《古代寓言·一个洞的“网”》
语有之曰:“有鸟将来,张罗待之,得鸟者一目也。”
今为一目之罗,无时得鸟矣。
——《申鉴》
One-Hole Nets
There is an old saying, “No matter how big a net one may spread, each bird is caught in a single hole.”
Now a person was so fascinated by this witticism that he took a number of pieces of string and made separate loops of them by tying the ends together.
Consequently never once did he catch a bird with those “nets.”
–Shen Jian
(杨宪益、戴乃迭 译)