英语寓言故事：郭氏之墟

On a vacation trip, Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi , which perished long ago.

Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles, collapsed walls, and clusters of weeds, he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi.

They replied,"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds, and averse to evildoing, which led to the perdition."

When the Duke could not understand the answer, people explained ," though he liked doing good, he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing, never could he help not participating. that caused the ruin of his capital."

英语寓言故事：郭氏之墟

齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。

看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡是什么原因。

百姓们回答说："郭氏因为喜欢善行善事。厌恶邪 恶丑行而致使灭亡。"

齐桓公不可以理解这种回答，百姓们便讲解说："郭氏虽然喜欢善行善事，但一直都不可以做到;尽管厌恶邪 恶丑行，却一直忍不住参与其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟是什么原因。"