In the past, a man bragged1 about his bow: "There is no bow better than mine. It doesn't need any arrow!"
Another man bragged about his arrow: "There is no arrow better than mine. It doesn't need any bow!"
At that time, a man good at archery happened to pass by and heard their dialogue. He said: "You are both wrong. One cannot shoot an arrow without a bow; and without an arrow, how can one hit the target?"
Thereupon, the man good at archery asked them to take out their bow and arrow. Then he showed them how to shoot at the target with a bow and an arrow.
Now they understood: A bow won't do without an arrow; nor an arrow without a bow. They complement2 each other.
从前，有个人自夸他的弓，说:“我的弓嘛，没有比这更好的了，好得不需要用什么箭的！”
也有人在自夸他的箭，说:“我的箭，没有比
