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放生的故事:乌龟报恩

　　The official insignia for the rank of Lord is a metal seal， or chop. When Kung Yu was promoted， the royal artisans cast a seal for him， but for some reason， it came out with a turtle on top， and the turtle was looking back over its shoulder. They thought that was strange， so they melted the seal down， made a new mold， and cast it again， but it still came out with a turtle looking back over its shoulder! The artisans tried over and over again. Every time they made the mold very carefully， and everybody inspected the mold. Every time， the mold was fine， but every time they cast the seal， it came out with a turtle on top of it， and every time， the turtles head was looking back over its shoulder!

　　此侯王的官徽是一枚金属章或印。当孔玉被提升后，皇宫的工匠给他铸了一枚印章，但不知什么原因，每次印章被刻出之后，总有一只的乌龟在上边，这只龟在向后望。他们觉得很奇怪，于是熔掉印章，铸了一个新的模子，但铸出来的印章上面仍有只龟在回头望。工匠门试了又试，每次铸模时他们都非常小心，而且每个人都检查了模子。每次模子都做得很好，但每次铸出来，上面都有这样一只乌龟。

　　The artisans thought this was uncanny. They decided to go to the new Lord and see what he thought about it. They knelt in front of him， and said， My Lord，as directed by our Emperor of Ten Thousand Years， we have tried to make a seal for you as sign of your new rank， but every time we cast the mold， the seal comes out with a turtle on top， and the turtle is always looking back over its shoulder.