Chinese Fables Bilingual Edition No. 18: Handan Toddler

2015-06-07 「 1221 words / 2 minute 」
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邯郸,是战国时期赵国的首都。
Handan was the capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period.
燕国有个青年听说赵国比燕国强大,
A young man in the State of Yan heard that the State of Zhao was more powerful than the State of Yan,
对赵国很感兴趣,
so he was much interested in the State of Zhao.
于是,他一个人翻山越岭,来到了邯郸。
Consequently, he crossed over mountain after mountain by himself and got to Handan.
到了邯郸,他觉得赵国确实比燕国安定。
Upon arrival at Handan, he felt that the State of Zhao was indeed more stable than the State of Yan.
连赵国人走路的姿势都比燕国人好看。
Even the way of walking of the people of the State of Zhao looked better than that of the people of the State of Yan.
他决定在邯郸学会赵国人走路,
He made up his mind to learn how the people of the State of Zhao walked in Handan,
将来让燕国人走路也能像赵国人一样好看。
so that in the future the people of the State of Yan could walk as gracefully as them.
可是,说起来容易做起来难。
Yet, that was easier said than done.
这个青年怎么学也没有学会赵国人走路的姿势,
No matter how hard he tried, he was unable to learn the gait of the people of the State of Zhao.
反而连自己在燕国时如何走路也忘得干干净净。
On the contrary, he even forgot completely how he walked in the State of Yan.
最后,池没有办法,只好爬着离开赵国回燕国去了。
In the end, he had no alternative but to crawl back from the State of Zhao to the State of Yan.