Less Speech, More Essence多言何益

Micky

“多言何益”出自《墨子·墨子后语》，意指多说话不一定有好处，只有在适当的时候说话才是明智的。

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. 公鸡；雄鸡

Fill in the blanks：

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

一天，子禽问他的老师墨子：“老师，多说话到底有没有好处？”

墨子回答：“蛤蟆、青蛙、苍蝇白天黑夜不停地叫，叫得口干舌燥，可是却没有人听。但是，鸡棚里的雄鸡只在黎明时啼叫几声，大家就知道鸡啼喻示着天亮，天下皆醒。”

墨子想了一会儿，又说：“话要是说得太多了，有什么好处呢？”

所以，多说话没有什么用处。重要的是话要说得切合时机，说到点子上。

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，出生于一个贫困家庭。为了谋生，他甚至当过工匠。

墨子是墨家学说的创立者，主张富人与穷人分享财富，强者帮助弱者，圣贤教育他人。墨子及其弟子的思想和语录都收录在《墨子》一书中。《墨子》是研究墨子和墨家学说的重要参考。

参考答案：daylight