籠中的野雞
The Caged Chicken
山林中的野雞求食不易,走十步才能找到一條蟲。
Finding food isn't easy for the wild pheasant, traveling ten steps before getting a single worm.
走一百步才找到一口水,但它仍不希望被關(guān)在籠子里。
And even though it has to walk a hundred paces for a drink of water, it still prefers this to being locked up in a cage.
因?yàn)椋诨\子里雖然不愁吃喝,羽毛光亮,但精神上終不比在野外自由。
A caged chicken may have enough to eat and drink and it's feathers may be bright and shiny, but it will always crave the freedom of being on the outside.
懂得養(yǎng)生的人,不會因?yàn)樽非笪镉南硎埽冻鲎杂傻拇鷥r(jià)。但在現(xiàn)實(shí)的社會里有幾個(gè)人“頭上便是青天”呢?
The person who understands self-cultivation would never pursue material pleasures at the expense of freedom. Yet in today's society, how many truly carefree people do you see?
v. 渴望,熱望,懇求