvation.我們靠著野菜才沒被餓死。 This kind of mushroom is edible,but that kind is not.這種蘑菇吃得，那種吃不得。
6 majesty
n.雄偉，壯麗，莊嚴(yán)，威嚴(yán)；最高權(quán)威，王權(quán)
參考例句：
The king had unspeakable majesty.國王有無法形容的威嚴(yán)。 Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊貴的陛下，您必須趕快做出決定！
《不死之藥》添加時間：2024-12-14；更新時間：2025-03-09
