Less Speech, More Essence多言何益

Micky

“多言何益”出自《墨子·墨子后語》，意指多說話不一定有好處，只有在適當的時候說話才是明智的。

One day， Zi Qin asked his master Mo Zi， “Master， is there any goodtalking too much？”

Mo Zi answered， “1）Toads and frogs 2）croak and flies buzz day andnight until they are 3）parched and dry in the mouth， yet nobody listensto them. But a 4）rooster in a chicken coop crows only a few times atdawn， and everyone knows that when it crows， daylight is coming andthe whole world will be awakened.”

Mo Zi thought for a while， and then answered， “If one talks toomuch， what good is there？”

Therefore， there is no use talking too much. What is important isto suit the words to theoccasion， and say thingswhich hit the nail on thehead.

1） toad n. 癩蛤蟆

2） croak v. 呱呱地叫

3） parched adj. 干渴的

4） rooster n. 公雞；雄雞

Fill in the blanks：

When a rooster crows， is coming and the whole world will beawakened.

一天，子禽問他的老師墨子：“老師，多說話到底有沒有好處？”

墨子回答：“蛤蟆、青蛙、蒼蠅白天黑夜不停地叫，叫得口干舌燥，可是卻沒有人聽。但是，雞棚里的雄雞只在黎明時啼叫幾聲，大家就知道雞啼喻示著天亮，天下皆醒。”

墨子想了一會兒，又說：“話要是說得太多了，有什么好處呢？”

所以，多說話沒有什么用處。重要的是話要說得切合時機，說到點子上。

Know More

Mo Zi， also named Micius （Mo-tzu）， with his original name Mo Di， was born ina poverty-stricken family. To make a living， he even worked as a craftsman.

Mo Zi founded the Mohism， which advocates the rich to share wealth with thepoor， the strong to help the weak and the sages to educate the other people. Thethoughts and sayings of Mo Zi as well as his disciples were all collected in theMozi. It is an important reference to study the great thinker along with the Mohismphilosophy.

墨子，原名墨翟，出生于一個貧困家庭。為了謀生，他甚至當過工匠。

墨子是墨家學說的創立者，主張富人與窮人分享財富，強者幫助弱者，圣賢教育他人。墨子及其弟子的思想和語錄都收錄在《墨子》一書中。《墨子》是研究墨子和墨家學說的重要參考。

參考答案：daylight