宋康王之时有雀生鏃
In King Kang’s Time, a Sparrow Gave Birth to a Willet in the State of Song
【原文】
宋康王之时,有雀生镞于城之陬。使史占之，曰小而生巨，必霸 天下。”康王大喜。于是灭滕伐薛，取淮北之地。乃愈自信，欲霸之亟成，故射天笞地，斩社稷而焚灭之，曰：“威服天下鬼神。”骂国老谏曰，为 无颜之冠，以示勇.剖伛之背，锲朝涉之胫，而国人大骇。 齐闻而伐之，民散，城不守。王乃逃倪侯之馆，遂得而死。见祥而不为祥，反为祸。
【今译】
宋康王的时候，有一只麻雀在城墙角落里生下了一只娥。让大史 占卜这件事，太史说小鸟生出大鸟，一定能称霸天下。”宋康王极其高 兴。于是消灭了滕国，攻打薛邑，占领了淮北地区。于是越发自信，希望尽快成就霸业，所以就用箭射天神，鞭打地神，政掉土神与谷神的神 位，并且将它们烧毁，说广我的威力可以後服天下的鬼神。”辱骂国家中 敢于进谏的老臣，制作没有沿的帽子戴着来展示自已的英勇，切开驼子 的背，截断早展过河的人的小腿，因而宋国的人民非常惊骇。齐国听说 了这些事，就进攻宋国，百姓四散逃亡，城中没有人防守。于是宋康王 逃到倪侯家中，最终还是被齐军抓获并杀死了。见到吉祥的征兆而做 恶事，反而会导致灾祸。
In King Kang’s time，a sparrow gave birth to a willet at a corner of the protective wall of the capital of the state of Song, The king asked the chief historian to foretell the meaning of it with the help of augury. The chief historian said, “A small bird has given birth to a huge bird. You will definitely establish a most powerful state and become Lord-protector. ” King Kang was very glad to hear that. So he destroyed the state of Teng, attacked Xue and annexed the land north of the Huaishui River, He then became more confident and wanted to become Lord-protector immediately. As a result，he shot the god of Heaven and whipped the god of the Earth, He also cut the symbols representing the earth deity and grain deity and set them on fire. He declared, “My power can surpass that of all the deities and ghosts in the world, ” He scolded those old court officials who dared to remontrate with him，and had a hat made without brim and wore it to exhibit his valor. He sliced off the backs of the humpbacked and cut off the feet of those who crossed the river early in the morning. People all over the state were terrified. The troops of Qi were dispatched to attack Song when they heard of all this. The people of Song fled aimlessly，and there were no soldiers to defend the capital. King Kang escaped to Marquis Ni，s home, but he was found by his enemies and therefore lost his life. Committing evil conduct after witnessing an auspicious omen will lead to trouble.