Zhuangzhou’s famly was poor and so he went to borrow grain from Duke Jianhe, the superintendent of river-courses. The superintendent said,”All right. When I get the revenue of my fief, I will lend you three hundred yuan. Will that do?”
Zhuangzhou flushed with anger and said,”When I was on the way here yesterday, I heard someone calling me. I looked back and saw a carp in the cart-rut. I asked it, ‘Come over,crap. What are you doing here?’ It replied,’I am a messenger from the East Sea. Will you save me with a bucket of water?’
I said, ‘All right. When I meet the princes in the state of Wu and the State of Yue, I will try to persuade them to divert the water from the west River to welcome you. Will that do?’
The carp flushed with anger and said, I have lost my normal environment and have no place to stay. I can survive with a mere bucket of water. But if you talk to me like this you’d better look for me in the dried-fish market’”.
I said, ‘All right. When I meet the princes in the state of Wu and the State of Yue, I will try to persuade them to divert the water from the west River to welcome you. Will that do?’
The carp flushed with anger and said, I have lost my normal environment and have no place to stay. I can survive with a mere bucket of water. But if you talk to me like this you’d better look for me in the dried-fish market’”.