Once upon a time a man from the State of Chu was crossing a river by boat. But carelessly his sword fell into the water. Immediately he made a mark on the boat. He said,"This is where my sword fell off."
When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to look for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. Of course he couldn't find it. He didn't know the boat had moved but the sword had no.
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從前,一位來自出國的人正乘船過河??墒且徊恍⌒乃膭Φ舻搅怂铩4巳肆⒖淘诖献隽藗€(gè)記號。他說,“我的劍是從這兒掉的。”
當(dāng)船停下來時(shí),他從刻記號的地方到水里找劍。當(dāng)然他是找不到劍的。他不知道船在動,而劍是不動的。