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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 ¹ 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 panistricken, ² 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：“你把牛牵到哪里啊？”

 

牵牛的人停了下来回答说：“我要把这头牛牵去杀掉，用它的血来涂钟。”

 

惠王听了，便对牛十分怜悯，说：“那怎么行呢！你们太残忍了，赶快把牛放掉。它没有罪，怎么能杀掉呢？我不忍心看到牛临死前恐惧、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，换只羊吧。”

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