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殴骥与殴羊

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-06-04 05:10 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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One day Mo Zi severely¹ reproached one of his apostles（使徒）, Geng Zhuzi.

Geng Zhuzi felt wronged and complained, "I have not made more mistakes than others. Why did you give me such a going-over?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Zi said, "If you were driving a swift horse and a goat to ascend² the Mt. Taihang, which one you would whip, the horse or the goat?"

Geng Zhuzi replied, "The swift horse, of course." Mo Zi then asked, "Why the swift horse? Because the swift horse is worth whipping, the goat is not." Geng Zhuzi answered.

"You are like the horse, not the goat, and worth reproaching. That is why I reproached you."

有一次，墨子严厉地责备他的门徒耕柱子。

耕柱子觉得委屈，抱怨说：“我可没有比别人犯更多的错，您为什么要这样苛责我呢？”

墨子听到以后说：“假如要驾着好马和羊上太行山，如果是你，你是鞭打马好还是鞭打羊好呢？”

耕柱子回答：“我当然要鞭打好马。”墨子问：“你为什么要鞭打好马而不鞭打好羊呢？”耕柱子回答说：“因为好马值得责打，而羊不值得。”

墨子说：“我责备你是因为你像马而不像羊，值得批评呀。”

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1 severely
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
参考例句：
He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。 He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

2 ascend
vi.渐渐上升，升高；vt.攀登，登上
参考例句：
We watched the airplane ascend higher and higher.我们看着飞机逐渐升高。 We ascend in the order of time and of development.我们按时间和发展顺序向上溯。