One day, seated in the ancestral hall, King Hui of Liang saw a man leading an ox pass by. He asked: "Where are you taking the ox?"
The man leading the ox stopped and answered: "I am taking it to be slaughtered1 and will use its blood to paint the bell."
As King Hui heard this, he felt pity for the ox and said: "How can that be done? You are too cruel. Let it go at once. It is not guilty. How can you kill it? I cannot bear to see it panic-stricken, shedding2 tears and trembling before its death."
The man leading the ox asked: "Do you mean that I shall let the ox go and not paint the bell? Is that it?"
King Hui answered: "What are you saying? How can you not paint the bell! Let the ox go, but use a sheep instead."
一天，梁惠王坐在庙堂上，看到堂下有一个人牵着一头牛走过，便问道：“你把牛牵到哪儿去啊？”
牵牛的人停下来回答说：“我要把这头牛牵去杀掉，用它的血来涂钟。”
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惠王听了，对牛十分怜悯，说：“那怎么行呢！你们太残忍了，赶快把牛放掉。它没有罪，怎么能把它杀掉呢？我不忍心看到牛临死前惊恐、流泪、战栗的样子。”
牵牛的人问道：“您的意思是要我把牛放了，不必再涂钟了，是吗？”
惠王回答说：“你在说什么？钟怎么能不涂呢！把牛放了，就换只羊吧！”
1 slaughtered
v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
The invading army slaughtered a lot of people. 侵略军杀了许多人。 来自《简明英汉词典》 Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered. 数百名无辜平民遭残杀。 来自《简明英汉词典》 <a href=htTps://WWw.EuZw.nEt/miniform.html>苏州语文作文阅读培训</a>
2 shedding
n.脱落，蜕落v.流出( shed的现在分词 )；流下；蜕皮；树叶脱落
参考例句：
The factory is shedding a large number of jobs. 这家工厂正大批裁员。 The trees began shedding their leaves. 树木开始落叶。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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