百喻經之八二: 比種田喻
§82 比種田喻
(82) the cultivation of the land
昔有野人，來至田里，見好麥苗生長郁茂，問麥主言：“云何能令是麥茂好？”
once upon a time, there was a peasant who went to another farmer's property to examine his wheat plants. he asked the owner, "how do you make the wheat grow so well?"
其主答言：“平治其地，兼加糞水，故得如是?！?/p>
the owner replied, "first, you have to flatten the field. then you pour some liquid manure. that's why it has turned out so nicely."
彼人即便依法用之，即以水糞調和其田。下種于地，畏其自腳蹈地令堅，其麥不生?！拔耶斪淮采?，使人輿之，于上散種，爾乃好耳?！?/p>
the peasant then did what the other farmer had told him. he poured liquid manure to blend with the soil and scattered seed in land. treading the field with his feet, he was afraid that the land would become too hard to be fruitful. he said to himself, "i should sow sitting on a bed carried by others. that'll do."
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