Original text:
Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals
Author: Zuo Qiuming
Dynasty: Pre-Qin Dynasty
Fan's death, the people have a clock. If you want to go negative, then the clock is too big to be negative; Destroyed by vertebrae, the bell sounds. I am afraid that people will steal from me if they hear it, and cover their ears. The wicked smell it, but it is also, and the evil self smells it, which is also contrary.
Translation:
Fan died, and a man took the opportunity to steal a clock. I want to run away with it on my back, but the clock is too big to carry; So I smashed the clock with a mallet. As soon as I hit it, the bell made a loud noise. He was afraid that others would hear the bell and take it away, so he quickly covered his ears tightly. He thought that if he covered his ears, others would not hear him, which was ridiculous.
Extended data:
The moral of the story is that you can't deceive yourself. Those who cheat can get away with it for a while, but they can't get away with it for a lifetime. They can't stand the test of time and will eventually give away the clues. The ringing of the bell is independent of human will. The size of the bell is only related to the sound of knocking. Whether you block your ears or not, it has no effect on the bell.
You can't face the reality directly, and you can't face up to your position. You think that you can achieve your goals by opportunistic means, which is unclear self-positioning. Do you feel at ease when you do something? Do others think so? Being in a parallel space, the process of everything has its own natural laws. Whether people pay attention to it or not has nothing to do with the development of things themselves.
If you don't face up to the objective reality, don't study it, and adopt a closed-minded attitude, you will eventually suffer the consequences.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Stealing the Bell