杜赫欲重景翠于周
Du He Wanted East Zhou to Appoint Jing Cui to a Powerful Position
【原文】
杜赫欲重景翠于周，谓周君曰: “君之国小，尽君子重宝珠玉以事诸侯，不可不察也。譬之如张罗者，张于无鸟之所，则终日无所得矣；张于 多鸟处，则又骇鸟矣；必张于有鸟无鸟之际，然后能多得鸟矣。今君将 施于大人，大人轻君；施于小人，小人无可以求，又费财焉。君必施于今 之穷士不必且为大人者，故能得欲矣。”【今译】
杜赫打算让东周重用景翠，就对东周的国君说：“大王您的国家很小，假如把您所有的珍责的宝物和珍珠、美玉都拿去奉献给别的诸侯， 具体该给谁，不能不周密地考虑清楚啊。这就跟张开罗网捕鸟一样，如 果把网设在没有鸟的地方，一整天下来也一无所得；把网设在鸟多的地 方，又容易使鸟受到惊吓；一定要把网设在鸟不多不少的’地方，然后才 能捕获更多的鸟啊。如今如果大王把宝物送给举足轻重的大人物，这 些人就会轻视您；送给小人物，从小人物那里谋求不到什么东西，而且 又白白浪费了钱财。大王一定要把宝物送给当今贫穷的士人，不一定 是有权有势者，这样您的愿望就能实现了 。”
Du He wanted the state of East Zhou to appoint jing Cui to a powerful position. So he told the sovereign of East Zhou, “Your Majesty，since our territory is quite small ? if you want to present all your treasures, pearls and precious jade to the sovereigns of other states, you must do thai very carefully. It is just like catching birds with a net. If you put the net at a place where there is no bird at alU you will not catch even one bird during a whole day. If you put the net at a place where there are too many birds, the birds will be scared and fly away. You must put the net at the right place where the number of birds is not too large nor too small. Thenyou will catch a lot of birds. Now if you present treasuresto powerful and influential people, these people will look down upon you. If you present treasures to powerless people，they can’t help you in return in any way. So it is a waste of money. You must present them to the poor scholars even though they are not powerful and influential for the time being. Only by doing so will you obtain whatever you want. "