孟尝君将入秦
Lord Mengchang Was Going to Visit Qin
【原文】
孟尝君将人秦，止者千数而弗听。苏秦欲止之，孟尝曰人事者， 吾已尽知之矣；吾所未闻者，独鬼事耳。”苏秦曰臣之来也，固不敢言 人事也，固且以鬼事见君。”
【今译】
孟尝君打算到秦国去，几千人阻止他，他都不肯听。苏秦想阻止他 去秦国.孟尝君说：“人间的事情我已经全部知晓了；我所没有听说过 的，只有鬼的故事了。”苏秦说我这次来，本来就不敢谈论人间的事 情，原本就准备凭借着鬼怪的故事来拜见您。”
Lord Mengchang was going to pay a visit to Qin, Thousands of people tried to prevent him, but he didn? t listen to them. Su Qin wanted to stop him. Lord Mengchang said, “I have known all the human affairs in the world. The things I don’t know are only ghost stories. ” Su Qin said，“I am not here to advise you about human affairs. However, I do intend to meet you and tell you some ghost stories."
【原文】
孟尝君见之。谓盂尝君曰:“今者臣来，过于淄上，有土偶人与桃梗 相与语.桃梗谓土偶人曰：‘子,西岸之土也，（挺）[埏]子以为人，至岁 八月，降雨下，淄水至，则汝残矣。’土偶曰广不然。吾，西岸之土也， (土）[吾残]则复西岸耳。今子，东国之桃梗也，刻削子以为人，降雨下, 淄水至，流子而去，则子漂漂者将何如耳？’今秦，四塞之国，譬若虎口，而君人之，则臣不知君所出矣！”孟尝君乃止。
【今译】
孟尝君接见了他。苏秦对孟尝君说我来的路上，经过淄水的时 候》有一个用泥塑的人和一个用桃木雕刻的人在互相交谈。用桃木雕 刻的人对用泥塑的人说：‘你本是西岸的土，把你揉捏成人的形状，一到 八月份下大雨的时候，淄水上涨，你就没命了 Z用泥塑的人说：‘这话不 对。我本来就是西岸的土，我没命了就又回到西岸了。你是东方的桃 木，把你雕刻成人的形状，大雨降下，淄水上涨，就把你冲走了，那你漂 泊不定的，还不知道会到哪里呢。’秦国是个四面险固的国家，如同虎口一般，您进去以后，我就不知道您能从哪里出来了。”盂尝君于是不再前 往秦国。
Lord Mengchang then agreed to see him, Su Qin told Lord Mengchang," When I was on the way here，I passed by the Zishui River, There I heard two dummies talking with each other. One of them was made of earth and the other was made of peach wood. The one made of peach wood said, 4 You were nothing but some earth on the western bank of the Zishui River. Then you were made into a dummy. When august comes, it will rain hard and the Zishui River will have a flood. Thus you will lose your life. 1 The one made of earth said ? i You are wrong, I used to be some earth on the western bank. If I lose my life, I will be washed to the western bank again (referring to returning to its home). But you were a piece of peach wood from the east. Then you were made into a dummy. When it rains hard and the Zishui River has a flood, you will be flushed away by the water and not know where you will go.' Qin is a state with dangerous natural defences on all four sides. If you go there, it is like jumping into the mouth of a tiger, I don’t think you will escape from that state. ” Lord Mengchang then gave up the plan of visiting Qin.