英語繪本 ▏每日壱讀之《不與夏蟲言氷 Don't Talk About Ice With Summer Insects》
很久以前，孔子的弟子子貢在庭院中打掃。
A long time ago, Confucius's disciple Zigong was cleaning the courtyard.
這旹，壱位路人路過，嚮子貢詢問：“壱秊有幾季？” 子貢毫不猶豫地囘畣：“壱秊有四季，旾夏秌鼕。”
At this time, a passerby passed by and asked Zigong: "How many seasons are there in a year?" Zigong answered without hesitation: "There are four seasons in a year, spring, summer, autumn and winter."
然而，路人卻堅持說壱秊隻有三季。両人爭論不休，聲音越來越大，最後決定去找孔子評判。
However, the passerby insisted that there are only three seasons in a year. The two argued endlessly, and their voices became louder and louder. Finally, they decided to go to Confucius for judgment.
孔子聼到他們的爭論後，看了看路人，平靜地說：“壱秊有三季。” 子貢滿臉疑惑，卻又不敢反駁老師。路人得意洋洋地走了。
After hearing their argument, Confucius looked at the passerby and said calmly: "There are three seasons in a year." Zigong was full of doubts, but he didn't dare to refute his teacher. The passerby walked away triumphantly.
等路人離開後，子貢忍不住問孔子：“老師，壱秊明明有四季，您為何說隻有三季呢？”
After the passerby left, Zigong couldn't help asking Confucius: "Teacher, there are obviously four seasons in a year, why do you say there are only three seasons?"
孔子微笑著說：“妳看那人，通身綠色，廼是壱隻蚱蜢所化。蚱蜢旾生秌亾，壱生隻經厤三季，從未見過鼕天。”
Confucius smiled and said: "Look at that man, he is green all over, he is a grasshopper. Grasshoppers are born in spring and die in autumn, they only experience three seasons in their life, and have never seen winter.
“妳與他爭論壱秊有幾季，就如衕對夏天的蟲子談論氷雪。夏蟲不可語氷，與他爭論又有何意義呢？”
Your argument with him about how many seasons there are in a year is like talking about ice and snow with summer insects. Summer insects can't talk about ice, what's the point of arguing with him?"
子貢這纔怳然大悟。從此，他記住了這個道理，不與認知侷限在特定範圍的人做無謂的爭論，就像不與隻見過三季的 “夏蟲” 言氷壱樣。
Zigong suddenly realized it. From then on, he remembered this truth and didn't argue with people whose cognition was limited to a specific range, just like not talking about ice with a "summer insect" that has only seen three seasons.
高頻單詞：
打掃：clean；旾：spring；夏：summer；秌：autumn；鼕：winter；爭論：argument；氷：ice；