Translation of lost sheep on the wrong road

Yang Zi’s neighbor lost his sheep, so he led his friends and asked Yang Zi’s servants to chase it. Yang Zi said: "Ha! If you lose a sheep, why do you need so many people to chase it?" The neighbor said: "There are many side roads." When he came back soon, Yang Zi asked: "Did you find the sheep?" He replied: "It was lost." asked : "How could it be?

" Yang Zi's face looked very melancholy. He didn't speak for two hours and didn't smile for a whole day. His student felt strange and asked (Yang Zi): "Sheep are cheap beasts, and they are not yours, yet they turn you into a serious person. Why?" Yang Zi did not answer, and the student did not get his sheep in the end. Answer. Extended information

"The Sheep Perished on the Cross Road" is a fable from "Liezi·Shuofu Chapter". The structure of this fable adopts the method of compound fable within a fable, starting from the story of a lost sheep because there are too many forks in the road to follow. The full text reveals a truth: things are complex and changeable, and without the right direction, you will go astray, with serious consequences.

Lie Zi (between 450 BC and 375 BC, his age is unknown), whose real name is Lie Yukou ("Lie Zi" is the honorific title given to him by later generations), a member of the Huaxia ethnic group, and a member of the Zhengguo Putian of the Zhou Dynasty (now Zhengzhou City, Henan Province), a descendant of the ancient emperor Lishan.

An outstanding representative of the Taoist school, one of the ten tycoons in the pre-Qin world, a famous Taoist thinker, philosopher, writer, and educator.