杞人憂天 ・ 杯弓蛇影 Unfounded fears|Overreacting to illusions Worrying about the sky ・Cups and cups 杞人忧天・杯弓蛇影

杞人憂天 ． 杯弓蛇影 unnecessary worry|false alarm

喺 好 耐 好 耐 之前 ， 有 一 個 國家 ， 叫做 杞國 。 |||||||||country||Qi Kingdom 杞國 有 一 個 人 ， 佢 好 細膽 ， 仲 成日 亂 諗 嘢 。 Qi State|||||||timid|||overthinking|| There is a man in Qi, who is very timid, and thinks about things all the time. 有 一 日 ， 佢 忽然間 諗 到 ， 如果 天空 冧 落嚟 ， 點算 好 ？ ||||"suddenly"|thought of||||fall|fall down|What to do| One day, he suddenly thought, "How good would it be if the sky plummets? 佢 驚 到 瞓 唔 著 。 之後 ， 佢 忽然 又 諗 到 ， 如果 大地 冧 咗 落去 ， 點算 好 ？ ||suddenly|||||the ground|collapse|||| Afterwards, he suddenly took an easy way out and realized that it would be better if the earth fell. 佢 驚 到 食 唔 落 飯 。

佢 好 幾 個 月 食 唔 安 ， 瞓 唔 落 ， 搞 到 個 人 瘦 咗 好多 ， 親戚 朋友 見 到 都 好 擔心 。 |||||||at ease||||||||skinny|||relatives|||||| She has not been able to eat well and sleep well for several months, and has lost a lot of weight, which has made her friends and relatives worried.

之後 有 一 位 智者 去 咗 揾 呢個 杞國 人 ， 同 佢 講 ： 「 天空 係 由 空氣 所 組成 ， 呢個 世界 到處 都 有 空氣 。 ||||wise person|||||||||||||air||made of|||everywhere||| Then a wise man went and tried to speak to the Qigyi, and he said to him, "The sky is made of air, and there is air everywhere in the world. 人類 要 生存 ， 日日 都 要 呼吸 。 ||survive||||breathe Human beings have to live and breathe every day. 人類 日日 喺 空氣 之中 活動 ， 唔係 一 件 好 平常 嘅 事 咩 ？ ||||||||||ordinary||| Isn't it a common thing for human beings to move around in the air every day? 你 使乜 驚 個 天 會 冧 落嚟 ？ 」 |"need to"|||||| Why do you think you're going to be surprised when the day comes? "The day you're gonna plum?"

杞國 人 聽 咗 之後 ， 覺得 好 有 道理 ， 稍為 安心 咗 少少 。 ||||||||makes sense|a bit|relieved|| 但係 佢 又 即刻 諗 到 另 一 個 問題 。 佢 問 ： 「 噉 天 上面 嘅 太陽 、 月亮 、 星星 ， 佢哋 唔會 跌 落嚟 咩 ？ 」 ||||||sun|||||||

智者 答 ： 「 計 我 話 ， 天 上面 嘅 太陽 、 月亮 、 星星 ， 呢啲 通通 都 係 氣體 ， 氣體 又 點 會 跌 落嚟 呢 ？ 」 ||||||||||||all of them|||gas||||||| The wise man replied, "If I may say so, the sun, the moon, and the stars above the sky are all gases, and how can they fall down? How will they fall?

佢 話 ： 「 噉 我 都 安心 啲 。 」 |||||"at ease"| 但係 佢 又 即刻 擔心 其他 嘢 ： 「 如果 大地 冧 咗 落去 ， 噉 又 點算 好 ？ 」 ||||||||the ground||||||| But he was immediately worried about something else: "What if the earth falls? And what's good about it?"

智者 話 ： 「 大地 基本 係 由 泥土 所 組成 ， 呢個 世界 周圍 都 係 泥土 。 wise person||The Earth|"basically"|||soil||made up of|||all around|||soil The wise man said, "The earth is basically made of clay, and the world is surrounded by clay. 人類 要 生活 ， 日日 都 要 行路 。 Human beings have to live, and they have to walk every day. 人類 日日 喺 泥土 上面 活動 ， 唔係 一 件 好 平常 嘅 事 咩 ？ ||||||||||ordinary||| Isn't it a common thing for human beings to move around on the soil all the time? 你 使乜 驚 個 地 會 冧 落去 ？ 」 Why do you think it's going to fall? "I don't know."

