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中国经典成语故事中英双语 成语寓言故事:Ludicrous Conceit of the King of Yelang夜郎自大 Once, the Han Dynasty dispatched an emissary to the State of Dian now Yunnan Province and the State of Yelang now Guizhou Province. 一次，汉朝派遣使者出使滇国今云南和夜郎国今贵州。 The King of Dian asked the emissary from the Han Dynasty: 滇国的国王问汉朝的使者: The Han Dynasty and the State of Dian, which is bigger? “汉朝和滇国，哪一个大?” The King of Yelang also asked the emissary in the same way: 夜郎国的国王也这样问汉朝的使者: The Han Dynasty and the State of Yelang, which is bigger? “汉朝和夜郎国，哪一个人?” As a matter of fact, the territories of the State of Dian and the State of Yelang were only as big as a prefecture of the Han Dynasty, but they closed their states to the external contact, shut their eyes and stopped their ears, and didnt understand the conditions of the outside world. Naturally, they didnt know how vast the Han Dynasty was. 其实，滇国和夜郎国的疆土，只有汉朝的一个州那么大，可是他们闭关自守，闭目塞听，不了解外界的情况，自然也就不知道汉朝的广大了。 成语寓言故事:No Opportunity to Be an Official仕数不遇 There was a scholar in the Zhou Dynasty who had tried several times in his life to seek for an official post, but failed again and again till his temples turned white. 周朝有个读书人，一生中几次谋求做官，可是直到两鬓斑白仍然没有做成。 One day, as he was walking on the road, he looked back upon the past and shed tears of sorrow. Someone asked him: 一天，他走在路上，回首往事，伤心地掉下了眼泪。有人问道: Why are you weeping? “您为什么哭泣呢?” He replied: 他回答说: Several times I have failed to win recognition. Now I am old and no longer have any opportunity. That is why I am weeping. “我几次都得不到赏识。现在年纪大了，再也没有机会了，因此哭泣。” The man asked again: 那人又问: Then how is it that you have never won recognition? “那您怎么一次都得不到赏识呢?” He replied: 他回答说: When I was young, I studied the classics hard and had all the literary qualifications. When I sought for an official post, unexpectedly the king liked to appoint old men. After the king died, his successor liked to appoint warriors. I made a determ