列子·紀昌學射
Ji Chang Learns Archery
Level 6 · Philosophers · 诸子百家 · 69 vocabulary words
Source: 《列子·汤问》 · Liezi, Tang Wen
纪昌拜飞卫学射箭。飞卫说:先学会不眨眼。
Ji Chang apprenticed to Fei Wei. First lesson: learn not to blink.
纪昌回家躺在妻子的织布机下,眼看梭子来回,两年练得不眨眼。飞卫说:再学看——把小东西看成大的。
He lay under his wife's loom watching shuttles for two years, unblinking. Fei Wei said: now learn to see, make the small look large.
纪昌把虱子挂在窗户上天天看,三年后虱子在他眼里有车轮大,虱子中心成了靶心。射过去,虱子掉了,挂虱子的牛毛没断。
He hung a louse at the window and watched it daily, three years on, the louse looked wheel-sized, its centre a target. He shot, the louse fell, the ox-hair it hung on was uncut.
飞卫这才说:你学成了。眼力练到微观处,箭才能中。
Fei Wei said: you've learned. See the small as large, and the arrow finds its mark.