智者 答 完 之後 ， 佢 先 明白 自己 嘅 擔心 實在 係 多餘 ， 即刻 開心 到 笑 出嚟 ！ After the wise man had answered the question, he realized that his worries were really unnecessary and immediately burst out laughing! 之後 佢 有 返 胃口 食嘢 ， 夜晚 瞓覺 都 冇 再 失眠 。 ||||appetite|||||||insomnia After that, she has an appetite for food and she no longer has insomnia when she sleeps at night.

話說 又 有 一 個 主人家 開 party ， 準備 咗 豐盛 嘅 晚餐 同埋 美酒 。 |||||host||party|prepared for||lavish||||fine wine Another host family had a party and prepared a great dinner and wine. 當中 有 位 客人 特別 細膽 ， 見到 杯 入面 有 一 條 蛇 ， 就 好 驚 ， 唔敢 飲 。 |||guest||timid|||||||||||| One of the customers was particularly timid, and when he saw a snake on the inside of the cup, he was so frightened that he did not dare to drink. 但係 主人家 特登 準備 咗 咁 多 靚酒 佳餚 ， 咁 有 誠意 ， 客人 唔敢 唔 飲 呢 杯 酒 ， 於是 就 唂 一 聲 吞 咗 杯 酒 落 肚 。 ||specially|||||fine wine|delicacies|||sincerity|guest|dare not|||||wine|||gulped down|||swallowed||||| However, the host had prepared so many delicious food and wine with such sincerity that the guests dared not refrain from drinking the glass of wine, so they swallowed it with a loud gulp.

客人 返 到 自己 屋企 ， 當日 就 覺得 肚 好 痛 ， 又 食 唔 落 飯 。 |||||that day|||||||||| When the client returned to his own house, he had a stomachache and could not finish his meal. 主人家 見 佢 病 咗 ， 就 去 探 佢 ， 睇 下 佢 做 咩 病 咗 。 客人 喊 住 話 ： 「 我 食 你 餐 飯 嗰陣 ， 有 條 蛇 入 咗 我 個 杯 ， 但係 我 有理冇理 一 啖 飲 晒 杯 酒 ！ ||||||||||||||||||||right or wrong|||||| The customer shouted, "A snake got into my glass while I was eating your meal, but I had no reason to drink the glass of wine! 而家 條 蛇 肯定 捐 咗 入 我 個 胃 ， 我 就嚟 病死 喇 ！ 」 ||||donate||||||||"die of illness"| The snake must have donated it to my stomach, and I would have died of a disease! "The snake is here.

主人家 安慰 咗 佢 一陣 ， 就 返 到 自己 屋企 。 the host||||||||| 佢 諗 咗 好 耐 ： 自己 住 咗 咁 耐 ， 都 未 見 過 有 蛇 ， 冇理由 有 條 蛇 走 入去 杯 酒 度 㗎 ？ ||||||||||||||||no reason||||||||| She thought long and hard: I have lived here for so long, I have never seen a snake, there is no reason for a snake to walk in for a drink. 之後 佢 抬頭 一 望 ， 見到 自己 收藏 嘅 弓 —— 佢 突然 明白 晒 ！ |||||||collected items|"of"|bow||suddenly|understood everything| Then he looked up and saw the bow in his collection - and he suddenly understood! 客人 杯 酒 入面 條 蛇 ， 其實 係 把 弓 嘅 倒影 。 |||||||||bow||reflection The snake in the guest's glass of wine is in fact the reflection of the bow. 主人家 即刻 同 客人 講 返 件 事 ， 客人 聽 到 ， 即刻 就 病 好 喇 ， 仲 可以 落 床 食飯 添 ！ host||||||||||||||||||||| The host immediately tells the guest about the incident, and when the guest hears it, he is cured immediately and can go to bed to eat!

所以 小朋友 ， 唔好 成日 自己 嚇 自己 ， 話唔定 你 而家 驚 緊 嘅 嘢 ， 大個 咗 就 發現 其實 一啲 都 唔 恐怖 呢 ！ ||||||||||||||||||||||scary| Therefore, children, you should not scare yourself all the time. Maybe the things you are scared of when you grow up are not scary at all!

（ 根據 《 莊子 ． 漁父 》 同埋 《 風俗 通義 ． 怪神 》 改寫 ） |Zhuangzi|Fisherman||Customs|General Principles|Strange Deities|Adapted from (Based on Zhuangzi. The Fisherman's Father" (based on "The Fish Father" by Zhuangzi) "Strange Gods")