Da Fuquan made a born that could make sounds of dragon. He blew the born by the deep pool near Mountain Nanshang.

 

Hearing the sound, the three-legged turtle in the pool thought that people were to catch it and eat it. So it got so frightened that it shouted hysterically¹ with its mouth wide open.

 

Da Fuquan thought this was sound of a real dragon. Then he went to find Gong Zhiqi and told him he wanted to learn the real sound of a dragon. Gong Zhiqi told him, "What you heard was not real sound of a dragon but sound of a three-legged turtle. The real sound of a dragon is rare² to be heard by people. The sound made by your born is not that of a dragon, and now it is even worse for you to mistake the sound of a turtle to be that of a dragon! You just give up one false thing to take up another."

 

大夫权造了一只能发出龙的叫声的号角，来到南山旁的深水潭边吹奏。

 

池中的三角鳖听到这种声音，以为人们将要来把自己抓住煮了吃，惊恐之下，力竭声嘶地张开大叫。

 

大夫权却以为这是真龙的叫声。便找到公之奇，表示要学习真龙的叫声。公子奇告诉他：“你听到的不过是三足鳖的叫声，真龙的叫声人们很少能听到，你那号角本来就不是龙叫，如今又把鳖当成龙，就更假了，你不过是抛弃了一种假的，选择了另外一种假的而已。”

点击收听单词发音